The August 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in five days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. If the first day falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the payment is sent on the last business day of the previous month […]
Laura Loomer, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential outside allies, returned from Ukraine last week with an unexpected message for the MAGA movement: she had been wrong about the war. Like many of Trump’s supporters, Loomer had long opposed U.S. military aid to Ukraine, reflecting the Republican Party’s broader divide between traditional national security […]
Republicans are increasingly leaning on anti-communist messaging as a cudgel against Democrats heading into the November elections. With only 100 days until the midterm elections, Republicans have launched repeated attacks tying the rise in socialism in the Democratic Party to communism. Democrats have seen a surge in socialist candidates in the 2026 cycle, with the […]
EXCLUSIVE — The House Republican campaign arm argues it is “in the strongest position this committee has ever been in,” according to a new campaign memo. The memo, shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner, marks the 100-day point from the November elections and articulates why the National Republican Congressional Committee believes the GOP is in […]
Before Graham Platner was forced to bail from his Maine Senate bid over multiple allegations of domestic violence and sexual abuse, the silver spoon “democratic” socialist said something dumb enough that it should have proven as disqualifying as the Nazi tattoo. “My definition of working class these days is essentially anybody who makes money from […]
The Democratic Socialists of America’s proposal to abolish the Senate isn’t being embraced by one of its most high-profile elected officials and some of the most progressive members of Congress. “I’m a House member, we all hate the Senate,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the highest-ranking DSA member in Congress, joked with the Washington Examiner. “No, […]
The first round of August Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in 17 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The second round will go out on Aug. 19 to those born between […]
The Swiss financial firm UBS faces persistent Senate questioning and the chance of new lawsuits over Nazi-era bank accounts. Senators and activists have sought accountability since the 1990s from Credit Suisse, a Swiss bank UBS acquired in 2023, on how it facilitated Nazi clients’ thefts from Jews and post-World War II escape plans. A 1999 […]
The Trump administration blames Russia for the deteriorating security situation in Mali, as the president is reportedly considering military strikes against an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group known as Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin. The Alliance of Sahel States consists of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, all West African countries where military leaders have seized […]
A federal judge handed a loss to Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) and an immigration policy win to President Donald Trump on Friday after ruling that Illinois state laws providing in-state tuition and other public benefits to illegal immigrants are “unconstitutional and invalid” under the Supremacy Clause. The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Illinois […]
