The first round of June Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in three days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on June 10. The second round will go out on June 17 to those born between the […]
Some months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I learned that my children had begun watching the Australian cartoon series “Bluey.” My first instinct was to deliver a sermon on politicization. Surely the Land Down Under, imposer of some of the strictest lockdown measures on the planet, would use its cultural export to lecture children on the […]
Embattled Maine Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign team includes an interesting cast of characters. From the Democratic Socialists of America couple who knocked on his door and recruited him to run to a pivotal adviser who helped elect New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani last year, here are some members of the crew […]
As Republicans battle for Maine’s gubernatorial nomination, the race is emerging as a test of whether a traditional New England Republican can still compete in a GOP increasingly shaped by President Donald Trump. At the center of that debate is Jonathan Bush, a healthcare entrepreneur and nephew of former President George H.W. Bush, whose candidacy […]
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner attacked Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on social media Saturday night after the Pennsylvania lawmaker said he’d wear a suit “every day” if Platner released the texts and messages he has allegedly sent to other women. Fetterman said on Fox News’s “Saturday in America” that he has not heard from the […]
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt questioned California’s vote-counting system for the first time Saturday night as his lead over Councilwoman Nithya Raman shrank. Pratt, who is competing against Raman in the primary to challenge Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, held a less than 10,000-vote lead over Raman as of Saturday night, after leading by […]
The Toledo Police Department said Saturday evening “many victims have been transported to nearby medical facilities for treatment” after officers responded to a report of a person shot near a community street festival. The department is currently searching for the suspect or suspects involved, and asked the public to “expect a significant police presence as […]
President Donald Trump said Saturday the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s renovations in Washington are “complete” after crews began refilling the pool on Thursday after weeks of renovations. Trump credited Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and crew members for submerging the “Dark Blue surface of the Reflecting Pool” in “CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL WATER” and restoring a […]
As Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Saturday — often dubbed “Russia’s Davos” — Ukraine launched another series of long-range strikes deep inside Russian territory, targeting areas near St. Petersburg, hundreds of miles from the front lines of the war. According to Ukrainian officials, the attacks occurred just miles […]
The U.S. Army said they are not preparing to carry out executions for the military’s four death row inmates, rejecting reports that they were making moves to execute the inmates. A story by ABC News said that the Army had drawn up plans to execute its inmates on death row, awaiting President Donald Trump’s order […]
