Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson said the family of Karmelo Anthony intentionally invoked racial stereotypes during the case. “It was made racially charged by the family of the now convicted killer and their supporters,” Benson said on Fox News’s Outnumbered Friday. Anthony, 19, was found guilty on Tuesday for the fatal stabbing of another teenager, […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) projected confidence that Democrats can reclaim the Senate in the 2026 midterm elections in an interview released Saturday, arguing the party now has multiple paths to a majority as it seeks a net gain of four seats. Schumer’s optimism comes as Democrats navigate a series of high-profile Senate races […]
Workers at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts began removing President Donald Trump’s name overnight early Saturday morning, after a federal judge ruled against a last-minute attempt to halt the work and preserve Trump’s name. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama-era appointee, rejected the request on Friday to temporarily block the […]
The July 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 […]
The Kennedy Center began removing President Donald Trump’s name from its facade Friday evening and into the early hours of Saturday, hours after a court-ordered deadline. Scaffolding went up outside the performing arts center on Friday as dozens of onlookers gathered to watch the removal. In a court filing seeking an extension, the Kennedy Center’s […]
Federal prosecutor Bill Essayli began the week on the defensive, facing criticism from Democrats over comments he made about California’s then-still-uncounted primary election results. The First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California suggested federal election fraud charges could be forthcoming, even as vote counting continued across parts of the state. “We will […]
Conventional wisdom in presidential politics long relied on the “lane theory” to game out how a winning candidate could capture their party’s nomination by appealing to a certain specific subset of voters. If that theory still holds, putative 2028 Democratic candidate Rahm Emanuel has an early advantage — in the bike lane. Emanuel, on June […]
The Interior Department recently held its first lease sale of President Donald Trump’s second, nonconsecutive term in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, selling off tracts of land for possible drilling in an area that has been virtually untouched by the oil and gas industry. And following this month’s sale, it will very likely stay that way. The […]
The second round of June Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on June 17. The first round went out on June 10 to those born on or before […]
Discharge petitions, once a rare tool to seize control of the House floor, are increasingly plaguing Republican leaders and giving Democrats outsize sway despite being the minority. The legislative procedure, used successfully as recently as this past week, bypasses the committee process and forces legislation directly to a floor vote if a simple majority signs […]
