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Social Security is a lifeline for millions of Americans, but experts warn that the program faces serious financial challenges ...

Certain Social Security rules are more well-known than others. Reading up on Social Security is something everyone should do.

The longer Congress waits to act, the more severe the consequences to shore up Social Security’s finances will be. Analysts ...

Ida Mae Fuller got the first Social Security check in 1940. Now, 85 years later, the last beneficiaries to receive paper ...

I’m getting ready to retire so I’m also wondering if I were to take my ex-husband’s Social Security amount, not mine, at age ...

A program as popular and essential as Social Security tends to be talked about a lot — in social circles, on the internet, ...

As regular readers know, I am a fan of Ed Slott and Co.’s monthly newsletter on retirement accounts. The company, which bills ...

The president's unwillingness to touch the third rail of entitlement programs does not change the reality that a reckoning is ...

The final round of June’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will be distributed in four days. Here is all you need to know about June’s ...

Funding that Social Security relies on to pay benefits will run out one year earlier than previously projected, according to a new report published Wednesday. In its annual update, the Social Security ...

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say Social Security benefits should be equal for everyone, regardless of marital status, according to a new survey. Financial advisors are skeptical.