Social Security Says 2026 Payments Will be Adjusted Despite Shutdown

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the US Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images The Social Security Administration said Tuesday that it will release its cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for next year’s payments and confirmed the ongoing government shutdown won’t impact payments being sent

Maine Gov. Janet Mills to Challenge Susan Collins for Senate in 2026

Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address in Augusta, Maine, on Jan. 30, 2024. Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Oct. 14 officially launched a U.S. Senate bid against Republican Susan Collins in next November’s elections. Mills’s campaign had briefly posted, then deleted, a fundraising video and an