The decrease was not driven by Americans earning less, but was instead attributed to a reduction in Social Security payments.

The Social Security Administration caused a stir over the weekend after issuing a statement saying that the Republican ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is set to reclaim nearly $72 billion in overpayments, impacting thousands of ...

Income fell by 0.4% in May after climbing 0.8% in April, but it was a change in Social Security payouts that drove that ...

Social Security is an important source of income for millions of retirees. However the program has a lot of ins and outs, and ...

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Some 69.4 million people — about 1 in 5 U.S. residents — received a payment from the program in April 2025. Most of them are retired older adults, many reliant on their earned benefits to put food on ...

The agency's newly minted commissioner faced pointed questions from lawmakers about the future of the agency and its ability ...

The Social Security retirement trust fund, which provides monthly payments to retired workers, their families, and survivors of deceased workers, is expected to run short of funds months earlier ...

The program's COLA is effectively the "raise" passed along on a near-annual basis that accounts for the impact of inflation (rising prices) on benefits. For example, if a large basket of goods and ...

Benton predicts that changes to how Social Security benefits are taxed could be on the horizon, particularly for higher-income retirees. The Concord Coalition reported that up to 85% of benefits ...

The Social Security shortfall date just moved a little nearer. New federal projection released June 18 show the combined ...