January 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 11 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month, though January’s payment will go out on Dec. 31. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, the latter being the […]

EXCLUSIVE — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) sees room for bipartisan deal-making beyond healthcare next year as Republicans try to keep affordability from becoming a 2026 stumbling block. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Thune said the GOP’s tax law, passed this summer along party lines, will be a selling point for Republican […]

A North Carolina state audit is challenging former Gov. Roy Cooper’s hurricane recovery claims by showing that only 3,522 homes were completed through the state’s HUD-funded rebuilding program and that yearslong delays left more than 1,100 homes unfinished when he left office. The audit, released by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor, examined […]

Next year will see multiple heated elections across the nation, several of which will be held before the November midterm elections. Democrats are vying to retake control of the House of Representatives, where Republicans only have a small majority, and are aiming to keep the lower chamber under their control while maintaining their three-seat majority […]