The October 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 18 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
DALLAS — Nearing 200 days since the start of the Iran war, and with the November elections roughly 50 days away, Republicans are betting culture-war politics can drown out economic pain over the war’s impact on gas prices. The November elections are high-stakes for Republicans, who hold both chambers of Congress and the executive branch. […]
The young man holding an electric guitar on stage at the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio earlier this summer looked briefly thoughtful. “Well, I’ve played some of my originals,” he said, “and I thank you for the response, but we have a big crowd here right now, so let’s do something that you all […]
The Southern Poverty Law Center made a name for itself by using lawsuits to dismantle widely condemned racist groups, such as Ku Klux Klan chapters. But decades after its 1971 founding, controversies keep piling up on the charity: an employee arrested in Georgia in 2023 alongside antifa-style protesters, a growing “Hate Map” painting conservatives as extremists, and now, a criminal […]
President Donald Trump’s power to install preferred federal prosecutors without Senate confirmation will face a major test Tuesday in a federal appeals court, while his administration is separately asking the Supreme Court to take up a related dispute that could carry nationwide consequences. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the Trump administration’s […]
The second round of September Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in three days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday. The first round went out on Sept. 9 to those born between the 1st and […]
Swedish voters are already lining up to cast their early ballots for this Sunday’s election as the right-wing government prays their deal with an insurgent party could keep them in power as the left’s coalition bickers ahead of a possible victory. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who was elected to lead Sweden in the 2022 election […]
A trespasser was stopped from entering the home of former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday night, according to a spokesperson. “Last night, security personnel stopped an individual who illegally entered Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman [Doug] Emhoff’s property before the individual reached the home,” spokesperson Eduardo Negron said. Neither Harris nor Emhoff were […]
A federal judge on Friday prevented a Trump administration directive from going into effect that sought to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s workforce in half. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California, who was appointed under former President Bill Clinton, ruled the Department of Homeland Security “acted unlawfully in usurping […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on BRICS countries to play a peacemaking role in the Middle East on Saturday, casting China and the bloc as potential diplomatic counterweights to the United States and its allies amid the ongoing conflict. Speaking at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, India, Xi said China would work with other […]
