After decades of paying into the system, it’s easy to see Social Security as a personal nest egg that you can tap into on your own terms. But in reality, the Social Security system functions more like ...

Louisiana is taking action to strengthen the foster care system and protect benefits for eligible children.

(Des Moines) -- The Iowa House has advanced a proposal that Republican leaders call a "compromise" on per-pupil K-12 public school funding. By a 58-35 vote, primarily along party lines, the full Iowa ...

(Des Moines) -- State Representative Tom Moore is reacting to what he calls "the game" at the Statehouse in setting public education funding levels. Earlier this week, the Iowa House Appropriations ...

A new report has found that Social Security benefits could be cut by 28 percent in the coming years if no solution to a long-standing funding issue is found. The Congressional Budget Office now ...

Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information about in-person appointments with agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, WIRED has learned. “If ICE comes in ...

A new scheme seeks to convince individuals that their Social Security numbers may be suspended due to criminal activities, the Office of the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration ...

— Rehabilitation expenses (if you have a disability). If you need help managing your benefits, tell a Social Security representative that there is someone you want to be your representative payee.

Jonathan Ponciano is a financial journalist with nearly a decade of experience covering markets, technology, and entrepreneurship. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

Some people who receive monthly Social Security benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments may need help managing their money. When we receive information that indicates you need help, we ...

A Republican congressman from Ohio condemned the display of an altered American flag that included a swastika in his office, calling it “a vile and deeply inappropriate symbol” that his office is ...