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By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Thursday, July 11, the 193rd day of 2025. There are 173 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 11, 1995, the U.N.-designated "safe haven" of Srebrenica (sreh-breh-NEET'-sah) in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian ...

What Trump’s big tax law could mean for the youngest Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — The impact of the massive spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day is expected to filter down to infants and toddlers — a segment of the population that is particularly vulnerable to cuts to the federal social safety net. Many ...

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Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 10, the 192nd day of 2025. There are 174 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the German Luftwaffe launched attacks on southern England. (The Royal Air Force was ...

A Heartland Scene: Democracy writ small

WASHINGTON — The village egg toss on the Fourth of July sings of democracy to me. An exuberant gaggle of 100-plus people lined up for the competition. A little bit of everybody joined in, all ages, sizes and colors, with partners. The playing field by the fire station and elementary ...

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Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 190th day of 2025. There are 175 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship and "equal protection under the laws" to anyone "born or naturalized in the United States," ...

Selling the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

WASHINGTON — It's one thing to pass a major piece of legislation and have it signed by the president; it's quite another to get the public to swallow it as something that benefits most of the country. House and Senate Democrats, who stood in unison against President Trump's "big beautiful ...