The first round of July Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, goes out to recipients on Wednesday. When does the check arrive? Social Security payments typically begin on the second Wednesday of every month, and the following waves go out in the subsequent weeks. The […]
August Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $967, will go out to recipients in 23 days. SSI payments are usually distributed at the start of every month to beneficiaries who have limited income, are either blind, 65 and older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount recipients receive varies based on several factors, including […]
Gas prices continued to decrease this week, even after the July 4th holiday. On Tuesday, the national average cost for regular gas dropped to $3.149 per gallon, according to AAA. Tuesday’s fuel costs were slightly less expensive than a week ago when the average price for regular gas was $3.171 per gallon. Prices are also […]
Several possible 2028 presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle are visiting early primary states, signaling their intent to eventually run for the White House. While the next presidential election is more than three years out, both Republicans and Democrats have made high-profile visits to South Carolina, Iowa, and New Hampshire to lay the […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley said that he and the “entire Republican universe” would back Lara Trump should she decide to enter the 2026 race for North Carolina’s United States Senate seat, but he didn’t close the door on a possible run of his own. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), amid public sparring with […]
Tech mogul Elon Musk‘s public breakup with President Donald Trump and threat to form a new political party should be taken seriously amid frustrations among the MAGA base, according to top Republicans. There are fears among some Republican lawmakers that the world’s richest man could use his endless pockets to drive a wedge among conservatives […]
Trash is piling up throughout Philadelphia. Workers from the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 33 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, went on strike on July 1, 2025, at 12:01 a.m., after not reaching an agreement with the city of Philadelphia. The union includes over 9,000 city workers, including Philadelphia’s sanitation workers, responsible […]
Microsoft is laying off about 9,000 employees after applying to fill thousands of foreign worker positions in the months leading up to the mass layoffs, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of U.S. Department of Labor data. DOL quarterly statistics show that Microsoft submitted 4,776 labor condition applications (LCA), a pre-requisite for filing H-1B visa […]
A small tariff provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” spurred an expensive lobbying battle between special interests in the tobacco industry, including a full-court press from North Carolina’s export-dependent farming sector, where tobacco is a key cash crop. Fairness for America, a recently established nonprofit, reportedly spent at least $1.3 million on a failed […]
Jim Antle, executive editor of the Washington Examiner magazine, hosts the show Inside Scoop. Each episode features exclusive insight from the magazine’s authors and expert analysis. This week, Antle breaks down how Israel and Trump have redrawn the map of the Middle East. He also chronicles how Iran has been a struggle for past presidents […]
