New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and X CEO Elon Musk are trading barbs on social media after Musk took aim at Mamdani’s pick to lead the New York City Fire Department. Mamdani tapped Lillian Bonsignore, a retired EMS chief and former EMT, to be his FDNY commissioner on Dec. 23. The move brought backlash […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence has suddenly found himself at the center of one of the biggest intraconservative fights of President Donald Trump’s second term. Pence was once the bridge between Trump’s populism and an older strain of American conservatism dating back to Ronald Reagan’s administration when the two became the Republican presidential ticket in […]
January 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in three days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month, though January’s payment will go out on Dec. 31. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, the latter being the […]
The first round of January Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in 17 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Jan. 14. The second round of payments will be sent out on Jan. 21 to recipients […]
President Donald Trump faced a barrage of lawsuits challenging his agenda during his first year back in the White House, but many of those legal battles turned into victories at the Supreme Court. The various lawsuits launched against the Trump administration led to an unprecedented number of injunctions by federal district courts, creating an unusually […]
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are set to meet on Sunday at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, at a high-stakes moment in Trump’s quest to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The end of the nearly four-year battle would mark a key achievement in Trump’s quest to be known as a global negotiator […]
The year 2025 solidified the Russia-Ukraine War as a pioneering conflict of drone warfare, with drones of all types playing more and more decisive roles in the conflict. Several major changes occurred in drone tactics and production, which fully changed the face of the war. The year was primarily defined by the mass scaling of […]
As foreign countries aggressively imposed digital fines and regulations on American technology companies this year, President Donald Trump fought back by leveraging his trade powers through the threatened use of tariffs and other means. The European Union and South Korea were two of the most blatant offenders in this regard. Here are all the relevant […]
President Donald Trump’s Cabinet during his second administration has remained consistent, with very few major shake-ups since the team was assembled. Former Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz declined the attorney general position when it became clear he would not be confirmed, and Michael Waltz first served as Trump’s national security adviser before the president tapped […]
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that his country is engaged in a “full-fledged war” with the West and Israel, a statement that comes mere days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump. “In my opinion, we are in a full-fledged war with America, Israel, and Europe. They do not […]
