The president's unwillingness to touch the third rail of entitlement programs does not change the reality that a reckoning is ...

The longer Congress waits to act, the more severe the consequences to shore up Social Security’s finances will be. Analysts ...

The average payout could drop to $1,580 per month after 2034 -- a 19% drop from the current average retirement payout.

Some supporters of Social Security privatization suggest allowing workers to invest a portion of their current contributions ...

The third round of June’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, ...

The majority of Social Security recipients do not pay state taxes on their retirement income. As it stands, only nine states ...

I’m getting ready to retire so I’m also wondering if I were to take my ex-husband’s Social Security amount, not mine, at age ...

The Social Security trustees say the program is still solvent, but Trump immigration and tax policies could deliver serious ...

If you have at least 35 years of earnings at or above the threshold, you may be in line for the maximum possible benefit in ...

Importantly, RET amounts generally increase each year to account for changes in national wage levels. The trustee estimate ...

Because so many older Americans rely heavily on Social Security to make ends meet, the idea of the program going broke is ...