I was comfortable with the idea of being able to ration to get by because I grew up in the United States below the poverty line. We had accessibility to safety net services and my mother labored almost all the time. Individuals employed frequently don’t make enough money to support their families or even a decent…
As per the Black Knight Home Price Index, property prices reached a new peak in May, whereas rent costs raised by an average of 5.5% in the United States the previous year. In simple terms, it won’t get less expensive to live in the United States any time soon, while there are still certain areas that…
The opportunity to get food assistance while on strike is provided by a bill that federal lawmakers proposed on Thursday. During the 1980s, striking employees haven’t been eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if they were previously eligible for SNAP before their job disruption. This prohibition would be lifted by a new law,…
An elderly Harlem resident has been fighting for his life against the Social Security Administration. The government organization pronounced the man deceased over a month ago. He’s still alive, and that’s the problem. However, in the meanwhile, his benefits were stopped and his savings account was seized. So Nina Pineda of 7 On Your Side…
Nobody will ever arrive at the table in a confrontation between the 2 most powerful nations in the world completely ready for war. It takes extensive mobilization to engage in an international war, and it might be difficult to predict the scale of resources needed before the fighting begins. The world could be hopeful that an all-out…
In the southeast of the country, wherein US officials claim Kyiv has begun its “main thrust” to breach Russia’s defenses, Ukrainian forces have intensified their counteroffensive. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, acknowledged on Wednesday that battles had “significantly escalated,” but asserted that Moscow’s soldiers succeeded in holding off the Ukrainians’ assault. Putin described the…
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was passed by the Senate on Thursday night, setting up a pending negotiation to develop an agreement package that pleases both the Democratic Senate and the Republican House. The debt limit agreement between the Biden administration and House Republicans featured a topline amount of $886 billion for fiscal 2024,…
Once the Republican Party’s leadership in the Senate was last truly questionable, it has been several years. However, Senator Mitch McConnell’s unexpected stop during a press conference on Wednesday at the Capitol, along with fresh information regarding other recent collapses, have alarmed his colleagues and sparked a quiet debate among them regarding the duration that…
In the lawsuit claiming improper management of secret files from his period in the White House, special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday filed new allegations against former president Donald Trump. Aides Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, the maintenance staff at Mar-a-Lago, are accused of trying to erase CCTV footage from the former president’s property…
Wednesday night, the Department of Justice requested that a federal judge allow Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) to take down a floating barrier at the southern border that is intended to stop migrants from passing the Rio Grande River. The DOJ claimed in a court statement that the network of buoys across the river has…