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Social Security update: February direct payment worth $943 goes out in 14 days

The first Supplemental Security Income payment of the new year, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in two weeks. The payment will be released on Feb. 1, and it marks the first check of 2024 because no payment was issued in January. Recipients were given two payments in December […]

Nikki Haley tries to shake sense of Trump’s 2024 inevitability in New Hampshire

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley‘s campaign is attempting to overcome the sense of inevitability surrounding former President Donald Trump‘s 2024 campaign ahead of New Hampshire‘s Jan. 23 primary. Trump won Monday night’s Iowa caucuses by a commanding 30 points, while Haley finished in a disappointing third place behind Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), taking some steam […]

Social Security update: Third round of January payments worth $4,873 goes out in six days

The third 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 in just under one week. Retired seniors born on or after the 21st of a month can expect their first payment of 2024 to arrive in six […]

What’s next for Fani Willis?

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has become a top target for scrutiny in Georgia after she was hit with scandalous allegations that she used taxpayer dollars to hire a romantic partner to prosecute former President Donald Trump.

US launches fourth round of strikes against Houthis after missile attack on commercial vessel

The United States launched its fourth round of strikes against the Yemeni Houthis, the first since re-designating them a terrorist organization. The strikes were launched against 14 different missile launching sites, according to U.S. Central Command. The strikes were launched hours after the Houthis hit a U.S.-owned merchant ship with the shipping company Genco. None […]

Trump takes on Haley for Biden crossover appeal

Former President Donald Trump has become laser-focused on former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley before next Tuesday’s New Hampshire Republican primary election. In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, a loose and seemingly relaxed Trump, who spent the day in a New York state court for his sexual assault and defamation civil lawsuit involving E. Jean Carroll, […]

Former DeSantis super PAC spokesman defects to Trump team

Former Never Back Down super PAC spokesman Steve Cortes fully detached himself from Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), throwing all his support behind former President Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign. Writing for RealClearPolitics, Cortes said he was wrong in his judgment and urged everyone still on the DeSantis wagon to “read the room.” “I believed that Republican […]

Democratic Denver mayor to lead coalition of mayors asking for federal help for immigrants

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is heading to Washington, D.C., as the head of a coalition of mayors asking for help with the migrant crisis. Johnston, a Democrat, will use the United States Mayors Conference to advocate federal assistance in dealing with the migrant crisis. Denver is one of several Democratic-controlled cities that have been the […]

Interior expands Western solar plan to include five additional states

The Biden administration expanded its proposed solar development plan for public lands in the West on Wednesday, a step officials said is crucial to delivering on President Joe Biden’s goal of reaching a 100% emissions-free power grid by 2035. The new proposal is an update to the Bureau of Land Management’s 2012 Western Solar Plan. […]

Gorsuch calls out Chevron’s ‘disparate impact’ on regular citizens

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday expressed sympathy toward everyday citizens challenging federal agency overreach in courtrooms across the nation, arguing that a long-standing precedent that gives deference to such agencies has created a “disparate impact.” The nine justices heard two challenges that arose from a 2020 federal regulation forcing owners of fishing vessels […]
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