The financial precariousness of the Social Security system is no secret, but recent actions by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE have given many Americans new reasons to worry.

The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, reportedly plans to rewrite the software that the U.S. Social Security Administration uses to make payments. Wired today cited sources as ...

Frank Bignano will likely face tough questions over the White House's effort to scale down the Social Security Administration. The program has been *** target of the so-called Department of ...

The Social Security Administration is revising proposed changes that would have required some beneficiaries to prove their identity in-person when seeking services. Officials said in a statement ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) will resume withholding 100% of benefits from individuals who were overpaid until overpayments are recovered. The change reverses a temporary policy that ...

The Social Security Administration will begin enforcing new identity verification procedures on March 31 to crack down on fraud, but advocates fear it will hinder access. The Social Security ...

But Ned was declared dead last month by the Social Security Administration, which led him and his wife on a Kafkaesque quest to prove there’s life left in this salty old Seattle seadog yet.

Donald Trump’s interim Social Security chief suggested Thursday night he will effectively turn off the agency that manages the essential safety net program for seniors and the disabled ...

The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...

A federal judge likened DOGE efforts to identify and eliminate waste and fraud at the Social Security Administration to a “fishing expedition” on Thursday, blocking Elon Musk’s team of cost ...

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Social Security Administration from giving members of the Department of Government Efficiency access to agency data containing individuals’ personally ...