Questions about the agency’s future move beyond an anecdote here or there. The question now is how much Social Security can ...

Senate Democrats on Wednesday called for the president's pick for Social Security chief to have his nomination rescinded amid ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Social Security Administration commissioner faced a number of questions during his ...

Musk’s statement that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme,” and his plans to cut up to 12 percent of the Social Security Administration’s workforce, are giving GOP lawmakers heartburn.

The Social Security program is 90 years old come August. About 70 million Americans currently receive a monthly benefit. An estimated 185 million Americans pay into the system and plan to receive ...

More and more Americans will be forced make the trek to their local Social Security office to finalize claims or enroll in benefits starting next month. The Social Security Administration reported ...

Photo Illustration: WSJ The federal agency that administers Social Security benefits is facing a customer-service mess. The Social Security Administration is cutting staff, restricting what ...

The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...

The head of the Social Security Administration (SSA) said Friday that he wouldn’t be “shutting down the agency” after a federal judge backed up a temporary restraining order issued against ...

Working and claiming Social Security at the same time could improve your standard of living today. It could also increase your risk of owing Social Security benefit taxes. Early claimers could ...

President Trump continues to claim his administration won’t touch Social Security. But as Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency look to slash federal jobs and spending ...

Calling its workforce “bloated,” the Social Security Administration announced Friday plans to slash about 7,000 jobs, or roughly 12% of its staff. The potential cuts are part of a larger ...