Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia on Feb. 11, 2005. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images The projected cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients next year will likely be slightly higher than the 2.5 percent COLA that was implemented for 2025’s payments, according to The
Nadine Menendez arrives to a federal courthouse in New York on April 21, 2025. Seth Wenig/AP Photo WASHINGTON—Nadine Menendez, the wife of former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), was sentenced on Sept. 11 to more than four years in federal prison in a bribery case. U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein sentenced her to 54 months
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on July 15, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that foreign governments have been bearing the brunt of U.S. tariffs over 15 percent, with China paying the lion’s share. “China is
California lawmakers are weighing whether to ban a group of chemicals known as PFAS, which are often called “forever chemicals,” in cookware. The move has pulled in celebrity chefs on one side and environmentalists, including actor Mark Ruffalo, on the other. The proposal, Senate Bill 682, would prohibit PFAS in cookware, cleaning products, dental floss,
Washington — Senate Republicans are expected to move Thursday on changing Senate rules to make it easier to confirm President Trump’s nominees amid a blockade from Democrats, who are warning against the move to go “nuclear.” For months, Republicans have criticized Democrats’ efforts to slow the confirmation process, which they have taken to new extremes
Charlie Kirk’s body will be flown on Air Force Two — the vice president’s plane — from Utah to Arizona, where he lived with his family, according to officials familiar with the matter. Vice President JD Vance flew to Salt Lake City to retrieve Kirk’s body on Thursday, a day after the 31-year-old conservative activist was shot
Anti-ICE demonstrators confront federal agents and California Army National Guardsmen in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may continue to conduct enforcement operations at places suspected of harboring illegal immigrants while a lawsuit on the matter plays out in