Nine out of 10 Americans age 65 and older are currently receiving some form of Social Security. And Gallup polling finds 57% of retired Americans consider Social Security to be a major source of their ...

For Americans considering giving up U.S. citizenship or abandoning a green card, understanding how Social Security benefits are treated abroad is essential. Many assume that once they qualify for ...

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The Social Security Administration is shifting more employees to its phone line, a move that employees say risks adding to backlogs and processing times for the public as employees who typically ...

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A newly introduced bill would prevent some public sector retirees from being hit with a tax bill after they were made eligible for Social Security benefits last year. The bipartisan bill, known as the ...

Social Security’s trust fund is projected to run dry in 2032, prompting a contentious reform debate replete with images of impoverished elderly and wheelchair-bound grandmothers being pushed off ...

Workers and spouses are eligible for retirement benefits at age 62, but widows and widowers are eligible for survivors benefits at age 60. Survivors benefits allow widow(er)s to inherit their deceased ...

February Social Security payments will begin arriving on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. On the plus side, your Social Security payments should be slightly bigger, thanks to the 2.8% cost-of-living ...

Millions of seniors who receive Social Security benefits will get a ‘bonus’ tax deduction this year. The new $6,000 deduction goes into effect for the 2025 tax year and will continue through 2028 for ...

More than 70 million people in the United States depend on Social Security each month for essential income through retirement, disability and survivor benefits issued by the federal government.

Without action, the latest estimates show that the Social Security trust fund will run dry by 2032. So far, only one recent bill regarding Social Security benefits has been passed. It will take ...