Spouses, children, and parents may qualify for Social Security survivor benefits in 2025. Here's who is eligible.

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. The House approved these bills without roll call ...

Social Security wait times to talk with a staffer by phone, email or in person have increased as the Trump administration, DOGE cut staffing, MSNBC reports. Should I throw in the towel and claim my ...

Depending on your birthdate, traditional Social Security recipients will begin getting paid on May 14 this month, a bit later than usual.

After months of contending with the Trump administration’s multipronged effort to downsize the federal workforce, government ...

Republican reluctance to enact deep cuts to the Medicaid program underscores the significant changes to the party over the past decade. During Trump's first term, House Republicans voted to repeal the ...

May 2025's second round of Social Security payments will head out to recipients soon. Here's the monthly payment schedule.

A program as important as Social Security is apt to work its way into the news somewhat often. In the coming years, Social ...

Trump reversed former President Joe Biden's overpayment and recovery rules by implementing a 50% clawback rate on a person's ...

A Tufts University student from Turkey was released from a Louisiana immigration detention center Friday, more than six weeks ...

The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as ...

Deciding on an age to begin taking Social Security is one of the most important choices retirees will need to make. Filing at ...