3 Social Security Spousal Benefit Rules Every Married Retiree Should Know in 2026

Three main boxes must be checked to be eligible for Social Security spousal benefits: The primary claiming spouse must ...

The ghost of DOGE is still haunting Social Security

DOGE cuts worsened existing staff shortages at Social Security. Here's what beneficiaries should know about customer service ...

When will April Social Security payments arrive? See the schedule

Find out when your 'Social Security' and SSI payments are scheduled for April 2026, including specific dates based on ...

Hiltzik: A proposed new 'fix' for Social Security that harms workers and protects the rich

A new proposal for saving Social Security would cap benefits at $50,000 per person. Here's how that would hurt the working class but save the rich from a tax increase.

Social Security's 2.8% COLA is here -- but Medicare already took some of it back

Recipients didn't lose money, but some may find that they didn't gain any either.

STAR PARKER: Take ownership of your future, and it isn’t in Social Security

To repeat what Americans have heard a lot recently, our Social Security system is in very bad shape. Per the most recent report, in 2025, of the Social Security and Medicare board of trustees, Social ...