The young man holding an electric guitar on stage at the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio earlier this summer looked briefly thoughtful. “Well, I’ve played some of my originals,” he said, “and I thank you for the response, but we have a big crowd here right now, so let’s do something that you all […]

The Southern Poverty Law Center made a name for itself by using lawsuits to dismantle widely condemned racist groups, such as Ku Klux Klan chapters. But decades after its 1971 founding, controversies keep piling up on the charity: an employee arrested in Georgia in 2023 alongside antifa-style protesters, a growing “Hate Map” painting conservatives as extremists, and now, a criminal […]

President Donald Trump’s power to install preferred federal prosecutors without Senate confirmation will face a major test Tuesday in a federal appeals court, while his administration is separately asking the Supreme Court to take up a related dispute that could carry nationwide consequences. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the Trump administration’s […]

The second round of September Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, 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 Wednesday. The first round went out on Sept. 9 to those born between the 1st and […]