February 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in seven days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month. However, February’s payment will go out on Jan. 30. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]
Democrats are vowing to resist President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda by promoting policies to bar federal immigration officials from obtaining future government and law enforcement jobs. The pledges from progressive candidates seeking higher office go further than the party’s growing calls to “abolish ICE” or to slash its funding. Instead, they are warning of personal […]
A new poll suggests that the coalition that returned President Donald Trump to the White House after a four-year hiatus may be eroding. These numbers come as Republicans seek to defend their narrow congressional majorities in November’s midterm elections, when replicating Trump’s 2024 support levels from low-propensity voters was always going to be a challenge. […]
President Donald Trump is forcing Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) to walk a tightrope on one of the most controversial planks of his immigration agenda, ordering a new wave of ICE raids that is complicating her fight for political survival in Maine. On Tuesday, the Trump administration began a surge of immigration agents to her home […]
The third round of January Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in five days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on Jan. 28. The first round of payments went out on Jan. 14 to recipients born on […]
A government contractor accused of leaking classified national security information to a Washington Post journalist was indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland on Thursday. He was charged with five counts of unlawfully transmitting and one count of unlawfully retaining classified national defense information. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, 61, allegedly illegally accessed classified national defense […]
A special election in Michigan’s 35th District could offer one of the first clues about the 2026 political landscape, with control of the state Senate hanging by a single seat. The stakes are unusually high for a state legislative race. Democrats currently hold a one-vote majority in the Michigan Senate. A Democratic win would preserve […]
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in Wolford v. Lopez, a case that will determine whether the nation’s highest court is serious about its Second Amendment precedents. The matter is simple. Hawaii passed a law that, in practice, prohibits the state’s concealed carry permit holders from exercising their right to armed self-defense […]
President Donald Trump wrote about his Art of the Deal strategy in his 1987 book and has used the tactics throughout his career. But his maximalist approach as commander in chief could be reaching the point of diminishing returns, considering how often he has used it in the past year. Tom Cochran, a Democratic strategist […]
President Donald Trump has spent months criticizing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over interest rates, repeatedly arguing they should be lower. Now the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation tied to Powell’s testimony on a costly Fed renovation project, prompting swift criticism from economists and former Fed chairs. On Capitol Hill, a small but […]
