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

5 Takeaways From Labor Secretary Nominee Chavez-DeRemer’s Confirmation Hearing

The nominee was pressed on her legislative record and loyalty to the Constitution. Right-to-work laws, visa programs, and the federal minimum wage were among the topics on senators’ minds as they vetted former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) for the role of labor secretary on Feb. 19. Chavez-DeRemer, 56, represented Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District for one

Tiananmen Squares: Dozens of Chinese Incels Are Furious at Tom Cotton for Writing a Book That’s ‘Worse Than Mein Kampf’

‘Why Is A Whyte Senator Writing About China?’ Getty Images Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) has once again managed to enrage some very annoying people by writing and publishing a collection of words. Almost five years after liberal journalists whined about feeling “unsafe” because the New York Times published Cotton’s op-ed about restoring law and

Karen Bass Says She Wasn’t Adequately Warned of LA Fire Risk Ahead of Ghana Trip. Her City’s Weather Service Warned of ‘Critical Fire Conditions’ the Day Before She Left.

The National Weather Service issued ‘extreme fire’ alerts before Bass’s international travel Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass in a press conference (Apu Gomes/Getty Images) Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass (D.) on Tuesday said she traveled to Ghana ahead of the deadly blaze that scorched through her city because fire chief Kristin Crowley didn’t warn her