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Almanac for March 25, 2026

Today is Wednesday, March 25, the 84th day of 2026. There are 281 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1911, 146 people, mostly young female immigrants, were killed when a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. garment factory in New York; the tragedy led to legal reforms for ...

Donald Trump’s war psychology

Two weeks after the start of the Iran War, the picture is coming into focus. Why would a president who promised countless times not to start new wars have leapt into this conflict? As always in the age of Donald Trump, it's necessary to separate the president's motives and mindset from the old ...

Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court 's conservative majority on Monday sounded skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. A ruling, likely to come by late June, that bars counting ballots arriving after ...

Almanac for March 24, 2026

Today is Tuesday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2026. There are 282 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil. Also on this date: In ...

Free speech for me but not for thee

Last week, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media entities that do not relate events in Iran or Ukraine as the Trump administration would like them to be related. He also attacked The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times ...

Democrats sharpen criticism of Vance as they look past Trump

FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Although President Donald Trump is the top Democratic nemesis, some of the party's most ambitious leaders are increasingly looking past him and at Vice President JD Vance. In the latest example, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear traveled to Vance's home county in Ohio, where ...