Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke was indicted by a state grand jury over an alleged scheme to secure COVID-19 contracts in exchange for campaign contributions. The 12-count indictment charged Luke, a Democrat, with criminal conspiracy to commit bribery and falsifying candidate committee reports, charges that carry up to a 10-year prison sentence. She was indicted […]
Police have identified a prime suspect behind a van ramming at a Berlin LGBT Pride party that killed one and injured 16, a man they said is active in Islamist circles. Berlin police identified the 21-year-old suspect as Abdul Ballout, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, the Wall Street Journal reported. In a Sunday notice, […]
The August 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in five 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 […]
Laura Loomer, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential outside allies, returned from Ukraine last week with an unexpected message for the MAGA movement: she had been wrong about the war. Like many of Trump’s supporters, Loomer had long opposed U.S. military aid to Ukraine, reflecting the Republican Party’s broader divide between traditional national security […]
Republicans are increasingly leaning on anti-communist messaging as a cudgel against Democrats heading into the November elections. With only 100 days until the midterm elections, Republicans have launched repeated attacks tying the rise in socialism in the Democratic Party to communism. Democrats have seen a surge in socialist candidates in the 2026 cycle, with the […]
EXCLUSIVE — The House Republican campaign arm argues it is “in the strongest position this committee has ever been in,” according to a new campaign memo. The memo, shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner, marks the 100-day point from the November elections and articulates why the National Republican Congressional Committee believes the GOP is in […]
Before Graham Platner was forced to bail from his Maine Senate bid over multiple allegations of domestic violence and sexual abuse, the silver spoon “democratic” socialist said something dumb enough that it should have proven as disqualifying as the Nazi tattoo. “My definition of working class these days is essentially anybody who makes money from […]
The Democratic Socialists of America’s proposal to abolish the Senate isn’t being embraced by one of its most high-profile elected officials and some of the most progressive members of Congress. “I’m a House member, we all hate the Senate,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the highest-ranking DSA member in Congress, joked with the Washington Examiner. “No, […]
The first round of August Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in 17 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The second round will go out on Aug. 19 to those born between […]
The Swiss financial firm UBS faces persistent Senate questioning and the chance of new lawsuits over Nazi-era bank accounts. Senators and activists have sought accountability since the 1990s from Credit Suisse, a Swiss bank UBS acquired in 2023, on how it facilitated Nazi clients’ thefts from Jews and post-World War II escape plans. A 1999 […]
