According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Social Security program will pay out around $1.6 trillion in benefits to roughly 72 million beneficiaries this year. The bulk of these ...

A good number of Americans rely on Social Security as income to cover their living expenses and basic needs. Each month, the Social Security Administration issues payments to Americans who qualify for ...

If you are a Social Security recipient who still receives a paper check, get ready for a big change. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump issued an executive order mandating that the federal ...

U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, a Wichita Republican, meets with Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano at the Wichita Social Security office to discuss changes under the Trump ...

We won't know how much of a COLA jolt retirees and others receiving Social Security benefits might see next year until the official number is released in October. The highest COLA increase for Social ...

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.

The first round of September Social Security payments for retirees aged 70 and above, now capped at $5,108, goes out in five days. Powell dodges questions about political storm over Miran and Cook Fed ...

The Social Security Administration’s acting inspector general has opened a review of the agency’s call center wait times and its ability to deliver services to Americans. The investigation was ...

Last week, while many of us were enjoying the last days of summer, a whistleblower disclosed shocking details indicating staffers with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have been ...

WASHINGTON -- If you’re one of the 97 million Americans with a mySocialSecurity account, a recent update to the platform is expected to make it much easier to access your personal information. Last ...

Navigating a massive bureaucracy like the Social Security Administration can seem daunting, but the federal government is offering a new way for 97 million Americans who already have online accounts ...

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 ...