The December 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 27 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 another qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]

NBC exit polls showed 2026 voters preferred Democrats on every issue aside from immigration, with affordability and economics playing a pivotal role. As Republicans scramble to comprehend the reasons for, and scale of, their loss on Tuesday, exit polls provide the first hints of what went wrong. A sizable majority had negative views of President […]

Nevada voters on Tuesday passed an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitution, permanently protecting abortion through the second trimester, through a second referendum on the measure. Question 6, which will establish a “fundamental right to abortion,” was ahead by a vote of 62.3% to 37.7% with 86% of the vote counted. The […]

Idaho voters rejected a citizen-led ballot initiative to roll back the state’s near-total prohibition on abortion, keeping in place one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Proposition 1, the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, failed by a vote of 56% to 44% with 95% of the vote counted. The Associated Press called […]