The August 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 27 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 […]
This story is part of a series of monthly snapshots from the Washington Examiner, titled Midterm Countdown, gauging the state of the 2026 election cycle. Scroll down to the bottom of the story for the latest prediction market odds of who is going to win. America’s 250th anniversary is giving President Donald Trump a reason to get […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is turning Michigan‘s Senate race into a proxy fight with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), placing herself directly at odds with his preferred candidate in a primary that has implications for the future of New York and national politics. On Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez waded into her first contested Senate race of […]
The first round of July 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, July 8. The second round will go out on July 15 to those born between […]
President Donald Trump maintains financial ties to the gaming website Roblox, as numerous lawsuits accuse it of failing to protect child users from predators. Trump made 12 stock purchases in the company, eight sales, and earned dividends and capital gains of less than $1,000 each in 2025, according to his newly released financial disclosures. Some […]
President Donald Trump, speaking in front of Mount Rushmore, used his address on the eve of America’s 250th birthday to warn that there is a “resurgence of the Communist menace in our land.” His speech came just hours after Zohran Mamdani, the socialist mayor of New York, used a speech while sitting behind the desk […]
Pope Leo XIV preached a message of unity as he celebrated his home country’s 250th birthday while receiving the National Constitution Center’s 2026 Liberty Medal. Pope Leo is the first American to be elected pontiff and has given his two cents on U.S. policy and values from the Vatican throughout his first year. He has […]
President Donald Trump will take the stage in South Dakota to speak to Americans in front of Mount Rushmore at around 8:30 p.m. local time. WHITE HOUSE SUGGESTS ‘NO BETTER ADDITION’ TO MOUNT RUSHMORE THAN TRUMP The president will give an Independence Day eve speech that will address what it means to be an American […]
As President Donald Trump is set to take the stage in front of Mount Rushmore on Friday evening to deliver an Independence Day speech, his White House thinks the monument could include a fifth president. “There would be no better addition to the iconic Mount Rushmore than the 45th and 47th President of the United […]
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia certified on Friday that the Interior Department can reinstall the Trump administration’s interpretive signs at George Washington’s house in the colonial city. The Interior Department can now revamp the exhibit outside Washington’s Philadelphia home from one about slavery under Washington to one that includes new educational panels with less […]
