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Almanac for March 26, 2026

Today is Thursday, March 26, the 85th day of 2026. There are 280 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2024, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by a container ship, killing six maintenance workers on the bridge. (Maryland officials have announced plans to replace the bridge by late 2030.) Also on this date: In 1812, an earthquake devastated Caracas, Venezuela, causing as many as 30,000 deaths. (The U.S. Congress later approved $50,000 in food aid to be sent to Venezuela — the first example of American disaster assistance abroad.) In 1917, ...

Sending in the clowns

Even someone with a rudimentary understanding of economics should know that if you tax a business or individual beyond their level of tolerance they will pack up and leave the state for one with lower or no state income tax. Unfortunately, one can’t escape the long arm of federal ...

Court considers allowing revival of asylum restrictions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether the Trump administration should be able to revive an immigration policy that has been used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Some conservative justices seemed receptive to the Justice ...

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 workers' rights and workplace safety. Also on this date: In 1894, Jacob S. Coxey began a march from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, leading an "army" of as many as 500 unemployed workers to demand help from the federal government after the Panic of 1893 and ensuing depression. In 1931, in the ...

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 ...