The Latest Breaking News from Social Security Administration

Social Security drops in-person ID rule, allowing most seniors to verify identity by phone starting April 14.

The Social Security Administration receives 80 million calls every year. Timing is everything if you want to get through.

The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner is facing calls to resign after he issued an order that would have required Maine parents to register their newborns for Social Security numbers at a federal office rather than the hospital

The Social Security Administration says it is investigating the root cause of website outages that have affected the “my Social Security” portal where recipients access their benefits

Julie Siegel says DOGE is making it harder for millions of Americans to access their benefits.

“We will have cases that get stuck, and they’re not going to be able to get fixed.”

Courts stop DOGE from accessing Social Security Administration data and prevent Homeland Security from deporting Georgetown fellow Badar Khan Suri.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from Social Security Administration systems that hold personally identifiable data on millions of Americans

The Social Security Administration’s plan to require in-person identity checks for millions of new and existing recipients has drawn ire from lawmakers, advocacy groups and program recipients who are concerned that the government is placing barriers in front of people seeking to access their benefits

Twenty-six Social Security Administration offices across the country are expected to close this year, due to actions taken by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency

Fraud costs $521bn annually while Social Security grapples with worker shortages and rising beneficiary numbers.