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A Social Security card is shown in Tigard, Ore., Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, FIle)

Social Security is failing

By Rachel Greszler

The west front of the U.S. Capitol with the Supreme court on the left and the Library of Congress on the right, is seen from the top of the Washington Monument , Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Social Security’s retirement trust fund faces funding shortfall one year earlier than expected

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. speaks as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dems, GOP tee up new debate on major changes to Social Security

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Advocates, Councelors, and Representatives for the Disabled conference in Chicago, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Biden, in first speech since leaving office, says Trump is threatening Social Security

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Social Security benefits to rise 2.5% as inflation ticks down

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to the most popular and expensive programs. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Medicare, Social Security could fall short over next decade

By Amanda Seitz and Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

When Social Security faces a shortfall illustration by The Washington Times

Social Security, a government Ponzi scheme, headed for collapse

By Richard W. Rahn

Righting the Social Security Ship Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Lawmakers must address the future of Social Security

By Dan Weber

In this Feb. 11, 2005, file photo, trays of printed Social Security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)

Scammers ‘spoof’ Social Security’s phone number to dupe Americans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Kansans wait average of 573 days for Social Security results

Associated Press

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Goodlatte, R-Va. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, during the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security subcommittee hearing to examine the Syrian refugee crisis and its impact on the security of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Diversity Visa lottery raises concerns over Social Security fraud

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks about gun violence at the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco on June 19, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama pushing for ‘largest gun grab in American history’: NRA

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Twitter signage is draped on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Disability fraud piles up as Social Security ties judges’ hands: lawmakers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican

Rep. Paul Ryan: President Obama ‘creaking the door open’ on entitlements

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama, accompanied by acting Budget Director Jeffrey Zients, speaks April 10, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington to discuss his proposed fiscal 2014 federal budget. (Associated Press)

GOP says Obama’s budget blows chance of ‘grand bargain’

By Dave Boyer and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times