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Social Security trustees have warned that the program's retirement trust fund could be depleted as soon as 2033.
Ahead of Social Security’s 90th anniversary, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act to restore staff and services, add $5 billion for operations, and remove ...
Republican House Speaker Pat Grassley and other statehouse leaders say they have no interest in pursuing changes to the state ...
This proposal has sparked significant backlash from public worker groups and others, who have rallied using the slogan “Hands off IPERS” while urging supporters to contact Reynolds and lawmakers to ...
The Social Security Administration will no longer send physical checks to benefit recipients, citing the need to modernize ...
A federal appeals court tossed out a lower court’s order temporarily barring DOGE’s access to people’s information.
FDR saw Social Security as protection against "the hazards and vicissitudes of life," as he put it in signing the Social Security Act 90 years ago this week. That protection has never been more desper ...
Krugman, who was awarded the Nobel in economics in 2008, responded on his Substack after Trump branded him a “Deranged BUM” on Truth Social over the weekend. The attack followed Krugman’s criticism of ...
Trump has been threatening to federalize the capital all week following an attack on a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer ...
U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) says actions taken against the social safety net program by the so-called Department of ...
In September, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will introduce the Keep Billionaires out of Social Security Act, targeting ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, aiming to provide economic ...