WASHINGTON — Here we go again. This week, the Senate finally passed its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and the House signed off. What was already an oversized mess has been supersized into a $4 trillion ode to unseriousness. This isn't tax reform. It's a bipartisan pinata ...

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2025. There are 176 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 8, 2018, divers rescued four of the 12 boys who'd been trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand with their soccer ...

WASHINGTON — It's the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation's grand semiquincentennial celebration next year, it is worth reengaging with the document whose enactment marks our national birthday: the Declaration of Independence. The ...

Today's Highlight in History: On July 7, 1976, the United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980. On this date: In 1846, U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican ...

This week’s bouquets go to: From Miriam Smith: Congratulations to Karen Moore and her group of volunteers who worked so hard creating the beautiful rock gardens in Ludington Park. They are not only beautiful (and will continue to be more so as they grow) but educational as well. Adam and ...

WASHINGTON — We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants a few miles away? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4th 1776? When the President ...