The U.S. government has shut down after Congress failed to pass funding for the new fiscal year. Essential services like Social Security, Medicare, and mail delivery will continue, but non-essential functions will close. Federal employees may be eligible ...

Social Security is a financial lifeline for retirees, but the way you access it is shifting. As 2025 unfolds, administrative priorities are changing how millions of people interact with the program day-to-day.

Scam texts, letters, and emails are claiming to be certificates from U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and John Roberts that “urges individuals to cooperate with the named SSA official, pressuring them to send money or share personal information,” according to a statement released by the OIG.

More people claiming Social Security in their early 60s won’t have a negative long-term impact on the program’s finances because benefits are reduced with each year of claiming benefits before age

The Hudson Valley region had lacked an in-person Social Security Hearing Office since the White Plains hearing office closed May 30.