The second round of December Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in four days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Dec. 17. The first round of payments went out on Dec. 10 to recipients born on […]
EXCLUSIVE — Bolivia has elected its first non-socialist government in decades, and the new administration has a very simple vision: less isolation, more cooperation with the United States, and a dismantled narco-state. President Rodrigo Paz Pereira, leader of the Christian Democratic Party, took office on Nov. 8 after winning a landslide election in October. His […]
The nation’s redistricting battles are heating up as Republicans and Democrats scramble to redraw and pass congressional maps that tip the odds in their favor ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. So far, the gains and losses appear to cancel each other out, but that has not stopped high-profile pressure campaigns, or billionaire donors and […]
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is performing a high-wire act few Republicans on Capitol Hill have been able to manage successfully: He’s staying on good terms with President Donald Trump even as he steps up oversight of the Pentagon and its chronically embattled leader. In just the […]
Since Netflix announced its plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery this month, film exhibitors have expressed consternation and worry as to what the pending merger would mean for the theatrical business if the world’s leading streaming service acquired one of Hollywood’s oldest studios. Shortly after the announcement, one of the largest exhibition trade groups came […]
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) introduced a bill to reduce congressional pay to just $1 from the first day of a government shutdown, part of a flurry of bills meant to prevent an extended lapse in funding. The United States experienced its longest government shutdown yet earlier this year, with lawmakers still receiving their salaries even […]
The Justice Department has sued Fulton County, Georgia, seeking access to ballots and other election materials from the 2020 presidential race, escalating the Trump administration’s renewed effort to scrutinize an election President Donald Trump lost to former President Joe Biden. In a lawsuit filed Friday, the department said it needs the records to investigate Fulton […]
President Donald Trump’s U.S. attorney in Delaware resigned after a ruling finding Alina Habba was serving unlawfully as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey. Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware Julianne Murray submitted her resignation on Friday in a public statement that began by defending her record and maintaining that she did not […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris urged Democrats to find a message that can sustain the party after President Donald Trump leaves office, arguing in a rare Friday speech that leadership had become too comfortable with a “flawed status quo” that she says enabled his return to office. Harris served as the keynote speaker of the […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) threatened on Friday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress if they missed depositions related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Bill Clinton is scheduled to testify on Wednesday, and Hillary Clinton is scheduled to testify on Thursday. Comer […]
