Eleven years ago, I divorced after 23 years of marriage. I had been a stay-at-home mother for more than 10 years and was ...

The SSA typically requires a death certificate to update a person's marital status and determine eligibility for benefits. In ...

The Social Security Administration is to send out the final round of benefits on the agency’s payment schedule for June 2025.

You've thought about claiming Social Security at 62, but you've heard about the early claiming penalty that can shrink your ...

Alas, we have the system we have for now and it’s on the ropes thanks to demographic pressures and mismanagement of the ...

An analysis by CRFB finds the Senate's One Big Beautiful Bill Act would hasten Social Security and Medicare trust fund ...

I am contemplating retiring at the end of the year. I'm married and will receive two monthly pension payments; $3,600 from military service and $1,500 from civil service. Our total projected monthly ...

Millions of aging Americans rely on Social Security checks for financial aid. The SSA, which has been in place for more than ...

Many people would not be able to survive financially in retirement without Social Security. For those who enter their senior ...

I was married for 27 years to my first husband before divorcing. I married someone else from 2002 to 2005 and divorced. I ...

Eligible minors can collect Social Security benefits based on their parents' work records but it's subject to many rules.

If your loved one dies, Social Security will give you a one-time lump sum payment of $255 — an amount that’s remained the ...