An internal document bolsters warnings that the hunt for fraud is a pretext for slashing Social Security benefits.

Social Security beneficiaries may welcome the withholding rate reduction, but financial advisors say the back-and-forth ...

A newly reported document shows that “anti-fraud checks” implemented at the Social Security agency found virtually no improper benefit claims—while slowing payments substantially. An internal Trump ...

The Social Security Administration is walking back ... of expert advice - straight to your e-mail. Sign up “Improper payments have been a longstanding challenge for SSA.

Following a party-line Senate vote, Frank Bisignano takes charge of the Social Security Administration amid fears of ...

An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting ...

As Democrats link Trump to Social Security’s struggles, he reiterates his promise to protect the agency’s benefits while also ...

Improper payments constituted less than 1% of Social Security’s total benefit payouts between 2015 and 2022, according to the SSA’s inspector general. - Getty Images ...

Social Security continues to undergo changes including increased payments for some Americans and the impending end of paper checks distributed by the benefits program. President Donald Trump has ...

Although improper payments do (occasionally) go out, there are no 150-year-olds receiving benefits. “Obviously, we want to make sure that people who deserve to receive Social Security do receive ...

“A previous investigation revealed the SSA paid at least $71.8 billion in improper payments. "The Social Security Administration is now working to find even more waste, fraud, and abuse in the ...

Proposed changes to Social Security under Trump mirror Reagan-era tactics that slashed disability benefits and triggered mass homelessness.