A federal judge is considering whether to temporarily block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing ...

The Trump Justice Department announced on February 20 that it believes the legal protections against firing administrative ...

In 2019, Jeff Meisler started feeling strange at work. A software engineer nearing 60, Meisler was having trouble thinking ...

As we look to the midterm elections next year, Trump will be dealing with 2.5 million people in Social Security’s disability backlog who aren’t receiving a basic governmental function.

Billionaire and key Trump administration figure Elon Musk continued to spread claims of fraud in Social Security on Monday, while touting widespread federal spending cuts driven by his Department ...

About 65% of those first-time claims are denied, meaning hundreds of thousands of people appeal their claims to a Social Security judge. The average wait time for that hearing is about 15 months.

For many decades, true-blue anti-government conservatives and libertarians have secretly or semi-secretly longed to take a chain saw to Social Security, the crown jewel of the New Deal and of ...

If your claim is denied again, you can file for a hearing before a Social Security judge. Due to backlogs, those hearings can take about a year to set up.

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

For 60 Minutes, correspondent Anderson Cooper reported on what happens when Social Security overpays people who receive benefits. Beneficiaries may find out years later that they owe tens of ...

As an American taxpayer, you’ve likely heard about Social Security your entire working life, and perhaps even bemoaned the amount of taxes that are subtracted from your paycheck. However ...

The next Social Security payment is on the way in a few days. Here's when you can expect yours. Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones ...