Social Security: Two Types of Benefits Being Paid This Week
Social Security payments are set to be made to millions of beneficiaries this week. Why It Matters The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays out retirement, survivor and disability benefits to more than 70 million Americans. Retirement, spousal and survivor checks are distributed on different dates throughout the month, usually dependent on the recipient’s birthday and […]
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Lindsey Graham Wants Trump to Go ‘All In’ on Iran as Security Council Meets
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has called for a regime change in Iran, saying President Donald Trump should go “all in” to help Israel combat Iran’s nuclear threat. Why It Matters Israel on Friday launched attacks against Iran’s capital city of Tehran in what it called a “preemptive strike” and warned its citizens […]
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Social Security Sounds the Alarm on Possible Payment Delays
Social Security workers are sounding the alarm that some beneficiaries could see payment delays as the agency undergoes significant changes in the next few weeks. Employees at the Social Security Administration (SSA) told USA Today that thousands of Americans could see delays or stopped checks, as officials have instructed workers to focus on roughly 900,000 […]
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US Vetoes Security Council Resolution For Gaza Ceasefire
By Hannah Parry is a Newsweek Live Blog Editor based in New York. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics and society. She has covered politics, tech and crime extensively.Hannah joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked as an assistant editor at The U.S. Sun and as a senior reporter and assistant news editor at […]
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DOGE Cuts to Cause 2 Million Extra Visits to Social Security Offices: Study
Staffing cuts and office closures at the Social Security Administration (SSA), driven by Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), are estimated to force seniors to make nearly 2 million additional annual trips for necessary in-person assistance, according to a new study. Newsweek reached out to the SSA for comment. Why It Matters Social Security […]
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Trump’s Social Security Commissioner Admits He Googled the Job: Report
President Donald Trump‘s head of the Social Security Administration (SSA), Frank Bisignano, admitted in a town hall with agency managers this week that he was not looking for a job at the time and that he had searched Google to learn what exactly the position entails. Newsweek reached out to the SSA via online form […]
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Who Will Be the Next National Security Adviser? List of Trump’s Options as Marco Rubio Takes Over
President Donald Trump has appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to temporarily serve as national security adviser following the removal of Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong. Waltz’s departure creates a prominent vacancy within the Trump administration and follows his inadvertent inclusion of Jeffrey Goldberg—the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic—in a Signal group chat discussing […]
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Student Loans: What Resumption of Payments Means for Taxes, Social Security
In less than a week, millions of student loan borrowers who have not been keeping up with their payments will face forced collections, meaning their wages, Social Security and tax refunds could all suffer. The resumption of payments will impact more than 5 million borrowers who are currently in default, the Education Department said, adding […]
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Social Security Recipients to Get Double Payment in May: What to Know
Some Social Security benefit recipients will get two payments next month. The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays out billions in benefits every month to some 70 million Americans. In May 2025, the 7.4 million people who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which is for disabled and blind Americans with little to no income or assets, […]
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Social Security Rule Change Leaves Man With $200K Bill
A 61-year-old HIV survivor has been ordered by the Social Security Office to pay $200,000 after his disability benefits were canceled. Paul Aguilar, a 38-year-old HIV/AIDS survivor residing in San Francisco, recently received a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA) informing him of the change in circumstances. “I’m an almost 62-year-old man living on […]
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