Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is set to be inaugurated as Virginia’s next governor around noon Saturday. SPANBERGER DELIVERS DEMOCRATS HUGE WIN IN VIRGINIA AFTER DEFEATING EARLE-SEARS FOR GOVERNORSHIP Spanberger beat Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears decisively in last year’s election to become the state’s first female governor. “Good morning, Virginia! Today at noon, the work begins,” Spanberger wrote […]

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

February 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 13 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month. However, February’s payment will go out on Jan. 30. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued […]

After spending 22 years in the military, earning three master’s degrees, and raising four children, Marine veteran Chris Burnett told the Washington Examiner he was ready to “just comfortably exist.” But frustrations about the decline of the middle class in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District, which he said has been spurred by a “series of millionaires… […]