Washington Examiner In Focus editor Peter Laffin predicted that the recent government shutdown would have no effect on either party during next year’s midterm elections. For over 40 days, the government was without funding, forcing federal employees to miss two paychecks. The shutdown was the result of a holdout from Democratic senators who could not […]

The second round of November Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in three days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Nov. 19.  The first round of payments already went out on Nov. 12 for retirees born […]

First lady Melania Trump has taken a strategic approach of limited public appearances centered on family-friendly matters during President Donald Trump‘s second term, a break from her usual public reticence. Many of her rare public engagements are tied to events with a child-centric focus, with the latest being an executive order signing on foster care […]

President Donald Trump’s pardons of more than 70 allies involved in efforts to challenge the 2020 election have collided this week with new turns in the state-level prosecutions targeting the so-called “alternate electors” strategy. The clemency order, a “full, complete, and unconditional pardon” for “all United States citizens” connected to the alternate-elector plan or to […]