The Latest Breaking News from Social Security

DOGE has limited "read only" access to data and will not disrupt or delay the disbursement of payments to beneficiaries, SSA Acting Commissioner Dudek said.

Marko Elez recently had ‘read/write’ access to massive Treasury Department database

Leland Dudek's collaboration with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency raises concerns over data security and accuracy of Social Security benefits.

Being a millionaire at retirement isn’t enough to survive for more than two decades in some states

The president and his allies are justifying cuts on allegations of ‘waste’ to pay for his tax plan

President and Musk claim millions of centenarians are getting benefits. Here’s how they are misrepresenting data

Even the originator of the fib, Elon Musk, has since denied the whopper. Trump called the issue ‘incenjuary,’ possibly intending to say ‘incendiary’

The new head of the Social Security Administration says deceased centenarians are “not necessarily receiving benefits."

The increase is “driven primarily by the premature death of people who would have received retirement benefits.”

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favorable to Moscow

President Donald Trump recently endorsed a budget resolution proposed by House Republicans which, if passed, would indicate major funding cuts towards Medicaid hence compromising access to healthcare for millions of Americans despite promising not to do so in an earlier interview.