Prediction: President Donald Trump Is Going to Break His Social Security Promise -- and It's Absolutely the Right Decision
Most presidents tend to avoid proposing changes to Social Security, because any change will eventually result in some group ...
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Letter: Congress should support the Military Retirement Fairness Act
Congress, after many years, finally passed the Social Security Fairness Act, which was signed into law Jan 6, 2025. This Act ...
Why February’s Supplemental Security Income checks are coming early
If you receive Supplemental Security Income from the Social Security Administration, you know the last two payments have been ...
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Musk Surrogates Are Reportedly Seeking Access to Treasury Department’s Payment Systems
Surrogates for billionaire Elon Musk have demanded access to the systems that the U.S. Department of the Treasury uses to distribute Social Security and Medicare benefits, as well as federal employees ...
Top Treasury official retires over DOGE request for access to payment systems
David Lebryk, a top Treasury Department nonpolitical career official, retired Friday after clashing with Elon Musk allies over government payment systems, a source familiar with the matter told ...
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How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
By Katelyn Polantz, Phil Mattingly and Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington (CNN) — A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department ...
President Trump's Social Security Plan Could Cost the Program $1.5 Trillion in Lost Revenue. Are the Benefits Worth It?
President Donald Trump has only been in office a few days, but he hit the ground running. He's already made good on some of ...
Two moves retirees may make now to boost their 2025 Social Security benefit checks
A 2.5% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is the lowest increase to benefits since 2021. To increase those checks, ...
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Trump and Elon Musk Just Pulled Off Another Purge—and It’s a Scary One
Did Musk’s alleged effort to access the government’s payment systems have Trump’s blessing? Or was he going rogue? Either ...
When will Trump end taxes on tips, OT and Social Security? White House says GOP must put in reconciliation bill
Trump later rolled out plans to abolish federal taxes on overtime and Social Security benefits — along with a variety of other reforms, such as scrapping the $10,000 cap on the amount of state and ...
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer, David A. Lebryk, announced his retirement. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
Man gets 24 months for stealing deceased friend's identity, ordered to pay restitution
Terry Ross Killion, 43, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft after impersonating his deceased friend, Kelly Davis, and fra ...