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Social Security COLA increase 2025
The estimated Social Security increase for 2025 keeps dropping
Based on the department's consumer price index (CPI) data through August, Social Security recipients might expect a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to ...
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GOP targeting Haitians in Ohio with ignorant fear-mongering ...
Sometimes the disgusting sewer of presidential year politics hits a little too close to home, and you end up watching a national conversation play out ...
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Why Kamala Harris Won't Ban Fracking
Former President Donald Trump claimed Vice President Kamala Harris may ban fracking, but she clarified. Plus, U.S. energy reliance and legal obstacles make ...
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The Evanston native who was in the World Trade Center on 9/11
Twenty-three years ago, on Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, Mark Shore stepped off the PATH train that ran from his home in Hoboken, New Jersey, to the base of the ...
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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis condemned over Florida's 'draconian' new anti ...
Fort Lauderdale mayor says legislation will provoke 'tsunami of lawsuits' but do nothing to help homeless crisis.
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Biden, Harris, Trump, Vance appear together at 9/11 memorial ...
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump appeared together at Ground Zero just hours after Tuesday's contentious debate.
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Kamala Harris earrings
No, Kamala Harris wasn't wearing these audio earrings
Shortly after Vice President Kamala Harris' debate against Donald Trump, many claimed she was wearing the Nova H1 Audio Earrings — but that's not true.
READ MORE ...Government shutdown
Why is a government shutdown possible before the election?
Stop us if you've heard this before: The federal government could shut down sometime in the next few weeks if Congress can't agree to a new spending bill.
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Kamala Harris will win election, predicts leading historian Allan ...
Polling 'Nostradamus', said to have correctly forecast since 1984 all races except Gore's loss, says Trump on track to lose.
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Linda Sun
Who is Linda Sun, ex-aide to NY governors charged with spying for ...
Ex-aide to Hochul and Cuomo has been charged on multiple counts along with her husband, US prosecutors say.
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Tim Walz family
More family members of VP Pick Tim Walz show support for Donald ...
A leaked photo has circulated widely on social media, showing eight relatives of Governor Walz wearing "Walz for Trump" T-shirts.
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Apalachee High student, 14, charged in school shooting that left four ...
Four people died and nine others were injured during a shooting Wednesday at Apalachee High School. Authorities charged a student in the killing spree.
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Kathy Hochul
Ex-top aide to N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul was a secret Chinese agent ...
Linda Sun, a former top aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was arrested by the FBI Tuesday morning. Sun's husband, Chris Hu, was also arrested.
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Colorado
Colorado's first gentleman disappears from social media following ...
Marlon Reis, Colorado's first gentleman, has deleted his Instagram and Facebook accounts after getting into a debate with several ranchers on a now-missing ...
READ MORE ...Kamala Harris interview
Fact-checking Kamala Harris's first campaign interview
BBC Verify looks into claims the vice-president made on CNN about fracking, child poverty and green jobs.
READ MORE ...Unrealized capital gains tax
Harris plans to tax unrealized stock gains — but only for people ...
Vice President Kamala Harris' endorsement of a Biden administration plan that includes a tax on stock holdings that have grown in value has emerged in ...
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Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard endorses Trump against former foe Harris
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Donald Trump's presidential bid, furthering her shift away from the party she sought to represent in the ...
READ MORE ...Kamala Harris children
Meet the members of VP Kamala Harris' family: Election 2024
Members of Vice President Kamala Harris' blended family are popping around Chicago this week during the Democratic National Convention, where Harris will ...
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Elizabeth Warren
A visibly emotional Elizabeth Warren says Harris will protect ...
Before Warren even began her remarks, the crowd met her with a warm reception and long applause. Both Warren and Harris vied for the Democratic presidential ...
READ MORE ...Kamala Harris parents
Who is Kamala Harris' father? Economist Donald Harris absent from ...
Kamala Harris' father, Donald Harris, has largely stayed out of his daughter's political life.
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Gretchen Whitmer
Gretchen Whitmer takes jabs at Trump: 'Donald Trump doesn't know ...
In a speech with several digs at former President Donald Trump, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer mocked his previous comments referring to her as "that woman from ...
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Adam Kinzinger
Former Republican lawmaker offers a blistering assessment of ...
A group of Republicans, including Kinzinger, have come together in support of Harris. Kinzinger said he lost faith in Trump and experienced a “profound ...
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Inside JB Pritzker's bold bid to bridge the EV divide
The Illinois governor wants to sell electric vehicles to Chicago progressives and the Trump voter.
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Bill Pascrell
RIP Bill Pascrell
My most prominent recollection of Pascrell was from his 2012 primary race against fellow congressman and redistricting victim Steve Rothman. We all thought it ...
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