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Trump’s redistricting push hits roadblocks in Indiana, Kansas

For most of President Donald Trump's second term, Republicans have bent to his will. But in two Midwestern states, Trump's plan to maintain control of the U.S. House in next year's election by having Republicans redraw congressional districts has hit a roadblock. Despite weeks of campaigning ...

Almanac for Oct. 27, 2025

Today is Monday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2025. There are 65 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest domestic attack on Jews in U.S. history; authorities said ...

We need billionaires who do the right thing

I don't get politicians who rail against billionaires. There are all kinds of billionaires. Many got rich inventing products we hold dear. Others got rich doing societally useless things like inventing crypto meme coins. And some made their pile through corruption and crime. This is about the ...

Poll: Trump’s favorability falls among Hispanics

President Donald Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a new AP-NORC poll shows, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his victory in the 2024 election. The October survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for ...

Almanac for Oct. 25, 2025

Today is Saturday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2025. There are 67 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1929, former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for oil field leases at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and the Elk Hills and Buena Vista ...

In America, no government has the right to censor

The Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can't say what they want, we don't have honest debate. I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency, said, "If we don't have free speech, then we just don't have a free country!" Good ...