Since its inception in 1935, Social Security has expanded its mission and reach. Here is how each president from Roosevelt to ...

President Andrew Johnson signed the first official Department of Education into law. Although it was not a cabinet level ...

Medicaid is the fourth-biggest spending item in the federal budget. And unlike the three items ahead of it (Social Security, ...

In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he ...

Medicaid is almost as popular as Social Security and Medicare ... it was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson alongside Medicare in 1965. Since the Ronald Reagan era, Republicans have ...

Johnson signs the ... circulated on social media that PolitiFact, a fact-checking website, had to make corrections. Several social media posts warned that Donald Trump revoked Lyndon B. John­son’s ...

Black History Month is an annual observance in the United States centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ... Johnson signing it into law. The Civil Rights Act ...

Asked if some entitlement programs are off the table for spending cuts, Johnson said lawmakers are not talking about cutting benefits for Social Security ... set to sign Laken Riley Act today ...