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Fortunately, you can complete a lot of important Social Security tasks online. And best of all, you'll never find yourself on hold.

House Republicans’ sweeping budget bill does not eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits — a signature piece of President Donald Trump’s platform — but officials say an enhanced ...

The traditional paper Social Security card could give way to a new form of digital identification starting this summer, according to the agency.

In recent weeks, Social Security has been plagued by problems related to technology, system errors, and even the marking of living people as dead.

In the month of May, traditional Social Security recipients will get their benefit payments a few days later than usual. You can blame the calendar.

Records of dead people show how the pro-Trump spin machine keeps going Supporters cite a prosaic DOGE announcement as evidence that a Social Security problem that never existed has been fixed.

Ida Mae Fuller got the first Social Security check in 1940. Now, 85 years later, the last beneficiaries to receive paper Social Security checks will get theirs in the mail in September. President ...

The Social Security Administration said it will now seek to recoup less money from beneficiaries. Advocates say the revised policy is still burdensome.

Social Security will send payments if you live overseas, but there can be some complications.

The first monthly batch of Social Security benefits are paid later this May than in any other month this year due to a quirk in the 2025 calendar.

Social Security checks will be sent out pretty much like normal in May, but there is one exception. Here's what to know about payment dates for May.