Today is Monday, July 28, the 209th day of 2025. There are 156 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1945, A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, the world's tallest structure at the time, killing 14 people. Also on this date: In ...

Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" galvanized support for the American Revolution. It mocked the English monarchy, calling hereditary succession "a degradation and lessening of ourselves" and "an imposition on posterity." Were he still with us, Paine might weep at the sight of Robert F. ...

Today is Saturday, July 26, the 207th day of 2025. There are 158 days left in the year. Today in History: In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination based on mental or physical disabilities. Also on this date: In 1775, the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite the sun bearing down on him and the sweat beading across his face, President Donald Trump still lingered with reporters lined up outside the White House on Friday. He was leaving on a trip to Scotland, where he would visit his golf courses, and he wanted to talk ...

Capitalism gets a lot of hate. I expect it from the left. They blame free markets for racism, "horrifying inequality" and even, according to Economist Joseph Stiglitz, "accelerating climate change." People on the right generally defend capitalism, but today, a growing number agree with the ...