Social Security offers a monthly benefit check to many kinds of recipients. As of June 2025, the average check is $1,860.64, according to the Social Security Administration — but that amount can ...

Representative payees are responsible for assisting those incapable of managing their Social Security funds. Here's what to know.

One of the hallmarks that set the Social Security Administration apart from other government programs was its sedulous ...

An email touting a new law that cuts taxes and safety-net spending wrongly politicizes the Social Security Administration, ...

Pittsburgh residents share how Medicaid cuts will affect their health, financial stability, employment or family’s wellbeing.

Mental health advocates worry it could be difficult for people with mental health conditions to prove they qualify for ...

After a pandemic-related pause of more than five years, the U.S. Department of Education has resumed debt collections on ...

The “big, beautiful” bill, signed into law by President Trump, extends tax cuts, increases the Child Tax Credit, reduces taxes for tips and overtime, creates Trump Accounts for parents ...

One of the hallmarks that set the Social Security Administration apart from other government programs was its sedulous avoidance of anything resembling partisan politics. That was a key to its overwhe ...

President Trump vowed to end taxes on Social Security, but the One Big Beautiful Bill stops short of fulfilling that promise.