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Trump plays Mr. New York Christmas only in movies

Fifth Avenue swarms with tourists grinning at the fabulous scene as retailers cash in on the cheer. Christmas in New York is a Rockettes kick line of store windows awash in fantasy and light spectaculars. But something is missing from the big show this year. That would be Donald Trump. In ...

Zelenskyy, Trump to meet in Florida

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. Zelenskyy told journalists that the two leaders will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine during Sunday's talks, and that the 20-point plan ...

Almanac for Dec. 27, 2025

Today is Saturday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2025. There are four days left in the year. Today in history: In 2007, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a shooting and bomb attack that killed at least 20 people in the city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Also on this ...

Comparing socialism to capitalism

People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, "College students prefer socialism to capitalism." Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union "wasn't real socialism." Socialism guru Noam Chomsky tells students that. He says the Soviet Union ...

DOJ says it may need a ‘few more weeks’ on Epstein files

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday it may need a "few more weeks" to release all of its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after suddenly discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents, further delaying compliance with last Friday's ...

Almanac for Dec. 26, 2025

Today is Friday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2025. There are five days left in the year. Today in history: In 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean off the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered a tsunami with waves up to 100 feet high that killed about 230,000 people across ...