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Almanac for Nov. 14, 2025

Today is Friday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2025. There are 47 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1970, a chartered Southern Airways plane crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching ...

Yes, Ozempic for all Americans

Americans are going to get a little healthier. President Trump cut deals with the drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to increase access to obesity drugs in a major benefit to American public health. The agreements are a win-win-win -- good for consumers, good for the companies and good ...

Poll shows drop on Trump’s handling of government

WASHINGTON (AP) — Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the rising discontent coming from fellow Republicans. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for ...

Almanac for Nov. 13, 2025

Today is Thursday, Nov. 13, the 317th day of 2025. There are 48 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2015, Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris at the national stadium, in a crowded concert hall, in restaurants and on streets, killing 130 people in ...

Will Supreme Court conservatives permit Trump’s power grab?

I think the Supreme Court will rule against President Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs. That said, it's just remarkable that the vote will not be 9-0. Trump is claiming sweeping powers to impose (and rescind and reimpose and re-rescind) tariffs under the International Emergency Economic ...

In Trump-dominated media world, new significance in editing video

In the space of a few months, one of the more straightforward journalistic tasks — editing tape for broadcast — has been behind a $16 million legal settlement, a network's change in how it offers interviews on a news show and, now, the resignation of two top leaders at the BBC. The other ...