Social Security trustees project the retirement trust fund will be depleted by the end of 2032, triggering 22% automatic benefit cuts unless Congress acts. The program would still pay benefits, but only 78% of scheduled amounts.
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The House is set to vote on a $70 billion Republican bill to fund ICE, Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security through the rest of President Trump’s term. The measure cleared the Senate after disputes over White House ballroom funding and a proposed Justice Department payout fund.
Primaries in Maine, South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota will set key Senate, governor and House matchups. Maine Democrat Graham Platner is expected to win his Senate primary despite a series of controversies.
President Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current acting attorney general, to permanently lead the Justice Department. The nomination is expected to face scrutiny over the Epstein files, January 6 prosecutions and a shelved $1.8 billion fund.
MAGA Inc. is set to hold a $1 million-per-person fundraiser at Trump’s Northern Virginia golf club before a UFC event on the White House grounds. The UFC event faces a lawsuit alleging improper use of federal grounds for a private, for-profit spectacle.
A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas is an unlawful tax that Congress never authorized. The decision came in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general.
Nithya Raman has narrowly overtaken Spencer Pratt for second place in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, positioning her for a possible runoff against Mayor Karen Bass. California’s slow ballot count also continues to shape the governor’s race, where Xavier Becerra has advanced and Steve Hilton leads for the second spot.
Donald Trump walked out of an NBC Meet the Press interview after Kristen Welker challenged his claims that California’s primary elections and the 2020 presidential election were rigged. The interview also covered Iran, the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and a dropped $1.8 billion compensation proposal.