Social Security COLA raise: How much will recipients get in 2025?
(NEXSTAR) – The Social Security Administration is less than two weeks away from announcing the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), a percentage increase in recipient payments designed to offset inflation. According to the latest estimates, the COLA forecast is expected to be approximately 2.5%but we'll have to wait for the October 10th announcement to know […]
Social Security COLA increase: How much more might recipients get in 2025? – SILive.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Nearly 70 million Americans receiving Social Security benefits are expected to see the smallest increase in their monthly benefits since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Each year, Social Security benefits are subject to an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) based on the rate of inflation to ensure that your monthly payment keeps up […]
Massachusetts Welfare Recipients Are Spending EBT on Tropical Vacations
A Massachusetts investigation found that welfare recipients in the state were using their EBT cards while traveling to tropical destinations, including Hawaii, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, thousands of miles from home. Boston Herald Revealed. Public records obtained by the outlet show dozens of EBT card spending in several popular vacation destinations, including California, […]
Red state AGs sue Biden-Harris admin over plan to give free health insurance to DACA recipients
A group of Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block the Biden-Harris administration from providing free health care to undocumented immigrants. President Biden’s administration is working to allow non-citizen DACA recipients access to Obamacare. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, who is leading the lawsuit, argues that the administration is redefining DACA recipients […]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed proposes giving extra $100 a week to welfare recipients to stay sober
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has offered welfare recipients with drug addictions an extra $100 a week if they stay sober. Governor Brady and Supervisor Matt Dorsey have authored a bill called “Cash Not Drugs,” which proposes giving some welfare recipients $100 in the form of gift cards or electronic payments for each negative drug […]
Social Security recipients need to update their online accounts. What to know
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that President Biden “doesn’t have a plan” when it comes to the future of Social Security spending, but rather has principles. Millions Social Security recipients You will need to switch to the new login portal immediately to continue accessing your online account information. The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced […]
Seattle Recruiting Non-Citizens, DACA Recipients to Become Police Officers
Seattle officials have opened up police jobs to undocumented immigrants who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Seattle Police Department (SPD) Lowest City officials are making their first staff cuts in decades and are seeking to take advantage of a recently passed state law that allows jurisdictions to hire […]
Nearly 80K DACA recipients admitted to US in first 5 years of program had arrest records: USCIS
(The Center Square) – Nearly 80,000 minors with arrest records have been released into the U.S. in the five years since a new program was created to prevent the deportation of minors brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents. The majority of those arrested were between the ages of 19 and 22, according to […]
Biden awards Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including Pelosi, Clyburn
President Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including the top longtime Democratic leader, calling them “an amazing group of people.” “The endless curiosity, ingenuity, ingenuity and hope of 19 amazing people kept us believing in a better tomorrow,” the president said as a group of honorees sat next to him […]
Biden allows DACA recipients to access Obamacare
WASHINGTON – President Biden’s administration on Friday formally announced a new policy opening up the Obamacare health insurance exchanges to people who entered the United States illegally as children with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status. The changes, which have been on hold since last year and are expected to ease access to insurance […]