Social Security Administration

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is pressing President Donald Trump to clarify whether his administration is considering raising the Social Security retirement age as the program's funding deadline draws closer. In a letter sent Sunday, Warren cited the latest Social Security Trustees...

Americans who receive Social Security retirement benefits could see checks cut by about $500 a month on average if the program reaches its projected insolvency date in late 2032 without action from Congress, according to a new analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Projected...

Some Americans who still receive Social Security benefits by paper check will need to switch to electronic payments as the federal government completes its move away from paper-based disbursements. The Social Security Administration (SSA) said in a blog post published Tuesday that it plans to fully...

U.S. Rep.Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) is introducing legislation to restore thousands of jobs at the Social Security Administration, arguing that mass federal layoffs ordered by the Trump administration have left constituents waiting hours for basic benefit assistance. Service Collapse on the Ground...

A Senate Budget Committee hearing this week put Social Security’s funding crisis back in focus, with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) warning on Thursday that inaction could force benefit cuts of up to 28% or push U.S. debt to dangerously high levels. Funding Cliff Raises Alarm More than 70 million...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday blasted the Social Security Administration's plan to sharply reduce in-person visits to its field offices, warning that the agency's new target to cut 15 million visits a year will make it harder for Americans to access benefits they have earned. Warren...

On Friday, Charles Borges, the Social Security Administration's chief data officer, resigned after filing a whistleblower complaint alleging security risks tied to the President Donald Trump administration-backed efforts to modernize the agency's data systems. Borges Cites Retaliation, Culture Of...

A former top executive at the Social Security Administration quietly floated an idea to park part of the program's $2.7 trillion trust fund in a short-term Treasury note that would automatically convert into an S&P 500 index basket at maturity, but the proposal never really saw the light of day...

Retirees who have defaulted on their student loans may see a reduction in their Social Security checks from June. This is a result of the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to recommence involuntary collections on defaulted student loans, including garnishing wages, intercepting tax...

The President Donald Trump administration has revived efforts to reclassify federal employees as at-will workers, stripping job protections that career civil servants currently enjoy. The proposed Office of Personnel Management rule would make government workers easier to fire, similar to Corporate...

The Social Security Administration is again changing course on how aggressively it claws back money it mistakenly paid to beneficiaries, cutting the repayment rate to 50% of a monthly check, down from the full 100% it began seizing in March. What Happened: The shift, disclosed in an April 25 "...

Money‑management guru Dave Ramsey is urging Americans to treat Social Security as a bonus, not a backbone, warning that the program's cash crunch could slice benefits within a decade. What Happened: "Don't count on it. Or don't count on all of it," a Ramsey Solutions blog post says, bluntly...

Major Social Security updates, now in effect as of April 2025, stand to reshape benefits for millions of Americans. From bigger checks to new identification rules, these changes could have a serious impact on the paychecks of retirees, survivors, and those on spousal benefits. What Changes Are Set...

On Tuesday, Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman slammed what he said were attempts by the Biden administration to “make permanent the Deep State” in a post on X. What Happened: Ackman said, “Biden is attempting to make permanent the Deep State before he leaves...

ICF International Inc (NASDAQ: ICFI) has been recently awarded a $12 million re-compete software automation contract from The Social Security Administration (SSA). The contract has a term of five years, including one base year and four option years. ICF will work with SSA to develop, maintain and...