Brace yourself before you call the Social Security Administration, as several million people do each month. The average wait ...

You decide it’s time to move mom into an assisted living facility, but she has no retirement savings that you know of, and currently gets by on a small Social Security check. She doesn’t like any of ...

The holidays can feel heavy when you’re living on a fixed Social Security check. If your December budget is anchored to a ...

The Green – Wellsboro’s central park – sits proudly in the middle of town, complete with a bandstand that hosts summer concerts and community gatherings. It’s the kind of place where you’ll find ...

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act on October 30.

When you lock your Social Security number, a company looking to verify your SSN won't be able to verify your identity, ...

Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ...

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The Social Security Administration also has limits for how much you can earn while claiming benefits before your Full Retirement Age.

Administration officials expressed caution around the ideas, saying there were no formal proposals being sent to Congress and that the president was “brainstorming.” ...

The Social Security Administration announced Friday that benefit payments will increase 2.8% next year to account for the higher cost of living. The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment, knowns as the COLA, ...

The cost-of-living adjustment figure for Social Security benefits typically would have been released Oct. 15 under normal circumstances. But the government shutdown triggered a delay. In 2025, more ...