President Donald Trump has belatedly recognized the threat the lingering aftershocks of inflation pose to his second term and Republican congressional majorities, but it won’t be easy to wrest control of the affordability narrative back from the Democrats. Trump devoted a pre-Christmas prime-time address from the White House to the most important issue of next […]

Marc Elias, the Democratic Party’s most prominent election lawyer, suffered a string of crushing court losses in 2025. Elias’s legal firm, the Elias Law Group, has been at the forefront of lawfare combatting election integrity efforts, enjoying considerable success in these fights over the past few years. However, this year, Elias lost several high-profile battles […]

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

The first round of January Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in 16 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Jan. 14.  The second round of payments will be sent out on Jan. 21 to recipients […]