The Latest Breaking News from SSA

The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from its workforce of 60,000 — and the final reduction in force number could be as high as 50%, according to two people familiar with the agency’s plans who are not authorized to speak publicly

The already lengthy times for appealing rejections for the Social Security Disability Insurance benefits could worsen due to systemic challenges and DOGE's decision to downsize the federal agency.

Over 8 million Americans rely on Social Security Disability Insurance to support their households due to their inability to work.

Even with a power of attorney or joint bank account, the Social Security Administration may hamstring your financial representative without one of these.

While the law seeks to level the playing field for many federal employees, the sustainability of the Social Security system is now facing even more challenges.

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.

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

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

Elon Musk claims to have uncovered massive fraud within Social Security, but those data are already well known and not a major problem.