WASHINGTON — America lost two giants who appeared on different stages, and did not always win, but were examples for all of us to emulate. They both represented America admirably. One was a Gold Medal recipient in the Olympic Games before becoming a professional champion. The other made a ...

WASHINGTON— Columbia University at first appeared to have surrendered to President Trump’s demands that the New York school stop coddling antisemitic and anti-Israel demonstrators. The school announced it was buckling, not on principle, but because it wants the $400 million in federal ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2025. There are 280 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 26, 2024, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by a container ship, killing six maintenance workers on the bridge. ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump is using an 18th-century law - the Alien Enemies Act- to justify the deportation of hundreds of people he says are members of a vicious Venezuelan gang. That law was last used during World War II by the Roosevelt administration to justify the internment of ...

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, March 25, the 84th day of 2025. There are 281 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 25, 1931, in the so-called “Scottsboro Boys” case, nine young Black men were taken off a train in Alabama, accused of raping two white ...

WASHINGTON — If an investment yields stagnant or negative returns despite increased funding, the rational thing to do is back off. This logic rarely applies in government, but we’re in a unique moment. The U.S. Department of Education -- which has long exemplified the sunk-cost fallacy with ...