President Donald Trump’s dislike of multilateral alliances and organizations has only increased since the start of his war with Iran. Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States no longer needs assistance from North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz, despite spending the weekend putting pressure on countries, including China, France, […]
Two Democratic senators and likely presidential contenders have unveiled plans to cut taxes, a shift in strategy for the party heading into the midterm elections and the 2028 presidential election. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) each released tax plans in recent weeks that equate to middle-class tax cuts and are advertised as moving families off the tax rolls. […]
The second round of March Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued today. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, March 18. The first round went out on March 11 to those born on or before the […]
The April 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 14 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. For months when the first day of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, these payments are issued on the last business day […]
Republicans on Capitol Hill have begun discussing with the White House a supplemental funding bill for the conflict in Iran, and even fiscal hawks seem to be on board. Fiscal hawks in Washington are known to be rabble-rousers when it comes to demanding offsets for spending in an effort to decrease the more than $38 […]
Israel Defense Forces targeted a top Iranian official and a Hamas commander in separate airstrikes in the Middle East overnight. Hamas commander Yahya Abu Labda was reportedly killed during an IDF airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the Times of Israel. Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s intelligence minister, was targeted in a strike conducted […]
Both political parties have found rare agreement in a divided Washington, convinced that the GOP’s federal voter ID and election bill is a slam-dunk messaging opportunity. But that’s where the bipartisanship quickly ends. The two sides are diametrically opposed over the merits of the so-called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE America Act, […]
JASPER, Ga. (AP) — There was a shooting Tuesday at a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in a small town at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains in Georgia, and the gunman was shot and killed, police said. A Veterans Affairs employee was taken by helicopter to a hospital after the gunfire Tuesday afternoon, […]
Venezuela defeated the United States 3-2 in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night. It was the country’s first championship in the international baseball tournament. Team USA was flat for most of the game, trailing 2-0 heading into the eighth inning. Bryce Harper then hit a two-run home run to tie the game, setting up […]
Evanston Mayor Daniel Bliss defeated two strong competitors in the Democratic primary to replace longtime Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in Illinois’s 9th District on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race for Bliss at 10:36 p.m., over two hours after the polls closed. Bliss won with 29.6% of the vote, with progressive Kat Abughazaleh […]
