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Key Social Security Rule Changes Are Coming April 14. Here's What Retirees Need to Know.
Social Security is a lifeline for millions of Americans. The program dished out about $1.6 trillion last year to 69 million ...
Fixing Social Security isn't easy. You can try it yourself
The program is in financial distress. It's been spending more money than it's taken in since 2021, and estimates say it has ...
Social Security Update: Checks of Up to $5,108 Going Out This Week
The Social Security Administration pays retirement, survivor and disability benefits to 70 million Americans on a monthly ...
The Social Security Fairness Act's Benefit Increase Could Come With a Surprise Bill for Some
Your Social Security checks could look a little different this month if you're one of the 3.2 million Americans affected by ...
Social Security’s announcements are leaving its website and moving to X: reports
Weeks after the Social Security Administration said it was increasing transparency and accountability, the agency is ...
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED ...
Trump aides direct Social Security Administration to list more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead
The Social Security Administration listed more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead in a move directed by the Trump White ...
Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s ...
Social Security to Now Allow ID Checks Via the Phone: What to Know
The Social Security Administration reaffirmed its plan to reverse previously announced phone service cuts, telling Americans ...
Social Security Lists Thousands of Migrants as Dead to Prompt Them to ‘Self-Deport’
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to ...
Social Security backtracks on in-person identification policy after outcry. Here's what it means.
The agency said it's reversing a decision to cut phone services for identity verification after a backlash from seniors.
5 things to know for April 14: Ukraine, Pennsylvania arson, Deportations, Social Security, Helicopter crash
The tour company whose sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River off the New Jersey shoreline last week has shut ...