Choose your claiming age carefully: You can apply for Social Security at any age between 62 and 70. The longer you wait to claim, the larger your checks will be. But waiting generally doesn't make sense for those with little personal savings and those with short life expectancies.

No one has ever lived that long, but a misleading spreadsheet from Elon Musk purports to show they’re still in the safety net agency’s files.

The acting Social Security Commissioner released a statement that the agency will uphold SSA's history of protecting benefits and data amid concerns about DOGE access.

The third round of February’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to the final group of retirees in four days. Here is all you need to know about this month’s Social Security payments.

There’s a reason older Americans are often advised to delay Social Security. For each month you put off your claim past full retirement age (FRA), your monthly benefit grows by about 2/3 of 1%. That may not seem like a lot,