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Almanac for Sept. 18, 2025

Today is Thursday, Sept. 18, the 261st day of 2025. There are 104 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering champion of women's rights who became the court's second female justice, died at her home in Washington at age 87, of ...

Kirk’s message will find other voices

Charlie Kirk has been called many things, including an influencer, especially of young people. A better label might be “converter.” The power to speak truth in a way that changes a political mindset is better than influencer. Kirk possessed that power which led to his murder by a ...

Plan to use military lawyers as immigration judges draws concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Democratic senators say they are deeply concerned that a Pentagon plan to allow military lawyers to work as temporary immigration judges will violate a ban on using service members for law enforcement and affect the military justice system. The letter, sent to the ...

Almanac for Sept. 17, 2025

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2025. There are 105 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Also on this date: In ...

MAGA’s moral problem

The rush to exonerate Trump from the implications of the Epstein birthday book message reveals a contradiction at the heart of MAGA. In the immediate aftermath of the Wall Street Journal July scoop about the smarmy message Trump included in the book of friendly tributes assembled in 2003 for ...

Vance says national unity impossible while some celebrate Kirk’s killing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance said Monday while hosting Charlie Kirk's radio show that he is "desperate" for national unity after the conservative political activist's killing but that finding common ground with people who celebrated the assassination of his friend is ...