Spousal benefits are available to current spouses and some ex-spouses of qualifying workers. Claiming early can reduce your spousal benefit by up to 35%. You'll only get a spousal benefit if it's ...

Costly claiming errors could quietly shrink your lifetime benefits—here’s what to avoid this year.

Social Security may ask you to repay benefits due to earnings limits, life changes, or agency errors. Here's how overpayments happen and what steps to take.

Dear Liz: I’m 59. In 8 years, I will qualify for an average Social Security income. I have no retirement saved and am not a homeowner but I have been blessed with a modest inheritance. What financial ...

There are three boxes you need to check before you apply. And you'll have to put in some real work to pull this off.

Hopes to reopen the government today Friday, Oct. 31, have dwindled, and with some Social Security Administration offices closed and in-person services limited, beneficiaries may be worried about ...

Close to 74 million Americans receive Social Security benefits. Nearly two-thirds (63%) say their checks account for at least half of their personal income, according to the Pew Research Center, and ...