Some supporters of Social Security privatization suggest allowing workers to invest a portion of their current contributions ...

Importantly, RET amounts generally increase each year to account for changes in national wage levels. The trustee estimate ...

The Social Security shortfall date just moved a little nearer. New federal projection released June 18 show the combined ...

The Social Security fund will run dry in 2033, unless Congress combines the program's old-age and disability funds, in which ...

Under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March—titled "Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account"—all federal disbursements, including Social Security, SSI, SSDI, ...

The Social Security trustees say the program is still solvent, but Trump immigration and tax policies could deliver serious ...

Some lawmakers have suggested raising the Social Security tax rate. Currently, that tax rate is 12.4% on wages up to a certain cap, split evenly between employers and employees (though self-employed ...

1. The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law Social Security’s rules were long designed so that public employees weren’t double dipping by collecting generous pensions and monthly ...

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U ...