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Judge: Noncitizens unconstitutionally targeted over Gaza war protests

BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration violated the Constitution when it targeted non-U.S. citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel, a federal judged said Tuesday in a scathing ruling directly and sharply criticizing President Donald Trump and his ...

Almanac for Oct. 1, 2025

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2025. There are 91 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2017, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman opened fire from a room at the high-rise Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of 22,000 fans at a ...

Can we right this listing ship?

There are few things the old me liked more than a meaty discussion about the American Founding. The history was interesting for its own sake but also essential guidance for the present and future. Or so I believed for decades. The other day, a podcast in my feed addressed these matters and I ...

At UN, Canada’s foreign minister walks fine line

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's foreign minister walked a fine line at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, pushing back at President Donald Trump's assertions of unfettered U.S. power while trying to avoid provoking her country's biggest trade partner. Trump famously said at his ...

Almanac for Sept. 30, 2025

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2025. There are 92 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end after delivering more than 2.3 million tons of cargo to blockaded residents of West Berlin over the prior 15 months. Also on this date: In ...

Free speech and its discontents

"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ... " — First Amendment to the U.S. ...