I don’t have much savings, only about $140,000 between cash savings and a Thrift Savings Plan. Our take-home total each month ...

In 2025, benefits got a 2.5% COLA. Many older Americans are hoping that 2026's COLA will be larger, or at the very least, the ...

Regular Social Security retirement benefits for the month of July will be sent out on the SSA’s usual schedule: Wednesday, ...

Up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits can be taxed—but a new deduction will reduce how much seniors need to pay.

It's hard to plan when you're not sure what's happening next. How President Donald Trump's changes to Social Security are ...

Eligible minors can collect Social Security benefits based on their parents' work records but it's subject to many rules.

This week, payments are set to be made to those receiving retirement, survivor and spousal benefits as well as disability ...

The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan advocacy group, recently estimated that 21.8 million seniors today get by on Social ...

Social Security benefits will be depleted in 2033, according to SSA’s latest trustees report, and retirees will need extra ...

Lawmakers don't want to see those cuts happen, so they've been talking through different solutions to prevent them. And one ...

U.S. workers appear to have a knowledge gap about Social Security, which could lead to money-losing mistakes once program ...

Rule of Social Security' holds that it's best to be like Ike — Eisenhower, that is. The five-star general knew a thing or two ...