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After Venezuelan strongman’s ouster and Iran strikes, is Cuba the Trump administration’s next target?

If President Donald Trump’s recent comments are to be believed, he wants regime change in Cuba. Even after seizing a wanted dictator out of Venezuela and while monitoring an air war in Iran. Along with ongoing military tension with Mexican drug cartels. Against that backdrop of cross-global conflict, the decadeslong tension between the island nation […]

Trump tariffs threaten GOP 2026 election chances

When the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a political gift on Feb. 20, the president did what he almost always does with gifts: threw it back. The court’s 6-3 ruling in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump was, on its surface, a stinging legal rebuke. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, held that the […]

The president brands his own healthcare reform

The Affordable Care Act was former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform. It is known as Obamacare, but only informally. President Donald Trump wasn’t so subtle in claiming credit for his effort, boldly branded as TrumpRx. Go to the website TrumpRx.gov, and it will tell you three things near the top of the page: This […]

Supreme Court’s tariffs nix scrambles Michigan campaigns

When the Supreme Court struck down the core pillar of President Donald Trump’s tariff program, it immediately reshaped the political landscape in Michigan, a battleground state whose economy is tightly intertwined with neighboring Canada. In February, the justices ruled 6-3 that the president lacked broad authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval, concluding that such […]

Why I’m not ‘Panican’ over oil markets

Not quite a fortnight into Operation Epic Fury against Iran, and markets still haven’t decided whether President Donald Trump has launched us into World War III. But that hasn’t stopped liberals and their media stenographers from praying that oil markets collapse amid the U.S.-Israel strikes against the Shia Islamic theocracy and its fledgling nuclear program. […]

Conservatives complain GOP Congress isn’t doing enough ahead of midterm elections

Conservative activists don’t believe Republicans have done enough with their congressional majorities, just months away from those majorities appearing on the ballot in the midterm elections. It has become arguably the top issue in a contentious primary between Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the subtext of broader debates about the […]

Second round of March Social Security payments goes out in five days

The second round of March Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in five days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on March 18.  The first round went out on March 11 to those born on or before […]

Trump ignores chance to get housing win amid White House distractions

President Donald Trump has a potential housing victory gift-wrapped for him in Congress — but the White House is focused elsewhere. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act on Thursday. The legislation aims to ease the nation’s housing shortage and lower costs — issues that top the list of voter […]

April Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 19 days

The April 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 19 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. For months when the first day of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, like March, these payments are issued on the last […]

Timothee Chalamet critiques not the opera, but the audiences that have abandoned it

During a CNN town hall with actor Matthew McConaughey, Oscar nominee Timothee Chalamet stated the obvious: The once-great American pastime of going to the movies is in real danger of losing its cultural centrality. “I admire people, and I’ve done it myself, who go on a talk show and go, ‘Hey, we gotta keep movie […]
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