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Retirement, survivor and disability payments will continue, but some services may be temporarily unavailable. By Tara Siegel Bernard The failure to reach a budget agreement will shut down much of the ...

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The most anticipated announcement of the year for Social Security's more than 70 million recipients will occur on Oct. 15. Independent estimates suggest this will be the fifth consecutive year with an ...

Even with a U.S. government shutdown beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 1, the 74 million Americans who collect Social Security will continue receiving their monthly checks, although some services could be ...

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The federal government is scheduled to shut down on Wednesday if lawmakers do not pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. But what happens to benefit payments like Social Security, ...

The government shutdown began on Tuesday. Social Security payments to more than 74 million Americans will stay on schedule during the government shutdown, a spokesperson for the Social Security ...

The angsty originators of the quarter-life crisis start to hit 60 this year, and that means some big decisions are ahead for Generation X. The most consequential: when to take Social Security. “Social ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Update at 9:22 a.m. Oct. 1, 2025: The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m.

The Seattle Mariners will look to Eugenio Suarez, on a two-game homer streak, when they square off against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Andy Pages, who has also homered in two consecutive games. It ...

Crucial health programs will continue to operate during the federal government shutdown, but many services will halt or be significantly less efficient as staffers are furloughed, based on contingency ...