WASHINGTON — Who remembers Donald Trump’s first inaugural address? Probably not very many, unless they have Googled it, as I did. That’s likely because after the speech Trump became fixated on the size of the crowd, which he repeatedly claimed was larger than official estimates. As I ...

By The Associated Press Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 16, 27 B.C., Caesar Augustus was declared the first Emperor of the Roman Empire by the Senate. On this date: In 1865, Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman decreed that 400,000 acres of land in the South would be divided into ...

WASHINGTON — 2025 is a full year so far. If you grew up in the beautiful (but parlous) land of Los Angeles and live in Washington D.C., the moment feels like paradise lost. Seeing your hometown burn to the ground on screen, with high winds showing no mercy and leaving vast swaths of ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2025. There are 348 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address in which he warned against “the acquisition of unwarranted ...

BERKELEY — Trump will try to take credit for the Biden economy. Don’t let him. And don’t let Republican enablers of Trump or the media give him credit, either. In 2017, Trump inherited a strong economy from President Obama and never stopped congratulating himself for it. He claimed that ...

By Stephen Moore WASHINGTON — Envy is an ugly thing -- one of the seven deadly sins. Europeans have long been dripping with jealousy that American firms dominate the tech sector -- cellphones, search engines, social media platforms, artificial intelligence and robotics. Our “magnificent ...