Social Security News

With last week's updated numbers from the Congressional Budget Office showing a decline in projected budget deficits, The Concord Coalition warned lawmakers not to be lulled into a false sense of security that the fiscal status quo is sustainable.

A special needs Boy Scout Troop is set to retire over 2,000 American flags Saturday to benefit the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St.

First, they don't intend to lower your taxes, which are probably mostly social security.

Want to know how to get approved for Social Security Disability benefits? The key to winning a legitimate SSDI claim is preparation, organization and perseverance.

Congressman Jared Huffman will be hosting town hall meetings on Social Security and Medicare in California's Second Congressional District.

Social Security recipients in Milwaukee and elsewhere were the targets of fraudsters claiming to be from a Jamaican lottery, according to federal court documents.

US Representative Edward J. Markey, the Democratic nominee for the US Senate, paid an effective tax rate of less than 20 percent over the past eight years, claiming large deductions for his mortgages, his travel expenses, and his car, his tax returns show.

Every day of the year, Americans across the nation remember friends and family members who have served and sacrificed for their country.

Authorities say an Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a marijuana raid has been found dead hanging in a jail cell.

The director of the main branch of the Social Security Foundation in the Cretan port of Rethymno has been arrested for taking bribes, breach of faith and violation of duty, reports said on Friday.

Falling just behind the nation's economy and Social Security, healthcare was listed as the most important issue affecting America, according to a poll of 1,000 "general population respondents" conducted by the international market research firm YouGov in conjunction with The Economist .

Lithuania will hold the rotating EU presidency of the Council in the second half of 2013 .

Dionne and Calvin McDonald Jr. of Albuquerque, N.M., have never lived in Mississippi, but the state put a hold on their $4,000 tax refund check for alleged back child support payments.

Recent congressional hearings, changes in leadership and the impact on resources resulting from budget cuts mark a low point for the IRS.

The Social Security Administration on Thursday announced the most popular baby names in Kentucky for 2012.

In a heartbeat, my Social Security check would have been gone. Mailed to someone else who had intercepted my account.

Hurricanes and severe storms are a part of summertime in Northern Virginia and experts predict that this year's season could yield four major hurricanes this year in the Atlantic in the 2013 season.

Last year, 2012, marked the first year since 2009 that U.S. retirees saw a cost-of-living adjustment of +3.6 percent in their Social Security benefits.

A Lisbon man who used his own child's Social Security number in a scheme to illegally receive welfare benefits has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Adopting the chained CPI in Social Security to more accurately account for changes in the cost of living is a small first step toward fixing a broken program that is currently accelerating its own demise by paying excess benefits.