In 2025, Social Security Administration employees were suddenly faced with a heavier workload. Here's how that can impact you when you need help.

The SSA pays monthly benefits to more than 70 million Americans, including retirees and people with disabilities.

Social Security and SSI payments will continue during the government shutdown as they are mandated by law. A 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment will increase Social Security and SSI payments starting in ...

Hopes to reopen the government today Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, have dwindled, and with some Social Security Administration offices closed and in-person services limited, beneficiaries may be worried ...

Across the country, grandparents on fixed incomes are quietly becoming full‑time parents again, stretching every Social ...

The Social Security Administration announced Friday that benefit payments will increase 2.8% next year to account for the higher cost of living. The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment, knowns as the COLA, ...

WASHINGTON -- The Social Security Administration reassured millions of Americans Wednesday that the ongoing government shutdown shouldn’t impact them too severely. But, the agency warns some services ...

Social Security is a major source of income for more than 74.7 million Americans. How far does the average check actually go? Most retirees collect about $1,959 a month from Social Security as of ...

(NEXSTAR) – Tens of millions of Social Security and Supplemental Security beneficiaries will soon receive their first, slightly larger check of the new year, thanks to the 2026 cost-of-living ...

Hopes to reopen the government today Friday, Oct. 31, have dwindled, and with some Social Security Administration offices closed and in-person services limited, beneficiaries may be worried about ...