Maine, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Vermont celebrate the paid holiday on their own. Maine, New Mexico and Vermont all replaced the Columbus Day holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day in 2019. South Dakota renamed the holiday to Native American Day in 1990, according to ACLU South Dakota .

“Columbus Day we’re back, Italians," Trump said at the White House Oct. 9. "We love the Italians.” At the surface level, Columbus Day honors the explorer Christopher Columbus. But the holiday has notable connections to the Italian American experience in 19th-century America.

Americans are wishing Charlie Kirk a happy birthday by wearing red T-shirts in what has become "wear red day," a social-media-fueled movement.

Monday, Oct. 13, will be a regular business day for United States stock markets, as markets will not close in observance of Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day. The U.S. bond market, however, will be closed, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Kilwins is kicking off the celebration of dessert on Oct. 14 by giving fans a chance to win one of 10 $50 Kilwins eGift Cards. From Oct. 14-19, anyone who follows the official @Kilwins account on Instagram can enter by tagging a friend in the comments of the official sweepstakes post. Ten lucky commenters will win the sweepstakes.

Many of the "No Kings Day" protests are again being formed by local activist organizations, progressive groups and nonprofits.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On the afternoon of Wednesday, September 10, 2025, pure evil struck when the legendary

By Alden Bentley NEW YORK (Reuters) -Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Alden Bentley, Editor in Charge, Americas Finance and Markets Jamie McGeever is enjoying some well-deserved time off,