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WASHINGTON ― Personal information of more than 300 million Americans is at risk of being leaked or hacked after employees of the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a sensitive Social ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is embracing the digital revolution by introducing digital Social Security cards. This innovation will allow individuals to access their Social Security Number ...

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

Since the first benefit check was mailed in January 1940, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for the American public. Though it was initially conceived as a program that would ...

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

Social Security payments for September are starting to hit recipients' bank accounts, with the Labor Day holiday causing Supplemental Security Income checks to be sent out sooner than usual. Social ...

To obtain a new Social Security card, the first step is to apply online or complete the Form SS-5 at a local Social Security office. The Social Security Administration (SSA) will verify your documents ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated when Social Security checks would be sent out. As some Social Security recipients received two checks in August, ...

Social Security Chief Data Officer Charles Borges submitted a Friday resignation letter days after citing policy violations in a whistleblower report documenting the Department of Government ...

Days after filing a whistleblower complaint claiming that the Department of Government Efficiency put Americans’ Social Security data at risk, the agency’s chief data officer “involuntarily” resigned.