Withholding occurs when the SSA retains part of a monthly benefit payment until the overpayment debt is fully repaid.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the Trump administration was committed to protecting Social Security ...

The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill,” as the law is called, created a new children’s savings program, Trump Accounts, which can be ...

A Social Security spokesperson later said that the use of a security authentication PIN (SAP) is “entirely optional” and it would amend its regulatory filing to reflect that.

A provision in the Republican megabill, which was signed into law earlier this month, giving each newborn $1,000 could be "a back door for privatizing Social Security," Treasury Secretary Scott ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday likened the Trump accounts created by Republicans’ massive new domestic policy ...

If the reserves in the trust fund are depleted, that means Social Security is only going to be able to pay out benefits from current revenue. The CRFB estimates that this is going to happen late in ...

The trouble began in 2021, when Americans found themselves flush with cash from stimulus policies at a time when supply ...