Today is Wednesday, Aug. 6, the 218th day of 2025. There are 147 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1945, during World War II, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths. Also on this date: In 1806, ...

Here's a clue that the off-year elections in November 2026 may not go the way conventional wisdom suggests. That conventional wisdom is that the president's party almost always loses the House and, slightly less often, Senate seats. There are two structural reasons for this. One is that ...

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit — which sits right below the Supreme Court — heard a case of profound constitutional importance. It is the government's appeal of a ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade, which found that President Donald ...

Today is Monday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2025. There are 149 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2020, nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been improperly stored for years in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, exploded, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 7,000 ...

When Elon Musk and his first wife talked about how many children they would have, Justine reportedly said she wanted one or two. "But if I could afford nannies, I'd like to have four." Musk reportedly replied: "That's the difference between you and me. I just assume that there will be ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Smithsonian Institution has removed from an exhibit a reference to President Donald Trump's two impeachments, a decision that comes as the White House exerts pressure to offer a more positive — and selective — view of American history. A spokesperson said the exhibit ...