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Millions of recipients could soon be entitled to the tax break, should the provision make its way into the final bill.
If Trump really wants to prevent massive cuts in benefits for the seniors who need Social Security most, he needs to push Congress to act now before it's too late. If he and his successors fail to act, cuts will go into effect automatically and indiscriminately. That's going to upset a lot of voters.
The Trump administration plans to garnish a larger portion of student-loan borrowers’ Social Security checks in debt-collection efforts associated with defaulted loans than the amount established by the Biden administration in some actions pursuing repayment.
A new poll found that fewer than one in 10 registered voters support cuts in a state that backed Trump by 30 points last year.
Trump reversed former President Joe Biden's overpayment and recovery rules by implementing a 50% clawback rate on a person's monthly benefit until the overpayment is recovered in full. The president nominated Frank Bisignano to become the new SSA commissioner.
A group of House Republicans is warning new Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano against making more staffing cuts or shutting local offices at an agency that is seeing increasing customer service wait times.
Retirees are paying the agency $100 for certified earnings records because "they're afraid of our systems going down."
Former Social Security Administrator Martin O’Malley’s Win Back Our Country PAC called on Democrats to “not let up” on protecting the entitlement program upfront on Monday amid concerns over potential cuts to the program.