Political streamer Hasan Piker is suing conservative commentator Scott Jennings for $72.5 million, alleging Jennings used a manipulated video and fabricated quotation to falsely accuse him of advocating the lynching of black Americans. Piker filed the defamation lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking at least $27.5 million in compensatory damages and $45 […]
The November 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in two days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. If the first day falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the payment is sent on the last business day of the previous month […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot both spun the parliamentary results as a victory for their respective sides on election night, despite full results not yet being confirmed. As of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday local time, 84.5% of the vote had been counted, with the Central Elections Committee giving Netanyahu’s bloc 54 […]
Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) is locked in a close contest with Democrat nominee Annie Andrews in South Carolina’s Senate race, according to a new poll that points to vulnerabilities for Graham as the midterm elections approach. Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, was appointed to the Senate in July after her brother’s […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 30 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said. The regional president of Castilla La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, said at least 30 people died in the crash and warned that the […]
Some of the country’s largest corporations, such as BlackRock, are no longer using the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of “hate groups” as a vetting tool in their corporate giving programs, according to a conservative coalition that has been pushing major U.S. businesses to abandon SPLC-based investment screening. Over the past year of the coalition’s […]
By all accounts, Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson’s bid to succeed retiring Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) is a long shot. Pearson, who first gained national attention for being expelled from the state House for a gun violence protest, is facing an entirely different political environment in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District than when he launched his […]
Policies related to transgender children and young adults, including sex-segregated school sports and gender transition medicine for minors, will be on the ballot in five states during the midterm elections. Missourians and Coloradans will be asked to weigh whether to prohibit medical professionals from providing minors with procedures or treatments with the intent of transitioning […]
The third round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued today. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The first round went out on Oct. 14 to those born on or before the […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his closest allies in Washington could hold sweeping new power if Democrats retake the Senate in November, shifting the party closer to his trademark brand of economic populism. Sanders, the Vermont socialist and two-time presidential candidate, is likely to chair the Senate panel responsible for overseeing labor, education, and healthcare […]
