California’s small but crucial bloc of House Republicans is heading into the June primary election on shakier ground than it has faced in years. After voters approved Proposition 50 and the Supreme Court signed off on a new congressional map, the political landscape shifted, scrambling district lines and forcing both parties to reassess where the […]
A Ugandan-born, millennial socialist may be the first Democratic elected official to have figured out how to deal with President Donald Trump. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani had yet another successful meeting with Trump at the White House, winning real concessions from the president. This is despite having denounced Trump as a fascist on […]
The first round of March Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in 12 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on March 11. The second round will go out on March 18 to those born between the […]
The March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients today. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, but March’s payment goes out on Feb. 27, since March 1 falls on a Sunday this year. When the first of a month falls on a […]
Vice President JD Vance, leading President Donald Trump’s “war on fraud,” is a plum opportunity for him to prove his mettle to Trump’s base before the 2028 Republican presidential primary. Trump’s base has been outraged at the reports of rampant fraud in Minnesota, with the Justice Department alleging in December that half or more of the $18 billion […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and Afghanistan traded attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the countries that Pakistan’s defense minister said Friday means they are now in “open war.” Tensions have been high between the neighbors for months, with border clashes in October killing dozens of soldiers, civilians and suspected militants. Pakistan accuses Afghanistan’s Taliban government of harboring militant groups […]
If there’s one thing senators don’t take kindly, it’s outsiders telling them how to run their chamber. It’s in that spirit that the resistance among Senate Republicans to skirt the traditional 60-vote filibuster threshold and advance the SAVE America Act for national voter ID with a simple majority talking filibuster has hardened into an unmistakable […]
Republicans appear unlikely to coalesce around a major legislative agenda ahead of the midterm elections, a dynamic underscored by a State of the Union speech this week that was light on congressional action items. Congress always struggles to pass major bills in election years, and several factors make legislating more difficult for the GOP, which controls the House and […]
President Donald Trump fired his first American diplomatic salvos against Canada early in his second, nonconsecutive term. Hosting then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, Trump mused about making the northern neighbor of the United States a “51st state.” That February 2025 tête-à-tête between the North American leaders turned out to […]
American small businesspeople likely let out a collective gasp at the Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s tariff regime. Justices on Feb. 20, in a 6-3 decision, struck down the president’s sweeping tariffs. The ruling marked an extraordinary rejection of both his signature economic policy and the lever of power he’s used to bend the […]
