People who file at this earliest-possible age are seeing much smaller payments, but there's more to the story.

Social Security's trust funds are due to run out, which would prompt benefit reductions. Yet those cuts do not have to affect all beneficiaries, experts say.

Retirees can maximize their Social Security income by claiming benefits at age 70.

So for the immediate salvation of benefits, what would be left is tax increases and, possibly, a secret third thing: just tapping the government’s general revenue. Congress could pass a law to keep ...

Some people assume they'll be able to cover all of their costs with Social Security. Social Security benefits may be cut in ...

A new Penn Wharton study finds that slashing benefits—not raising taxes—produces the biggest economic gains. Here’s the ...

For millions of working-class Americans, the moment they turn 62 feels like a finish line. After decades of physical labor, low wages, and exhausted savings, the option to finally collect Social ...

I've been saving up questions I've gotten from readers about benefits for spouses. It's an issue I've covered a hundred times in this column. But the questions still keep coming. So, here is column No ...

A recent estimate puts the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits at the same level as in 2026.

There might only be two working age people to support every one pensioner if births continue to fall, compared with four to one in the population in 1970.

Many Americans are "unretiring", but that doesn't mean they have to give up their Social Security benefits.