The second round of May Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued today. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment today, May 20. The first round went out on May 13 to those born on or before the 10th […]
Senate Republicans’ hopes for a low-fanfare week capped off with a major policy victory have been quickly unraveled by a series of setbacks stretching from the campaign trail to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom. Republican leaders are facing curveballs from Trump in his bid to oust their colleagues Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and John […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to Beijing to strengthen bilateral ties and discuss a range of geopolitical matters. The Sino-Russo summit comes less than a week after Xi welcomed President Donald Trump to his country. Similar to how Trump was welcomed upon arrival in China, Putin was greeted with a red […]
Warsaw, Poland — The United States wants nothing more than to transition Cuba away from its decades of failed communist economics, and Poland is reminding the White House that they know a thing or two about the process. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, speaking with reporters at the ministry building in Warsaw on Tuesday, said […]
The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday the creation of the Anti-Semitism Advisory Committee to “address the rising tide of antisemitism across the United States.” The formation of the advisory board comes as data shows that antisemitic crimes have increased to record levels in recent years. Leo Terrell, a civil rights attorney, political pundit, and senior […]
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) and former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley are heading to a runoff election as both candidates vie for the Republican nomination for Senate in Georgia. Collins and Dooley, who had the backing of Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA), are looking to take on vulnerable Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in the […]
President Donald Trump and his top messengers took a victory lap on Tuesday night after Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) primary loss to Republican Ed Gallrein, who had the president’s backing. “He was a bad guy,” Trump told reporters when asked about Massie’s primary loss. “He deserves to lose.” With 74% of votes counted, Gallrein was […]
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has won the Democratic nomination in Georgia’s gubernatorial race, becoming the party’s standard-bearer as it looks to flip the governor’s mansion in November. The Associated Press called the race for Bottoms at 10:30 p.m. With 67% of ballots counted, 56-year-old Bottoms held 57.6% of the vote, compared to second-place […]
Maureen Galindo, a Democratic candidate for Texas‘s 35th Congressional District, pledged to turn ICE detention facilities into internment camps for “American Zionists and former ICE officers.” Galindo has ridden a wave of controversial remarks to a runoff election, due to be held next week. The self-proclaimed sex therapist and housing advocate has focused much of […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) struck a defiant tone on Tuesday after being ousted by a primary challenger backed by President Donald Trump, but hinted that his political career might not be over just yet. During his concession speech, Massie framed his loss as retribution for not towing the party line in Washington, saying that “for […]
