Ex-commissioner and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said in a recent interview with CNBC that staff cuts and other changes made by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will likely lead to an interruption of benefits for the over 72.5 million Americans who get monthly checks.

Martin O’Malley, who served as Social Security commissioner under former President Joe Biden, thinks the agency is at risk of missing benefit payments.

Former head of the Social Security Administration, Martin O'Malley, warns that planned staffing cuts could put Social Security payments at risk, potentially for the first time in history. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Jordan Weissmann joins Wealth to discuss how a 12% workforce reduction may lead to a loss of essential tech support,

The agency said it has so far sent retroactive benefits to more than 1 million people due to the Social Security Fairness Act.

The first round of March’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to the final group of retirees in seven days. Here is all you need to know about this month’s Social Security payments.

Social Security payments will be distributed to eligible individuals on three consecutive Wednesdays in March. Recipients with birth dates from the 1st of the month to the 10th will receive their payments on the second Wednesday of the month,

The Social Security Administration announced clearing over £5.85 billion in retroactive payments to 1.12 million public pension recipients under the Social Security Fairness Act.