Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, called a new memo from the White House budget office freezing the disbursement of federal loans and grants

The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law on Jan. 5 of this year. Nationwide, about 3 million public-sector retirees will receive substantially higher Social Security benefits due to the law’s repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).

The nation’s Social Security offices, which have been mostly closed for nearly two years as a result of the pandemic, are set to reopen in early April after the main... Sen. Susan Collins (R ...

I am surprised they did not wait until" a White House budget director was confirmed, Sen. Susan Colllins said.

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Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in and put Hegseth over the top.

President Biden signs the Social Security Fairness Act, reversing unfair provisions and boosting benefits for millions of current and retired public service workers.

Maine's U.S. senators questioned Tulsi Gabbard Thursday about her past efforts to excuse Edward Snowden from criminal charges for disclosing classified national intelligence information during a sometimes contentious confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of national intelligence.

Retired Middlebury, Connecticut, school teacher Bill Callahan waited 40 years for Congress to pass a bill to eliminate the reduction in Social Security benefits he receives because he also has a pension.

Several senators, including Republicans James Lankford of Oklahoma and Susan Collins of Maine, pressed Gabbard on whether she would push to pardon Snowden, or whether she considered him a traitor. On the last question, Gabbard repeatedly declined to answer.

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.

“The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond,” Trump wrote. “The days of putting a Fake Environmental argument, over the PEOPLE, are OVER. Enjoy the water, California!!!”