8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (382+ words) The Anoka County Fair saw its highest attendance in more than 15 years, with 44,759 guests from July 21 through July 26. Viral social media campaigns and strong agricultural programming helped draw record crowds and engagement. Fair leadership is considering grandstand improvements to accommodate…...

23+ hour, 49+ min ago   (294+ words) Social Security payments could potentially increase by 3.7% or 3.8% for 2027 - though next year's benefit rates will not be set until mid-fall. Several projections released this week offer a range of cost-of-living adjustments. Some analysts shared a potential adjustment of 3.7%, but the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (868+ words) Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's streak of courtroom defeats in its effort to obtain state voter rolls reached 21 this year when a judge ruled this week that states are not required to share the records with the federal government. With…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (952+ words) By Nate Raymond and Jan Wolfe Aug 4 - U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly campaigned for his second term as a champion of free expression, vowing in his January 2025 inaugural address to stop what he described as years of "government censorship." Since then,…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (122+ words) By Charlotte Van Campenhout and Milan Berckmans AMSTERDAM, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of revellers lined Amsterdam's canals on Saturday for the flagship event of WorldPride, resulting in...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (277+ words) Florida Senator Ashley Moody addressed the Senate floor to mark the one-year anniversary of the Working Families Tax Cuts. The legislation, passed last year, eliminated federal taxes on Social Security, tips, and overtime pay. Moody’s floor remarks followed a series…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (254+ words) Real Time host Bill Maher has admitted he is open to voting for Vice President JD Vance in the 2028 presidential election if the Democratic Party continues to back “radical” and “nutty” ideas. Speaking with Jonathan Karl on ABC’s This Week,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (414+ words) Even though Mary Trump previously asserted that Donald Trump Jr. won’t be succeeding his father as the next president of the U.S., Jonathan V. Last suggested otherwise. The editor of The Bulwark argued that while many expect JD Vance or…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (524+ words) WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday in Arizona to choose Republican and Democratic nominees for the U.S. Congress and governor, with races that will set the tone for November's midterm elections in a state known for…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1719+ words) President Donald Trump addressed the nation Thursday on topics that included elections and voting machines, revisiting long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech came as he’s escalated his calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal…...