The December 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 24 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have another qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]

The Democratic Party’s midterm election dominance on Tuesday sent a shockwave through the Republican Party, underscoring fissures in its coalition and potentially upending the 2028 presidential field overnight. Finger-pointing began immediately after Tuesday night’s election, which produced at least 54 Democratic Senate seats and north of 250 House seats, as several pundits blamed the president’s […]

The first round of November Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in three days.  When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The second round will go out on Nov. 18 to those born between […]

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) won’t be the lone Senate Democrat defending the filibuster next year. Adam Hamilton, the megachurch pastor elected in Kansas on Tuesday, would vote to keep the 60-vote threshold intact, while former Gov. Roy Cooper, the senator-elect in North Carolina, hasn’t been quite so definitive but praised it recently as a firewall […]