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 […]
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 […]
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.
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
