Plenty of people rush to claim Social Security the moment they turn 62, believing there's no real downside to filing early. But research tells a different story. Claiming too early can drain your ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) internal watchdog has confirmed that the agency’s publicly reported phone service data was accurate and that performance improved during fiscal ...

The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored. By Santul Nerkar ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is defending its heavy redactions to thousands of files on notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that were released Friday in keeping with a congressional ...

The agency’s “average speed of answer” metric masks longer call wait times, according to data in a recent OIG report. The Social Security Administration’s leadership is claiming victory after the ...

I am always hearing from readers who are hung up on making sure they start their Social Security benefits at precisely their full retirement age. Or at precisely the age of 70. They don’t want those ...

The Justice Department’s leadership asked career prosecutors in Florida to volunteer over the “next several days” to help redact the Epstein files, in the latest Trump administration push toward ...

Files also include details about Epstein’s relationship with Larry Summers and apparently fake letter to Larry Nassar A newly released batch of the so-called Epstein files on Tuesday includes many ...

Social Security beneficiaries may get good or bad news when they receive Form 1099, which shows the amount of benefits earned in 2025 and their tax liabilities when they file taxes in 2026. Two laws ...

Most appearances of President Trump’s name in the set of files just released by the Justice Department came from news reports and other documents. But some deal directly with the relationship between ...

Hundreds of thousands of kids are officially being kicked off social media platforms today under Australia’s “world-first” teen social media ban. We’re officially in the post-social media era for a ...

As the end of the year approaches, Social Security recipients should review several key account details before Dec. 31 to ...