A Casper woman was sentenced to nearly two years in prison Thursday for stealing $86,000 in Social Security survivor benefits meant for her kids. She ...

WASHINGTON — When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he said it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the U.S. "an ...

Nearly every corner of the federal government will feel the pain in some way if a compromise isn’t reached by Oct. 1.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:___Sept. 26The New York Times on the indictment of James ComeyThe events of the past week in Virginia mark a dark new stage in President ...

Under the government's proposal, DACA recipients who move into Texas risk losing their legal ability to work, while moving out of Texas could allow them to resume qualifying for a two-year work permit ...

A government shutdown could delay the announcement of the cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security benefits. Social Security beneficiaries will no longer receive physical benefit checks via mail.

Both Social Security and Medicare have their own income streams, separate from the federal government's general fund. This allows them to continue most of their services during a shutdown, so those ...

Approximately 72 million beneficiaries are expected to receive more than $1.6 trillion in payments from the Social Security Administration in 2025.

As a new month gets underway, millions of Social Security beneficiaries are set to receive their payments beginning this week.

An executive order that transitions federal government payments from paper checks to electronic payments went into effect on Sept. 30.

The age you sign up for Social Security will dictate how much your monthly benefits are worth. When running the numbers, don't just look at monthly income. It's also important to focus on lifetime ...

As the U.S. headed for a government shutdown, Republicans repeatedly accused Democrats of forcing the closure because they want to give health care access to immigrants in the U.S. illegally.