Even as cases of the highly virulent omicron strain of COVID-19 increased, President Biden praised job growth in the United States, which surpassed estimates by adding 467,000 new jobs on Friday. The president praised the American people’s fantastic resilience and ...

Survivor payments for spouses and children of those who died during the pandemic have been challenging to get. It is due to the shutdown of Social Security offices during the pandemic. Women make up more than 90% of those seeking ...

After leapfrogging Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recovered his status as the world’s richest person. Just as fast as he surged in the rankings, Musk surrendered back the title of world’s richest person to Bezos. Bezos had ...

A Facebook video posted on Jan. 28 went viral, garnering over 20,000 views. Two other YouTube videos with similar names posted on Jan. 30 have also picked up a combined total of over 40,000 views, stating that they will deposit ...

The excess in the trust funds that disburse retirement, disability, and other Social Security payments would be drained by 2034, according to the Social Security Board of Trustees’ annual report for 2021. That’s a year earlier than the trustees predicted ...

After public outcry over the idea that taxpayers might have to snap selfies to access their IRS.gov accounts, the Internal Revenue Service reconsiders alternatives to ID.me, the controversial identity-checking system now used by states and other federal agencies. The Treasury ...

As the White House attempted to revive a limited version of the Build Back Better measure, top Senate Democrats urged President Biden to preserve the enhanced child tax credit payment as the “centerpiece” of a delayed tax and spending deal. ...

The American Rescue Plan Act was one of the Biden administration’s first significant legislative achievements. The Act was signed into law in March 2021 to help American families who are still dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions ...

Patricia Shibles, 50, was sentenced by a federal judge in the United States. Judge Mark Mastroianni of the District Court was sentenced to three years of probation, the first six months of which would be served in home detention. Shibles ...

In this year’s state budget, a new Democratic alliance in the state Legislature wants Gov. Kathy Hochul and her colleagues to approve a $5 billion investment in the state’s troubled child care industry. Lawmakers push for a budget increase A ...