Some Social Security recipients may find their benefit payments arriving at an unexpected time – but don't worry – it's because of how dates are falling on the benefit program's calendar.

The Social Security Administration says Americans will no longer be able to change direct deposit and other banking information with the agency by phone, a practice it claims opens the door to fraud.

Millions of retired teachers, firefighters, police officers and others with public pensions will be reaping the benefits of the recently passed Social Security Fairness Act sooner than first ...

Billionaire and key Trump administration figure Elon Musk continued to spread claims of fraud in Social Security on Monday, while touting widespread federal spending cuts driven by his Department ...

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He hasn’t provided any evidence that large numbers of undocumented people are getting Social Security benefits, Medicare or disability, and he hasn’t provided any evidence that Democrats are ...

Advocates worry mistakes could affect vulnerable older Americans. The Department of Government Efficiency is sifting through $1.6 trillion worth of Social Security payments -- records that include ...

(NEXSTAR) — Those who regularly receive Supplemental Security Income from the Social Security Administration have seen some irregularly-timed payments recently. In March, they won’t see a ...

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“Social Security will not be touched,” Trump answered, echoing a promise he has been making for years. Despite his eagerness to explode treaties, shutter entire government agencies and abandon ...

Twice this week, Elon Musk has talked about cutting programs like Social Security and Medicare at odds with what President Trump and Republicans have said about safeguarding the programs.