The agency currently has a backlog of approximately 575,000 applications thanks to a prior policy involved in the application ...

A second amendment came on April 14, when the SSA announced that anyone wishing to apply for Social Security or make account ...

Individuals applying for retirement or survivor benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA) must now use online or ...

Social Security is a vital income source for nearly 73 million Americans. With recent changes in the Social Security ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) said it would no longer hold retirement benefit applications for three days to check ...

A foundational change to Social Security presented by President Trump would fundamentally weaken the program's financial ...

Four out of 10 Social Security beneficiaries pay income tax on a portion of their benefits, according to the Social Security Administration. While on the campaign trail last ...

Effective April 25, the agency started deducting up to 50% of the overpayment amount from a beneficiary's monthly check ...

The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s ...

With changes to the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) operations, people need help sorting myth from fact on potential ...

An additional 276,000 people filed for Social Security benefits so far this fiscal year, up 13% from a year ago. Anxiety ...

A probe into Social Security phone fraud found only 2 likely fraud cases out of 110,000 calls, contradicting earlier claims.