The Social Security program undergoes a series of revisions each year to ensure benefit payments keep pace with inflation and ...

While Americans who have worked full-time and paid into the Social Security system for at least ten years are eligible for ...

The program's total costs became higher than its total income in 2021, but its costs have been higher than the trust funds' non-interest income since 2010. This means the program is currently ...

As they try to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda, congressional Republicans face the same political risk as a generation ...

Millions of retired Americans are set to benefit, but there are concerns the program could run out of funds sooner.

The Social Security Fairness Act is now law, and a year of backdated payments await nearly 3 million Americans.

Over three million retirees who worked in the public sector, or are entitled to spousal or surviving spousal benefits, will ...

President-elect Donald Trump's plans to protect Social Security benefits could give retirees more money in their pockets, but it could also deplete the program's funds more quickly over the long term.

From Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to 2035, nominal spending will grow by 53 percent according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline. About 83 percent of this increase can be explained by ...

Republicans are working on another round of tax cuts and Trump wants them to include his promised elimination of taxes on ...

With the newest CBO estimate predicting the national debt will hit $52 trillion by 2035, Congress has two feasible options to ...