Vice President JD Vance on Friday publicly hinted at breaking with President Donald Trump over the Iran war, signaling a split at the White House as the conflict approaches the eight-month mark. Vance made the comments during an interview on the Sean Spicer Show, when he was pressed on media personality Tucker Carlson’s attacks on […]
Pope Leo XIV left Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Saturday, four days after the removal of a cancerous nodule in his lung. Doctors from the hospital told reporters that Leo, 71, had resumed certain normal activities after the surgery while staying at Gemelli. The operation confirmed the pope has lung adenocarcinoma, the most common type […]
Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) on Friday revealed she is the latest victim of a threatening letter claiming to be from the Democratic Socialists of America, condemning the “political intimidation” after a series of other lawmakers and election officials reported receiving similar warnings. Scholten said the FBI is looking into the incident, and condemned the “threatening” […]
The November 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994 for an individual filer, will be sent to recipients in 13 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, or on the last business day of the prior month if the first day falls on a federal holiday. Nov. […]
Californians will decide this November whether to impose a historic one-time wealth tax on billionaires. If proponents are successful, they hope to launch similar efforts across the country that would tax the ultra-rich’s wealth. Passage of Proposition 40 would enact the first state-level wealth tax, which the ballot measure’s backers, including socialists, see as a […]
When members of the Democratic Socialists of America win a local election, they fly into office on the wings of soaring rhetoric. Whether it’s New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani calling for the “warmth of collectivism” or Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson urging her public sector employees “to do big, new things,” the DSA-connected players (like […]
AUSTIN, Texas — The Lone Star State is home to some of the most competitive, high-profile, and expensive races of the 2026 midterm elections, but with early voting set to begin Monday, voters have yet to see candidates in several key contests face off on a debate stage. Democrats have increasingly seized on the absence […]
President Donald Trump may have just had his worst week in Washington of his second term. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is out after mere days on the job, making first-term Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci’s 11 days in his post look like a Robert Byrd-length tenure by comparison. This comes just days after […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) has spent months insisting he’s focused on winning reelection and helping Democrats in his state. But a new federal political action committee gives him a way to start building beyond Pennsylvania. Shapiro’s New Path PAC is not a presidential campaign. Its stated purpose is to help Democrats win competitive Pennsylvania House […]
The second round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. When will payments arrive? The second round will go out on Oct. 21 to those born between the 11th and 20th of a month. Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month received […]
