One year ago, then former President Donald Trump was shot during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The tragic event, which resulted in the death of a rallygoer, Corey Comperatore, transformed the 2024 presidential race, with Trump’s defiant response sealing his reputation as America’s fighter. In Butler, there are still little in the way of answers. […]
The second round of July Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, goes out to recipients this Wednesday. When does the check arrive? Social Security payments usually begin on the second Wednesday of every month, and the following waves go out in the subsequent weeks. The […]
August Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $967, will go out to recipients in 19 days. SSI payments are typically distributed at the start of every month to beneficiaries with limited income who are either blind, 65 and older, or have another qualifying disability. The amount recipients receive varies based on several factors, including […]
President Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP is eroding the party’s ideological center, as many lawmakers conclude there’s little room left for compromise — or for them. Among the latest to bow out are Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), two Republicans known for bipartisan deal-making, whose departures highlight the mounting pressure […]
The last time Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) threatened to withhold Democratic votes and force a government shutdown, it ended in a bitter internal feud that, at one point, seemed it might cost him his job. Now, just four months later, Schumer may be headed down a similar path that could spark more Democratic […]
The FBI and Justice Department may face steep obstacles if they pursue prosecutions against former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan over their roles in the Trump-Russia investigation, despite growing scrutiny over the discredited Steele dossier’s influence and allegations of perjury before Congress. Both Comey and Brennan are under federal criminal investigation for allegedly misusing […]
The House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the use of the autopen during former President Joe Biden’s administration is ramping up, with the panel slated to conduct several more interviews in the coming weeks. The committee’s interviews, which seek to investigate allegations that there was a cover-up of the former president’s “mental decline,” will, at least, continue until […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed the start of a disarmament process by militant Kurdish separatists as the end of a “painful chapter” in Turkey‘s troubled history. Erdogan told a meeting of his ruling AKP party in Ankara that the more than 40-year-old “scourge of terrorism” for which the Kurdistan […]
President Donald Trump spoke on Saturday night about the legacy he hopes to leave following his time in the Oval Office, saying he wants to be remembered as a “good person” who saved the United States from “the fall.” Trump sat down for an interview with his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, who asked the president how […]
Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles overnight and Saturday as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that killed at least six people and wounded dozens, officials said. Two people died and 26 were wounded when Russian forces overnight attacked the Bukovina area in the Chernivtsi region of southwestern Ukraine with four drones […]
