Claiming Social Security at 62 is not always a smart idea. If those benefits will be your main or only source of retirement ...

Before you start collecting Social Security, make sure you've thought it through. Here are 10 questions to ask yourself to avoid costly retirement mistakes.

Dear Primary Breadwinner: Questions about spousal benefits are among the most frequently asked and confusing parts of Social ...

In the 28 years I’ve been writing this column, I bet I’ve written 128 columns about the most common questions I get. However, I suppose not everyone is clipping those columns and pasting them into ...

If you're retired or nearing retirement, you probably know some people claiming Social Security benefits, and you might also have a sense of how the program works. You pay into it your entire career, ...

Spousal benefits can be up to half of what the primary earner would get at full retirement age, but the amount is reduced ...

Understanding how Social Security spousal benefits work is crucial for maximizing your family’s retirement income.

A new legislative proposal aims to deliver a significant, albeit temporary, boost to benefit payments under Social Security ...

THE JUDGE’S RULING FOCUSES ON PRIVACY ISSUES AND THE POSSIBLE MISUSE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION. HEY HEY HO HO! ELON MUSK HAS GOT TO GO. EARLIER THIS WEEK, DEMONSTRATORS VOICED THEIR CONCERNS. AND NOW A ...

It's possible to receive a little more than this, though it still might not be enough to cover the higher costs you may be ...

Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are raising questions about former Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano--who's now Social Security commissioner.

After months of job cuts, leadership turnover and other turmoil at the Social Security Administration, the agency's newly minted commissioner faced pointed questions from lawmakers about the future of ...