By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security benefits garnished, an Education Department spokesperson said Tuesday. The government last month restarted collections for the millions of people in default on their loans. An estimated 452,000 people aged 62 and older […]
Trump administration pauses garnishment of Social Security checks for defaulted student loans
Student loan borrower shares her story Student loan borrower shares her story as collections resume for those in default 02:52 The Trump administration says it’s pausing the garnishment of Social Security benefits for student loan borrowers who have defaulted. That means a temporary pause on a decision announced in April to restart collections on student […]
Social Security chief on wait times, technology upgrades and agency’s future
Social Security chief on wait times, technology upgrades and agency’s future – CBS News Watch CBS News Some Social Security recipients are getting three checks deposited into their accounts this month. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor Maurice DuBois spoke to Frank Bisignano, the new commissioner of the agency, about the crucial lifeline that serves tens of […]
DOGE: Social Security Officially Removes 12.3 Million Individuals Listed Ages 120+
Social Security has removed from its rolls 12.3 million individuals listed as 120 years old or older, according to the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The discrepancies in the Social Security figures and the alarming ages of some of the individuals listed have garnered national attention over the last several months. As a result, […]
Breitbart Business Digest: Forcing Americans to Work Until They Die Won’t Fix Our Fiscal Crisis
Working Longer Won’t Save Social Security Moody’s finally joined the club of fiscal doom, joining the other major ratings agencies in signaling what many of us already knew: the United States has a debt problem. And with the House of Representatives moving forward on President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”—a sweeping package of tax cuts, deregulation, […]
Social Security recipients were hoping for a tax break — they’re unlikely to get one. Here’s why.
Republican-backed legislation now winding its way through the House includes a number of tax breaks promised by President Trump during the campaign, such as eliminating taxes on worker tips and overtime pay, as well as sharply lowering lowering rates on corporations. One tax break that isn’t in the bill: Mr. Trump’s suggestion last year that seniors shouldn’t have […]
At Social Security, these are the days of the living dead
Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News, his Schenectady, New York, office has seen people come in for whom “there is no […]