More than three-quarters of Americans fear Social Security won't provide enough to live on when they retire, AARP study finds ...

More Americans are filing for Social Security in 2025. A mix of inflation, new laws, and early retirements help explain the ...

Social Security claims surged in 2025 as insolvency, healthcare, debt and inflation concerns drive retirees to consider ...

But if you're willing to sit tight even longer, delaying your Social Security claim boosts your benefits by 8% a year up until your 70th birthday. Of course, there's a downside to delaying Social ...

Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has a lot of moving parts, but one thing it won’t do is end taxes on Social Security benefits, as he has claimed. The bill, which passed last week, slashes ...

Initial projections aren't calling for a very large Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026. Even if the official COLA comes in higher, seniors may not be happy with it. It's best ...

Retirees are forced to balance a tremendous number of factors when it comes to deciding when to claim Social Security benefits. On top of things like how much they've saved for retirement in ...

This popular claiming age could be bad for your retirement budget. Retirees are forced to balance a tremendous number of factors when it comes to deciding when to claim Social Security benefits.

The Social Security Administration issued an unprecedented celebration of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, characterizing the legislation as landmark reform that provides ...

President Donald Trump keeps saying that Republicans’ mega tax and spending cut legislation will eliminate taxes on federal Social Security benefits. It does not.

Because of the calendar, Social Security's July payments will arrive a few days sooner than in some months. But some may see smaller checks.

Considering recent news, you may have missed that the 2025 trustees reports for Social Security and Medicare are out. Once again, they confirm what we’ve known for decades: Both programs are ...