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Almanac for Nov. 13, 2025

Today is Thursday, Nov. 13, the 317th day of 2025. There are 48 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2015, Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris at the national stadium, in a crowded concert hall, in restaurants and on streets, killing 130 people ...

Will Supreme Court conservatives permit Trump’s power grab?

I think the Supreme Court will rule against President Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs. That said, it's just remarkable that the vote will not be 9-0. Trump is claiming sweeping powers to impose (and rescind and reimpose and re-rescind) tariffs under the International Emergency Economic ...

In Trump-dominated media world, new significance in editing video

In the space of a few months, one of the more straightforward journalistic tasks — editing tape for broadcast — has been behind a $16 million legal settlement, a network's change in how it offers interviews on a news show and, now, the resignation of two top leaders at the BBC. The other ...

Can the president tax you?

Last week the Supreme Court began the process of deciding if the president can impose a sales tax on products and services which originate in foreign countries and are purchased in the United States. The president calls these taxes tariffs. Tariffs are nearly as old as the republic and when ...

BBC bosses resign over Trump speech editing

LONDON (AP) — The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster's top news executive both resigned Sunday after criticism of the way the organization edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness had both decided to leave ...

Almanac for Nov. 10, 2025

Today is Monday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2025. There are 51 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1898, a mob of up to 2,000 white supremacists killed dozens of African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina, burned Black-owned businesses and forced the mayor, police chief and ...