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The feds defend their tortures again

While the public's attention this summer has been drawn to masked ICE agents arresting folks without warrants, presidentially imposed sales taxes on goods emanating from foreign countries that have been invalidated by three federal courts, and the fruitless Kabuki dance between President Donald ...

Decades-long peace vigil outside WH dismantled on Trump’s order

WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials on Sunday removed a peace vigil that had stood outside the White House for more than four decades after President Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the clearing of homeless encampments in the nation's capital. Philipos ...

Almanac for Sept. 8, 2025

Today is Monday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2025. There are 114 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1974, one month after taking office, President Gerald R. Ford granted a "full, free, and absolute pardon" to former President Richard Nixon for any crimes committed during Nixon's ...

Trump aims to rename Department of Defense as Department of War

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aiming to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War — a long-telegraphed move aimed at projecting American military toughness around the globe. "It's a much more appropriate name, especially in ...

Blue America starts to separate from red America

It started quietly enough. MAGA Republicans put lunatic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services. He's forced top scientists to leave and slashed research in cancer, autoimmune diseases and other health threats. Thanks to him, getting the updated COVID ...

Almanac for Sept. 6, 2025

Today is Saturday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2025. There are 116 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (McKinley died eight days later and was ...