During the latter part of 2025, the Fed made three consecutive cuts to its benchmark interest rate. Those cuts came on the ...

The delays in service are largely the result of staff firings, coupled with little training for transferred staff.

Social Security recipients can expect a raise in 2026, with the latest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) set to take effect in January. Beneficiaries will see their payments increase by 2.8% next year, ...

Right now, Social Security is failing seniors in important ways — and the situation is only likely to get worse. ...

Most Americans can't answer simple questions about what will happen when Social Security's reserves run dry in 2033.

September in Washington means lawmakers scrambling to keep the government’s doors open. On-time funding has become a pathological exercise in procrastination. This annual show of Congressional ...

Nearly 74 million Americans rely on Social Security benefits to survive — and for those who do, knowing what the Social Security Administration determines the cost of living adjustment to be for that ...

The problem that retirees must deal with in 2026 relates to the rules that determine when the federal government charges taxes on Social Security benefits. Specifically, a growing number of older ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has outlined a series of upgrades to its services in a letter to Congress, reporting faster payments, shorter wait times and a reduction in its disability ...

The 'Social Security squeeze' is coming for your benefits. Can the program's most existential problems be solved? There are more older Americans than ever, and not enough younger ones. There are lots ...