The second round of April Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued today. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, April 15. The first round went out on April 8 to those born on or before the […]
President Donald Trump continued his criticism of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with a social media post late Tuesday night, seemingly criticizing the alliance for not assisting the U.S. in its military operations against Iran. It was a very short post with no context or details, simply stating that “NATO wasn’t there for us,” and […]
President Donald Trump’s latest move in the Iran war, a partial blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, is unlikely to force China into deeper engagement in the conflict but does risk raising tensions with Beijing if the war drags on beyond the White House’s timeline. To date, China has not taken significant public steps to […]
President Donald Trump continued his war of words with Pope Leo, requesting that the pontiff be reminded of the thousands of innocent protesters killed by the Iranian regime after nationwide protests in the country in January. The president used the murders as a basis for reasoning that Iran should not be allowed to have a […]
The House overwhelmingly passed an aviation safety bill designed to prevent a repeat plane crash like the one that unfolded at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last year. The ALERT Act passed in a final 396-10 vote on Tuesday, garnering the necessary two-thirds majority support under the lower chamber’s fast-track rules. It now heads to […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has scheduled the special election to fill the House seat vacated by Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress following sexual assault allegations. The special election is set for Aug. 18. Newsom issued a proclamation on Tuesday to start the process for the election. Swalwell resigned at 2 p.m. Tuesday, days […]
Erika Kirk, the widow of activist Charlie Kirk, withdrew from a Turning Point USA tour talk with Vice President JD Vance at the University of Georgia, following threats on her life Tuesday night. Vance and Kirk were set to highlight the talk when, two hours before the event, “some very serious threats in her direction” arose, according to Turning […]
While speaking at a Turning Point USA event on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance was heckled by a man who criticized U.S. military action in the Middle East. The person disrupted the event, shouting that the United States is “committing genocide in Gaza” while the vice president responded to the pope’s condemnation of the Iran […]
The midterm elections are top of mind for Senate Republicans waiting on Justice Samuel Alito to decide whether he will step down from the Supreme Court in the coming weeks. Alito, one of the six justices who make up the high court’s conservative majority, prefers that a GOP president appoint his successor after 20 years […]
Rep. Clay Fuller (R-GA) was sworn in to the lower chamber Tuesday to finish out the rest of former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s term. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) swore in the Georgia freshman shortly after the House returned to Washington from a two-week recess. Fuller, a former district attorney, won the special election to replace […]
