Social Security Is Making Big Changes—Including One This Weekend. Here’s the Good and Bad News for Benefits Recipients

The Social Security Administration is rolling out some big changes to how it handles disability payments while also upgrading its customer service. The changes come in the aftermath of a major ...

Parents fear changes to Maine's children's behavioral health services may harm vulnerable kids

Maine's proposed changes to Section 28 Maine Care home-and-community-based services could strip crucial supports for kids ...
Nextgov

Accessing Social Security disability benefits became harder in 2025, researchers find

Changes like the push to online servicing and introduction of AI on SSA phone lines made it difficult for certain recipients ...
Hanford Sentinel

His animal rescue owed millions. Rather than pay, feds say he plotted to kidnap former worker

The former actor Leo Grillo met the man in a camper at the Equestrian Center in Burbank. “They’ve got ‘em,” the man said. He showed ...

Social Security cuts backlog of disability claims by 30%: Here’s what’s changed

The changes impact what’s known as Disability Adjudication, the process by which the agency reviews medical records and ...

Spring Statement as it happened: OBR warns UK economy could face ‘very significant’ hit from Iran war

Spring Statement as it happened: OBR warns UK economy could face ‘very significant’ hit from Iran war Britain’s economy could face a “very significant” hit from the war in Iran, the UK’s official ...
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Ruben Gallego backs Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner

Maine Democrat Graham Platner has picked up another Senate endorsement in his bid to flip a key Senate seat blue. On Monday, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego endorsed Platner. Gallego’s support ...
The Winchester Star

End the ban: France backs return of intellectually disabled athletes to Winter Paralympics

French sports officials and athletes are pushing to include athletes with intellectual disabilities in the Winter Paralympics ...