14+ hour, 47+ min ago   (228+ words) Kristi Noem left the Department of Homeland Security on March 5, 2026, after President Trump announced he would replace her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin. Trump said he would tap Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to lead DHS, and multiple outlets reported the…...

15+ hour, 56+ min ago   (292+ words) Incumbent Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman will meet in a Nov. 3 runoff for los angeles mayor after the city’s top-two primary narrowed the field, according to Ballotpedia and PBS. The runoff date — Nov. 3, 2026 — is the scheduled general election day…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (303+ words) Retirement planning in 2026 centers on SECURE 2.0 implementation and new IRS limits that change who pays taxes, when withdrawals start and how much savers can put away this year. Congress’ SECURE 2.0 law and subsequent IRS guidance mean required minimum distributions generally…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (277+ words) The ppi report today shows U.S. producer prices for final demand climbed 0.4% in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Sept. 10. The BLS news release reported that prices for final demand goods rose 1.1% and services increased 0.1% for the month, lifting…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (231+ words) Helena Foulkes won Rhode Island’s Democratic primary on Sept. 9, 2026, defeating incumbent Gov. Dan McKee, according to Associated Press results and state tallies. Foulkes, who is running as a Democrat and is a former CVS executive, beat Gov. Dan McKee in…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (204+ words) Sen. Tim Scott backed fellow South Carolina Republican Darline Graham and defended her qualifications during an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press ahead of the state GOP runoff this week. On Meet the Press, Scott said there was “without question…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (394+ words) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives challenging federal registration rules for suppressors and short‑barreled rifles, the Missouri Attorney General’s office said in a Sept. 8 press release. The complaint,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (677+ words) eciks.org The White House Historical Association learned by late July 2025 that President Trump planned to demolish the East Wing to build his 90,000-square-foot ballroom, but chose not to publicly oppose the project, according to a Washington Post investigation published…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (585+ words) eciks.org The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to revive a federal voter database that a lower court blocked in June, citing election-fraud concerns just two months before the 2026 midterms. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged the justices…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (508+ words) eciks.org President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated map on Truth Social on September 7 that depicts Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland, and Caribbean territories absorbed into an expanded United States, sparking swift diplomatic backlash from affected countries and renewed questions about…...