The same approach could work again: thoughtful, phased reforms that maintain the program’s core protections. Ideas on the table include lifting the payroll tax cap (currently $176,100), gradually raising the 6.2% FICA rate, or making more forms of compensation subject to payroll taxes—similar to how TSP contributions are treated.

Phones have been ringing off the hook at the Social Security Administration prompting the agency to use a temporary solution for a growing problem

Pairing an annuity and Social Security can have a big, and perhaps surprising, impact on your retirement plan.

The agency, which serves 73 million beneficiaries, has struggled to improve customer service amid cutbacks, long wait times and a crashing website.

Social Security benefits end when you die, unless you have a qualifying beneficiary who would begin to receive survivorship benefits.

The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.

The financial future of millions of Americans hangs in the balance as the Social Security system approaches an alarming deadline. Recent projections indicate that the Social Security trust funds could be depleted as early as 2032 or 2033,

The budget includes a deduction for taxpayers over age 65, starting in 2025. But it would benefit fewer than half of older adults, the Tax Policy Center estimates.