3 things to know about retirement benefits
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law on Aug. 14, 1935. FPG | Archive Photos | Getty Images Social Security has reached a milestone — its …
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Michael Cohen Contemplates Congressional Run
In yet another case of Donald Trump-era truth being stranger than fiction, Michael Cohen, a disgruntled ex-attorney for the former president, is weighing a potential Democratic primary run against Rep. …
Parkland Survivor Launches PAC To Back Youth Candidates
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg is teaming up with the campaign manager for Congress’ youngest-ever member to launch a new group aiming to get young people elected to state legislatures …
Congress Summer Break Leaves Little Time To Avoid Shutdown
As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) wrapped up his pre-summer break press conference in late July, he chided reporters who had been skeptical of House Republicans’ ability to overcome an …
The Senate’s AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of Privacy Past
In short, the tentacles of US tech firms are everywhere—vaccines, food, cancer research, psilocybin centers, criminal justice reform, homelessness—the list could reach the moon. (Speaking of the moon, how could …
Don’t Meddle With The Supreme Court, Says Justice Samuel Alito To Congress
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who has been at the center of a number of ethics controversies at the court recently, told the Wall Street Journal lawmakers need to give …
Eric Swalwell Calls Kevin McCarthy A ‘P***y’ In House Altercation
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) claws came out during a pair of tense confrontations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last month. Swalwell and McCarthy’s dispute began with the House Republicans’ …
High School Student Sentenced For Sitting In Pences Chair
WASHINGTON (AP) — A high school student who stormed the U.S. Capitol, assaulted a police officer and sat in a Senate floor chair reserved for the vice president was sentenced …
Mitch McConnell freezes at Senate press conference
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) reaches out to help Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after McConnell froze and stopped talking at the microphones during a news conference after a lunch …
Bidenomics spurred stronger GDP growth: Morgan Stanley
U.S. President Joe Biden gives a thumbs up as he walks with first lady Jill Biden to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House July 14, 2023 …