Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), one of many candidates speculated to jump into the 2028 presidential race, has his first test of national influence coming this spring: whether he can successfully get his endorsed candidate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, elected to the U.S. Senate. The seat held by retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is open for […]
President Donald Trump is set to deliver the 2026 State of the Union address at 9 p.m. Tuesday, marking a high-profile opportunity to outline his legislative agenda before a joint session of Congress and a national audience. Trump will deliver the State of the Union in the House chamber at the Capitol, and it will […]
The March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in eight days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, but March’s payment will go out on Feb. 27, since March 1 falls on a Sunday this year. When the first of a month […]
The third 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 after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on Feb. 25. The first round went out on Feb. 11 to recipients born on or before […]
State and local officials have found a new way to stop President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operation — and so far, it is working. Elected officials and residents in communities nationwide have been largely successful in recent weeks in sabotaging the Trump administration’s efforts to buy and convert warehouses into detention centers for illegal immigrants […]
Skyrocketing electricity prices are poised to become a key issue in the run-up to the November midterm elections as both Democrats and Republicans try to claim the mantle as the party best equipped to address the affordability crisis. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show energy prices have risen during President Donald Trump’s first year […]
The Trump administration has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to halt the deployment of aid workers during the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. FEMA, which is part of DHS, is the federal agency that sends personnel to assist those affected by natural disasters nationwide. Its self-described mission is “helping people […]
EXCLUSIVE – Georgia Senate candidate Derek Dooley privately acknowledged that President Donald Trump lost Georgia in 2020, according to exclusive audio obtained by the Washington Examiner. The remark lands just three months before the state’s Republican primary and threatens to deepen divisions in an already volatile race. In a recording from a Feb. 6 campaign meet-and-greet […]
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for declaring martial law in his country on Dec. 3, 2024. His decree lasted less than half a day before legislators in South Korea’s National Assembly were able to reverse the order in a 190-0 vote. He was impeached and […]
French President Emmanuel Macron blasted tech company executives of social media platforms over refusals to limit or restrict speech. While speaking before a crowd in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Macron said the excuse used by tech executives citing free speech as the basis for the refusal to limit speech was “pure bulls***.” “Some of […]
