The agency acknowledges the change could cause particular hardship for elderly and disabled Americans who have limited ...

A Worcester County woman is charged after authorities say she stole more than $41,000 in Social Security benefits and ...

An internal Social Security Administration memo sent earlier this month suggested that a proposed change that requires ...

Current and former employees, both Republican and Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could ...

Although federal officials have long recognized improper spending as a problem, it is not the main reason for the program’s ...

Social Security has taken center stage after President Donald J. Trump told the nation it’s a system that has “shocking ...

Of millions of deaths reported yearly, just a fraction of a percent are "erroneously reported" cases that need to be ...

Whether you're a senior on Social Security or a worker paying into the program, the thought of rampant benefit fraud is a ...

As Trump and Musk target Social Security, the administration says it will cut off whole checks to seniors who receive an ...

DOGE is sifting through Social Security payments in an anti-fraud effort that has some worried the administration could deny ...

The two maintain that they won’t attack the program, but their repeated claims of rampant fraud serve a strategic purpose.

Musk referred to a report from the Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan auditing arm of Congress that examines federal spending. In 2024, the office estimated there are $233 billion to $521 ...