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Almanac for April 4, 2026

Today is Saturday, April 4, the 94th day of 2026. There are 271 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King's death triggered a wave of unrest in cities across the United States that killed 43 people and injured more than 3,000. Also on this date: In 1841, President William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia one month after his inauguration, becoming the first U.S. chief executive to die in office; Harrison's vice president, ...

You don’t own me

Politicians tax what we earn, regulate what we build and often decide what we can do with our bodies and our money. I like to think I own myself. But politicians increasingly act as if they do. "People should not have power over other people's lives," says Timothy Sandefur, author of the ...

Trump’s WH ballroom plans approved despite judge’s halt

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's White House ballroom won final approval from a key agency on Thursday, despite a federal judge recently ordering a halt to construction unless Congress allows what would be the biggest structural change to the American landmark in more than 70 ...

Almanac for April 3, 2026

Today is Friday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2026. There are 272 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1996, Theodore Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician known as the Unabomber, was arrested at a remote Montana cabin by FBI agents. From his off-the-grid location, Kaczynski waged a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, permanently maiming several of his victims. (He died in prison on June 10, 2023, at age 81.) Also on this date: In 1860, the first Pony Express mail delivery rides began, one heading west from St. Joseph, Missouri, and one ...

Honor the plumbers

There are many things in American life that deserve our suspicion and contempt, but plumbers aren't among them. Evidently, Jimmy Kimmel disagrees. The late-night host took a shot at newly confirmed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who used to run a plumbing ...

GOP says they have a path toward ending DHS shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced Wednesday what they are calling a path forward to fully funding the Department of Homeland Security and will try to end a record partial government shutdown. They said in a joint statement that "in ...