Tracking your Social Security benefits application is simple with the “my Social Security” online platform, which also offers tools to manage benefits and alternative ways to get support.

When are Social Security payments sent? Social Security benefits – paid mostly to recipients who are older or retired – are typically paid on Wednesdays.

As Snopes has reported previously, Social Security payments have often been referred to as "federal benefit payments," so this is not a new development.

Some Social Security recipients are to face steep benefit reductions this month, as the Social Security Administration (SSA) rolls out a new policy to recover billions in overpaid benefits.

As Social Security celebrates its 90th anniversary, concerns are growing over its funding and recent staffing cuts.

Some people receiving Social Security payments are about to encounter a shift in how their benefits arrive.