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Almanac for Feb. 26, 2026

Today is Thursday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2026. There are 308 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others, mainly due to smoke inhalation. (The bomb failed to topple the north tower into the south tower, as the terrorists had hoped; both towers were destroyed in the 9/11 attack eight years later.) Also on this date: In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba, sailing back ...

Trump: Insulter in chief

Each time one thinks President Trump has reached the lowest level possible in insulting his enemies, he finds new depths to plunge. After a 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court, with the majority including two conservative justices he appointed, the president called the justices "fools," a ...

Details on what former Prince Andrew, Mandelson could face

LONDON (AP) — The former Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson, the U.K.'s former ambassador to Washington, were arrested within days of each other for their ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and both are under investigation for the same offense: misconduct in public ...

Almanac for Feb. 25, 2026

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2026. There are 309 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1964, Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach. Also on this date: In 1870, Republican Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi was sworn in as a U.S. senator, becoming the first African American member of either house of Congress. In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, was declared in effect by Secretary of State ...

Rubio: More than just the good cop

My first reaction to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech, delivered on Valentine's Day, at the Munich Security Conference, was, "Last year, President Donald Trump sent the bad cop, Vice President JD Vance. This year, he sent the good cop, Rubio. Progress." In February 2025, the audience at ...

Smith’s report on Trump classified documents blocked

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday permanently barred the release of a report by special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump's hoarding of classified documents, a prosecution that was once seen as the most perilous of the four criminal cases the ...