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Opinion

Almanac for Oct. 23, 2025

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Today is Thursday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2025. There are 69 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon, while a ...

Be ready when health insurance enrollment begins

Editorials

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services is encouraging state residents to be ready for the upcoming Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment period that starts Nov. 1. A record 530,000 Michiganders are currently enrolled in health insurance through the Marketplace. ...

No Kings? More like no clue …

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What do you do when voters have rejected your party’s policies and the losers have nothing new to offer? Answer: You stage large demonstrations that include name calling (this from Democrats who have called for “lowering” the rhetorical temperature). Anyone who believes last ...

Trump hosts Senate Republicans as the shutdown drags on

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs for preschoolers nationwide are scrambling for federal funds. The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing its 1,400 employees. Thousands more federal workers are going without paychecks. But as President ...

Almanac for Oct. 22, 2025

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Today is Wednesday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2025. There are 70 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2012, cyclist Lance Armstrong was formally stripped of his seven Tour de France victories and received a lifetime ban from Olympic sports after the International Cycling Union chose ...