4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (616+ words) It’s one thing for Trump to usurp powers that belong to Congress, quite another for him to usurp places that belong to all of us. I’m talking about his renaming and demolishing what we share in common. Trump said he…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (346+ words) Today is Thursday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2025. There are 112 days left in the year. On Sept. 10, 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The proceedings would become a watershed moment in…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (300+ words) Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate treatment and…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (364+ words) Today is Tuesday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2026. There are 114 days left in the year. On Sept. 8, 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…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (346+ words) On the Lake Ontario battle, HBO host Bill Maher joked: "The liberals are very pissed at this. They say you can't just go around changing things to fit your political agenda. Just ask any Latinx birthing person." These term tyrants…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (342+ words) Today is Friday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2026. There are 117 days left in the year. On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing two and taking nine others hostage; five of the militants, all nine…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (712+ words) Everything was in order and Armelle was prepared. She had her stack of papers in a file folder, organized and ready. The couple had every reason to believe they were walking into the final step of a process that would…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (732+ words) Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines -- and highlight the science behind them -- saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration’s changing…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1091+ words) The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement released Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (420+ words) Totalitarian movements, Arendt wrote, succeed not by convincing people of a specific lie but by creating a consistent, logical fictional world that defies ordinary common sense and human experience. Which raises the questions that a growing number of Americans are…...