Social Security retirement claims tend to follow a seasonal pattern each year, and they increase over time with the aging of ...

The second round of June’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, ...

July’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $967, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in 18 days. The next ...

So rather than hope for a larger COLA in 2026, what retirees should actually hope for is a change to the way those raises are ...

The agency that collects the data used to determine the cost-of-living-adjustment has had to pull back on how much data it ...

This rush job risks people’s private data, creates security gaps, and could result in catastrophic cuts to all benefits,” ...

Social Security can't just disappear because it has a pretty solid source of funding -- payroll taxes. As we all work and pay ...

Borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security benefits ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.5%, a new estimate shows. That could change if tariffs push up inflation.

In 2025, the maximum Social Security benefit is $2,831 for someone retiring at 62, but it rises to $5,108 for those retiring ...

Supreme Court ruling weakens data privacy, giving DOGE access to sensitive Social Security records. Learn what’s at risk—and ...

Social Security tends to be the subject of rumors. You might read on the internet that the program is going bankrupt, or that ...