Lawmakers want to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits and change how COLAs are calculated, but doing so would have ...

The political fight over how to treat public workers in the retirement system is no longer hypothetical. The House and Senate ...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Zach Wahls accused U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson of backing budget decisions he said have strained Social Security operations, while announcing a plan he says would reverse ...

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates WEP and GPO rules, increasing benefits for some retirees. Here's who qualifies ...

The report, issued in response to a July inquiry from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), examined how SSA calculates its call wait-time data.

On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-273), to repeal ...

The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) average wait times for calls improved in fiscal year (FY) 2025, says a report the SSA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has issued. The report, issued ...

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EXCLUSIVE: The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) internal watchdog has confirmed that the agency’s publicly reported phone service data was accurate and that performance improved during fiscal ...

Millions of public workers received a notice this year and saw something unexpected. The Social Security Administration (SSA) informed them that their Social Security checks were going up and a ...

The second wave of Social Security payments for December is scheduled to be distributed this week, less than a month until the upcoming cost-of-living adjustment takes effect. Following the December ...

Of the over 71 million Americans who receive regular Social Security payments, some will receive their December benefits this week. Afterwards, there will be only one more round of disability payments ...