The 2026 midterm elections are entering the home stretch as candidates across the country shift into the final weeks of the campaign, with control of Congress on the line. Against that backdrop, Republicans are preparing to hold an event that has never been staged by a major political party before: A two-day midterm convention designed […]

The October 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 26 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]

Republicans are getting pretty fed up with their Senate nominee in Texas, state attorney general Ken Paxton. The scandal-tainted and once-impeached Paxton is a flawed candidate in all kinds of ways that were predictable and, in fact, widely predicted. Establishment Republicans in both Texas and Washington, D.C., never wanted Paxton to be the nominee in […]

Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) and Maryland Democrats are inching closer to ousting the state’s lone House Republican after notching a win at the state Supreme Court to keep a redistricting question on the ballot for the November elections. Running out of options to protect his congressional seat from being redrawn to favor Democrats in 2028, […]