Today’s facts 08-14-2025

Today’s facts …

Happy 90th birthday Social Security.

38% of the US approve of Trump’s economic performance and six in ten blame Trump for rising living costs.

Trump is not trying to lower the age of marriage to 14 years old.

Hawaii and Kansas have the lowest minimum marriage age of 15.

The US has elevated its travel advisory for Mexico citing risks from terrorism, crime, and kidnapping. This includes many popular resort areas.

A judge has ruled that Alex Jones’ Infowars can be sold to help pay $1 billion owed to Sandy Hook victims’ families.

National Guard and ICE agents set up a vehicle checkpoint at a busy intersection in Washington DC last night.

Melania Trump is demanding that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Air Canada is canceling flights in anticipation of a strike set for Saturday.

Amazon is expanding its same-day grocery delivery service across the US.

California Democrats plan a ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional map in response to the Texas redistricting push for more GOP seats.

The new Kennedy Center Honors nominees are George Strait, Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, KISS, and Michael Crawford. Trump says he will host the presentation event.

NASA plans to decommission satellites that gather information on climate change.

Billy Joel is closing his Long Island motorcycle shop that offered fans a free look at his personal collection.

Animal shelters are seeing an increase in pets being surrendered due to deportations.

DHS is using nostalgia in an attempt to recruit new ICE agents.

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