Auditors credited the improvements in the Social Security system to a new telephone customer service system, changes in ...

Staffing cuts and policy shifts have strained the Social Security Administration, leaving millions facing delays, long waits ...

Since the Trump administration took office in January, the Social Security Administration has experienced significant ...

The Woodlawn-based Social Security Administration began the second Trump administration with a hostile takeover. It ends the ...

A United States Treasury government check rests on top of a Social Security card. The Social Security Administration (SSA) issued a press release and an email to tens of millions of Americans claiming ...

Even with a U.S. government shutdown beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 1, the 74 million Americans who collect Social Security will continue receiving their monthly checks, although some services could be ...

Jessica LaPointe has worked at a Social Security field office in Madison, Wis., for the past 16 years. And she says right now, the work is harder than ever. LaPointe says disruptions prompted by the ...

Most Social Security recipients will get their payments on the regular schedule, but some SSI checks will come early. Here's ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On Nov. 13, a small team of advocates for people with ...

The Social Security Administration said it will continue issuing paper checks to the retirement program's beneficiaries, backing away from a previously announced plan to switch all payments to ...

Social Security beneficiaries are accustomed to getting occasional emails from the program about matters like a benefits statement, but many were perplexed to get a different kind of message from the ...