Getting overpaid by Social Security will soon come at a high cost, with the agency saying Friday it's reinstating a plan to take 100% of a beneficiary's monthly check to claw back the money ...

your actual payment may vary based on your lifetime earnings and the number of years you have paid Social Security taxes. In January 2025, the average retirement check issued was $1,976.

Some beneficiaries who have certain public pensions, such as teachers, police officers and firefighters, were blocked from receiving 100% of their Social Security checks up until now. The Social ...

The first wave of Social Security claims resulting from the Social Security Fairness Act signed into law on January 5 have been processed and checks are being sent, the Social Security ...

THE construction sector will undergo heightened security checks, according to an agreement between the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the National Security Council (NSC). Trade Secretary ...

A rumor that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., collected her dead grandmother's Social Security checks for almost 10 years circulated online in February 2025. For example, the America's Last Line of ...

The first wave of Social Security claims resulting from the Social Security Fairness Act signed into law on Jan. 5 has been processed and checks are being sent, the Social Security Administration ...

While retirement, SSDI and survivor checks are dependent on payment of Social Security taxes, the SSA also operates a benefits scheme that is needs-based rather than contribution-based.

Musk claimed, for example, that millions of people over the age of 130 were receiving Social Security checks — he said it was perhaps “the biggest fraud in the history of humanity” — but ...

The Social Security Administration withholds parts of overpaid beneficiaries' monthly checks until the full amount is paid back or they contact a Social Security office. A policy by former ...

The first wave of Social Security claims resulting from the Social Security Fairness Act signed into law on Jan. 5 has been processed and checks are being sent, the Social Security Administration ...