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 ...

Right before New York's Democratic mayoral primary, political seers declared with enormous confidence that Andrew Cuomo would easily beat Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani. They were wrong. Now, about a month before the general election where Cuomo is running as an independent, the same ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown faded Friday as Democrats refused to budge in a Senate vote and President Donald Trump readied plans to unleash layoffs and cuts across the federal government. On the third day of the shutdown, another Senate vote to advance ...

Today is Saturday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2025. There are 88 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. Also on this date: In 1777, Gen. George Washington's troops launched an ...