A collection pause is uncertain to continue in the new year for an estimated 452,000 Social Security beneficiaries who are behind on their federal student loan payments.

Social Security has been providing financial protections for beneficiaries spanning 90 years. Starting as early as July 24, overpaid recipients can have their Social Security check garnished by up to ...

Retirees on fixed incomes get a temporary reprieve from student loan collections, but working Americans with defaulted loans ...

In roughly 20 days, some Social Security recipients could experience wage garnishment as a higher Social Security claw back rate returns. Roughly 2 million Americans owed money to the Social Security ...

Social Security income represents a financial bedrock for most beneficiaries -- especially retirees. The Trump administration ended the 10% overpayment recovery rate established during Joe Biden's ...

Most beneficiaries would struggle, to some varied degree, if Social Security didn't exist. President Donald Trump's administration is reinstating and/or adjusting monthly Social Security garnishment ...

Next month will mark the 90th anniversary since the Social Security Act was signed into law. Its goal was to provide a financial floor for aged workers who were no longer able to provide for ...

Federal law protects Social Security and retirement incomes from garnishment by almost all collectors. But what about the IRS and student loan debts? The IRS and public student loan lenders can and ...

During its first six months, the Trump administration made key changes to Social Security, including resuming garnishing benefits for delinquent student loans and increasing the amount withheld from ...

New Social Security garnishments are set to kick in soon, and they could cause 15 percent of payments to be withheld for retired workers and Americans with disabilities. The garnishment will apply to ...

For most retirees, Social Security is an indispensable income source. Although the average retired-worker benefit is fairly modest, tallying just over $2,000 for the first time in the program's ...