According to the latest projections, the Social Security trust funds are expected to face depletion in the early 2030s.

Some Republican lawmakers are becoming more open to raising Social Security taxes as the program faces a worsening financing shortfall, with the retirement trust fund projected to be depleted in 2032 and payable benefits potentially falling below scheduled levels.

Five blue-chip dividend stocks pay yields that outpace Social Security's projected 2027 COLA, and some have raised their payouts for decades straight.

Lawyers say the Social Security Administration has for months not provided basic data to complete compensation claims for those sick and dying after exposure to debris from the Sept. 11 attacks.

Married couples should understand how Social Security survivor benefits are calculated.

SCHD, USFR, and PFF can help fund the three-year bridge to age 70, giving retirees income today while Social Security delayed credits increase future benefits.

When a Midwest machinist's employer kept sending checks during his year of active duty, the money showed up on his W-2 and federal taxes came out. What it did not do surprised him years later when he finally checked his Social Security record.

The Social Security Administration said you should never laminate your physical Social Security card. Doing so can prevent some of the card’s security features such as the blue marbleized paper designed to make it tamper-proof, embedded planchettes and raised printing. It’s safest not to carry your card at all, the agency said.