The second round of January 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, Jan. 21. The first round of payments went out on Jan. 14 to recipients born on or […]
President Donald Trump’s public feud with the Federal Reserve will make its way to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, when the justices weigh whether the president may fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. The Supreme Court’s oral arguments in the emergency docket case come just over a week after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced he […]
Republican Michele Tafoya, a former sideline reporter for the National Football League, is launching her campaign for Senate on Wednesday with a message squarely focused on what she calls a “crisis of leadership” in Minnesota. In an interview marking the kickoff of her campaign, Tafoya accused Democrats of ginning up weeks of ICE protests in […]
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison blasted President Donald Trump and his administration on Tuesday for the subpoena he received from the Department of Justice. Ellison slammed the move, calling it “highly irregular” and inferring it was politically motivated. He posted his response to the subpoena on his social media accounts on Tuesday and said they […]
House Republicans say they are unfazed by President Donald Trump‘s threats to seize Greenland, with some not taking the threat seriously and others saying they simply don’t have an opinion on the idea of the United States invading a NATO ally. Trump has spent weeks publicly calculating different ways to acquire Greenland, an autonomous territory […]
Congressional Republicans have agreed to cut funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and impose new restrictions on the agency in order to secure a bipartisan deal to fund the government and avoid a shutdown — a concession that comes even as President Donald Trump escalates ICE enforcement nationwide. The cuts were tucked into a 1,059-page […]
The snow-capped Swiss Alps town of Davos, Switzerland, is typically the picturesque backdrop for world leaders and corporate titans to hobnob and pose for photos at the World Economic Forum. That was before President Donald Trump completely upended the agenda. “This will be an interesting trip. I have no idea what’s going to happen, but you […]
President Donald Trump refused to say on Monday whether he would use military force to acquire Greenland from Denmark, the latter of which is a NATO ally that fought alongside U.S. forces in the Middle East following 9/11. The president’s recent musings about acquiring Greenland, and his refusal to rule out military action, pose significant […]
Democrats in the Virginia legislature introduced a slew of bills this week aimed at steering the commonwealth in a more liberal direction on issues such as gun control, elections, abortion, criminal justice, LGBT policy, race, and taxation — much to the chagrin of the state’s conservatives. Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger ran last year as a […]
Maryland’s Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission voted to advance a new “congressional map concept” that could give Democrats control of the state’s eight congressional districts. The panel voted 3-2 in a closed-door meeting on Tuesday to advance the new map to Maryland’s General Assembly and Gov. Wes Moore (D), according to reports. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) […]
