Retirees, in particular, may feel the impact of a shutdown. Here's what to know about your monthly Social Security payments and other ways a government shutdown can affect your finances.

Social Security will continue in some form, at least throughout the 75-year period the government looks at when publishing its long-term reports. But we can't say how far it'll go. Social Security's ...

The head of the Social Security ... Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing personal data for millions of Americans—including Social Security numbers, banking ...

(WASHINGTON) — As Republicans brand the impending lapse in government funding the ... programs will continue Because payments from Social Security and Medicare are considered “mandatory ...

Elon Musk’s war on fraud and abuse has impacted the Social Security Administration’s ability to distribute payments, according to a new report. In particular, frequent outages of the agency’s website ...

In interviews, including one with Bloomberg News, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek threatened to temporarily shut down Social Security after a federal judge halted members of Elon Musk ...

However, he has mentioned (and in some cases set in motion) changes that impact the Social Security program. Here's what retired workers should know. President Trump's Department of Government ...

When a government shutdown occurs, your budget could be affected in myriad ways. You might see few to no changes in certain areas, such as continued Social Security paychecks or a government pension.

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U ...

A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to ... For instance, the Postal Service and entitlement programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, would continue to run during a shutdown ...

Elon Musk and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team members said in a Fox News interview that fraudsters try to exploit Social Security's call-in lines. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...