The delays in service are largely the result of staff firings, coupled with little training for transferred staff.

The Social Security Administration began the second Trump administration with a hostile takeover. It ends the year in turmoil.

Social Security recipients can expect a raise in 2026, with the latest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) set to take effect in January. Beneficiaries will see their payments increase by 2.8% next year, ...

Right now, Social Security is failing seniors in important ways — and the situation is only likely to get worse. ...

Social Security benefits are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, each year. The purpose of COLAs is to help ...

Quick Read Social Security may need to cut benefits if lawmakers don’t intervene. There’s a poor system in place for ...

The problem that retirees must deal with in 2026 relates to the rules that determine when the federal government charges taxes on Social Security benefits. Specifically, a growing number of older ...

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised not to make any cuts to Social Security. And he’s managed to make ...

The 'Social Security squeeze' is coming for your benefits. Can the program's most existential problems be solved? There are more older Americans than ever, and not enough younger ones. There are lots ...

Like all savers, the Social Security program benefits from high interest rates. Money paid into the Social Security system is invested in bonds and other high-quality securities that pay interest.

Today’s column involves a husband and wife, both of whom were getting Social Security benefits — and the husband dies.