Proposed legislation aims to increase Social Security benefits for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities by eliminating the "marriage penalty." ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was sponsored with bipartisan support, passed through Congress at the end of December, with a 76-20 vote in the Senate. The law has received mixed responses ...

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the ...