Review your Social Security earnings record before year-end 2025. Even one missing or incorrect year can cut your future ...

One neat thing about Social Security is that you can choose when to first take benefits. The earliest age to sign up is 62. And if you were born in 1960 or later, you can collect your monthly benefits ...

When you lock your Social Security number, a company looking to verify your SSN won't be able to verify your identity, ...

If you wait until full retirement age to claim Social Security, you'll get your monthly benefits without a reduction. But you ...

You also have the option to delay your Social Security claim until age 70. Each year you hold off boosts your benefits by 8% ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries. Originally scheduled for ...

The second wave of Social Security payments for the month of October is set to be distributed this week, with this month marking the first under the agency’s new paperless policy. Starting in October, ...

Most people who receive Social Security get one check a month based on their birthdate. Each month, the Social Security Administration issues payments to Americans who qualify for this benefit so they ...

Though most Social Security recipients will get checks like normal in October, some will receive two checks after receiving none in September. Most of the nearly 74 million who get Social Security ...

The way most Social Security beneficiaries get paid will be changing starting this week. As of Sept. 30, paper Social Security checks will be going away for most beneficiaries, meaning that most ...