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Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down
The US system to track vulnerabilities is struggling to keep up with its backlog. Experts are scrambling to assemble ...
Social Security Is Changing Under President Donald Trump. Here's What Retirees Need to Know.
The Social Security Administration has worked with the Department of Government Efficiency to improve productivity and ...
Your Social Security Payments Could Be Cut in Half—Here’s Why
Starting in August, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will claw back overpayments, potentially reducing recipients’ ...
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DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data. Now, it can cut off billions to farmers
DOGE recently gained high-level access to a database that controls government payments and loans to farmers and ranchers ...
Social Security pulls field office staff to answer overwhelmed phone line
The agency said it is temporarily reassigning about 1,000 customer service representatives from field offices to work on the ...
Social Security Benefits Will Be Cut 50% for Some Retirees in Late July. Here's What You Need to Know.
The Social Security Administration under President Trump has raised its overpayment recovery rate to 50% in an effort to ...
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Revised UK Social Security Bill Still Harms Rights
The UK government’s draft law to cut spending on disability-related social security triggered major opposition from within ...
Social Security Update: Payout shift triggers drop in personal income
The decrease was not driven by Americans earning less, but was instead attributed to a reduction in Social Security payments.
A Change in Social Security Benefits Caused A Measure of Americans' Income to Fall
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 ...
Social Security Garnishment Begins on July 24 for More Than 1,000,000 Beneficiaries -- Here's How You Can Legally Avoid It
With an effective date of April 25 on the SSA's communication, it means the 90-day grace period is up as of July 24. The ...
Social Security change coming in July: Agency begins taking back 50% of overpayments
The Social Security Administration, which overpays billions in benefits annually, will start withholding some benefits sent ...
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Social Security payments will increase for some in April. Here's who
Some Social Security beneficiaries will be getting higher benefit payments this month as a recently-passed law kicks in for public sector workers whose benefits had been reduced in the past. The ...