Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley wanted a two-person race. Now she is trying to run against two people at once. It has proved difficult to go on offense against former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary. Haley has been trying to tie the GOP front-runner to a candidate the party’s rank-and-file likes considerably less: […]
The third and final round of January Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for top earners who retire at 70, will go out to the final group of retirees on Wednesday. Retired seniors born on or after the 21st of a month can expect their first payment of 2024 to arrive in one day, […]
The New Hampshire primary may be the political equivalent of Groundhog Day. If we see a strong showing from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, we will have several more weeks of a competitive campaign season. But if former President Donald Trump dominates the proceedings Tuesday night, she will have difficulty escaping his shadow. Haley […]
Failing to secure major advances against entrenched Russian forces, Ukraine is refocusing toward a blend of defensive actions and so-called deep strikes inside Russia. It’s a positive shift in strategy. At a basic level, the reprioritization of defensive over offensive action allows Ukrainian forces to flip the battlefield script on the Russians. The 2023 summer-winter […]
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Polls are open in New Hampshire as Granite State voters decide whether the Republican race is already over or will continue for at least another month. Former President Donald Trump leads former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley by a comfortable margin in most polls, but the only poll that will matter […]
The first Supplemental Security Income payment of the new year, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in nine days. The payment, which is the first check of 2024 because of a scheduling quirk in the Social Security Administration’s calendar, will be released on Thursday, Feb. 1. The amount each […]
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Trump rallies seem to be a congregation ground for top political conservatives. Whether it is Donald Trump parading a delegation of South Carolina officials, just to spite Nikki Haley, in an attempt to show he is more popular than the former governor in her own state or a collection of vice […]
EXETER, New Hampshire — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley got the two-way battle against former President Donald Trump she was hoping for after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) ended his White House run on Sunday. But how she fares against the former president on Tuesday in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary could very […]
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Former President Donald Trump’s doubling down on his anti-immigration political roots is resonating with GOP primary voters in the face of record-breaking border encounters. “I’ll seal the border, and we’ll shut down the invasion of our country … that’s the first thing,” Trump said Monday night in Laconia, New Hampshire, adding he’d […]
The $78 billion bipartisan proposal that would expand the child tax credit and renew key business investment deductions is meant to be fully paid for — here is how. The House Ways and Means Committee advanced the bipartisan bill on Friday in an overwhelming 40-3 vote, moving it one step closer to becoming law. The legislation enhances […]
