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It's safer: Paper checks are 16 times more likely to be lost or stolen than electronic payments, according to the Social Security Administration. It's cheaper: Mailing paper benefit checks costs the ...

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Roughly half of adults 65 or older rely on Social Security benefits for at least 50% of their income, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). About 25% of these adults rely on it for ...

Social Security benefits are eligible for an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) each year. The program's COLAs have a history of failing to keep up with inflation. Rather than rely on COLAs, ...

The Trump administration has stepped up efforts to obtain personal information about tens of millions of voters across the country, including seeking sensitive data such as partial Social Security ...

Last week, while many of us were enjoying the last days of summer, a whistleblower disclosed shocking details indicating staffers with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have been ...

Navigating a massive bureaucracy like the Social Security Administration can seem daunting, but the federal government is offering a new way for 97 million Americans who already have online accounts ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — More than 17,000 Rhode Island residents may have been impacted after hackers accessed sensitive personal data during a “cyber incident” at credit reporting agency TransUnion ...

A Social Security official who has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the Department of Government Efficiency officials mishandled Americans' sensitive information says he's resigning his post ...