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Social Security benefits increase will hit 3.6% in 2027
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental…
News Alaska Beacon
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Social Security benefits increase will hit 3.6% in 2027
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental…
News Washington State Standard
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Trump admin resists government watchdog’s call to automate ICE body cameras
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection need to improve oversight and guidance for federal immigration officers’ use of body-worn cameras, according to a Wednesday report from independent federal investigators. Officials with…
News Arizona Mirror
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What is behind the raid on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar?
The FBI’s search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home raises concerns about political interference and could impact Minnesota’s Senate race ahead of the midterm elections.
News Christian Science Monitor Politics
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Commentary: John Cole’s Tennessee: Security blanket
News Tennessee Lookout
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Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%
Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already fed up with higher prices, September’s…
News Colorado Newsline
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Social Security benefits increase will hit 3.6% in 2027
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental…
News Tennessee Lookout
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State office building to reopen after multi-year, $70M renovation
OKLAHOMA CITY — After three years and $70 million of renovations, state leaders announced Wednesday that the Jim Thorpe Office Building on the Oklahoma State Capitol Complex is reopening. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the state Election Board, the Oklahoma Arts Council and…
News Oklahoma Voice
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Nunn, Iowa Leaders Highlight $1 Million Wapello County Scam, Urge Senate to Pass GUARD Act
Press release Zachary Nunn — press releases
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Slotkin, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Sanction Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined legislation to sanction companies, individuals, and other entities that help develop Israeli settlements in the E1 area of the West Bank. The legislation was led by Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and joined by Senators…
Press release Elissa Slotkin — press releases
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Social Security benefits increase will hit 3.6% in 2027
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental…
News Georgia Recorder
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With midterms underway, Justice Department presses California to withhold flagged voters' ballots
Federal officials have given California election officials 48 hours to prove the citizenship of voters flagged as potential noncitizens, or withhold their ballots.
News Los Angeles Times Politics
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Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%
Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already fed up with higher prices, September’s…
News Minnesota Reformer
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Trump administration appeals judge’s order blocking White House ban of 3 news outlets
WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday extended a block on a Trump administration ban of press passes for three news organizations, which will allow them to continue to enter the White House grounds while a legal challenge to the ban, including a Wednesday appeal filed by…
News Utah News Dispatch
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Congratulations to Elise Hannigan for being named the 2026 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year!
Video Brian Schatz on YouTube
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Senator Coons joins CNN News Central
Senator Coons joins CNN News Central on October 14, 2026.
Video Christopher A. Coons on YouTube
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Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%
Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already fed up with higher prices, September’s…
News Rhode Island Current
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Commentary: Televising an execution wouldn’t be justice. It would be a snuff film dressed up as spectacle.
Executions are conducted like rituals, at least in Arizona. The witnesses are ushered in as solemnly as at a funeral and seated as precisely as guests at a wedding: government officials, families of the victims, guests of the soon-to-be decedent, journalists. A disembodied…
News Arizona Mirror
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Nonpartisan government watchdog recommends automated activation of ICE body cameras
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection need to improve oversight and guidance for federal immigration officers’ use of body-worn cameras, according to a Wednesday report from independent federal investigators. Officials with…
News Idaho Capital Sun
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But Wait, There's More!
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision de facto killed climate legislation. Then, they blew up the Clean Power Plan, killing climate regulation. And now, through a new case before the Court, they’re targeting climate litigation. In this episode, former Governor Jay Inslee…
Video Sheldon Whitehouse on YouTube
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Social Security benefits increase will hit 3.6% in 2027
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental…
News Oregon Capital Chronicle
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Social Security benefits increase will hit 3.6% in 2027
WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental…
News Idaho Capital Sun
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Meta revealed as company behind controversial Mason County hyperscale data center
The technology company Meta will invest billions of dollars for a proposed Mason County hyperscale data center and will pay millions of dollars to local schools and the county but will also receive a 40-year tax break on local property taxes, according to a tentative agreement.…
News Kentucky Lantern
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Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%
Spikes in energy prices were largely responsible: Gas is now up 34% for the year, and fuel oil, which includes diesel, is up 72% as the Iran war drags on.
News Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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Nonpartisan government watchdog recommends automated activation of ICE body cameras
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection need to improve oversight and guidance for federal immigration officers’ use of body-worn cameras, according to a Wednesday report from independent federal investigators.
News West Virginia Watch
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Commentary: The most anti-labor law in Maryland you never knew existed
Workers don't truly have a seat at the table if they don't have an exit from the room, writes Tim Wright, and public sector workers in Maryland don't have that exit because they don't have the right to strike. That needs to change if we value their work, he says,
News Maryland Matters
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Nonpartisan government watchdog recommends automated activation of ICE body cameras
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection need to improve oversight and guidance for federal immigration officers’ use of body-worn cameras, according to a Wednesday report from independent federal investigators. Officials with…
News Rhode Island Current
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Making the Case: But Wait, There's More!
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision de facto killed climate legislation. Then, they blew up the Clean Power Plan, killing climate regulation. And now, through a new case before the Court, they’re targeting climate litigation. In this episode, former Governor Jay Inslee…
Video Sheldon Whitehouse on YouTube
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Trump administration appeals judge’s order blocking White House ban of 3 news outlets
WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday extended a block on a Trump administration ban of press passes for three news organizations, which will allow them to continue to enter the White House grounds while a legal challenge to the ban, including a Wednesday appeal filed by…
News Alabama Reflector
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WV school leaders unveil new school funding formula with hope Legislature will consider it
As more schools across West Virginia say they’ll close their doors, the state school board unveiled a robust school funding formula overhaul that they hope lawmakers will consider.
News West Virginia Watch