The second round of January Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in three days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Jan. 21.  The first round of payments went out on Jan. 14 to recipients born […]

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is exercising his independence from the White House in increasingly forceful terms, using his impending retirement from the Senate to wage a battle over what he says is the future of President Donald Trump’s legacy. This week, Tillis took one of his clearest steps yet to challenge the administration after the […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin is working the phones inside the Kremlin to prevent the Iranian regime’s collapse, fearing it could be the latest domino to fall in his already underwhelming anti-Western alliance. Putin spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, offering for the first time to intervene as a […]

A swell of support from progressives for Analilia Mejia, who is seeking to succeed Democratic Gov.-elect. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) in the House of Representatives, could backfire on both the candidate and the Democratic Party as they seek to hold onto a centrist member’s seat in Congress. Mejia, who served as national political director for Sen. […]