Expect difficulties as the Social Security Administration faces a larger workload and fewer resources. But arming yourself ...

A new proposal would cap annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for top earnings beneficiaries, potentially closing 10% of the program’s funding gap.

Hypothetically, if the U.S. government redeemed this $2.555 trillion and simply returned it to Social Security, the program would lose out on more than $60 billion in estimated annual interest income.

Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment is supposed to be a simple promise: benefits keep pace with rising prices.

Social Security benefits are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, each year. The purpose of COLAs is to help ...

Social Security's rules are shifting again in 2026, and the age at which Americans can claim full benefits is at the center ...

Since its creation during the Great Depression, Social Security has been one of the most successful federal programs in U.S.

Almost every year since the Social Security Act was passed in 1935, there have been amendments to that original law.

Social Security is on track to deplete its trust funds by 2034, one year sooner than previously forecast, when the federal retirement program will be required to cut monthly benefits by about 20%. The ...

Earnings limits, benefit caps, and work credits are all shifting next year—and some changes affect people not even collecting ...

Like many people over 60 and thinking seriously about retirement, I’ve been paying closer attention to Social Security, and ...

SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...