The Department of Agriculture is nixing any federal awards to Minnesota as the state endures a reckoning with fraud and the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. Secretary Brooke Rollins said aid, around $130 million, will be withheld “until sufficient proof has been provided that the fraud has stopped.” TRUMP FIRST YEAR REPORT CARD: A- PROMISE KEEPER […]

February 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 20 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month. However, February’s payment will be issued on Jan. 30. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]

Democrats want more transparency from their party leaders after the Democratic National Committee refused to release its 2024 autopsy report, a decision that has fanned growing discontent following a spate of bruising election losses. “They should release it, I’m all for transparency,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), a possible contender for president in 2028, told the […]

President Donald Trump’s capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in Caracas last weekend may have earned him praise from Republican hawks, but it has also exposed fissures in the GOP. Five Republican senators on Thursday voted with Democrats to proceed with a resolution restricting Trump’s war powers regarding Venezuela, as questions are raised concerning […]