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Monica Lewinsky partners with fashion outlet to encourage voter registration

Monica Lewinsky has collaborated with women’s clothing outlet Reformation to encourage young women to vote in this year’s election. Reformation’s new campaign marks the third year in a row it has encouraged people to vote, and its first to partner with the organization Vote.org, which helps people get registered to vote. Lewinsky, a White House […]

Social Security update: Third round of February payments worth $4,873 goes out in one day

The last wave of February’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest earners who retire at 70, will go out to the final group of retirees in just one day. Retirees born on or after the 21st of the month will get their payments on Wednesday, Feb. 28, according to the […]

Stabenow would rather delay massive farm bill than compromise with Republicans

Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said she would rather continue delaying the farm bill than make a deal with Republicans, according to a Politico report. The future of the farm bill has been delayed for months as the parties have competing priorities surrounding the bill. Now, its future seems even dimmer as Stabenow said […]

Food stamps: March SNAP payments worth up to $1,751 for California residents to be sent out in three days

California’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin sending payments worth up to $1,751 to qualified residents in three days. CalFresh, California’s SNAP program, will start issuing payments on Friday; benefits are sent from the 1st of the month through the 10th. Arrival dates for those who receive benefits nationwide depend on a household’s Social Security number, last name, or case […]

Social Security update: March direct payment worth $943 goes out in three days

March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in just three days. The payment will go out this Friday to people who struggle with a serious debilitating disability and have a limited income as a result, according to the Social Security Administration. In order to […]

North Korea barters artillery for food from Russia

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has sent “at least several million shells” to Russia in exchange for food supplies, according to one of South Korea’s top officials. “You can say that at least several million shells have been sent,” South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik told South Korea-based reporters. Shin’s assessment put a spotlight on […]

Stimulus update: Michigan to send monthly payments of $528 to low-income small-business owners in 17 days

Monthly payments of $528 will be sent out to 100 entrepreneurs with low incomes in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 17 days. The payments started going out in January. The two-year guaranteed income pilot program, called Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor, is led by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team. The payments started going out in January to selected applicants, and they will be sent out on the 15th […]

Why Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting suspects could have a ‘formidable defense’ using state’s ‘stand your ground’ law

Court documents reveal the suspects in the Kansas City parade shooting could be using Missouri’s “stand your ground” law as a defense.  Earlier this month, a shooting broke out as people gathered for the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration in front of the city’s Union Station. Lyndell Mays, 23, and Dominic Miller, 18, were […]

RFK Jr. gets his name on two more state ballots ahead of November election

A political action committee supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has helped him gain access to two critical battleground states ahead of the 2024 presidential election.  The American Values 24 PAC confirmed in a news release Tuesday that Kennedy’s name will appear on the Arizona and Georgia ballots.  “The grassroots energy and momentum give us more […]

Pentagon is panicking over Biden’s proposal that would increase water costs by $10,000 per household

Without so much as a whisper of pushback from Congress, the White House is bulldozing forward with a regulatory proposal that could cost the average household up to $10,000 extra in water costs. But it’s not only President Joe Biden‘s campaign that is scared of this latest forefront of the president’s green agenda — Biden’s […]
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