Democrats are vowing to resist President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda by promoting policies to bar federal immigration officials from obtaining future government and law enforcement jobs. The pledges from progressive candidates seeking higher office go further than the party’s growing calls to “abolish ICE” or to slash its funding. Instead, they are warning of personal […]

A new poll suggests that the coalition that returned President Donald Trump to the White House after a four-year hiatus may be eroding. These numbers come as Republicans seek to defend their narrow congressional majorities in November’s midterm elections, when replicating Trump’s 2024 support levels from low-propensity voters was always going to be a challenge. […]

President Donald Trump is forcing Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) to walk a tightrope on one of the most controversial planks of his immigration agenda, ordering a new wave of ICE raids that is complicating her fight for political survival in Maine. On Tuesday, the Trump administration began a surge of immigration agents to her home […]

The third round of January Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in five days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on Jan. 28.  The first round of payments went out on Jan. 14 to recipients born on […]