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US Rep. Lois Frankel town hall spotlights growing Social Security backlog, wait times
Lois Frankel's virtual town hall meeting details Democrats' resistance to Trump agenda with urgings for voters to keep up the ...
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Older adults with defaulted student loans in AZ, across U.S. brace for Social Security garnishment
As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, a surprising population has been caught in the ...
US set to see record number of fraudulent auto loan or lease reports in 2025 — how to protect yourself
Things aren't looking any better this year either. FTC data reveals 21,446 of such auto lease or loan identity theft reports ...
Social Security Pop Quiz: Are You Among the 89% of Americans Who'd Fail?
Shockingly few people have any clue what their Social Security benefits could be. This financial adviser notes it's essential ...
The New Republic2dOpinion
DOGE’s Hunt for Social Security Fraud Ends in Total Bust
After months of baseless claims about “extreme levels of fraud” within the Social Security Administration—even going so far ...
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s ...
Prosecuting James Comey for social media posts may be fruitless, legal and security experts say
The director of US intelligence voiced concern for President Donald Trump’s life after former FBI Director James Comey posted ...
4 takeaways from the birthright case (that was really about injunctions)
Several justices expressed skepticism about the legality of President Trump’s proclamation. No justice expressed clear ...
The Sacramento Observer3d
At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead
They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News, his Schenectady, New York, office has seen people come in for whom “there is no information on ...