The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the IRS just as another probe concludes that lax management enabled agents to improperly target tea party groups.

A lawsuit claims judges struggling to handle a surge of disability cases sometimes award benefits they might otherwise deny in order to clear cases faster so they can meet quotas imposed by the Social Security Administration.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's budget plan would increase taxes by $1 trillion over the next decade, including a new tax on cigarettes…

Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don't accurately project their income.

Outgoing Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue has some parting shots for Congress, the White House and advocates for seniors. They have all really walked away from Social Security, he says, leaving the program fraying because of inattention to its problems.

The federal budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time in President Barack Obama's tenure in office, a new report said Tuesday.

An influential group of business CEOs is pushing a plan to gradually increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare and to partially privatize the health insurance program for older Americans.

While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013.