The Department of Agriculture won’t use contingency funds to pay for food stamps during the shutdown. Agency officials say it is reserved for emergencies. If cutting off survival help for needy people ...

The 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will go without their benefits come Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown, according to a new message from ...

Everyone hates stamp duty (“Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap stamp duty on property”, Report, FT.com, October 8). But we must remember that people resent paying taxes in general. When making the largest ...

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Disabled veterans in Philadelphia received about $2.2 million in improper payments after investigators found that a Department of Veterans Affairs senior rater approved numerous claims without reading ...

As Postmaster of Nacogdoches, I’m proud to share that the United States Postal Service is inviting the American public to help shape a unique part of our nation’s cultural history — our postage stamps ...

Your string of rubber stamp votes will ultimately hurt the country’s most vulnerable citizens. All in the name of slashing taxes that will do nothing but enrich those who need it least. It’s amazing ...

The price of a First Class Stamp has increased 7.4% to 78 cents. That’s the third increase in the past two years. It won’t be the last, either. The USPS says it plans to raise prices again twice next ...

It will now cost more to mail a letter. The price of Forever Stamps -which can be used in perpetuity regardless of future changes - went up July 13. Stamps are now 78 cents, 5 cents higher than the ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky) opened his remarks at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s Coffee Hour event on Friday afternoon with the words of the one of the nation’s founding fathers. “(James Madison) said ...

The actress has opened up in the past about how receiving public assistance as a kid helped fuel her passion for performing and make her the star she is today Paul Morigi/Getty Scarlett Johansson has ...

The recent decision by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin shows a clear dereliction of duty by the agency tasked with regulating utility companies ("We Energies gas plants approved by ...