Veterans should take another look at VA benefits
The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain has earned another national honor, and while that recognition is certainly worth celebrating, the bigger message for veterans across the Upper Peninsula and northeastern Wisconsin is this: If you have never enrolled in VA health care — or were turned down in the past — it may be worth taking another look. The VA center in Iron Mountain has been named one of the nation’s top VA facilities for the sixth time, receiving the Department of Veterans Affairs’ 2025 Best Experience Award for Level III small, low-complexity ...
Trump and the press boycott each other
We’re back in the children’s sandbox. President Trump has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from covering him. The three have filed a First Amendment lawsuit. The president has retaliated with “Trump TV: The Essentials Station” on YouTube. American presidents have been complaining about ...
Probe sought of Trump Jr.’s wedding party paid by Russian
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate whether Donald Trump Jr. used his proximity to the presidency for financial benefit, after his recent wedding party was partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch. In a letter ...
Almanac for Sept. 23, 2026
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 23, the 266th day of 2026. There are 99 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1952, Republican Sen. Richard M. Nixon of California salvaged his vice presidential nomination by appearing on TV from Los Angeles to refute allegations of improper campaign fundraising in what became known as the “Checkers” speech for its reference to his family’s cocker spaniel. Also on this date: In 1780, British spy John Andre was captured along with papers revealing Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point to the British. In 1806, the Lewis and Clark ...
Appeals court favors Trump-backed Missouri congressional voting map
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A long-running legal fight over Missouri’s congressional map took another turn Monday when a federal appeals panel ruled in favor of new districts backed by President Donald Trump, even though the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked those districts from being used in ...