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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reject a core part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act has sparked a partisan dispute over whether the civil rights-era law’s protections are needed, with potentially significant political consequences.

In a classic “Doonesbury” cartoon from July 1973, the chief justice of the U.S. prefaces the reading of an opinion with these words: “Well, we’ve been conferring like crazy, and I think we have got ourselves another snappy 5-4 decision.” ...

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Growth in the world’s largest economy was less than originally estimated in the first quarter as an increase in the U.S. payroll tax took a bigger bite out of consumer spending than previously calculated.

Twenty-five years after she directed a broadside at the global economic order for ignoring the unpaid work women do, Marilyn Waring said she’s still waiting. Her 1988 book “If Women Counted” persuaded the United Nations to redefine gross domestic product, ...

Consumers may see “almost no effect” on the costs of credit cards and auto loans because those rates are linked to the target federal funds rate, which the central bank plans to keep near zero until 2015.

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Sales of new U.S. homes climbed more than forecast in May to the highest level in almost five years, a sign of continued strength in a market that’s helping fuel economic expansion.

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The legislation died in a special session that ended late June 25 after a Democratic senator delayed consideration.

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According to the May 23 consent order, Lisa D. Krempasky also is forbidden from ever selling securities or registering as a securities agent or investment adviser, and she must pay $5,000 in restitution.

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A plea hearing scheduled Friday for Brent Cassity, a defendant in an alleged prepaid funeral scheme, was canceled.

The indictment, filed Thursday in federal court in Boston, holds new details about the April 15 attack, including a list of files related to al-Qaeda and jihad found on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s computer and notes he allegedly wrote about his motive.

The court ruled June 20 in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant that claimants can’t avoid a waiver of class arbitration on the grounds that the cost of individual arbitration would be prohibitively high.