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Social Security Warning Issued as Agency Moves 1,000 Staffers
The Social Security Administration reassigned about 1,000 customer service representatives from field offices to its national ...
Social Security pulls field office staff to answer overwhelmed phone line
The agency, which serves 73 million beneficiaries, has struggled to improve customer service amid cutbacks, long wait times ...
August Social Security direct payment worth $967 goes out in 24 days
August’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to recipients in 24 days. SSI payments are ...
New plan proposed to save Social Security
The bipartisan proposal would establish a new funding model for Social Security, which its sponsors say could help save the ...
Does the "big, beautiful bill" eliminate taxes on Social Security?
What the bill does do is provide a temporary tax deduction of up to $6,000 for seniors aged 65 and older. The tax break is ...
Social Security no taxes message on Trump bill raises eyebrows
President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is sending mixed messages about whether most Americans are required to pay federal ...
Second round of Social Security payments issued in six days
The second round of July Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will be sent to recipients next week.
Here’s how to bolster Social Security
Today, Social Security’s trust funds have a combined reserve of $2.7 trillion, and spending has exceeded revenue since 2021.
Social Security Backs Off Listing Living Migrants as Dead
Instead, the agency is flagging as “unverified” the Social Security numbers of thousands of people who lost their temporary ...
Social Security is pulling workers from its field offices to man the growing number of calls at its 1-800 number
Phones have been ringing off the hook at the Social Security Administration prompting the agency to use a temporary solution for a growing problem ...
Social Security Administration sends misleading email lauding Trump's new tax cuts law
The Social Security Administration has sent a misleading email to beneficiaries stating that President Donald Trump’s ...
Social Security email says policy bill eliminates tax on benefits. Does it?
In a celebratory email sent to Americans, the Social Security Administration praised the Trump administration’s sprawling budget and tax bill and said it eliminated federal income taxes on most ...