Social Security Matters - Special Extra Earnings for Military Service

Washington, DC - Dear Rusty: Both my cousin and I served in the military starting in 1964.  He completed his 4 years and got out; I served for 20 years. A few years ago we were visiting and he asked me if I was getting my Special Extra Earnings - approximately $300 - from Social Security?  He said it's because we served in the military when the pay was so low.  

“Diamonds and Pearls” – and revisions to the FTC’s Jewelry Guides

Washington, DC -

This will be the day
That you will hear me say
Read the F-R-N
Without delay.

Merry Christmas

Yuma, Arizona - It’s Christmas in July, at least for 150 Santas who traveled from around the world to attend the 61st World Santa Claus Congress in Copenhagen, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens. 

2018 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations

Palo Alto, California - Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Defense Secretary James Mattis, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne met at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California July 23-24, 2018. The Secretaries and Ministers noted a number of initiatives through which the people of the United States and Australia, close friends and partners for more than a century, will work together to build a secure, prosperous future. Over the next year, the United States and Australia intend to:

Mescalero Apache Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting a Federal Officer

Las Cruces, New Mexico - Nathan Little, 31, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Ruidoso, New Mexico, pled guilty on July 20, 2018, in federal court in Las Cruces, to assaulting a federal officer.