INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's Republican-led Senate decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Donald Trump and delivering a stark setback to the White House ahead of next year's midterm ...
Today is Friday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2025. There are 19 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2000, George W. Bush became president-elect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court recount decision in Florida's tightly contested presidential election. Also on this date: In 1870, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first Black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1963, the east African nation of Kenya declared independence from Britain; it became a republic exactly a year later. In 1985, 248 American soldiers and eight ...
President Donald Trump likes to tout his accomplishments, and saving the gas-powered car should be high on the list. The president is ending a lunatic government campaign against the internal combustion engine, one of the defining mechanisms of our age. This uneconomical push for electric ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from execution. There was no clear outcome apparent after the justices heard two hours of arguments in ...
Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2025. There are 20 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI. Also on this date: In 1816, Indiana was admitted to the Union as the 19th U.S. state. In 1946, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established. In 1972, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan guided lander Challenger to a touchdown on the moon, where he and Harrison "Jack" ...
President Trump got what might be considered some good news last week, though most of the major American media ignored it. According to a UK Daily Mail/J.L. Partners survey, the president’s approval rating increased from 45% to 47% between Nov. 21 and Dec. 4. The poll included 1,000 ...
