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The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Court House, home of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- A federal appeals court on Monday concluded that the Trump administration's transgender military ban is likely unconstitutional and "appears to be driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group."In a 2-1 decision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision blocking the […]

(SHELBY, N.C.) -- A former North Carolina police officer who was seen in a viral doorbell camera video repeatedly punching a woman during an arrest has been charged with assault, authorities said.Former Shelby Police Officer Karson Hyder, 22, turned himself in on Monday, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, which said it has charged him with one count of assault inflicting serious injury in connection with Friday's […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Federal Reserve is weathering a political “stress test” that threatens to undermine public trust in the central bank and damage the United States economy, former Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in recent remarks."Like many other institutions, the Fed has been undergoing a stress test," Powell told an audience at the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston on Sunday, adding that “Congress wisely chose to insulate monetary policy decisions […]