Depending on your exact age, you may have the option to claim Social Security following a layoff in your 60s. But should you?

The future of Social Security benefits in the United States faces significant challenges, pointing to a potential reduction ...

When President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law, it sparked major discussions on the outlook of the ...

Social Security can use its trust funds to keep paying benefits while the money is still there. ... split evenly between employers and employees (though self-employed people pay the entire 12.4%).

Social Security has been a cornerstone of retirement planning for decades, ... Today, both employees and employers must contribute 6.2% on a much higher income cap, totaling 12.4%.

Loan servicers could begin ordering employers to garnish wages up to 15%, and the government could withhold money from income tax refunds and other federal payments, like Social Security benefits.

With so much uncertainty surrounding Social Security and its solvency over the next 10 years, there is ongoing discussion about what, if any, steps should be taken. Short of a quick, bipartisan ...

A separate trust fund, which finances Social Security disability benefits for an additional 8.2 million people, is on more stable ground. It will be able to pay all of its bills through 2099, the ...