A prison officer guards a cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT on April 4, 2025 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador.Alex Peña— A now-closed immigration detention center in the Florida ...

In 2025, the average 401 (k) balance was $271,320 for those age 55 to 64 and $299,442 for those age 65 and older. Source: ...

Kristi Noem announced an expansion of the Trump administration's travel ban, but did not specify which countries it will ...

Almost a year ago, I wrote a CounterPunch article on how the social security cost of living increase was eroded by higher charges for Medicare coverage.

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, equated immigrants to “foreign invaders” as she called for an expanded travel ban. President Trump reposted her statement.

The new measures represent some of the most significant changes to immigration policy since President Trump returned to the ...

Americans who receive Social Security benefits will receive two payments in December and are set to see a cost of living ...

If you started receiving Social Security before May 1997 or you receive both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income ...

Social Security payments will be normal in December, but SSI recipients should be aware of a holiday adjustment.

December will see two SSI checks due to the New Year's holiday. Here's when you'll get your disability payments this month.

If there’s one thing Democrats and Republicans have agreed on in recent years, it’s to ignore the rapidly deteriorating finances of Social Security and keep its unsustainable benefits intact. The ...

Some of the changes happening to Social Security in 2026 are more positive than others. But even the ones that aren't so ...