Wrongful inclusion in the Social Security death master file can have devastating consequences. Learn what this database is, ...

In recent weeks, the administration under President Donald Trump has taken a controversial step by directing the Social Security Administration (SSA) to declare certain undocumented migrants as ...

Elon Musk’s team has moved millions of Social Security numbers into the agency’s deaths database, potentially raising the risk of errors.

It might be harder than you think to prove to the government you’re still alive. The issue has come front and center amid some moves by President Donald Trump and his administration. They’ve ...

Months after the Social Security Administration wrongly declared her dead, Renee Williams is still getting her life back on ...

Nicole Fallon-Peek is a freelance journalist who has covered small business, careers and finance for 15 years. She is a small business owner and former managing editor of Business News Daily.