One week after the Republican midterm election debacle, questions about how it happened while sorting through the debris that left Democrats in charge of Congress, many governorships and state legislators will likely continue for some time. If the election had been solely about the many ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration, going as far as claiming that such investigations — a standard oversight function of Congress — may amount to “blatant criminality.” White House counsel Will ...
More than a “thumping.” That’s what George W. Bush called it when Democrats won majorities in both houses by gaining six Senate and 30 House seats in 2006. In Tuesday’s midterm elections, Democrats won majorities in both houses, gaining seven Senate seats, with chances at two more, and ...
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2026. There are 51 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1898, a mob of up to 2,000 white supremacists killed dozens of African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina, burned Black-owned businesses and forced the mayor, police chief and aldermen to resign at gunpoint before installing their own mayor and city council in what became known as the “Wilmington Coup.” Also on this date: In 1775, the Continental Congress established the Continental Marines, later known as the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, ...
Wednesday, Nov. 11, will be the 315th day of 2026. There will be 50 days left in the year. This is Veterans Day. Today in history: In 1918, fighting in World War I ended as the Allies and Germany signed an armistice aboard a railroad car in the Forest of Compiegne in northern France. Also on this date: In 1620, 41 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts, signed the Mayflower Compact, creating a local government for the colony that called for a “civil body politick, for our better ordering and preservation.” In 1831, Nat Turner, an enslaved man who led dozens of ...
Does the government work for us, or do we work for the government? We pay its taxes, obey its laws and regulations, finance its wars and submit to its surveillance. We are told that all of this is necessary for personal safety, collective prosperity and national security. Yet the government ...
