Whatever else you want to say about him, President Donald Trump has what Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 70 called "energy in the executive." Announcing a peace plan for Israel and Hamas, ordering the dispatch of federal troops to protect immigration enforcement personnel in "sanctuary" ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday began a new term that will have a sharp focus on President Donald Trump's robust assertion of executive power. Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda. Today, the justices will hear arguments over bans ...

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2025. There are 85 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2023, Hamas-led militants launched air and ground attacks on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages. The attacks, followed hours later by Israeli counterattacks, ...

In the same week in which President Donald Trump announced that he was federalizing 200 Oregon National Guard soldiers and dispatching them to the streets of Portland, he quietly signed a Presidential National Security Memorandum that purports to federalize policing. The memorandum, just like ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump did not let the government shutdown interfere with a stop in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to salute the Navy as it celebrates its 250th anniversary. "I believe, 'THE SHOW MUST GO ON!'" Trump posted Friday night on his social media site, Truth ...

Today is Monday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2025. There are 86 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad while reviewing a military parade. Also on this date: In 1927, the era of talking ...