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Almanac for Feb. 27, 2026

Today is Friday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2026. There are 307 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1933, Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire; Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties. Also on this date: In 1942, the Battle of the Java Sea began during World War II; Imperial Japanese naval forces scored a decisive victory over the Allies. In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms in office, was ratified. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and ...

Jack Hughes or Eileen Gu?

The Winter Olympics had its thrills and spills — and a deep philosophical divide represented by two American, or American-born, athletes. Jack Hughes, the gold medal-winning American hockey player for the U.S. team, gave voice to a patriotic reflex in his heartfelt expressions of love of ...

Summers to leave teaching at Harvard amid Epstein ties review

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University as the campus reviews his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Wednesday. Summers, who has been on leave since November and whose name appeared hundreds ...

Almanac for Feb. 26, 2026

Today is Thursday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2026. There are 308 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others, mainly due to smoke inhalation. (The bomb failed to topple the north tower into the south tower, as the terrorists had hoped; both towers were destroyed in the 9/11 attack eight years later.) Also on this date: In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba, sailing ...

Trump: Insulter in chief

Each time one thinks President Trump has reached the lowest level possible in insulting his enemies, he finds new depths to plunge. After a 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court, with the majority including two conservative justices he appointed, the president called the justices "fools," a ...

Details on what former Prince Andrew, Mandelson could face

LONDON (AP) — The former Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson, the U.K.'s former ambassador to Washington, were arrested within days of each other for their ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and both are under investigation for the same offense: misconduct in public ...