Social Security plays a big role in your retirement planning -- but you shouldn't bank on it. Here's what to do instead.

There are many people who sign up for Social Security in their 60s and end up collecting benefits for 20 years or more. And ...

To receive the highest Social Security benefits, you'll have to earn at least the maximum taxable amount annually. For 2025, ...

Many government programs are facing significant funding cuts as Republicans look to extend the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The nonpartisan Senior Citizens League expects the COLA to be 2.3% for 2026, based on a forecast that inflation will drop throughout the coming year. Another forecast by independent Social Security ...

Once its trust funds are emptied, Social Security may have to cut benefits. The Social Security Trustees say it could happen ...

Billionaire DOGE leader Elon Musk spoke at the White House and claimed that the efficiency task force found Social Security payments going to 150-year-old beneficiaries.

Much of the billionaire’s handiwork — gaining access to internal systems and asking employees to justify their jobs — is ...

One is a 23-year-old software engineer from Nebraska who helped decipher an ancient scroll buried for centuries ... Meanwhile ...

For every month you delay claiming past age 62, you'll receive slightly larger checks. You'll collect 100% of your benefit at ...