Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on U.S. politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of ...

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

Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They're not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past ...

ROACH FOUND OUT IF IT’S REAL. SO WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOUR BENEFITS, IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO BE CAUTIOUS AND ASK QUESTIONS. AND THIS PARTICULAR EMAIL IS GENERATING ...

The Social Security Administration is making it easier for seniors and others to repay benefits that they received but weren’t entitled to. Beneficiaries who were mistakenly overpaid by the SSA ...

Dear Rusty: I am writing to ask for your advice on when I should sign up or enroll in a Medicare Plan. I have submitted an early retirement application to request benefits to begin 30 days after ...

Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano is Trump's pick to lead an agency that Americans interact with from cradle to grave.

Social Security wait times to talk with a staffer by phone, email or in person have increased as the Trump administration, DOGE cut staffing, MSNBC reports. Social Security wait times to talk with ...

They aren’t wrong to worry, even without the DOGE cuts. The 2024 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report predicts that the combined retirement and disability trust fund reserves will go ...

"I'm not going to touch Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid," he told Fox News earlier this year. President Trump has also promised to shore up the retirement program by eliminating fraud ...

Key Points It’s common to claim Social Security at 62 since it’s the youngest age to sign up. Filing at a later age makes sense when you don’t have a lot of savings. It’s important to look ...

There’s been a striking rise in the number of Americans applying for initial Social Security benefits this year, many earlier than planned. Job losses, rising costs, and even staffing cuts at ...