Retirement and disability funds face depletion in the next decade, with Congress urged to act to correct the looming ...

The annual report forecasts the date when the trust funds will run out of money, triggering sharp automatic cuts in benefits.

Recent news that Social Security funds may run out for Americans in the program raises an important question: What is Social Security?

Social Security will not be able to fully pay monthly benefits to tens of millions of retirees and people with disabilities in 2034 if lawmakers don’t act to address the program’s pending shortfall, ...

Social Security is far beyond what FDR envisioned. ... When Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act in 1935, ... Still, Americans feel entitled to Social Security.

About half of Americans under 30 say they don’t trust that Social Security will be there when they retire, regardless of political affiliation. But that view hasn’t shifted much since last year.

If the Social Security Fairness Act does get over the finish line in the Senate, it would head to President Joe Biden’s desk. The changes would be effective for benefits payable after December 2023.

The United States may still be the only industrialized nation without universal healthcare, but we do have a pay-as-you-go system in Medicare. Although Medicare currently provides some level of health ...

Learn about the Social Security COLA projection for 2026, including what it is, how it's calculated and what it means for your retirement — updated for June 2025.

Unlike the last three NATO leaders’ summits, all following Russia’s invasion in 2022, Ukraine will not feature prominently ...

Spain said it was unwilling to spend more on its military, complicating President Trump’s plans. The cease-fire between ...

President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and ...