The Social Security Administration (SSA) has walked back a key element of a recently introduced anti-fraud measure that sparked widespread criticism from senior citizens and advoca ...

Many challenges face the SSA, including more retirees from the Baby Boomer generation, new laws expanding benefit eligibility ...

The agency currently has a backlog of approximately 575,000 applications thanks to a prior policy involved in the application process.

The U.S. Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) is intensifying its efforts to gain unrestricted access to sensitive Social ...

Sources warn that the Trump administration has overstated both DOGE’s role in developing online retirement applications and ...

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 ...

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