Social Security benefits increased by about 2.5% in January. This 2.5% increase is supposedly based on data collected by the federal government using formulae based on prices on various products ...

Forty-one states plus the District of Columbia do not tax Social Security benefits. Nine states including Montana still tax Social Security benefits. Of those nine states West Virginia is phasing ...

Heads up, Sens. Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven and Rep. Julie Fedorchak: North Dakotans need answers. Will you silently watch President Trump allow his unelected and unqualified co-equal — with ...

After a series of delays, everything finally seemed set. The SS United States looked like it was ready to make its last voyage – from Philadelphia to the Gulf of Mexico. But wouldn’t you know ...

The current cap on taxable income which is subject to the SS tax is $176,100.00. I meet many retired people who are concerned that SS is going to go broke soon, but they don't know about the cap.

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., received a letter Wednesday containing an “unidentified substance,” according to a release from the senator. The office followed “standard procedure,” and government ...

Retirement earnings: Is it possible to retire comfortably on Social Security alone? We asked seniors. Medicare is a federal health insurance program for: People age 65 or older. Younger workers ...

President Joe Biden dropped the ball on this one — the signing of a bill boosting Social Security benefits for retired government workers. As a Democrat (and retiree), I am disgusted by Biden ...

Garret Graves and U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, for their leadership in the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act. As the newspaper reported, the bill will eliminate provisions that significantly ...

I am tired of hearing elected officials complain that “something has to be done” about Social Security or the system will go broke and then doing nothing except threatening to cut benefits.