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Almanac for Dec. 10, 2025

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2025. There are 21 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Prize, winning the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate peace in the Russo-Japanese War. Also on this date: In 1861, the Confederacy admitted Kentucky as it recognized a pro-Southern shadow state government that was acting without the authority of the pro-Union government in Frankfort. In 1898, a treaty was signed in Paris officially ending the Spanish-American War. In 1964, Martin Luther King ...

Summers not the biggest reveal from Epstein emails

If you followed the twists and turns of the Jeffrey Epstein saga over the past few weeks, you already know that several prominent names emerged from the tranche of emails that the Epstein estate released. Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president Larry Summers, who exchanged scores of ...

Justices suggest Trump can fire agency board members

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump's firing of board members. The court's conservative majority suggested it would overturn a unanimous 90-year-old ...

Almanac for Dec. 9, 2025

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2025. There are 22 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1979, scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, a disease that killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century. Also on this date: In 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas," the first animated TV special featuring characters from the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, premiered on CBS. In 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa won Poland's first free presidential election since 1926. In 1992, the first U.S. Marines made a predawn beach landing ...

Murder for Christmas?

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a meme of Franklin the Turtle, the amiable child's cartoon character, in a helicopter using a military weapon to kill people in a small boat below him, and captioned it "For your Christmas wish list," it understandably caused an uproar. Should the ...

Judge deals setback on DOJ seeking new Comey indictment

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, temporarily barring prosecutors from using evidence they had relied on when they initially secured criminal charges. The ruling Saturday ...