Today is Saturday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2025. There are 67 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1929, former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for oil field leases at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and the Elk Hills and Buena Vista ...

The Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can't say what they want, we don't have honest debate. I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency, said, "If we don't have free speech, then we just don't have a free country!" Good ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves forward with construction of a ballroom, Associated Press photos on Thursday showed. The East Wing, where first ladies created history, planned state dinners and promoted causes, is now ...

Today is Friday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2025. There are 68 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1945, the United Nations formally came into existence as the Charter of the United Nations, ratified by 51 nations, took effect. The date is now observed as United Nations Day. Also ...

In the 1960s, the conservative intellectual James Burnham wrote a book arguing that the decline of Western civilization was a self-imposed choice. The volume, famously called "Suicide of the West," desperately needs to be updated with an epilogue about the U.S. dependence on China for the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the federal government owes him "a lot of money" for prior Justice Department investigations into his actions and insisted he would have the ultimate say on any payout because any decision will "have to go across my desk." Trump's ...