Starting today, October 1, the Social Security Administration implements a pivotal change by eliminating paper checks for benefit payments. This shift to electronic payments affects all beneficiaries, ...

A partisan standoff over health care and spending has pushed the federal government to the brink of its first shutdown in ...

Social Security does get funding from the government but isn't impacted the same way as other federal services during a shutdown.

Millions of people still prefer a paper check for federal income tax refunds. But President Trump signed an executive order to stop paper checks.

"This change is part of a broader government-wide initiative to modernize payment systems and enhance service delivery." ...