One final limitation is that you cannot claim a spousal benefit until your partner has applied for checks. There is an ...

After years of paying into the Social Security system, many seniors are surprised to learn that the benefits they receive after retirement may be subject to federal income tax. This is generally ...

Planning for retirement involves making critical financial decisions, and one of the most significant is determining when to begin receiving Social Security benefits. To maximize your payments, it's ...

Financial adviser Aliisa Criffield led a presentation titled “Empowering Women’s Wealth” at the Lexington Public Library on ...

Many retirees rely on Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to stay afloat. Social Security COLAs are specifically based on third-quarter inflation data. If inflation ticks upward in ...

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency cannot have unlimited access to sensitive Social Security Administration data, a federal circuit court ruled on Wednesday. The Fourth Circuit upheld a ...

Retirement has a sneaky way of being more expensive than a lot of people bargain for. It's for this reason that many older Americans end up more reliant on Social Security than they'd like to be. Of ...

The private data of every American who has a Social Security number — or who has ever applied for one — is at risk after Department of Government Efficiency employees uploaded a copy of the Social ...

Most people who receive Social Security retirement benefits will see their monthly payments in September 2025 as usual — with checks and direct deposits distributed according to the Social Security ...