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Social Security's finances have improved slightly in the last year. But benefits are still facing an automatic cut in less than a decade unless Congress takes steps to prop up the program.

The clock is ticking to fix Social Security as retirees face automatic cut in 9 years

Social Security's finances have improved slightly in the last year. But the popular retirement program still faces big challenges including the threat of automatic benefit cuts in less than a decade.

The site along Interstate 8 in El Cajon where Jesús Manuel Saldaña Rocha died in a fatal car collision is shown on Sept. 18, 2023.

18 months after a teenager died in a chase with Border Patrol, his family is still asking why

Why did agents decide to pursue Saldaña Rocha? Why did they suspect criminal activity? And why did he flee?

President Biden arrives to commemorate Earth Day at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Va., on April 22.

On Earth Day, Biden launched a new site to apply for Climate Corps jobs

President Biden has been trying to get young voters excited about his 2024 reelection bid, even though polls show they're disappointed with some of his policies.

Photographers capture the Boeing Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket as it is rolled out to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Launch for Boeing Starliner's first crewed ride into space has been scrubbed

Boeing's Starliner program has been plagued with delays and design problems for several years.

Haim Vasquez, an immigration attorney, talks to residents in Garland, Texas about new state border enforcement laws that will go into effect early next year. He says he wants immigrants to know their rights in case they get detained or arrested by law enforcement.

Texas governor signs law making it a state crime to cross the border illegally

It's already against federal law to enter the U.S. without permission. In Texas, it's now a state crime too, after Gov. Abbott signed into law a state immigration bill with strict penalties.

Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos, wearing a glittering collar, attends the State of the Union address Thursday night in Washington, D.C.

George Santos, ejected from House and facing fraud trial, will run again in N.Y.

George Santos, disgraced and ejected from the House, says he will seek office again on Long Island. He'll face Rep. Nick LaLota in the GOP primary.

A customer shops for holiday gifts in a Target store on Dec. 21 in Austin, Texas. Holiday shopping was up 3.1% over 2022, a lower figure than the pandemic years but still a healthy one, economists say.

Holiday spending is up. Shoppers are confident, but not giddy

Consumer spending from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve rose 3.1% year over year, new data show, a figure in line with the decade leading up to the pandemic and another positive sign for the economy.

A sign advertises a one bedroom apartment for rent in front of a building in Golden Hill. Jan. 27, 2021.

Nearly 20,000 in city receive federal rental assistance, housing report finds

Nearly 20,000 San Diegans received federal rental assistance in the last fiscal year, according to a report released on Tuesday by the San Diego Housing Commission.

People pick through the rubble of a house that was leveled in Elkhorn, Neb., on Saturday. At least four people were killed by tornadoes.

At least 4 people are dead after tornadoes slam Oklahoma, Iowa and Nebraska

Multiple tornadoes over several days leveled buildings and left a trail of damage in parts of the South and Midwest.

People who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid face maddening challenges accessing health care. The government spends $500 billion on this care, yet patients often can't get what they need.

Vulnerable Americans are stuck in a Medicare-Medicaid maze. Is a fix in sight?

A bipartisan Senate bill, dropping Thursday, promises better health care for some of the poorest, sickest Americans, who are known as "duals" because they qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

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