The Social Security Administration pays out retirement, survivor and disability benefits to more than 70 million Americans.

The government can seize a borrower's entire federal tax refund, and in some states their state refund, to collect on a defaulted federal student loan. This only applies when the amount borrowed ...

Multiple analyses project that the bill would increase deficits by $3 trillion to $4 trillion over the next decade.

They further warn it could spark worse inflation with an influx of "free money" rather than paying down federal debt. Still, only families who pay federal ... the Top Story Reporter for the ...

President-elect Donald Trump in his first term as president sent out two stimulus checks to millions of Americans during the pandemic, part of the federal ... first check — the payments were ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system ...

How much do states receive in federal spending compared to what their residents and businesses pay through taxes? A recent report from the Rockefeller Institute of Government provides answers.