The uproar over the Dan Sullivans stunt in Alaska is this year’s most famous political dirty trick. The Department of Justice announced last Friday it is conducting civil and criminal investigations that include possible conspiracy to dupe Alaska voters because of two Senate candidates who ...
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2025. There are 57 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 4, 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the first Black president of the United States, defeating the Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Also on this date: In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt. In 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming and Miriam Amanda Ferguson of Texas became the first women to be elected governor of a U.S. state. In 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began as militant students ...
No matter what happens in Tuesday's elections, support for wealth taxes keeps growing. Its justification is based on the idea that the very rich owe all of us something, and taxing their fortunes is collecting on that debt. We're told their success fuels inequality and that it's selfish of ...
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2026. There are 58 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 3, 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina, in what became known as the Greensboro massacre. State and federal trials subsequently acquitted six defendants of murder and rioting charges. Also on this date: In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, defeating Democrat William Jennings Bryan. In 1911, the Chevrolet ...
Today is Monday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2026. There are 59 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated the heavily favored Republican governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey. Also on this date: In 1783, Gen. George Washington issued his Farewell Address to the Army. In 1861, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln relieved Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont of his command of the Army's Western Department, following Fremont's unauthorized ...
Pick a Thanksgiving table, any Thanksgiving table in America, and it's sure to have a turkey and a grumpy uncle. Sometimes they are one and the same, stuffed with all the trimmings. As the midterms draw near, this November will be an especially heated month, right? We the people are so ...
