Asylum grant rates have plummeted to historic lows since President Donald Trump took office, and those figures continue to fall as the administration takes a wrecking ball to the immigration courts. The Trump administration has found a legal way to ensure that asylum claims by immigrants who illegally entered the United States are largely denied, […]

The third round of April Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in six days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on April 22.  The first round went out on April 8 to those born on or before […]

Early voting is underway in Virginia on a closely watched redistricting referendum that is shaping up to be a razor-thin race, with both parties increasingly treating the April 21 vote as a pivotal and unpredictable fight for control of the House. The ballot measure would temporarily return map-drawing authority to the Democratic-controlled legislature, which has […]

U.S. Southern Command announced on Wednesday another military strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It was the fourth strike conducted by the military in the Southern Hemisphere in the last five days. Three suspected drug traffickers were killed in the latest operation, putting the total of the number of fatalities […]