Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and gov’t shutdowns

TODAY IN HISTORY 17 Today is Monday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2026. There are 136 days left in the year.

On Aug. 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton gave grand jury testimony via closed-circuit television from the White House concerning his relationship with Monica Lewinsky; he then delivered a TV address i...

• In 1807, Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat made its first voyage, heading up the Hudson River on a successful round trip between New York City and Albany. • In 1863, federal batteries and ships ...

Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton is 90. Actor Robert DeNiro is 83. Businessman Larry Ellison is 82. Film director Martha Coolidge is 80. Filmmaker/ author Julian Fellowes is 77. Tennis Hall of Fam...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclea...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) — Days of storms and flooding in Indiana left at least seven people dead as floodwaters receded in Indianapolis’ White River and rains eased in other parts of the state Sunday....