In 2025, the average 401 (k) balance was $271,320 for those age 55 to 64 and $299,442 for those age 65 and older. Source: ...

Almost a year ago, I wrote a CounterPunch article on how the social security cost of living increase was eroded by higher charges for Medicare coverage.

President Donald Trump has been talking about sending millions of taxpaying Americans $2,000 from the revenue that has flowed into the Treasury from the tariffs that Trump has raised. What the ...

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, equated immigrants to “foreign invaders” as she called for an expanded travel ban. President Trump reposted her statement.

The new measures represent some of the most significant changes to immigration policy since President Trump returned to the ...

Across the U.S., small towns offer holiday charm, affordable homes, and retiree-friendly taxes for a festive, comfortable ...

Americans who receive Social Security benefits will receive two payments in December and are set to see a cost of living ...

As the Social Security Administration's retirement trust fund is bound to become insolvent in under a decade, it proposes to ...

If there’s one thing Democrats and Republicans have agreed on in recent years, it’s to ignore the rapidly deteriorating finances of Social Security and keep its unsustainable benefits intact. The ...

For instance, the Q3 CPI-W average for 2025 was 2.76% higher than 2024, which is how we ended up with the 2.8% COLA. It's ...

Some of the changes happening to Social Security in 2026 are more positive than others. But even the ones that aren't so ...

You can, technically, retire whenever you like, but the age you do it at can have a big impact on collecting Social Security benefits.