While your money is safe from private bill collectors, the government can and will take a portion of your Social Security benefits if you owe money. That means your benefits could be garnished if ...

Older Americans get choices when it comes to claiming Social Security. The earliest age you can file for benefits is 62, and ...

Social Security only has nine years left until it becomes insolvent, and in light of the Social Security Fairness Act's ...

A lot of people wait until age 62 to retire so they can collect Social Security. But if you have a lot of money saved up, you ...

The Social Security Fairness Act repeals two provisions that will give qualifying individuals more money and potential back ...

President Donald Trump has tapped businessman Frank Bisignano as the Social Security Commissioner. What could that mean for ...

Take the Social Security retirement earnings test When you contribute to Social Security, the money doesn't go directly into your account: Workers pay into a fund that pays for current retirees ...

Elon Musk's control of a federal payment system is raising concerns about funding for programs like Social Security and the ...

Social Security has two other funding sources: benefit taxes on some seniors and interest income earned on money in the program's trust funds. But both of those are in danger right now.

The new Department of Government Efficiency now has access to a federal system responsible for $6 trillion in annual payments ...