The police fired tear gas at demonstrators who were expressing anger at the government over growing economic hardship and a ...

How some older adults could see federal income tax savings of $480 or more from a new senior "bonus" tax deduction, if it's ...

The president and his allies claim they want to target “waste, fraud and abuse.” Such targets either don’t add up or don’t exist at all.

The Trump administration is shattering norms around the handling of Americans’ personal, and sometimes private, information — dismantling barriers around data in the name of government ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut legislation would effectively transfer wealth from younger Americans to older ...

Iran’s nuclear program wasn’t as damaged by U.S. airstrikes early Sunday as President Donald Trump had claimed, according to ...

The writer responds to a previous column taking on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" tax and spending bill.

Social Security is funded through a dedicated payroll tax, meaning that employers and employees each pay 6.2% of wages up to the taxable maximum for the given year. For 2025, the maximum is $176,100.

The One Big Beautiful Bill extends tax cuts from Trump’s first term, implements new campaign proposals — including no taxes on tips and overtime wages — and seeks to offset the cost with large cuts to ...

If pulling too much from a portfolio during down markets is a bad idea, filing for Social Security might look compelling.

Social Security faces 20% benefit cuts by 2034. Experts say a solution is easy, yet political inaction threatens the future ...

North Carolina election officials will be sending mailers to some 200,000 voters asking them to provide information missing ...