The Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner could have provided some much-needed cover for vulnerable Republicans heading into the midterm elections. Instead, Trump’s vow to press ahead and use other authorities to make countries pay injected fresh uncertainty into an […]

The March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in six days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, but March’s payment will go out on Feb. 27, since March 1 falls on a Sunday this year. When the first of a month […]

Kathryn Ruemmler has spent much of her career behind the scenes at the highest levels of power, serving as former President Barack Obama’s longest-tenured White House counsel before rising to become Goldman Sachs’s top lawyer. Now, newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents and her recent resignation from the bank have thrust her into an unfamiliar spotlight, […]

The Trump administration has escalated its pressure against Cuba’s communist government, curbing oil supplies and threatening tariffs on countries that continue to ship fuel to the island as part of an effort to force regime change.  Since the United States captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in January, the Trump administration has turned its focus […]