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Pentagon steps up media restrictions

The Pentagon says it will require credentialed journalists at the military headquarters to sign a pledge to refrain from reporting information that has not been authorized for release — including unclassified information. Journalists who don't abide by the policy risk losing credentials that ...

‘Show me your papers’

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and ...

Almanac for Sept. 22, 2025

Today is Monday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2025. There are 100 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate states should be freed as of Jan. 1, 1863, if the states ...

Who is going to buy Elon Musk’s cars?

The Tesla board has offered to make Elon Musk the planet's first trillionaire if he meets certain milestones in rocketing the automaker to new glory. Did Musk show true brilliance the first time around? Yes, he did. Tesla's stock price rose 700% in 2020, making it more valuable than Toyota, ...

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow transgender, nonbinary passport policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people that requires male or female sex designations based on birth certificates. The Justice Department appealed a lower-court order ...

Almanac for Sept. 20, 2025

Today is Saturday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2025. There are 102 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1973, in their so-called "Battle of the Sexes," tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in the Houston Astrodome. Also on this date: In ...