The official COLA won't be announced by the Social Security Administration until October, but it's worth paying attention to ...

Even if the rep from the Social Security Administration you are talking to discourages you from filing a claim, remember you ...

Waiting until full retirement age to claim Social Security helps you avoid a reduction in your monthly benefits since you can ...

Scott Coulter got little traction on his idea to avert the trust fund’s insolvency, accelerated by the tax-and-spending bill.

Instead, the agency is flagging as “unverified” the Social Security numbers of thousands of people who lost their temporary ...

Five years out from retirement is an excellent time to get a measure of how ready you are. You should become intimately ...

The annual COLA is appreciated, but it hasn't always kept up with inflation enough to reasonably cancel it out. According to ...

As retirement approaches, it becomes increasingly important to understand how long your financial resources might need to ...

Eligible minors can collect Social Security benefits based on their parents' work records but it's subject to many rules. Find out if your child qualifies.

This “do-over” allows you to amass a higher payout later on, according to the usual Social Security benefit adjustments.

Or you could wait until age 70 and get a bonus of about 28% added to your monthly benefits. (The bonus is two-thirds of 1%for ...

The Supreme Court allowed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to access Social Security Administration (SSA) records on Friday, overturning lower-court decisions that imposed some limits on ...