The unsecured database also holds dates of birth, parents' names, and other personal information—and Russia, China, and Iran ...

Social Security is a financial lifeline for retirees, but the way you access it is shifting. As 2025 unfolds, administrative ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS The U.S. is trying to keep Social Security funded, and Trump has pledged not to cut benefits.However, the administration has proposed tightening eligibility for Supplemental Security ...

More people claiming Social Security in their early 60s won’t have a negative long-term impact on the program’s finances ...

We’re always warned to keep our Social Security number secret, but what if you were told it wasn’t? The Office of the ...

Shortly afterward, the Social Security Administration press office would typically release the much-anticipated COLA number once inflation data for September was announced. All that was thrown into ...

The average Social Security recipient can expect to see a $648 annual raise in 2026. Though the final numbers will not be ...

In 2025, Social Security beneficiaries received a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. At the time, that raise was ...

Growing older has its challenges, and many seniors only have Social Security to count on when it's time to pay the bills.

The maximum monthly Social Security check is currently $5,108, or $61,296 annually. Here's the salary you need to claim the ...

An Aug. 1 analysis from the personal finance site GOBankingRates uses $1.5 million as the basis for a retirement-planning exercise. The report examines how long that money will last for a retiree in ...