The first round of February Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in nine days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Feb. 11. The second round will go out on Feb. 18 to those born between the […]
March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 25 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month, but March’s payment will go out on Feb. 27. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]
Despite a sharp selloff on Friday, gold and silver prices have risen quite a bit in the past few months, as have other commodities such as copper, but what is behind that? Gold and silver have been in the spotlight the past few weeks as prices pumped to record highs. But on Friday, there was […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas slightly increased to $2.875 to begin February. Monday’s price at the pumps was a minimal increase from Sunday, the first of the new month, when regular gas was $2.87 per gallon. Overall, gas prices have varied over the last 30 days. Monday’s price point was […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) will unveil an electric vehicle incentive program next week to offset the termination of federal incentives, with calls to make EVs more affordable for a broader range of consumers. The $200 million incentive program is part of the governor’s budget proposal and is designed to accelerate the state’s EV transition. However, […]
Under President Donald Trump, Greenland has gone from the margins of the world to one of its most pressing issues, yet the wider public remains largely unaware of the tectonic political shifts that have brought the island to this position. Greenland was granted home rule by Denmark in 1979, entailing significant autonomy. Its politics came […]
A yearslong fight over access to 2020 election records from the Atlanta, Georgia, area culminated this week in an FBI raid, during which agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at Fulton County’s main election facility. Federal agents spent a full day searching the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center in Union City on Wednesday, seizing ballots […]
President Donald Trump took to social media early Monday morning and threatened to sue Trevor Noah over comments he made during his hosting of the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. Trump objected to Noah’s remarks insinuating that he visited Little Saint James, more commonly known as “Epstein Island.” Trump denied ever visiting the island owned […]
Musicians and other celebrities took the stage on Sunday night at the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. The event is traditionally hailed as “music’s biggest night,” honoring the year’s top musicians. As was the case at last month’s Golden Globe Awards, celebrities criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement, illegal immigration enforcement operations, and […]
House Republicans will attempt to pass the remaining spending bills and the two-week extension funding the Department of Homeland Security along party lines to end the partial government shutdown, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) revealed on Sunday night. Luna posted on X that GOP leaders would no longer be moving the legislation to the floor […]
