Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson questioned whether Britain benefited from fighting World War II and challenged a former U.K. Conservative Party lawmaker to explain why the country should have entered the war in the first place. Carlson pressed former Conservative politician Jacob Rees-Mogg on the legacy of the war during a wide-ranging interview, questioning whether Britain […]
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) announced Saturday that Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada is stepping down following the state’s failed attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Pike. Strada said his resignation was “in the best interest of Tennesseans” as an independent review examines what happened Wednesday, when the state administered two doses of the lethal […]
The first round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in 11 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The second round will go out on Oct. 21 to those born between […]
A federal judge has ruled that a Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy violated the Fourth Amendment when he used Flock license plate reader technology to access weeks of a driver’s travel history, warning that the system risks creating a nationwide “dragnet” of mass surveillance. U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill, a Biden appointee, ordered evidence obtained […]
The Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flight earlier this week allegedly used the cockpit’s “crash axe” in the assault and has been identified as a 29-year-old Omani national. The co-pilot attempted to “take control of the aircraft” and carry out a “terrorist act,” UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif Al […]
President Donald Trump published Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AK) personal cellphone number in a Truth Social post, urging people to call Cotton to pass the Sunshine Protection Act. The act, which would end daylight saving time, passed the House in July. The bill is currently held up in the Senate, with Cotton opposing the measure. NINETEEN […]
The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS Now, and Politico journalists’ access to the White House, arguing that access to the White House is a privilege, not a constitutional right. The filing comes after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, temporarily blocked the […]
Recent polling shows Democrats making gains in several states President Donald Trump carried comfortably in 2024, tightening the party’s path to potentially reclaiming the Senate as the midterm elections approach. A New York Times/Siena College poll of five states — Texas, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas — found Democratic Senate candidates tied or ahead in […]
The November 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 […]
Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon made a splash in early September for resigning and claiming artificial intelligence could one day kill humanity. One American anti-capitalist group was especially happy to see it. “They know that they’re in way over their head and that they need international outrage, which I see happening, about the runaway AI […]
