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Michigan GOP’s ‘descent into chaos’ at the center of DNC’s strategy to hold pivotal swing state

EXCLUSIVE — Democrats, seeking to defend Michigan in November, are underscoring drama within the state’s local Republican Party before former President Donald Trump rallies supporters this weekend in Waterford Township. The Michigan Republican Party’s chairmanship drama is not only causing problems for its leadership, but also for the nominating caucus the party must organize on […]

Alexei Navalny dead: Russian opposition leader and fierce Putin critic dies in Arctic prison at 47

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s chief critic and opposer Alexei Navalny has died in jail, according to Russian prison services, at the age of 47. Navalny was being held in a jail near the Arctic Circle, where he had been sentenced to work at a penal colony for 19 years. Putin critics are frequently imprisoned for […]

House chairman sounds alarm over vacant watchdog post and urges Biden to act

The top Republican on the House Small Business Committee sent a third letter to President Joe Biden on Friday, calling on him to nominate a replacement for a long-vacant position that advocates on behalf of small-business owners, expressing concern after multiple requests have been unanswered for over a year.

Four times House Republicans have defied leadership and embarrassed the party

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) […]

Highs and lows for Trump after blockbuster hearings in New York and Georgia

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 […]

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

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 […]

Nikki Haley’s endgame

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 […]

Top takeaways from hearing on Fani Willis scandal in Trump case

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 […]

Trump New York hush money trial start date upends campaign calendar

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 […]

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

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 […]
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