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This day in history

Farmer Cliff Carter works on an irrigation system for one of his rice fields in Rector, Arkansas

The $8 billion farmer relief package.

Plus, looking back on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Farmer bailout

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2025

The Russia diesel deal.

Plus, a look back at Justice Clarence Thomas’s confirmation.
Russia
Pollution and steam rise from the stacks of the Miami Fort Power Station, situated along the Ohio River, in North Bend, Ohio

The EPA’s power plant deregulation.

Plus, it’s Constitution Day.
EPA
Gasoline prices displayed on a Mobil gas station in California | Weston Hancock/SOPA Images, edited by Russell Nystrom

The August economic reports.

Plus, looking back at the life of Mao Zedong.
Economy
Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez shakes hands with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright

The U.S. oil deal with Venezuela.

Plus, did climate change cause the Nepal floods?
U.S.–Venezuela
A pole-mounted Flock camera | Paul Edward Parker/The Providence Journal/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images, edited by Russell Nystrom

The Flock surveillance cameras debate.

Plus, looking back at the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Flock cameras
Rep. Max Miller attends a House Committee hearing

The abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller.

Plus, what makes August 6 a day of reflection?
Max Miller
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the 2026 Infrastructure Summit — Washington, D.C. | REUTERS/Kylie Cooper, edited by Russell Nystrom

OpenAI’s autonomous agent hack.

Plus, a look back at the start of the Space Race.
Artificial Intelligence
Demonstrators march in Houston following the death of a Mexican national fatally shot by a federal immigration agent | Carlos Escalona/ZUMA Press Wire, edited by Russell Nystrom

The ICE shootings in Maine and Texas.

Immigration agents killed two people in the past week.
ICE shooting
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner listens to a question from the audience at a town hall meeting — October 22, 2025 | REUTERS/Brian Snyder, edited by Russell Nystrom

Graham Platner faces new sexual assault allegations.

Plus, what happened on this day in 1853 Japan.
Graham Platner
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing — February 5, 2026

Congress’s bipartisan housing bill.

Plus, a dance craze from 1374 Germany.
Congress
A smartphone displays a folder of social media applications | Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto, edited by Russell Nystrom

The UK’s social media ban for minors.

Plus, a big change in supersonic flight regulation.
Social media