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Social Security update: April’s direct payment worth $943 goes out in eight days

April’s monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in just over a week. The next installment will go out on April 1 to people who struggle with serious debilitating disabilities that result in a limited income, according to the Social Security Administration. The […]

Nevada lawmakers taunt casino industry with push to abandon 159-year ban on statewide lotteries

Despite being known for its gaming industry and casinos, Nevada is one of five states without a statewide lottery. That’s by design.  A statewide lottery is banned in Nevada’s 159-year-old constitution. The constitution was written when lotteries were seen as corrupt and coincided with a series of national reforms, most famously abolition, that swept the […]

Matt Gaetz ‘unleashed the demons’ within House GOP: Newt Gingrich

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) “unleashed the demons” with his motion to vacate then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy last October, creating a “disaster” for the House Republican Conference ever since. Gingrich joined Fox News host Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle on Friday to discuss the recent retirement announcement of […]

UN chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage

RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid,” calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Guterres spoke on the Egyptian side of […]

Biden and Trump cruise to victory in Louisiana primaries

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump coasted to victory Saturday in their respective parties’ primary elections in Louisiana. The Associated Press called both races within six minutes of the polls closing at 9 p.m. EDT. Both Biden and Trump had garnered at least 87% of votes with 30% counted. The results did not […]

Fani Willis brushes off efforts to slow down case against Trump: ‘The train is coming’

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Saturday that her case against former President Donald Trump has not been delayed despite the distraction caused by her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she hired to work on the case. Willis made a public appearance at an Easter egg hunt in College Park, Georgia, where she […]

Michael Cohen blasts ‘problematic’ lack of transparency from DOJ

Attorney Michael Cohen raised his own concerns about a lack of transparency in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York. Cohen entered the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently in pretrial hearings for the case. He appeared Saturday on The Weekend to share his takeaways from the […]

Chick-fil-A to transition away from antibiotic-free chicken

Fast food chain Chick-fil-A will no longer offer antibiotic-free chicken, according to an update posted to its website Thursday. Every Chick-fil-A restaurant has served antibiotic-free chicken meat since 2019 but will switch over at an unspecified date this spring. Still, the franchise will follow the practice of No Antibiotics Important To Human Medicine. The absence […]

With all the recent headlines about panels and tires falling off planes, is flying safe?

DALLAS (AP) — It has been 15 years since the last fatal crash of a U.S. airliner, but you would never know that by reading about a torrent of flight problems in the last three months. There was a time when things like cracked windshields and minor engine problems didn’t turn up very often in […]

Harris announces new gun safety measures while touring site of Parkland shooting

The visit comes as the Biden administration looks to highlight its progress on gun safety initiatives; including improving interagency communication and state and local response to mass shootings.
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