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Progressive Dems Unveil ‘New Affordability Agenda,’ and It’s Just As Bad as You Might Think by C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal May. 2, 2026 7:00 am If you think America is costly now, wait until — heaven forbid — voters give it over to people preaching “affordability.” On Wednesday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled

The first round of May Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in 11 days. Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment  on Wednesday, May 13. The second round will go out on May 20 to those born between the 11th and 20th of

A gunman attempted to enter the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, last weekend, while President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other administration officials were in attendance. Media reports and Trump himself quickly identified the suspected shooter as 31-year-old engineer and computer scientist Cole Tomas Allen. The California resident was arrested at

The Apple AirPods Max 2 will never require a second glance. This year’s iteration is basically stuffing the headphones with all the new software that landed in the AirPods Pro 3. They have Siri, Live Translation, head-based gestures, and more, along with some of the best noise-canceling on the market, deep bass, and shimmering highs.

Because everything runs wirelessly via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, there is also no cable clutter to deal with. This isn’t just a convenience thing. It means no wires dangling within reach of sneaky toddler hands. Where Tech Collides This is where the real test comes in. In split screen mode, the system shows CarPlay and the

In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the ruling makes it significantly harder for voters to challenge maps they argue dilute minority representation, further narrowing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. “This is one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions ever,” said Josh Rultenberg, author of Draw the Line in Ohio

I’ve been into cycling for decades—riding with grade-school buddies, kicking around in college, then city commuting in Boston, Paris, Barcelona, New York, and now Seattle. Somehow only in the last 10 years, when I became a volunteer mechanic at a bike-centric Seattle nonprofit, did I think about adjusting anything more than the seat height. Now

Riding a properly fitting bike can not only be the difference between comfort and discomfort (which is perhaps the most major factor in how much you want to ride). It can also mean the difference between whether or not you injure yourself, as spending huge amounts of time on a bike that is too big

You may be familiar with the various memes detailing the fact that once you reach middle age, you’re automatically sorted, Harry Potter hat–style, into one of a handful of hobbies, such as sourdough bread making, gardening, or bird-watching. I can’t contradict this, since I’m a middle-aged person who got sorted into bird-watching. But I do

For fifty-one weeks out of the year, I’m 100 percent not the CEO of Snap, the company behind Snapchat. That’s Evan Spiegel, the company’s billionaire cofounder. No one in their right mind would question that. But for one week out of the year, specifically last week, some people may have thought I was the social