WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president's White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security. The filing came in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation ...
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2025. There are 15 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes. Also on this date: In 1907, 16 U.S. Navy battleships, which came to be known as the "Great White Fleet," set sail from Hampton Roads, Virginia, on a 14-month, round-the-world voyage to demonstrate American sea power. In 1944, the World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise ...
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?" — Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023) "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" As we learn more about the events on Sept. 2, in international waters 1,500 miles from the United States, the behavior of the United ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading candidate to be President Donald Trump's choice for Federal Reserve chair said that he would present the president's views to Fed officials for their consideration but they could reject them if they chose when making decisions on interest rates. Kevin Hassett, in ...
Today is Monday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2025. There are 16 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect following ratification by Virginia. Also on this date: In 1890, Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, South Dakota, during a confrontation with Indian agency police. In 1939, the Civil War motion picture epic "Gone with the Wind," starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, had its world premiere in Atlanta. In 1944, a single-engine plane ...
Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation — all these negatives helped bring down the once-mighty Roman Empire. But Rome needed centuries of bad leadership to collapse. Donald Trump seems to be undoing American greatness at warp speed. Sure, the United States ...
