Ask any Social Security expert and they will tell you that the one thing recipients need to be aware of is their spousal and ...

Q. In a column last month discussing Social Security’s earning limits of $23,400 (“Timing is key for initiating survivor ...

In the next payment run on the Social Security Administration’s December schedule, the agency is to send out benefits on ...

Many widows and widowers may miss important Social Security rules that impact their income. Discover key mistakes to avoid ...

Survivor benefits are currently paid to around 5.8 million Americans nationwide, with nearly 4 million of those being ...

A new Social Security proposal would increase survivor benefits and raise support for disabled widows and widowers.

Survivor benefits include the young children of deceased workers. Approximately 1.3 million minor children receive survivor ...

Benefit caps, legal restrictions and claiming requirements for Social Security would change under the Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment, or SWIFT, Act, announced Wednesday by Sen. Kirsten ...

In the Social Security Administration’s latest payment run for December 2025, the agency is to distribute benefits next ...

Social Security benefits December 2025 payments schedule changes due to the holiday calendar. SSI recipients will receive two ...

Beneficiaries should receive a one‑page COLA notice in late November via the my Social Security account or by mail in ...