Social Security is a major source of income for 74M Americans — but how far does the average check go? See average benefits ...

In 1982, an anonymous Democratic aide referred to Social Security as “the third rail of politics—touch it and you die.” ...

SSA and Treasury Department officials underscored that neither agency will ever request payment to expedite or set up benefits. Individuals facing hardship or without access to digital payment methods ...

Bill Cassidy's proposal would establish a new fund to ensure the Social Security Administration doesn't reach its insolvency date.

The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), enacted on January 5, 2025, marks a significant shift in Social Security benefits, ...

The Trump administration’s colossal cuts to the Social Security Administration in the name of “efficiency” are sowing chaos ...

Income fell by 0.4% in May after climbing 0.8% in April, but it was a change in Social Security payouts that drove that ...

And stay tuned because we’ll be running two more pieces by RISJ researchers next week — one on local news, and one on AI and personalization. Traditional news sources are losing influence in the ...

President Trump was heavily involved in helping craft a mammoth tax and spending bill, talking constantly with GOP leaders, ...

With Social Security trust funds estimated to run out in less than a decade, some Americans wonder if Congress will step in ...

The Trump administration has violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to ...

On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, and in January 1935, Ida May Fuller, the first person to receive Social Security (and a Vermonter!), collected a ...