If paying back your benefits isn't an option, you could also suspend Social Security. Once you reach your full retirement age, you can temporarily stop collecting checks up to age 70. When you begin ...

Millions of people still prefer a paper check for federal income tax refunds. But President Trump signed an executive order ...

“While most of the previous attacks have exposed sensitive but less critical information, the compromise of SSNs creates far ...

Early in 2025, President Donald Trump reversed that move, reverting the Social Security overpayment recovery rate from 10% per check back to 100%. This gave the government permission to withhold the ...

The shift will impact anyone who has not yet switched to electronic payment methods, which the Social Security Administration said is less than 1% of beneficiaries. Anyone still receiving paper checks ...

Your decision on when to claim benefits could add (or subtract) hundreds of dollars per month from your monthly checks.

Planning to work past 65 while collecting Social Security? It’s a smart decision that can boost your overall retirement, yet ...

Consumer advocates say the phase-out could create headaches for seniors and other beneficiaries who don’t move to direct ...

Following a recent executive mandate, the Internal Revenue Service will no longer issue paper refund checks starting Sept. 30 ...

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

Retirement worries rarely start with spreadsheets. They start with conversations—about 401(k)s, investments, or stock market wins. That's when comparisons get personal. For one 60-year-old ...

WASHINGTON — When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he said it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the U.S. "an ...