Social Security News

The financial crisis in California grew worse this week as State Controller John Chiang warned that if legislators and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger fail to come up with a budget-balancing package, he would begin paying California's bills with IOUs on July 2. The last time the state did this was during the Great Depression.

What's the definition of fraud? Evidently, the Supreme Court has one for illegal immigrants, and one for the rest of us.

Dear Savvy Senior, I know that the size of a person's Social Security retirement benefit is based on how much they earn over their lifetime.

John Morlu came to the position of Auditor General of Liberia with clean records and credentials having won the admiration of the President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with the backing from the international community.

The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all.

Identity theft case ends in prison term A 46-year-old Brooksville man was sentenced in federal court this week to 3 1/2 years in prison on charges of theft of government monies, making false claims, and identity theft.

SUMMARY: This notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published from January 2009 through March 2009, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

A couple visited the Alameda police station Saturday to report they were identity theft victims.

They're illegal aliens because they're in the U.S. illegally. To work here, most commit other crimes, too.

Every American knows that July 4th is Independence Day - a day for celebrating our nation's independence and the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans.

Thursday, July 02 14:05:06 Reports that China has asked for a discussion about reserve currencies at next week's G8 summit in Italy has added to confusion about whether the country wants to dethrone the dollar from its status as the world's sole reserve currency.

NEW DELHI: In what could provide a radical boost to UPA's aam aadmi agenda but also pose a mind-boggling fiscal challenge, a government panel has recommended that 50% of India's population be given below-poverty-line cards.

The Homeland Security Department is updating and expanding its record collection to include new categories of personal information on all employees, contractors and volunteers who regularly need access to DHS facilities.

An illegal immigrant involved in a fatal car accident that killed an Evesham teacher will not be charged with vehicular homicide.

You know them when you meet them; people who are truly inspiring. I met Grace at what was possibly the worst time in her life.

With 2009 half over, the Internal Revenue Service reminds Missourians and Kansans that there is no better time to check their 2009 federal income tax withholding levels to make sure they do not face any surprises when returns are due next spring.

Dwayne and Brenda Humphries at home in Mansfield, Tex. After 30 years' service, he receives $3,150 a month, including G.M. retirement pay and a G.M. payment in lieu of Social Security.

The state Senate avoided a showdown on the eve of the new fiscal year Tuesday by agreeing to the House version of a temporary spending plan to run North Carolina government while a final budget gets worked out.

As Congress takes on President Obama's call for overhauling health care, the desire for change will be tested _ by the expense, by politics, by resistance from doctors and private insurers, and by the general fear by some of "socialized medicine." The terms of the debate are as old as the debate itself.

A Phoenix resident was convicted on Tuesday of income tax evasion, corrupt interference and multiple counts of fraudulent use of a Social Security number, the Department of Justice and IRS said.