Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) dispelled rumors that he is ready to abandon a border deal as part of any aid package for Ukraine. In brief comments at Thursday’s Senate GOP conference lunch, McConnell told members that his view had not changed on the subject, according to multiple senators who attended. The comments put […]
Former President Donald Trump took the witness stand in a defamation trial in New York City on Thursday and briefly defended claims he has made about E. Jean Carroll, a writer who accused him in 2019 of raping her three decades ago. Trump was on the witness stand for just three minutes. He testified that […]
President Joe Biden returned to Superior, Wisconsin, on Thursday and vowed to fulfill his promise to replace the decaying John A. Blatnik Memorial Bridge, which connects two port cities in Wisconsin and Minnesota. During his trip to the swing state on Tuesday, Biden announced $5 billion in federal funding for 37 major infrastructure projects across […]
Low-income entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, who applied to receive monthly payments of $528, will receive their next payment in 21 days. Payments stem from the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor, a two-year guaranteed income pilot program led by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team. The program has been allocated $1.6 million in federal American Rescue […]
Delaware’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin sending February payments worth up to $1,751 in eight days. The First State begins the distribution of SNAP payments on the second day of each month and has one of the longest distribution windows in the United States. Payments are distributed for most of the month. The first letters of recipients’ last names determine […]
Rep. Jerry Carl (R-AL) said that “everyone has some racist in them” at a debate Wednesday in the state’s 1st Congressional District. Carl’s remark was in response to a question the debate moderator had asked him and Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) regarding whether they agreed with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s statement that America has […]
All Alaska households collecting benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will receive their February payments in seven days. Alaska, along with North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Vermont, sends payments to every SNAP-participating household, regardless of case number or last name, on the 1st of each month. The cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal 2024 increased SNAP benefit amounts for all states […]
Montana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin sending its February payments, worth up to $1,751, in eight days. SNAP payments in Montana are distributed over five days each month, beginning on the second. February’s payments will be disbursed from Feb. 2 to Feb. 6. The dates recipients receive their payments depend on their SNAP case number, account number, Social Security […]
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley shot back following a Thursday report that the Republican National Committee is planning to declare former President Donald Trump the presumptive nominee despite only two states voting for a candidate. In a draft resolution, the RNC would declare Trump “our presumptive 2024 nominee for the office of President of the […]
Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis defended the proposed $2 billion arena and entertainment district in Alexandria, Virginia, after sharp criticism of the plan, including over leaving downtown Washington, D.C. Leonsis penned a letter to fans in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area, where he attempted to quell concerns from residents over the […]
