Chinese spy balloon spotted floating over Montana, but we’re going to leave it alone for now
Days after a top US general publicly predicted that the US will be at war with China by 2025, the Pentagon has confirmed that a …
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$9.5 billion in middle-class tax refund payments are about to go out in one state
Last year’s nationwide wave of stimulus payments may have ended, but that doesn’t mean such cash infusions still aren’t going out to taxpayers in certain …
Facebook might lift Trump’s suspension in January, just in time for the 2024 election
After suspending President Trump from Facebook and Instagram back in 2021, following the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol complex, the social media giant …
How ‘Let’s Go, Brandon’ became the right’s favorite Joe Biden insult
Spend enough time scrolling through Twitter, and you’ll eventually come across it. A simple, three-word exhortation — “Let’s go, Brandon!” — that started spreading like …
One-time $450 stimulus checks are going out right now in this state
As much as the Biden administration would like to start them back up again, federal stimulus checks dried up months ago on account of a …
Elon Musk is full of BS, according to President Trump at a weekend rally
President Trump couldn’t resist lobbing a few broadsides at Tesla CEO Elon Musk at a rally over the weekend in Alaska, following the bombshell announcement …
EU antitrust laws might force Apple to allow third-party app stores on iPhone
Apple has never allowed third-party app stores on iPhone or iPad, and the company has had to fight against increasing pressure to do so. The …
The most liberal state in the US leaked personal data on local gun owners
A leak of personal data associated with California gun owners that’s enraged conservatives in recent days appears to be much more expansive than originally reported. …
Apple and Google should ban TikTok, FCC commissioner says
In a letter this month addressed to the CEOs of Apple and Google, FCC commissioner Brendan Carr in so many words said President Trump was …
23 million people in this state will get inflation relief checks up to $1,050
One of the US states hit hardest by high taxes and the effects of inflation has found a new pile of money to give away …
After the Supreme Court Roe v Wade decision, this Netflix doc is more relevant than ever
Two years after the September 2018 release of the Netflix documentary Reversing Roe, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at age 87 of …
President Biden just proposed a new stimulus idea that Obama once panned as a ‘gimmick’
During the 2008 presidential campaign, then-candidate Barack Obama dismissed the effectiveness of so-called gas tax holidays as little more than a “gimmick.” To be more …
FBI busts online black market selling millions of stolen Social Security numbers
US law enforcement officials have shut down a series of websites making $19 million in revenue by selling stolen data. The black market data the …
New stimulus payments are coming on June 1 if you live in this state
For a lucky few, new relief checks are going out again in a matter of days. The lucky few, being residents of the state of …
6 stimulus money programs you might qualify for in 2022
At the beginning of this year, it certainly looked like stimulus checks were going to be a thing of the past. A US Senator (Joe …
$2,500 stimulus payments available to help some Americans pay rent
The stimulus checks keep flowing — sort of. In the absence of any more such handouts from the federal government, states and cities have taken …
Biden officials put new disinformation board on pause, stung by conservative backlash
Conservatives excoriated it as a totalitarian-style Ministry of Truth. Its director’s bizarre TikTok video, in which she sang about disinformation in the style of a …
$3,600 tax credits are now available to even more people – see if you’re eligible
The IRS, as we all know, stopped sending out monthly child tax credit checks back in December. But that doesn’t mean the tax agency has …
Millions of Americans get an extra tax rebate soon – here’s when
Americans across the country are set to get another round of free money soon, in the form of everything from tax rebates to stimulus checks, …
10 states where you can get stimulus checks and extra tax rebates now
It’s one of the politician’s oldest tricks in the book. But it still works, because it’s so effective. One of the best ways to accrue …
Stimulus checks made inflation worse, Federal Reserve data shows
Stimulus checks offered a powerful economic lifeline to millions of Americans over the last couple of years. Especially in 2021, the second full year of …
Stimulus check news: See if you’re eligible for $1,000 credits that might come soon
A new book from two New York Times reports, titled This Will Not Pass, offers an abundance of newly reported detail about the 2020 presidential …
Special $2,000 stimulus payments are available to people in one state
States around the US are still finding creative ways to give their residents a new stimulus check, at a time when such payments will remain …
Stimulus check 2022: New government website explains who gets $850 payments
Stimulus payments are flowing again — in one corner of the US, at least. Maine is the latest US state to offer a new relief …
Biden wants to authorize a huge new stimulus effort, but it’s not what you think
We’ve made it pretty clear across a number of posts now, in case it wasn’t obvious from their absence over the past several months, that …
Stimulus check update: Here’s every single state sending stimulus money in 2022
We’ve made the point on a number of occasions now that when and whether anyone gets a new stimulus check is largely a function of …
Fourth stimulus check of $850 is coming in June – see who gets one
The stimulus gods have rolled the dice again, and this time the lucky recipients live in the state of Maine. Residents there are in line …
