About three weeks before Republicans expect an electoral beating, Donald Trump had to get rid of Kimberly Guilfoyle, his ambassador to Greece. He simply had to. Trump’s money-grabbing corruption was wearing thin even on devoted fans, but the president knew how to wrap his mob-like patter in ...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he wants voters to pretend that he’s on the ballot in this year’s midterm elections. His rivals are doing their best to help his case. Democratic candidates and their allies have spent more than $163 million since Sept. 1 on television ...
Today is Saturday, Oct. 17, the 290th day of 2026. There are 75 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern California, killing 63 people and causing up to $10 billion worth of damage. Also on this date: In 1777, British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, New York, in a turning point of the Revolutionary War. In 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted in Chicago of income tax evasion; he would be sentenced to 11 years in prison, fined $50,000 and ordered to pay back taxes. Capone was released in ...
Imagine getting a bill from your local government for $900,000 because they see a greenhouse on your property and just assume you’re growing marijuana without a permit. Imagine government demanding $400,000 because you didn’t know to fill out a single-page form. Or you get slapped with ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A strong majority of voters believe that President Donald Trump is falling short at home and abroad, and they want major change in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new AP-NORC poll that raises serious warning signs for the Republican Party at a critical ...
Today is Friday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2026. There are 76 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba. Also on this date: In 1758, American lexicographer Noah Webster was born in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1793, Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded during the French Revolution. In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown and his small force raided the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry in what was ...
