Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said, “This is not the Republican Party, it’s the MAGA party,” arguing that President Donald Trump’s continued success in Republican primaries demonstrates the extent to which the GOP has become aligned with the MAGA movement. Concha highlighted Trump’s success rate in backing Republican candidates and pointed to recent defeats suffered by […]
Democrats are apparently in no rush to defend embattled Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin. After the publication of an error-ridden 2024 election autopsy, a report that was supposed to explain why Democrats so dramatically underperformed that presidential cycle, the Washington Examiner reached out to more than 50 elected or formally elected party members last […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that the Department of Justice’s new compensation fund should be scrapped, calling it “deeply offensive” that it could provide payments to people who assaulted police officers or vandalized the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Pence criticized the Trump administration’s $1.8 […]
Five people infected with a rare strain of Ebola have recovered in eastern Congo, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday, offering a sign of progress as health officials race to contain an outbreak that has spread across parts of Congo and into neighboring Uganda. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the recoveries […]
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) is pitching a Southern Democratic revival as part of the party’s path back to national power, arguing that gains in traditionally Republican states could reshape the political map ahead of the 2028 presidential election. Beshear, the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association and a frequently mentioned 2028 presidential prospect, pointed Sunday to […]
Iowa voters head to the polls Tuesday for primary elections that have become one of Democrats’ key focuses in their bid to claw back power in a state that once helped launch former President Barack Obama to the White House but has since become a Republican stronghold. While Republicans still hold an advantage in Iowa, […]
The June 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in one day. 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 a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
Headlines suggesting President Donald Trump’s Justice Department was targeting E. Jean Carroll for a perjury investigation created a mess for the administration last week. It was far from the first time the advice columnist and rape accuser caused a mess for Trump. Justice Department officials, however, helped turn this particular dust-up into a confusing reminder […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is sailing into retirement with a political luxury he never had as Senate GOP leader: the chance to openly break with President Donald Trump. Some of McConnell’s most biting criticism came last week when he denounced an “anti-weaponization” fund the Justice Department might use to compensate those pardoned after storming the […]
The first round of June Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in 10 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on June 10. The second round will go out on June 17 to those born between the […]
