LONDON (AP) — Dozens of masked anti-immigration protesters blocked roads leading to Britain’s busiest ferry port on Saturday, clogging traffic and disrupting travelers and cargo vehicles heading for France. The U.K. government condemned the action, saying it went beyond peaceful protest. The Port of Dover said Saturday morning that all traffic in and out was […]
The Justice Department’s antitrust division was briefly instructed to pause cooperation with Canadian authorities this week, as trade tensions continue to escalate between the two countries. Lynda Marshall, chief of the Antitrust Division’s international section, directed officials in a Wednesday email with the subject line “Pause on Canada” to halt cooperation on cases and engagement […]
President Vladimir Putin has ordered a three-day pause in Russian strikes on Kyiv as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrive in Moscow for talks aimed at reviving efforts to end the war in Ukraine, according to state media. “Putin has ordered that no strikes be carried out against Kyiv for three days, starting […]
Missouri is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the state Supreme Court’s blockage of a new congressional map ahead of the November general election. In an emergency application to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Missouri officials argued that the state’s highest court has created a “federal-election-administration disaster” by ordering the state to revert to its […]
The 2026 midterm elections are entering the home stretch as candidates across the country shift into the final weeks of the campaign, with control of Congress on the line. Against that backdrop, Republicans are preparing to hold an event that has never been staged by a major political party before: A two-day midterm convention designed […]
The October 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 26 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 or older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
Republicans are getting pretty fed up with their Senate nominee in Texas, state attorney general Ken Paxton. The scandal-tainted and once-impeached Paxton is a flawed candidate in all kinds of ways that were predictable and, in fact, widely predicted. Establishment Republicans in both Texas and Washington, D.C., never wanted Paxton to be the nominee in […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) and Maryland Democrats are inching closer to ousting the state’s lone House Republican after notching a win at the state Supreme Court to keep a redistricting question on the ballot for the November elections. Running out of options to protect his congressional seat from being redrawn to favor Democrats in 2028, […]
The first round of September Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The second round will go out on Sept. 16 to those born between […]
The old political proverb that “all politics is local” is becoming irrelevant to the modern campaign trail as candidates are no longer branding themselves to residents of their state but presenting a profile to the national stage. Candidates running for Congress, governor, and even lower offices in the 2026 midterm elections increasingly find themselves campaigning […]
