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Social Security money 7.

December Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 24 days

Britta Miller · November 7, 2026 9:00 am

Vance and Cruz.

How potential Republican 2028 candidates are reacting to the midterm elections

Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton speaks at an election night event.

Fetterman to get rare filibuster backup with new crop of Senate Democrats

This October 2016 file photo shows dollar bills in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

First round of November Social Security payments goes out in three days.

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and the House Democratic campaign arm chairwoman, Rep. Susan DelBene (D-WA) attend a Nov. 3 Election Night watch party at a Capitol Hill hotel in Washington, D.C. When Democrats are in the majority starting Jan. 3, Jeffries will be House speaker. Clark will become House majority leader. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Congressional Dems promise to investigate Trump administration

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Planned Parenthood unleashes against Susan Collins’s Maine Senate campaign in historic ad campaign

Emily Hallas August 18, 2026 11:55 am

John Fredericks, pictured in October 2025, is on a mission to make Republicans electable in Washington, D.C.

Godzilla v. the chairman: The DC GOP’s civil war

Rob Crilly August 18, 2026 11:45 am

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul el Sayed Speaks at a General Election Kickoff Rally for Michigan Demcrats at Renaissance High School.

People may not like Trump, but they don’t like el Sayed even more: Byron York

Britta Miller August 18, 2026 11:38 am

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting about military families

Trump says there are no talks between US and Iran

Mabinty Quarshie August 18, 2026 10:29 am

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr.

Disney and ABC sue FCC on First Amendment grounds over early license review

David Zimmermann August 18, 2026 10:26 am

The Supreme Court of Nevada building

Appeals court rules Nevada’s top federal prosecutor illegally holds office over lack of Senate confirmation

Emily Hallas August 18, 2026 9:37 am

President Donald Trump

Trump posts map showing Strait of Hormuz as US territory

David Zimmermann August 18, 2026 9:05 am

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon.

DOJ plans to send 1,000 poll monitors to watch midterm elections

Emily Hallas August 18, 2026 8:43 am

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026.

Mangione’s state murder trial delayed as lawyers seek to have case tossed for double jeopardy

David Zimmermann August 18, 2026 8:36 am

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti speaks during a President Joe Biden campaign event in Scranton, Pa., April 16, 2024.

Three-time Pennsylvania Trump voter says he’s voting for Democratic House candidate in new ad

James A. Downs August 18, 2026 8:00 am

AOC/Trump.

The Trump vs. socialism election

W. James Antle III August 18, 2026 7:00 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Zelensky promises to ‘respond’ after 10 killed in Russian missile strike in Ukraine

Washington Examiner Staff August 18, 2026 6:04 am