Trump Agenda Slowed by Flood of Lawsuits

Some cases could reach the Supreme Court and result in major precedents that clarify the scope of executive authority. By Sam Dorman | February 19, 2025Updated:February 19, 2025 Within the first month of President Donald Trump’s second term, he has encountered more than 70 sometimes overlapping lawsuits challenging his actions on spending, federal employment decisions,

Social Security chief refutes claims of dead 100-year-olds getting checks

People who are listed as over 100 years old in the Social Security system are “not necessarily receiving benefits,” the new head of the agency said Wednesday, contradicting claims that tens of millions of dead people over that age are receiving checks. Instead, those individuals “are people in our records with a Social Security number