Maximum benefits increase too, and in 2025, the maximum benefit will exceed $5,000 for the first time. It came close in 2024 ...

Most Americans have jobs that withhold payroll taxes (aka FICA taxes) that contribute to the Social Security system, and when ...

Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are calculated based on how inflation changes in the third ...

The relationship between the stock market and your monthly Social Security check should be on your mind, as sizable ...

The final round of November’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age ...

December’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943, will go out to millions of beneficiaries on Friday. The ...

How much money you receive in Social Security benefits depends on several factors, including your age when you start ...

A 20-second clip of Vivek Ramaswamy discussing a possible method of cutting the U.S. federal workforce based on employees’ ...

Trump tried to cut Social Security in the past, so why should you believe he won't try again? Watch for these 'gimmicks.' ...

Those who receive only Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which provides financial support to the elderly, blind, and ...

USA TODAY reached out to retirees across the country who are living mostly on Social Security, to ask how they were doing.

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