The first round of December Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in 13 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Dec. 10. The second round of payments will go out on Dec. 17 for retirees born […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called President Donald Trump’s decision not to invite his country to the 2026 G20 summit in Miami, Florida, ‘regrettable.’ He called the decision “punitive measures” based on a misunderstanding of his country, and said the choice was predicated on “misinformation” and “distortions.” “It is regrettable that despite the efforts and […]
President Donald Trump entered his second term in the White House with a firm grip on the Republican Party, muscling his agenda and Cabinet nominees through Congress. But Trump is now facing regular pushback from lawmakers and even more speculation that he will soon be a lame-duck president, a marked shift that GOP strategists and […]
As the Trump administration wages a full-scale crackdown on illegal immigrants residing in the United States, one population has largely gone overlooked: visa overstayers. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its federal partners have focused on arresting and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal histories, those who have failed to depart the country after being ordered […]
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers searched Thursday in rivers and the rubble of villages for bodies, and when possible survivors, after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island left 49 people dead and 67 missing. Monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks in North Sumatra province Tuesday. The deluge tore through […]
The suspected shooter of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday is a native of Afghanistan who previously worked in the United States for multiple government agencies, one of which was the Central Intelligence Agency. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspected shooter, entered the U.S. in 2021 as part of the initiative of the Joe […]
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was among three tech executives invited to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee next month on how state-sponsored Chinese hackers used the startup company’s artificial intelligence technology in a widespread cyber espionage campaign this year. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), who chairs the House committee, asked the Anthropic executive to testify […]
President Donald Trump blamed his predecessor on Wednesday for letting the suspected gunman linked to the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C., enter the United States four years ago. The suspect has been identified as 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who reportedly arrived in the U.S. under the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome. The operation […]
President Donald Trump will deliver a speech on Wednesday’s shooting targeting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. “I will be speaking on the horrific attack on our Great National Guard Warriors, at 9:15 P.M., sharp,” Trump announced on Truth Social 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. He will be speaking from West Palm […]
A panel of federal judges handed North Carolina Republicans a legal victory on Wednesday, allowing them to use a redrawn congressional map that flips one House seat in a swing district red. The ruling further bolsters the Republican Party’s mid-decade redistricting agenda as President Donald Trump seeks to maintain the House GOP majority leading up […]
