A retired Social Security judge in West Virginia collaborated with a lawyer to improperly award disability benefits to hundreds of applicants, according to a report released Monday by congressional investigators.

Two in three uninsured Americans say they will buy health insurance rather than pay PPACA's fine.

Senate Democrats intend to introduce legislation by mid-week to raise the nation's debt limit without the type of unrelated conditions Republicans have said they intend to seek, officials said Monday, as the White House signaled it would accept even a brief extension in borrowing authority to prevent an unprecedented default.

Politics aside, tax reform is coming and it could well mean an overhaul of the pension system including a government takeover.