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Today in History: June 16, Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space By The Associated Press Today is Monday, June 16, the 167th day of 2025. There are 198 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 16, 1858, accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination ...

Musk is proof we need campaign finance reform

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk is clearly the "poster child" for why the nation needs campaign finance reform. He boasts that President Donald Trump would not have won and the Republicans would not control Congress without him and that Trump was being so "ungrateful." It became ugly. Subject matter? ...

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oday is Saturday, June 14, the 165th day of 2025. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. Today's Highlight in History: On June 16, 1858, accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, ...

Israeli strikes on Iran a test of ‘America first’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just hours before Israel launched strikes on Iran early Friday, President Donald Trump was still holding onto tattered threads of hope that a long-simmering dispute over Tehran's nuclear program could be resolved without military action. But with the Israeli military ...

Slouching toward authoritarianism?

WASHINGTON — The deployment of California National Guard troops and active-duty U.S. Marines onto the streets of Los Angeles is an assault on federalism, violates federal law and manifests a dangerous pattern of governmental behavior in defiance of constitutional principles and the rule of ...