Eyes have been on the House for months as hard-line conservatives within the Republican Party have stoked fires and prompted infighting through a delay of votes, the ousting of a speaker, and threats to vacate the chair for minor frustrations. The level of chaos in the lower chamber has placed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) […]
Donald Trump‘s legal woes were on full display in two blockbuster hearings on Thursday across two state criminal cases he faces, leading to both positive and negative outcomes in the former president’s bid to fight charges amid his presidential campaign. Trump started his day in Manhattan criminal court with a major loss over his bid […]
A second 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 retirees in five days. Retired seniors born on or between the 11th and 20th of their birth month will receive the second payment on Wednesday, Feb. 21, according to the […]
The paradox of Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign, launched a year ago Thursday, is that the further she gets from the 2024 Republican nomination, the more she ratchets up attacks on former President Donald Trump. The Republican front-runner looks poised to win Haley’s home state of South Carolina, where she was twice elected governor, by a […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis surprised a courtroom on Thursday by taking the witness stand during a hearing centered on whether she engaged in a conflict of interest in her case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia. Willis shot feisty remarks at attorneys who questioned her about her previously undisclosed relationship with special […]
Former President Donald Trump will be sidelined from the campaign in the middle of the Republican primary schedule to spend potentially weeks in a Manhattan courtroom. The March 25 trial date became official Thursday when a judge refused to throw out charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. for alleged hush money paid to porn star Stormy […]
Millions of beneficiaries receive March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, in just two weeks. The payment goes out on Friday, March 1, and is the second paycheck for 2024 because no payments went out in January due to a scheduling quirk in the Social Security Administration’s calendar that saw […]
The special counsel report into President Joe Biden‘s handling of classified documents may have raised more questions than it answered. Specifically, what exactly was said during Biden’s five-hour interview with special counsel Robert Hur that led Hur to question the president’s memory? The answer to that question could have vast political implications for Biden and […]
Multiple members of Harvard University leadership were subpoenaed Friday morning as the House investigates the school’s response to antisemitism on campus. House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) subpoenaed Harvard Corporation senior fellow Penny Pritzker, interim President Dr. Alan Garber, and Harvard Management Company CEO N.P. Narvekar in an effort to obtain […]
Almost nothing could stop Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) from running for Senate in Montana. Party leaders pleaded with him to sit the race out, while anti-establishment heavyweights like the Club for Growth pulled back support. Republicans were wary from his last Senate bid. In 2018, he lost to Sen. Jon Tester, the current Democratic incumbent, […]
