If you’re one of the 69 million Americans who receive Social Security checks from the Social Security Administration (SSA), ...

Social Security is about to shift in ways that will touch nearly every retiree's budget in 2026, from monthly benefit amounts ...

As the year 2025 comes to an end, Social Security recipients are urged to complete several key tasks before Dec. 31, from correcting earnings records to updating tax withholding and direct deposit ...

You can claim Social Security starting at age 62. But you won't get your monthly benefits without a reduction unless you wait ...

Be careful when seeking help accessing your Social Security account, as the information is highly sensitive. Dee was trying to access his Social Security information online, but he kept hitting ...

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The Social Security Administration has more sensitive data on more Americans than almost any other government agency, making two recent Supreme Court rulings risky and consequential for nearly ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Ron Tschida reported on an informational meeting on America's Social Security retirement system ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency from their “fishing expedition” in search of a “fraud epidemic” based on “little more than ...

A whistleblower complaint filed on Tuesday alleges that the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a copy of all federal Social Security numbers and information to an unsecured server in June, ...