Pope Leo XIV left Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Saturday, four days after the removal of a cancerous nodule in his lung. Doctors from the hospital told reporters that Leo, 71, had resumed certain normal activities after the surgery while staying at Gemelli. The operation confirmed the pope has lung adenocarcinoma, the most common type […]

Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) on Friday revealed she is the latest victim of a threatening letter claiming to be from the Democratic Socialists of America, condemning the “political intimidation” after a series of other lawmakers and election officials reported receiving similar warnings. Scholten said the FBI is looking into the incident, and condemned the “threatening” […]

The November 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994 for an individual filer, will be sent to recipients in 13 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, or on the last business day of the prior month if the first day falls on a federal holiday. Nov. […]

Californians will decide this November whether to impose a historic one-time wealth tax on billionaires. If proponents are successful, they hope to launch similar efforts across the country that would tax the ultra-rich’s wealth. Passage of Proposition 40 would enact the first state-level wealth tax, which the ballot measure’s backers, including socialists, see as a […]