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 ...
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," ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — While the Trump administration explores ways to encourage Americans to have more babies and reverse the United States' falling birth rate, a new poll finds that relatively few U.S. adults see this as a priority or share the White House's concerns. Instead, Americans are ...
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 — 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 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama had the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden had the Inflation Reduction Act. President Donald Trump will have the tax cuts. All were hailed in the moment and became ripe political targets in campaigns that followed. In Trump's case, the tax cuts may almost become ...