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Are predictors of doom correct?

While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, "We're a nation in decline." Now that he's president, the left agrees. "We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire," says Cornell West. Are the predictors of doom correct? Will America collapse like so many ...

Trump, in interview, defends his energy and health

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, during an October examination about which he and the White House delayed offering details. Trump, in the interview, said he ...

Almanac for Jan. 2, 2026

Today is Friday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2026. There are 363 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2016, a heavily armed group led by brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, beginning a 41-day standoff to protest the imprisonment of two ...

Wrong predictions? Never mind

End of the year predictions about the future have been around at least since the days of Nostradamus, but what about past predictions? There were plenty of predictions that electing Donald Trump the first time and then re-electing him, would cause economic Armageddon. Democrats and their media ...

Judge: DOJ prosecuted Abrego Garcia only after deportation mistake

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a "top priority," only after he was mistakenly deported and then ordered returned to the U.S. Abrego ...

Almanac for Dec. 31, 2025

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 31, the 366th and final day of 2025. This is New Year's Eve. Today in history: In 1879, Thomas Edison first demonstrated his electric incandescent lights for the public by illuminating some 100 bulbs in and around his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Also on ...