Democrat Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign sued Alaska election officials Friday, seeking records that would identify voters whose absentee ballots have been rejected as the state continues counting votes in one of the closest 2026 midterm races nationwide. Alaskans for Mary, Peltola’s campaign committee, filed the lawsuit in Alaska Superior Court in Anchorage against the Alaska […]
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attributed a cyberattack involving the Italian foreign minister’s personal data to pro-Russian hackers who were purportedly motivated by the NATO country’s strong support for Ukraine. Meloni said on Saturday she stands by Antonio Tajani, who also serves as vice president of Italy’s Council of Ministers, “over what has come to […]
Calley Means, a former senior adviser for the Department of Health and Human Services, did not hold back when discussing his interactions with former White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in a Friday interview with podcaster Joe Rogan. Means, who quit the Trump administration less than two weeks before the midterm elections, blamed Wiles […]
The December 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 24 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have another qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
The Democratic Party’s midterm election dominance on Tuesday sent a shockwave through the Republican Party, underscoring fissures in its coalition and potentially upending the 2028 presidential field overnight. Finger-pointing began immediately after Tuesday night’s election, which produced at least 54 Democratic Senate seats and north of 250 House seats, as several pundits blamed the president’s […]
The first round of November Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in three days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The second round will go out on Nov. 18 to those born between […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) won’t be the lone Senate Democrat defending the filibuster next year. Adam Hamilton, the megachurch pastor elected in Kansas on Tuesday, would vote to keep the 60-vote threshold intact, while former Gov. Roy Cooper, the senator-elect in North Carolina, hasn’t been quite so definitive but praised it recently as a firewall […]
Many congressional races remain uncalled, but it is clear that Democrats will end up with solid majorities in both chambers. To the victors go the spoils, and chief among them are committee chairmanships in the House of Representatives and Senate. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) is expected to become chairman of the potent House Oversight and […]
Democrats gained strong control of both the House and the Senate in the Nov. 3 midterm elections and are expected to target President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda in some form. How effective these efforts to curb the broad-based, price-hiking tariff program can be is an open question. Democratic wins across geographic regions and demographic groups […]
Opponents of gender ideology have achieved a series of wins over the past year securing youth gender-medicine bans and safeguarding girls’ sports that codify such protections and legally recognize states’ authority to enforce their own transgender regulations. The movement picked up major electoral victories on Tuesday with the passage of five ballot initiatives across four […]
