Author: Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner

The Social Security Administration is making major changes to the Supplemental Security Income application, making it easier and faster for applicants to complete. Currently, the application is completed on a paper form with the assistance of an SSA employee, and it typically takes about two hours to complete. By expanding the online portal iClaim, which…

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Tom Perez will hold a press briefing at 2:30 p.m. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER This week, President Joe Biden will be campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Memphis City Council is suing the city’s commission that oversees elections after the commission removed three gun control measures from its November ballot. The ballot included initiatives that would allow voters to decide if the city should institute red flag laws, require a permit to carry a handgun, and ban AR-15-style rifles. However, these measures…

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said it was a “little bit of a stretch” when former President Donald Trump claimed he could have won California in the 2020 presidential election. Earlier this week, Trump sat down with Phillip McGraw, known as Dr. Phil, for an interview, and he claimed he would have won California had…

North Carolina’s board of elections denied Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request to have his name removed from the state’s ballot by a 3-2 vote. Kennedy suspended his campaign last Friday and endorsed former President Donald Trump. He said he intended to remove his name from the ballots in 10 competitive states while leaving his name…

Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said Vice President Kamala Harris did well during her 40-minute sit-down interview with CNN’s Dana Bash but that the interview did not do much to win over voters. While Axelrod commended Harris for aspects of her interview, he said it wasn’t a “huge night.” “I don’t think she moved the ball that much…

There are more than 15,700 seniors over the age of 65 who are missing out on receiving food assistance in D.C. A report conducted by the National Council on Aging found that between 34% and 37% of seniors in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland are eligible to receive the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

Former President Donald Trump used a photo caption of himself and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his new coffee table book, Save America, to launch an attack on the tech mogul. Underneath a picture of Zuckerberg sitting with him in the White House, Trump complimented the Facebook founder for coming to see him, how nice he and his wife…

After 18 months, the City of Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission released its executive summary of its reparations inquiry. In the 56-page report, complete with more than 60 community engagements, 600 survey responses, and 18 focus groups with black Los Angeles residents, the commission identified 12 areas of harm that such residents have suffered from,…

District of Columbia Councilman Trayon White was arrested last week for allegedly accepting a $150,000 bribe, but his name remains on the ballot and there is a flurry of candidates vying to replace him. The deadline for candidates to be added to the ballot has passed, and White still has until Sept. 12 to drop…