The cost-of-living increase applies only to annuity benefits for federal retirees, not to the salaries of current federal employees.
Category: Politics
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Supreme Court won’t revive congressional emoluments case against Trump
Without comment, justices let stand a lower court ruling that said individual members did not have legal standing to bring the lawsuit.
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Trump lawyers return to Supreme Court to fight financial records subpoena
The request to the justices is a follow-up to the decision that president not immune to investigation while in office.
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Biden says he’s ‘not a fan of court packing’
The comments came as Biden faced growing questions from the press about his position and under increasing criticism from Republicans over his refusal to take a public stance.
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The red-state coronavirus surge resembles what’s happened in Brazil
Most of the recent new cases and deaths have occurred in states that backed Trump in 2016.
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Biden’s claim that Trump is ‘pushing to slash Medicare benefits’
A new campaign ad claims Trump is targeting Medicare, but the benefits involved are relatively small.
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Fake Twitter accounts posing as Black Trump supporters appear, reach thousands, then vanish
Fake accounts from supposed Black Trump supporters gain thousands of followers in just a few days before Twitter can take them down.
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Democrats’ previous confirmation hearing flubs loom over the Barrett proceedings
Democrats’ recent past in such situations isn’t exactly confidence-inspiring.
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Supreme Court says Trump administration can shut down census count now, despite fears of an undercount
“The harms caused by rushing this year’s census count are irreparable,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent.
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In his final pitch to voters, Biden goes hard at moderates
The candidate is offering up a message of unity meant to appeal to suburbanites, older voters and disaffected Republicans.
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Fox News talks about what Trump and his supporters want to hear
Nancy Pelosi’s haircut? Yes. Mark Meadows’s daughter’s wedding? No.
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $100 million more to election administrators, despite conservative pushback
The new donations come on top of $300 million already given by the couple amid concerns over a smaller-than-needed level of federal funding.
