A Thursday vote on expiring Obamacare subsidies is presenting Senate Republicans with their latest unity test as Democrats seek to make the 2026 elections a referendum on affordability. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is offering Republicans a GOP alternative to the three-year extension Democrats will bring to the floor, and most of his members appear […]

The second round of December Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in six days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Dec. 17.  The first round of payments went out on Dec. 10 to recipients born on […]

MOUNT POCONO, Pennsylvania — President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night audience left the Mount Airy Casino Resort in high spirits, but some attendees had lingering doubts about the current and future state of the economy. Republicans have spent weeks pressing Trump and White House officials to do more to sell the president’s economic platform heading into a […]

Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado didn’t arrive in Oslo, Norway, in time to receive her award on Wednesday, but she was able to escape Venezuela. Machado, who has been in hiding for over a year and has not made a public appearance in 11 months, reportedly safely arrived in […]