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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.

Britta Miller · November 7, 2026 6:00 am

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

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

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

In this graphic, Trump purses his lips in the foreground, right, by a diamond-shaped caution sign reading "tariffs" with stock lines charging upward in the background alongside the Capitol Building.

Democrats could target Trump tariffs after midterm sweep with some GOP aid

Anti-trangender protesters

What’s next for the anti-gender ideology movement after year of legislative and legal victories

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Major TV networks relegate Trump’s primetime election speech to digital feeds

Molly Parks July 16, 2026 6:15 pm

Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., speaks to a reporter before a visit by President Donald Trump, Friday, May 1, 2026, in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Randy Fine says JD Vance is out of step with GOP on Israel amid MAGA tensions

Samantha-Jo Roth, Mabinty Quarshie July 16, 2026 5:46 pm

With the equestrian statue of President Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park in the foreground, the American flag flies at half-staff over the White House, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Washington, after Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Secret Service says ‘we have to’ remove swords from statues near White House

Max Grinstein July 16, 2026 5:31 pm

Truth Social download screen

Truth Social to offer banks ‘fastest’ access to market-moving Trump posts

Molly Parks July 16, 2026 5:19 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), left, talks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta during the Assembly's Organizational Session in Sacramento, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.

California sues five cities over lack of housing plans

Barnini Chakraborty July 16, 2026 5:05 pm

"John Fetterman"

‘Betrayal’: Fetterman blasts Vance for accusing Israel of undermining Iran peace effort

Ramsey Touchberry July 16, 2026 4:50 pm

A security officer stands near the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as its sign remains covered by a tarp, Friday, June 19, 2026, in Washington.

Kennedy Center tries to regain upper hand in renovation war: ‘Has institutional support’

Emily Hallas July 16, 2026 4:40 pm

Ukrainians gather to denounce President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

Zelensky faces backlash after firing popular defense minister

Brady Knox July 16, 2026 4:31 pm

Featherweight fighters Diego Lopez and Steve Garcia compete in the ring during the first fight at UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Washington.

Two men indicted in White House UFC attack plot plead not guilty

David Zimmermann July 16, 2026 4:21 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Leftist candidates blasting rich elites spend donor money on cushy hotels

Hudson Crozier July 16, 2026 4:19 pm

Don Lemon during the New Orleans Book Festival.

Don Lemon says he’s ‘totally serious’ that he would be ‘a really good president’

Britta Miller July 16, 2026 4:05 pm

Maine Senate President Troy Jackson speaks at a news conference, Jan. 17, 2023, in Augusta, Maine.

Troy Jackson, an anti-corporate Maine Senate hopeful, touts endorsements from lobbyists

Ramsey Touchberry July 16, 2026 3:52 pm