WASHINGTON — Republican candidates for president, tell us your plan for America’s future. How will you attack President Joe Biden or any other Democrat, and how will you win in 2024? Do this and Republican primary voters will reciprocate by handing you the nomination. Former President ...

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2023. There are 117 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia. On this date: In 1698, Russia’s Peter the ...

NEW YORK — COVID cases are up. Hospitalizations climbed 24% last week. But the media make everything seem scarier than it is. The headline “Up 24%!” comes after dramatic lows. Hospitalizations are still less than half what they were when President Joe Biden said, “The pandemic is ...

WASHINGTON — “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Benjamin Franklin’s famous one-liner about the relationship between liberty and safety has intrigued me since I first ...

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Saturday, Sept. 2, the 245th day of 2023. There are 120 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. On this ...

WASHINGTON — It can be difficult to establish the motives of government leaders, unless they are told to us outright, or unless a pattern of behavior allows us to draw conclusions consistent with that behavior. The wave of migrants illegally crossing America’s southern border and the ...