And if you’re a true dictionary lover, then you can always name your child “Merriam” or “Webster,” in honor of the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States. All jokes aside, word names offer ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders doubled down on blaming the Democrats for "abandoning" the working class, which he says cost them the 2024 presidential election.

The Social Security Fairness Act, which would increase benefits for 2.8 million retirees, has bipartisan support but time ...

A Social Security-related bill with bipartisan support would expand benefits for workers who are also eligible for other ...

After years of workers not receiving their full Social Security benefits, Congress is voting whether to remove two key provisions or keep them.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 82, commonly known as the “Social Security Fairness Act of 2023.” ...

For years, public workers have received reduced Social Security benefits because of two provisions in the Social Security Act: 1983’s Windfall Elimination Provision and 1977’s Government ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The U.S. House passed House Resolution 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The bill will now head to the U.S. Senate. H.R. 82 aims to ...

It's a quick turnaround to salvage what had been a bipartisan effort to pass the bill, called the Social Security Fairness Act, during what's now the lame-duck post-election period of the Congress.

So how did we get here? Can we bring this program back onto stable ground? The Social Security Act of 1935 signed by President Roosevelt intended to reduce poverty among the elderly by ...