The Social Security Administration said it will restart a policy that had caused financial distress for some beneficiaries.

If you’re one of the millions of people in the United States who receive Social Security, there’s some good things coming your way this week. In a couple of days, certain eligible Social Security recipients will be getting as much as $2,000 from the benefit.

Meanwhile, various rumors have spread about the federal payment program, including claims about alleged fraud and different lawmakers' purported plans. Here are 10 of our most notable fact-checks about Social Security.

The former acting head of the Social Security Agency is detailing how the takeover by DOGE employees can expose sensitive data from millions of Americans

So it's key that you do everything you can to optimize your Social Security claiming decision. That means being aware of everything that can affect your monthly benefit. That's why the most valuable thing anyone can do before claiming Social Security is seeing exactly how delaying their application can change the size of the check they receive.

The Social Security Administration will resume withholding full benefits from senior citizens who have received overpayments, reversing a Biden policy, in an effort to recoup $7 billion over the next decade.

They came in aggressively, a former official who witnessed Elon Musk’s team take over the Social Security Administration said, demanding access to sensitive taxpayer data and refusing briefings on how