The second wave of Social Security payments for the month of March is coming this week. Here's what recipients need to know.

Bigger benefits are likely next year, but they probably won't be life-changing.

The Social Security Administration distributes retirement, disability and survivor benefits to more than 70 million people ...

The current method of calculating the Social Security COLA was established in 1975. Since that time, COLAs have been ...

Americans are most likely to claim Social Security benefits at 62. But is it the "best" age? We examine 4 big reasons for ...

Millions of beneficiaries who rely on Social Security’s monthly payments will be impacted as the agency has now taken full ...

A group of Democratic lawmakers is warning that changes at the SSA are pushing its customer service system into crisis.

The fallout from DOGE staffers' efforts to access sensitive Social Security data continues as an agency watchdog disclosed a new investigation into "potential misuse" reported by a whistleblower.

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2027 may be 1.7% to 2.8%, according to new estimates. But that could ...

The Social Security Trust Fund could be depleted soon, according to projections. Nearly 70 million Americans may face benefit ...

Most retirees know the basics: claim early and get less, wait and get more. But a law signed in early 2025 rewrote rules that had quietly penalized millions of public workers for decades, and the ...

Seniors filing their 2025 tax returns could pay a lot less than they have in years past, thanks to the new senior tax ...