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Why January 1 Became New Year’s Day

Reporting revisits Caesar’s reform, later cemented by the Gregorian adjustment, as the basis for the modern date.

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Tetsuzo Fuwa, Veteran Japanese Communist Party Leader, Dies at 95

Bondi Orders DOJ Probe of Obama–Biden Era 'Lawfare' as Ongoing Criminal Conspiracy

Ivory Coast Ruling Party Poised for Big Parliamentary Majority on Early Results

On This Day, December 21–22: Berlin Wall Demolition, Apollo 8, and Europe’s Integration

Lou Cannon, Veteran Journalist and Reagan Biographer, Dies at 92

Netflix’s ‘Cover-Up’ Puts Seymour Hersh Under the Microscope Ahead of Dec. 26 Release

New Count Makes Zohran Mamdani New York City's 112th Mayor

Trump Installs Partisan Plaques in White House ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ Targeting Predecessors

Doug Jones Enters Alabama Governor’s Race, Setting Up Potential 2026 Rematch With Tuberville

Pathé Unveils Teaser and Sets Summer 2026 French Release for Two-Part ‘De Gaulle’

Husted Files for 2026 Ohio Senate Race With Early Statewide Push

David Trone Files to Reclaim Maryland’s 6th in Challenge to Rep. McClain Delaney

Sarkozy’s Prison Memoir Recounts 20 Days at La Santé and Calls on the Right to Court National Rally Voters

Yale Poll Finds Buttigieg at 4% With Black Voters, Drawing Duke 2016 Comparisons

‘The Secret Agent’ Begins U.S. Run on Awards Wave for Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura

Chile Heads to Runoff With Kast Favored in Security-Driven Race

Wagner Moura’s ‘The Secret Agent’ Builds Awards Heat as Limited Theatrical Run Begins