USA TODAY reached out to retirees across the country who are living mostly on Social Security, to ask how they were doing.

Field offices have long been community-based branches that serve as the public face of the SSA, which provide in-person help ...

The Fed cut rates by 0.25%, signaling inflation may be stabilizing. Early projections put the 2027 Social Security COLA at ...

Wisconsin is among the states that has diverted foster children's federal benefits to offset costs incurred by the child ...

Desha Morris used the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as her personal cash machine, defrauding it out of ...

Older voters have always exerted disproportionate political influence, due to their exceptionally high turnout rates.

WASHINGTON — Looking to retire next year? You might want to double-check your full retirement age. In 2026, a decades-old rule is set to push the threshold higher for when retirees can receive their ...

Some advice to our future leaders: When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

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This research underscores the beneficial impact of the Medicaid Institution for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion waivers on psychiatric-specific and all-cause health care resource utilization and costs ...

(NEXSTAR) — The retirement age in the U.S. is about to hit a new high next year as the final stage of a 1983 rule takes effect. More specifically, it is the full retirement age that is changing in ...

The rhetoric isn't just dehumanizing and xenophobic, advocates said. It also promotes false tropes. Bodies of research show that immigrants boost the U.S. economy by expanding the labor force, ...