Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it will also put strain on Social ...

The fact is, however, a handful of people are doing pretty well with their Social Security benefits, collecting this year's maximum possible monthly payment $5,108. How can you do as well? There's a ...

"When you see the numbers of the GPO elevated, it's because many of those people were probably teachers and married to somebody who worked in a Social Security job," said Joslyn DeLancey ...

Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans cleared two procedural hurdles in the U.S. Senate this week, and is now headed toward possible passage on Friday ...

But Social Security benefits would still go out. Social Security is considered a mandatory program, and it's not funded by the shorter-term continuing-resolution bills that have kept the ...

A new year, a new number for Social Security and the benefit program's full retirement age. Most people associate the age of 65 with retirement – although there's data suggesting the average ...

WASHINGTON—The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn ...

A new poll from Monmouth University found there is widespread public support for eliminating income taxes levied on Social Security income, tips and overtime payments, which were some of Donald ...

Social Security forms the bedrock of income for millions of retirees, survivors and disabled people across the United States. As the New Year quickly approaches, some notable changes will be made ...