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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Full speed in Congress

WASHINGTON — Let me tell you the story of the star-crossed Republican Senate and House of Representatives. Republicans can't cross the president and can't compromise with Democrats. They are utterly useless as lawmakers, precariously perched on slim majorities. The Trump Republican plan for ...

Alamanac

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, June 13, the 164th day of 2025. There are 201 days left in the year. Today is Thursday, June 13, the 165th day of 2024. There are 201 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated ...

Parades and reviews have a long history

The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump's 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans. This will not be the first U.S. military parade, though it's unusual outside of wartime. The president pitches the occasion as a way ...