An employee at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency may have taken Social Security data with him to a new job, in ...

WASHINGTON -- A major change is coming to how the Social Security Administration schedules and handles operations. Starting March 7, the agency will begin using the National Appointment Scheduling ...

Social Security beneficiaries saw a 2.8% boost to their benefits for 2026, thanks to an annual cost-of-living adjustment. New government inflation data for the month of January suggests the annual ...

Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information about in-person appointments with agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, WIRED has learned. “If ICE comes in ...

More than 75 million people receive Social Security benefits, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Many of them rely on Social Security for their financial well-being. For nearly 22 ...

Social Security is facing benefit cuts in the next decade if lawmakers don’t act. Options to prevent cuts include raising the 12.4% payroll tax or lifting or eliminating the wage cap. Raising full ...

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The House approved a funding bill boosting Social Security’s budget and adding $50 million for customer service through fiscal year 2026. Lawmakers tied the increase to oversight rules to prevent ...

Social Security recipients will see the normal Wednesday payments through February; a government shutdown this week, if it comes to pass, will not interrupt the schedule. A partial government shutdown ...

Social Security payments will follow a normal schedule in February. Social Security benefits – paid mostly to recipients who are older or retired – are typically paid on Wednesdays. On the second ...

While surveys show Americans worry Social Security may run out of money, benefits will continue, one economist says. But just how much future monthly checks amount to will depend on elected lawmakers.