Social Security will not be touched,” Trump answered, echoing a promise he has been making for years. Despite his eagerness to explode treaties, shutter entire government agencies and abandon ...

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Billionaire Elon Musk has said there is widespread fraud taking place in the payment of "federal entitlements" like Social ...

Elon Musk has said that Social Security benefits could increase as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues ...

Before President Donald Trump started mass layoffs of federal workers, he demonized them, arguing, despite evidence to the ...

Most Americans who are turning 65 and not receiving a Social Security check should apply for Medicare by visiting www.ssa.gov ...

A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research estimated that in the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Several Democratic lawmakers, former government officials and advocacy groups have raised issues with Trump's handling of the ...

In Washington, they’re talking about cutting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security for the first time in generations. Some people say it will never happen. Others fear that it will. We’ll just have ...

I don’t care how many dead people they think they see in the Social Security system — the numbers aren’t there.

Elon Musk has reignited a national debate over Social Security fraud, claiming that billions of dollars are being lost ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...