Major races across the country were called on Tuesday, as the 2026 elections move into full swing. From South Carolina to Nevada, voters picked candidates for governor and the House, though some races remain undecided and are headed to runoffs. South Carolina In South Carolina, the Republican gubernatorial primary is headed to a runoff on […]
LOS ANGELES — Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), whose Sacramento-area district was reshaped by California’s voter-approved redistricting overhaul last year, and Richard Pan, known nationally for spearheading the state’s push to eliminate religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements, will square off against each other this November in California’s 6th Congressional District. Kiley waited several days to […]
President Donald Trump is signing a bill on Wednesday to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The House passed the Secure America Act in a party-line vote on Tuesday after the Senate approved the measure last week. HOUSE REPUBLICANS PASS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT FUNDING BILL IN PARTY-LINE VOTE The $70 billion reconciliation […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party announced he would run for reelection, after President Donald Trump publicly questioned whether he would. Speculation about Netanyahu’s political future increased after Trump, the prime minister’s closest international ally, voiced uncertainty, citing the Israeli prime minister’s long career. The Likud party shut down any speculation in a brief […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said voters in Maine are giving Graham Platner, who won the Democratic Senate nomination, a chance to rebuild credibility as a candidate after a series of controversies about his past have surfaced. “He understands he needs to do work; he understands they’re giving him a chance at redemption,” Khanna said on […]
The July 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 21 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
President Donald Trump suggested more military action is to come in Iran, saying the negotiators there took too long to agree to a deal and would now “pay the price.” Trump has given mixed messages about the Iran war in the past week, saying at one point Tuesday that the attack “wasn’t a big deal” […]
Democrats are divided over who will take up the progressive mantle during their 2028 presidential primary season after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appeared to rule out a White House run during a conversation with Robert Costa at the National Press Club. Several progressives are thought to be Sanders’s apparent heir-in-waiting, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) […]
Bill Pulte won’t be running the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for a long time, but President Donald Trump will use the acting DNI’s tenure to all but eliminate a federal agency he’s long privately despised, according to Trumpworld insiders. Trump’s “entire political career” could be characterized as “taking on the deep state,” […]
The first round of June Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued today. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Monday, June 10. The second round will go out on June 17 to those born between the 11th and […]
