The Social Security Fairness Act, passed in January, removed the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), two key provisions that restricted benefits for certain ...

Donald Trump and DOGE have asked Social Security Administration leaders to trim around 7,000 workers, or 12% of its workforce.

House Republicans passed a critical test of their unity on legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown, teeing up a ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his annual State of the State and budget address. He outlined priorities for the state of Illinois in ...

The Office of the Chief Actuary estimated the withholding rate increase could save about $7 billion over the next decade.

The new stopgap bill keeps Social Security operational, but critics argue it fails to address long-term solvency.

If you want to know the law and nothing else, you must look at it as a bad man, who cares only for the material consequences ...

Across-the-board cuts at the Social Security Administration are prompting questions about how the benefits of millions of ...

The 25th Navajo Nation Council held a special session Feb. 27 to finalize the fiscal 2025 budget, which led to a debate over ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government ...

Newer state employees would get a $13 billion pension benefit boost if Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal ...

Dear Rusty: Why were the Social Security funds moved from the Social Security account to the General Fund with the government? Is it not then called a tax making it an entitlement? That then gives the ...