Beneficiaries who receive one of the three Social Security retirement payments each month will get the first payment for October, worth up to $4,555 for those who retired at the age of 70, in 10 days.
Former Navy SEAL officer and now-Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is leading a group of hand-selected House Republicans in creating a fail-proof strategy to take down, even kill, the Mexican drug cartel members behind America's fentanyl crisis.
President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending deal that was passed by Congress, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown just one hour before federal funding was set to lapse on Oct. 1.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) accused House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) of making a "Ukraine deal with Democrats" after passing the 45-day continuing resolution, which did not include funding for Ukraine.
The Senate passed a clean continuing resolution that originated in the House on Saturday, just hours before the federal government was set to run out of funding and shut down.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) led his conference in passing a 45-day stopgap measure that, if passed by the Senate and signed by President Joe Biden as expected, will avoid a government shutdown.