February 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 a month. However, February’s payment will go out on Jan. 30. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]
The second round of January Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in five days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Jan. 21. The first round of payments went out on Jan. 14 to recipients born on […]
President Donald Trump’s recent economic proposals mark a notable shift further into populism and an embrace of policies typically espoused by left-leaning political figures. In recent days, Trump has proposed capping credit card rates at 10% for one year, a proposal met with pushback from free-market advocates. He has also said he wants to ban […]
The director of Israel’s national intelligence agency arrived in the U.S. on Friday to hash out a strategy about potential strikes in Iran due to the harsh violence the government has reportedly committed against protesters in the country. David Barnea, head of Israel’s Mossad agency, landed in Florida and is scheduled to meet with White […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Supreme Court has faced public criticism in recent years over its decisions in hotly contested cases, but despite the vocal opposition, a majority of people still believe they can trust the high court to make the right decision, according to new polling. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty released its annual Religious Freedom […]
Senate Democrats believe they’ve uncovered a backdoor to limiting President Donald Trump’s military operations abroad and conducting oversight despite limited minority power and few Republicans willing to buck the administration. Democrats are prepared to force a flurry of votes on war powers resolutions in the coming weeks and months after one on Venezuela — despite […]
A founding principle of President Donald Trump’s MAGA platform was a return to a USA-first military policy, flirting with a 21st-century brand of isolationism. Rejecting the neoconservative principle of international American exceptionalism as the world’s police force, Trump and his supporters have said they eschew foreign entanglements that could lead to drawn-out conflicts such as […]
Congress returned to work in Washington, and one of the first issues lawmakers addressed was government health insurance subsidies. These temporary, emergency subsidies were first enacted during the coronavirus pandemic and expired at the end of last year. On Jan. 8, 213 Democrats and 17 Republicans voted to extend the Obamacare subsidies for three years. […]
To hear President Donald Trump tell it, he’s bringing back the American dream of mass home ownership. Unfortunately, at this moment, “because of the Record High Inflation caused by Joe Biden and the Democrats in Congress,” the American dream is more of a pipe dream for many. “[E]specially younger Americans,” Trump wrote on Truth Social […]
President Donald Trump‘s bet on artificial intelligence is pushing productivity growth to 5%. And the fruits of his signature domestic achievement, his self-styled One Big Beautiful Bill Act, are set to bloom in full this year. Trump should finally feel ready to tout an economy that is shedding the dregs of Bidenomics. Instead, he is […]
