Depending on your birthdate, traditional Social Security recipients will begin getting paid on May 14 this month, a bit later ...

The Social Security Administration will ask for details about you and your work history and possibly your spouse if you're ...

Deciding on an age to begin taking Social Security is one of the most important choices retirees will need to make. Filing at ...

Barely a week goes by throughout the year when Social Security doesn’t make a payment to beneficiaries. This week will be one ...

Delaying Social Security until age 70 means you'll have to support yourself financially in the interim. One easy way to do that is to continue working full-time until your 70th birthday, but that may ...

Readers of my column know that IRA expert Ed Slott and his colleagues are among my major sources on the topic of retirement accounts. It’s their business to be up to date on the latest ...

It's too early to know for sure what the 2026 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, might be. However, we have a revised estimate from a reliable source, and in this video, Certified ...

The United States Social Security card is one of the most commonly used documents for identity verification.  Now, due to stricter enforcement of federal ...

In most cases, a deceased spouse's Social Security benefits transfer to the surviving spouse, but there are some specific considerations to keep in mind when determining who is ent ...

Starting in May 2025, a new tranche of the progressive increase in the full retirement age (FRA) determined by the Social Security Administration (SSA) comes into effect. This chan ...

San Francisco-based Judge Susan Illston issued the emergency order in response to a lawsuit filed by labor unions and ...

An attempt by Mali's military government to stamp out public dissent by banning all political activity will be put to the ...