The second round of July Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, goes out to recipients today. When does the check arrive? Social Security payments usually begin on the second Wednesday of every month, and the following waves go out in the subsequent weeks. The distribution […]

August Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $967, will go out to recipients in 16 days.  SSI payments are typically distributed at the start of every month to beneficiaries with limited income who are either blind, 65 and older, or have another qualifying disability.  The amount recipients receive varies based on several factors, including […]

A federal judge in Tennessee will reconsider on Wednesday whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should remain in jail while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges, amid growing concerns by his counsel that the Trump administration will deport him before his case ever reaches a jury. The unusual hearing will pit the Department of Justice under the Trump administration against Abrego Garcia’s lawyers, with […]

Three Corporation for Public Broadcasting members whom President Donald Trump fired in April have refused to leave their positions.  CPB board members Diane Kaplan, Laura Ross, and Thomas Rothman were terminated in April, yet all three have continued to show up to work. They refuse to vacate their positions, according to a complaint filed by […]