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Just after midnight on the very last day of the 2024 Senate session, the Social Security Fairness Act was passed.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has unveiled a revamped application process for obtaining Social Security numbers ...

President Joe Biden signed a bill on Sunday that will repeal two laws previously preventing many public employees from receiving Social Security benefits. The Social Security Fairness Act ...

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New law means police officers, teachers and others with public pensions will now collect their full Social Security benefits.

President Joe Biden signed a bill Sunday that boosts Social Security benefits for millions of public sector workers in what the White House described as the first expansion of such benefits in 20 ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Joe Biden departs the East Room of the White House after signing the Social Security Fairness Act ...