This year’s Social Security Fairness Act represents the largest change to Social Security in decades, increasing benefits for 3 million government retirees at a cost of $190 billion over 10 years.

Some Social Security beneficiaries will be getting higher benefit payments this month as a recently-passed law kicks in for public sector workers whose benefits had been reduced in the past.

It's not exactly a secret that many older Americans rely heavily on Social Security to make ends meet. And without those benefits, a good number of retirees would not have the means to cover even ...

The DOGE leader said, “Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” Social Security converts wages from workers into retirement income for people who have claimed their Social ...

President Trump has authorized DOGE to make staffing cuts and fight fraud in Social Security. The efforts could lead to hundreds of millions of dollars in savings. Here's how that could impact if ...

Key Points Social Security faces a major funding shortfall. The program’s Trustees have an estimate for when benefits could be cut, and it’s not so far off. It’s best to prepare for benefit ...

Social Security exists as a safety net to help keep older adults and other vulnerable individuals out of poverty. While President Donald Trump has said he won’t cut Social Security, the Elon ...

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 ...

Your Social Security benefit is based on your income history and your age at sign-up, among other factors. The federal government could garnish some of your Social Security checks under certain ...

A federal judge in Baltimore issued a preliminary injunction Thursday restricting the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security data. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander ...

A federal judge on Thursday imposed new restrictions on billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, limiting its access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on ...

Social Security, the nearly 90-year-old, safety-net program that serves more than 73 million Americans, is under attack. Despite repeated assurances from President Trump that popular Social ...