New SSA rules for SSN applications take effect May 13, 2025, tightening ID verification to fight fraud and possibly causing ...

If you want to get the most out of the program, there are a few steps you need to take before you sign up so you can optimize ...

Additionally, President Trump last month pushed Congress to approve a "big, beautiful" tax and spending bill that fulfills ...

Morgan, Collins, Yeast & Salyer outlines how you could qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits if you can ...

So let's say you decide to claim Social Security early and reduce a $2,000 monthly benefit to $1,600. That's the amount of money your spouse will get in the form of survivor benefits. If you wait ...

In California, over a million people were unemployed in April, according to the Employment Development Department (EDD). To ...

Freezing your child's credit will help keep their identity safe if their personal information is compromised in a data breach ...

The Social Security Administration enables you to apply for retirement and spousal benefits online. You can also apply for ...

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

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency cannot have unlimited access to sensitive Social Security Administration data, a federal circuit court ruled on Wednesday. The Fourth Circuit ...

The Social Security Administration is making a major upgrade to its online services. People who access their benefits via their My Social Security account will now have one less thing to carry ...

Social Security is a crucial component of most American seniors' retirement budgets. In the most recent edition of an annual Gallup poll, 60% of retirees said the government program is a major ...