European countries that don’t align with the Trump administration on an acquisition of Greenland by the United States will face tariffs, President Donald Trump said Saturday. Trump noted that the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland will face a 10% tariff starting in February. The tax will […]
SAN BARTOLOME DE PINARES, Spain (AP) — Hundreds of Spaniards watched horses gallop through towering flames, hours before pet owners in Madrid on Saturday took their dogs and cats to church to be blessed with holy water. The contrasting Spanish traditions take place every January to honor St. Anthony the Abbott, the patron saint of […]
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is set to be inaugurated as Virginia’s next governor around noon Saturday. SPANBERGER DELIVERS DEMOCRATS HUGE WIN IN VIRGINIA AFTER DEFEATING EARLE-SEARS FOR GOVERNORSHIP Spanberger beat Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears decisively in last year’s election to become the state’s first female governor. “Good morning, Virginia! Today at noon, the work begins,” Spanberger wrote […]
The second round of January 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 Jan. 21. The first round of payments went out on Jan. 14 to recipients born on […]
February 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 13 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month. However, February’s payment will go out on Jan. 30. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]
After spending 22 years in the military, earning three master’s degrees, and raising four children, Marine veteran Chris Burnett told the Washington Examiner he was ready to “just comfortably exist.” But frustrations about the decline of the middle class in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District, which he said has been spurred by a “series of millionaires… […]
The Make America Healthy Again movement has emerged as one of the Trump administration’s clearest political assets ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The movement spearheaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has drawn in parents, wellness advocates, and health-focused voters who say Washington is finally addressing issues they have raised […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) got a glimpse of the White House this week as speculation continues to grow he is eyeing a 2028 presidential campaign. Alongside fellow possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), Shapiro was at the White House on Friday to help President Donald Trump’s administration put pressure on PJM Interconnection, […]
When Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) flipped the Virginia governor’s mansion red for the first time since 2009 in 2021, he was immediately catapulted into the political stratosphere and heavily favored as a possible GOP presidential candidate. But five years later, Youngkin seemingly put an end to rumors he could run in 2028 by endorsing Vice […]
In an effort to shape how their industry is regulated, cryptocurrency interests have spent millions of dollars supporting key lawmakers and on lobbying efforts linked to legislation that has since stalled on Capitol Hill. One of the most recent developments in the monthslong battle over crypto legislation came on Wednesday, when Senate Banking Committee Chairman […]
