The second round of March Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued today. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, March 18. The first round went out on March 11 to those born on or before the […]
The April 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 14 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. For months when the first day of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, these payments are issued on the last business day […]
Republicans on Capitol Hill have begun discussing with the White House a supplemental funding bill for the conflict in Iran, and even fiscal hawks seem to be on board. Fiscal hawks in Washington are known to be rabble-rousers when it comes to demanding offsets for spending in an effort to decrease the more than $38 […]
Israel Defense Forces targeted a top Iranian official and a Hamas commander in separate airstrikes in the Middle East overnight. Hamas commander Yahya Abu Labda was reportedly killed during an IDF airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the Times of Israel. Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s intelligence minister, was targeted in a strike conducted […]
Both political parties have found rare agreement in a divided Washington, convinced that the GOP’s federal voter ID and election bill is a slam-dunk messaging opportunity. But that’s where the bipartisanship quickly ends. The two sides are diametrically opposed over the merits of the so-called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE America Act, […]
JASPER, Ga. (AP) — There was a shooting Tuesday at a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in a small town at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains in Georgia, and the gunman was shot and killed, police said. A Veterans Affairs employee was taken by helicopter to a hospital after the gunfire Tuesday afternoon, […]
Venezuela defeated the United States 3-2 in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night. It was the country’s first championship in the international baseball tournament. Team USA was flat for most of the game, trailing 2-0 heading into the eighth inning. Bryce Harper then hit a two-run home run to tie the game, setting up […]
Evanston Mayor Daniel Bliss defeated two strong competitors in the Democratic primary to replace longtime Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in Illinois’s 9th District on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race for Bliss at 10:36 p.m., over two hours after the polls closed. Bliss won with 29.6% of the vote, with progressive Kat Abughazaleh […]
Nebraska‘s secretary of state booted a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate off the 2026 ballot after the state’s Republican Party argued the candidate did not intend to actually serve in the role. Democrat Cindy Burbank will no longer be in the running for the Senate seat, Secretary of State Bob Evnen, a Republican, confirmed to the […]
Illinois Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton defeated nine competitors to secure the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday night, a win for Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) in a primary race that drew in millions of dollars in spending. The Associated Press called the race for Stratton at 10:38 p.m., over two hours after the polls […]
