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Social Security update: March direct payment worth $943 goes out in 10 days

March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 10 days. The payment will go out on Friday, March 1, and is the second payment for 2024 because no payments went out in January due to a scheduling quirk in the Social Security Administration’s […]

Nikki Haley pours cold water on dropout speculation: ‘What’s the rush?’

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley dismissed the idea that she might suspend her presidential campaign in a “state of the race” speech Tuesday, reiterating her intention to stay in the fight through Super Tuesday at the very least. “That’s about the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. If I get out of the race today, […]

Supreme Court rejects Virginia suit over race in high school admission policy

The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to take up a case challenging a Virginia high school’s efforts to promote diversity in education, rejecting an appeal by a coalition of parents of students who say a Virginia public school’s admissions policy racially discriminates against Asian Americans. Despite a forceful dissent by Republican-appointed Justices Clarence Thomas and […]

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

The 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 a second group of retirees on Wednesday.  Retired seniors born on or between the 11th and 20th of their birth month will receive the second payment this Wednesday, according to […]

UN experts urge investigation into allegations of Israeli forces’ inhumane treatment of Palestinian women

United Nations experts have called for an independent investigation into allegations that Israeli forces have violated the rights of Palestinian women in Gaza and the West Bank. The U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner said in a statement on Monday the allegations, which Israeli officials denounced as “despicable and unfounded,” include the extrajudicial killing of […]

DNC left out Jimmy Carter in deleted post celebrating Democratic presidents

The Democratic National Committee has deleted a social media post made to honor recent Democratic presidents. The post left out former President Jimmy Carter. The post had been made to commemorate Presidents Day, and showed President Joe Biden and former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in the photo. Carter, 99, was not included in […]

WATCH LIVE: Nikki Haley delivers State of the Race speech

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is delivering a State of the Race speech ahead of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary. Haley is expected to begin speaking at noon EST in Greenville, South Carolina. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER She is the only remaining major challenger to former President Donald […]

‘Squad’ Democrat Cori Bush struggles to distance herself from primary challenger while under DOJ investigation

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is trailing her chief Democratic opponent in multiple ways this election cycle as she struggles to distance herself from him while under a Justice Department investigation. Bush is behind her main primary challenger, Wesley Bell, by 22 points in a New York Post poll reported earlier this month, and she is […]

Majority of largest Texas cities with deficits run by Democrats

(The Center Square) – The largest cities in Texas with the greatest taxpayer burdens are primarily run by Democrats, according to an analysis of financial data published by Truth in Accounting. In the latest comprehensive analysis of the fiscal health of the 75 most populous cities in the U.S., 53 did not have enough money […]

Appeal to authority: Republicans agitate for Kamala Harris and Mitch McConnell to get involved in historic impeachment

Senate Republicans are urging Vice President Kamala Harris and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to step up and take the lead on impeachment proceedings for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Mayorkas was impeached by the House last week, setting the secretary up for a possible trial in the Senate that will most likely place […]
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