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

New York AG Letitia James Speaks at Rally in First Appearance Since Indictment

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during an event for mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in New York City on Oct. 13, 2025. Olga Fedorova/AP Photo New York Attorney General Letitia James spoke at a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Oct. 13, marking her first public appearance after being indicted

Cory Bowman, JD Vance’s Half-Brother, Bids to Reshape Cincinnati Politics

Cory Bowman, Cincinnati mayoral candidate, at his coffee shop in Cincinnati on April 25, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times CINCINNATI, Ohio—Cincinnati is a deep blue city where a Republican has not sat in the mayor’s seat since the late 1970s, and the city council is solely composed of Democrats. Cory Bowman, who is Vice President

Watchdog group seeks probe of Comey, Letitia James cases

Former federal ethics officials who served in Republican and Democratic administrations are asking the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate the prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. In a letter obtained by CBS News, ethics officials who worked in the Obama and George W. Bush administrations urged