Social Security is considered mandatory, and funding for those programs is generally unaffected by a shutdown. Medicare ...

Congress has until midnight on Sept. 30 to strike a compromise and avoid a shutdown. Neither side seems to be budging.

WASHINGTON -- Elon Musk’s next target as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) appears to be federal benefit programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. During an ...

Since the first benefit check was mailed in January 1940, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for the American public. Though it was initially conceived as a ...

The FCC says two wireless companies cheated U.S. taxpayers in overpayment claims received through COVID-era business ...