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Social Security update: First round of direct payments worth up to $4,555 arrives in 10 days October 01, 2023 06:00 AM Beneficiaries who receive one of the three Social Security retirement payments each month will get the first payment for October, worth up to $4,555 for those who retired at the age of 70, in

When I worked as a copywriter at a dog-toy-slash-tech company, we used Airtable and Basecamp to organize our workflows. At my next job, the marketers made us learn Asana (“same as Airtable but much better”), but the product team pushed their work and sprints through Jira. I was laid off before I had to learn

October 01, 2023 5:49 AM ET U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles, in an order issued Saturday, blocked two provisions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect Sunday while a lawsuit continues. The federal judge’s order paused enforcement of two portions of the law with respect to abortion pills and clinic procedures, according

President Joe Biden signed a 45-day government funding bill into law late Saturday, narrowly avoiding the first federal shutdown of his presidency. Biden signed the legislation following bipartisan votes in both the House and Senate earlier on Saturday, according to The New York Times. The law will keep the government funded until Nov.17 and included

The Senate passed a short-term funding package on Saturday that was passed by a bipartisan vote in the House just hours before a deadline to prevent a government shutdown. The House voted 335 to 91 to pass a 45-day budget extension before the Sept. 30 deadline, with 90 Republicans voting no, alongside one Democrat. The

Democratic New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who pulled a fire alarm at the Capitol ahead of a House vote on a short-term government funding bill Saturday, warned on multiple occasions this week that a shutdown would put lives at risk. Bowman pulled the fire alarm inside a House office building Saturday as Congress was preparing

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticized Republicans on Saturday who opposed his efforts to avoid a government shutdown, saying he doesn’t “want to be part of that team.” The House of Representatives voted 335-91 to pass a short-term spending bill Saturday to fund the government for 45-days, providing disaster relief requested by the White House, but

DC National Zoo pandas to depart for China by end of the year October 01, 2023 03:00 AM The Washington, D.C., National Zoo will soon say goodbye to its famous giant pandas after living in the U.S. capital for over two decades. Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian arrived at the zoo in December

REPORT: U.S. Marines Struggling With a Shortage of Camouflage Uniforms by Mike LaChance Sep. 30, 2023 11:00 pm The U.S. Marines currently have a shortage of camouflage uniforms. Are those words you ever thought you would see in print anywhere? This is a prime example of the deterioration of the American Military under Joe Biden.

Biden Lashes Out After People Begin Doubting COVID Shots by Warner Todd Huston, The Western Journal Sep. 30, 2023 10:40 pm In a Wednesday speech in San Francisco, President Joe Biden hammered Americans for shying away from taking any more shots for new coronavirus variants and for increasingly turning a deaf ear to discussions about