(NEXSTAR) — There have been several changes to government benefit payments already this year, including increased checks for some and clawbacks for outstanding overpayments for others. In about two ...

The Social Security Fairness Act ends WEP and GPO reductions, boosting benefits for many—but not all eligible recipients are automatically included.

Bill Cassidy's proposal would establish a new fund to ensure the Social Security Administration doesn't reach its insolvency date.

Trump also vowed to protect Social Security while on the campaign trail, and he has repeated that promise since returning to ...

The same approach could work again: thoughtful, phased reforms that maintain the program’s core protections. Ideas on the ...

Starting in August, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will claw back overpayments, potentially reducing recipients’ ...

Your claiming age also affects the size of your Social Security checks. The government assigns everyone a full retirement age (FRA) based on their birth year. Most people today have FRAs of 67, though ...

The decrease was not driven by Americans earning less, but was instead attributed to a reduction in Social Security payments.

The Social Security Administration is about to get a new commissioner, but that's only the latest of a series of changes at the agency since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Income fell by 0.4% in May after climbing 0.8% in April, but it was a change in Social Security payouts that drove that ...

The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.