Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-TN) was sworn in as the newest member of the House Republican conference on Thursday morning, less than two days after he won a special election in Tennessee. The House now stands at 220 Republicans to 213 Democrats, which translates to a three-seat majority for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who presided […]

The FBI arrested a suspect in connection with the pipe bombs that were planted in Washington on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021. The agency detained the suspect on Thursday morning, nearly five years after surveillance footage captured a person planting the devices near the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters, according to NBC News […]

January 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 27 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 […]

As the fallout from a military strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean continues, Admiral Frank Mitchell Bradley is expected to tell congressional leaders the reported survivors killed in the attack were “legitimate targets.” “Adm. Frank ‘Mitch’ Bradley plans to say he and his legal adviser concluded the two survivors were attempting to […]