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The Senate failed again to advance either of the dueling plans to end the week-old government shutdown. Neither mustered the ...

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, asked her about the Justice Department’s decision to drop an ...

While Social Security checks, mail and student loan bills will still be delivered, millions of workers are still set to ...

The White House threatened mass layoffs of federal workers, rather than simply the normal furloughs, in a matter of days, ...

The order impacts “all Federal disbursements inclusive of intragovernmental payments, benefits payments, vendor payments, and tax refunds.” That includes any benefits sent out by the Social Security ...

Frank Bisignano has been named CEO of the IRS, adding to his role as Social Security Administration Commissioner.

The Internal Revenue Service has hired 4,000 people to help pick up the phone, speak with puzzled taxpayers and assist with other customer-service issues during the upcoming tax season, the agency ...

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