Social Security is an earned benefit. You become eligible by paying the payroll tax during your working years, and the amount ...

Annie Kuster's desire for elderly colleagues to follow her lead and retire comes after news that Kay Granger is living in a ...

Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an ...

Elon Musk's tanking of a government funding bill also helped kill a modest increase in congressional salaries.

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Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) led the panel of lawmakers -- mostly from the Congressional Black Caucus -- to ...

Bannon threw his weight behind Matt Gaetz, telling him to go back to Congress and expose lawmakers' "sexual depravity." ...

When the billionaire called Rep. Rosa DeLauro an "awful creature," it was a problem. When Elon Musk called for her expulsion, ...

Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a ...

Of the senators heading for the exits, seven are retiring, three lost their reelection bids, one resigned, and two others ...

About 3 million retirees would get full benefits in addition to pensions. As a result, Social Security could hit insolvency ...

President-elect Donald Trump added a wrinkle to negotiations over a deal to fund the government when he called for an ...