A: You and your friends are all wrong. Social Security retirement benefits are based on the highest 35 years of earnings.

The Social Security Administration cites 2035 as the final year that the funds combined will be able to pay 100% of scheduled benefits. It’s anticipated that benefits paid out will drop by 17% ...

Data source: Social Security Administration. Note that this year's official FRA is 66 years and 10 months for people born before or in 1959. For those born in or after 1960, it is 67. Payment ...

States hold troves of sensitive personal data that were previously never shared with the federal government or across federal ...

Don’t fret: It isn’t due to any policy change or reduction in benefits. Money; Getty Images If you’re a Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, recipient, you might be surprised to find that ...

Elon Musk posted what appeared to be his drug test results on X early Tuesday. And even though multiple credible news ...

Mr. Trump had been eager to celebrate his success at NATO and revel in the fact that he had conducted an attack that none of ...

The sprawling protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids were captured from all angles by cellphones and body cameras and streamed in real time, giving a visceral immediacy to a ...

Gavin accuses the Trump administration and the U.S. DoD of spreading disinformation in an attempt to justify the military ...

The president’s clashes with Los Angeles over immigration were a decade in the making — and their outcome remains unclear.

Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ...

The administration and its media allies paint a dystopian picture for political reasons that’s untethered from L.A.’s reality.