Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval forces seized two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, accusing them of oil smuggling. The IRGC-linked Tasnim news claimed that the two “fuel smuggling vessels” were carrying over 270,000 gallons of smuggled fuel. The Guard arrested 15 foreign crew members, who were turned over to the authorities. Tasnim reported that […]
The first round of February Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in six days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Feb. 11. The second round will go out on Feb. 18 to those born between the […]
March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 22 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month, but when the first of the month falls on a weekend or holiday, they are issued on the last business day of the previous month. […]
If Republicans want to have any hope in holding their House and Senate majorities this fall, they need President Donald Trump’s base to turn up. So it seems an odd strategy that he and members of his administration keep saying things that are seemingly designed to keep that base away from the ballot box for […]
Representatives from Ukraine and Russia met for a second day in Abu Dhab, United Arab Emirates, to attempt to agree on a peace deal to end the war between the two countries. Discussions are being brokered by U.S. representatives, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Secretary of the Army Daniel […]
An FBI raid on Georgia’s largest elections office has reopened the state’s deepest political fault line, dragging the 2020 election back into the center of two of its highest-profile races and forcing Republican candidates to decide how closely to align themselves with President Donald Trump’s renewed fight. The FBI’s seizure of thousands of 2020 ballots […]
Labor bosses at the two largest teachers unions in the country spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on trips to golf resorts, casinos, and luxury hotels as they criticized the Trump administration for placing financial strain on teachers, financial disclosures from 2025 show. From Las Vegas to Miami, leaders at the American Federation of Teachers […]
The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced it was launching an investigation into Baltimore City’s Health Department for possibly violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by holding racially segregated work training sessions. The BCHD is accused of engaging in workplace activities that discriminated “against, or limit, segregate, or classify, employees because of their […]
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will be directing all federal and local law enforcement to be at the disposal of Savannah Guthrie and her family as the search continues for her missing mother, Nancy. “I am directing ALL Federal Law Enforcement to be at the family’s, and Local Law Enforcement’s, complete disposal, IMMEDIATELY,” […]
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he does not plan to get involved in the battle between Netflix and Paramount Skydance for Warner Bros. Discovery, a statement that counters his comments last year. “I haven’t been involved,” Trump said. “I’ve decided I shouldn’t be involved. The Justice Department will handle it.” In December, Trump […]
