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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some lawmakers have suggested raising the Social Security tax rate. Currently, that tax rate is 12.4% on wages up to a ...

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