Cuts to thousands of Social Security jobs led by Elon Musk’s DOGE have created a backlog that leaves grieving families ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is currently grappling with the fallout of the most significant workforce reduction in its history, a move that advocates warn has triggere ...

There are some instances where you can lose your Social Security benefits (or have them reduced). We cover those in this article.

Q: I am 67 and my wife is 54. I started collecting Social Security at 62. If I died today would she continue to receive my $1,400 Social Security benefit? If not, what age could she? — Patrick ...

A: Don’t bother. As I explained at the beginning of this column, retroactive benefits can only be paid if you file after your ...

About a month ago, I wrote a column in which I explained how “full retirement age” (the age at which a person can claim 100 percent of his or her Social Security retirement benefits) is going up. To ...

I've been saving up questions I've gotten from readers about benefits for spouses. It's an issue I've covered a hundred times in this column. But the questions still keep coming. So, here is column No ...

The repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset should have restored benefits for everyone. For some retirees, the checks are still coming late or not at all.