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Niles social service department gives away backpacks and other school supplies at ‘Back to School Bash’
After making a public call for donations – and amply receiving them – the Niles Family Services Department held a giveaway ...
Social Security is making it harder for seniors to do routine tasks by phone in latest anti-fraud effort
Senior citizens soon won’t be able to simply call the Social Security Administration to change their address or check the ...
Social Security number leaked? Chances are, a criminal is already trying to use it
A study found that people whose Social Security numbers are leaked through data breaches are far likelier to be targeted by ...
US Congress may end to OPT tax exemption in DIGNITY Act: What does it mean for Indian students
The OPT program allows international graduates to gain work experience in the US for up to 12 months, or 36 months for STEM ...
DEWR, Services Australia unlawfully cancelled 964 JobSeeker payments, Commonwealth Ombudsman finds
The administers of JobSeeker have been savaged in a report by the Commonwealth watchdog, which found actions taken by the ...
Social Security retreats from plan to eliminate paper checks for beneficiaries
The Social Security Administration had planned to eliminate all paper checks by Sept. 30. Now the agency says it will ...
Chronically ill? In Kennedy’s view, it might be your own fault
In their zeal to “Make America Healthy Again,” Trump administration officials are making statements that some advocacy and ...
Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Is Missing an Important Silver Lining for a Third Straight Year
A potentially history-making COLA is on track to be dwarfed by a rapidly climbing expense for select retirees.
New documents show how passport and Social Security rules would change to enforce Trump’s birthright citizenship order
After months of avoiding details about a divisive plan to end birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump’s administration ...
Official jobs numbers show it's a bad time to be looking for work—unless you're in this field
The U.S. economy added just 73,000 nonfarm jobs in July, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's below market expectations and the roughly 80,000 benchmark for ...
Drastic changes coming to homeless services, new Trump order promises
Trump wants to lock up people with drug or mental health challenges. Advocates say lack of housing is the real problem.
I ditched my passwords for passkeys on these 3 popular services — and it took me less than 10 minutes
Switching your accounts from passwords to passkeys may sound difficult or complicated but it's surprisingly easy to do.