For the first time in 90 years, the average monthly check for retired workers has surpassed a psychologically important level ...

He is retired from a state job and receives a pension that nets around $3,600 per month, as well as lifelong health insurance ...

Social Security is dipping into its trust fund to pay current retirees, with spending outpacing its revenue from payroll ...

Jean Chatzky, former financial editor for NBC’s "Today Show" and now with AARP, recognizes these challenges. She works to ...

Under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March—titled "Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank ...

You can claim Social Security as young as age 62, but you're not actually eligible for the full benefit you've earned based ...

An executive order from the White House will end the use of paper Social Security checks on Sept. 30. This means all payments ...

The Social Security shortfall date just moved a little nearer. New federal projection released June 18 show the combined ...

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

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

The official trustees now estimate the need for a 23% cut in benefits, plus 11% to Medicare, in eight years.

The changes are the latest sign of the agency’s struggle with website crashes, overloaded servers and long lines at field ...