What's the best age to claim Social Security benefits? There's actually a clear answer that's the right choice for most.

The SSA pays monthly benefits to more than 70 million Americans, including retirees and people with disabilities.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Zach Wahls rolled out a Social Security plan he said would extend the program's solvency and ...

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

Social Security will complete a transition more than 40 years in the making this year. In 1983, Congress enacted an amendment ...

Learn about six important Social Security changes coming in 2026, from COLA adjustments to higher tax limits, and how they ...

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

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

On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-273), to repeal ...

Social Security reaches a historic turning point in 2026 as the Full Retirement Age (FRA) hits 67 for the first time. This ...

A new proposal would cap annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for top earnings beneficiaries, potentially ...

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, a Hawai‘i Democrat, has introduced legislation to expand Social Security for seniors and families in ...