Warnings from Capitol Hill are colliding with a major shift in Social Security rules that will hit in 2026, creating a moment ...

Social Security's looming shortfall is often framed as a distant problem for retirees, but the math behind the program is ...

When working Americans retire, they expect Social Security to pay them monthly benefits for the rest of their lives. Those ...

Social Security celebrated its 90th anniversary Thursday, marking a major milestone for the program that supplies monthly benefit checks to almost 70 million senior citizens, disabled people and ...

Field offices have long been community-based branches that serve as the public face of the SSA, which provide in-person help ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has outlined a series of upgrades to its services in a letter to Congress, reporting faster payments, shorter wait times and a reduction in its disability ...

September in Washington means lawmakers scrambling to keep the government’s doors open. On-time funding has become a pathological exercise in procrastination. This annual show of Congressional ...

The 'Social Security squeeze' is coming for your benefits. Can the program's most existential problems be solved? There are more older Americans than ever, and not enough younger ones. There are lots ...

There are certain things about Social Security that seniors ought to be grateful for. One is the fact that they can sign up to start getting benefits at any time once they turn 62. Another is that ...

Social Security benefits will increase by 2.8% beginning in 2026. The annual COLA is calculated using changes in CPI-W data ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has reminded beneficiaries that paper checks will soon become a thing of the past. Starting September 30, the agency will stop issuing benefit payments by mail ...