The July 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 17 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 and older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
The outbreak of war across the Middle East following Oct. 7, 2023, has drawn in the three major power blocs of the region — Israel, the Gulf countries, and Iran — but the fourth, Turkey, has stood back and bided its time. Though the country has received less attention as it has largely stayed out […]
President Donald Trump is marking America’s 250th birthday, but also a milestone of his own, as he hosts a cage match of herculean proportions at the White House this Sunday. The event, a UFC fight that cost an estimated $60 million and will gather 4,300 guests in a makeshift Octagon arena on the South Lawn, […]
The hottest ticket in Washington’s GOP circles is an invitation to attend President Donald Trump’s planned UFC fight on the White House South Lawn. The event, planned for Sunday to celebrate Trump’s 80th birthday and America’s 250th anniversary, will be attended by several lawmakers, who were given one ticket for the event. The guest list […]
BRADDOCK, Pa. — In American politics, when negotiating hard deals that involve high risk and the livelihoods of all involved while requiring great compromise, pain is usually shared unequally. The rarest outcome is for all involved to be grateful. Yet that was the overwhelming sentiment expressed by the local union leaders, steel workers, plant managers, and […]
Taiwan’s conservative opposition leader has a very unusual problem. She needs to get close to the communist dictator threatening to conquer her country — but not so close that the voting public starts thinking they’re actually friends. Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun sat down with American reporters on Friday at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington, D.C., […]
The UFC held its weigh-in Saturday night for Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 event that will take place on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. THUNDERSTORMS AND ‘EXTREME’ INSECTS THREATEN TRUMP UFC FREEDOM 250 FIGHT AT WHITE HOUSE The fights are being held on the White House lawn as part of a celebration commemorating the United States’s […]
Anthropic blocked public access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on Friday after the Trump administration imposed export restrictions on the recently released artificial intelligence models due to security concerns. The White House imposed such restrictions “partly over suspicions that a China-linked group had accessed” the Mythos 5 model, a person familiar with the matter […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers obtained individual voter files in Texas this spring and in North Carolina last November as part of the Trump administration’s effort to identify instances of voting by illegal immigrants. Voter files from Webb County and Forsyth County were shared with Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents, according to emails obtained […]
A live elephant was the center of attention at the 2026 Republican Party of Texas Convention, serving as a symbol of unity — and later giving attendees something else to remember. The convention ran from June 11-13 in Houston, Texas, with a theme of “Strong Roots, Bold Future.” As part of the event, an African […]
