Social Security Administration

Big boost for Social Security benefits as inflation rises

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows aRead More

White House: LA port going 24/7 to ease shipping backlog

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Wednesday it has helped broker an agreement for the Port of Los Angeles to become a 24-hour, seven-days-a-weekRead More

House sends debt limit hike to Biden, staving off default

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House on Tuesday pushed through a short-term increase to the nation’s debt limit, ensuring the federal government can continue fullyRead More

‘Difficult decisions’ as Biden, Democrats shrink plan to $2T

With the calendar slipping toward a new deadline, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is warning that “difficult decisions must be made” to trim President Joe Biden’sRead More

Senate Homeland Security chair asks TikTok for policies on extremist content

 (CNN) — Sen. Gary Peters, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is asking TikTok to provide information on its policies monitoring and removingRead More

Supreme Court could OK new defense of Kentucky abortion law

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed inclined to allow Kentucky’s Republican attorney general to continue defending a restriction on abortion rights thatRead More

House returns to stave off default with debt limit vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House are scrambling back to Washington on Tuesday to approve a short-term lift of the nation’s debt limit andRead More

Justices’ views on abortion in their own words and votes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion already is dominating the Supreme Court’s new term, months before the justices will decide whether to reverse decisions reaching back nearlyRead More

Election workers accused of shredding voter applications

ATLANTA (AP) — Officials in Georgia’s most populous county, where election operations are already under review by the state, have fired two workers accused ofRead More

Congress off the rails? Lawmakers barrel toward fall fights

WASHINGTON (AP) — Year-end pileups of crucial legislation and the brinkmanship that goes with them are normal behavior for Congress. This autumn, lawmakers are barrelingRead More