The second round of January Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for top earners who retire at 70, went out to the second group of retirees on Wednesday. Retired seniors born between the 11th and 20th of a month should have received their first payment of 2024 on Jan. 17, and those born on […]
Labor unions strongly oppose President Joe Biden‘s potential closure of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intake facility in California, foreshadowing a looming problem for the president heading toward the 2024 election. The Adelanto ICE Processing Center, which is operated by the private GEO Group under a Department of Homeland Security contract that expires in […]
Attorneys representing Northeastern fishermen will make their case at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the 40-year-old precedent most commonly cited to support federal agency regulatory power should be cast into an oceanic abyss. A group of fishermen from New Jersey will see the justices consider their lawsuit against a Commerce Department regulation through the […]
The top-ranking Justice Department prosecutor in Washington, D.C., worked on behalf of Qatar and numerous foreign banks that have been accused of bankrolling terrorism, documents show. As the U.S. attorney in the nation’s capital, Matthew Graves has come under the spotlight for supervising a sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and faced […]
The bipartisan child tax credit expansion proposed Tuesday, if passed, would affect millions of families across the United States, particularly those who earn the least. The plan was announced on Tuesday after weeks of talks between Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR). The legislative plan builds […]
The United States is expected to designate the Yemeni Houthis as a terrorist organization in response to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. The Biden administration removed the terrorist designation from the Houthis in 2021. The Houthis were launched into the international spotlight recently after declaring war on Israel amid the War in Gaza […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) lashed out at former President Donald Trump in his first town hall since coming in second in the Iowa Caucuses. DeSantis spent much of the CNN Town Hall, hosted by Wolf Blitzer, criticizing Trump, whom he had just lost to in Iowa by a historic margin. He explained his loss by […]
The Senate took the first step toward funding the government on Tuesday as time runs short to avoid a partial shutdown. The upper chamber voted 68-13 to advance the Duck Stamp Act, a bill that will be repurposed to extend government funding into March. Congressional leadership reached a deal on top-line spending earlier this month […]
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy gave his first speech in New Hampshire on Tuesday after dropping out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsing former President Donald Trump. Speaking after being invited onstage by Trump, Ramaswamy continued with much of his previous campaign rhetoric, though he directed it fully in support of Trump. “It’s not a war […]
Former President Donald Trump escalated his attacks against former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley as he tries to prevent her from outperforming him in next Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. Trump, in particular, took Haley to task for appealing to New Hampshire’s many undeclared or independent voters, claiming, incorrectly, they are attempting to “infiltrate” the 2024 GOP […]
