Final 2025 Social Security payments arrive this week despite Trump's holiday executive order

The last Social Security benefit of 2025 will be dispersed this week, and January's SSI check comes next week. Learn how the ...

Here's how to tell if you qualify for spousal Social Security benefits

Your spousal benefit is worth up to one-half of the benefit your spouse or ex qualifies for at their FRA. You'll get this amount if you sign up at your FRA. You can claim earlier, but you'll face ...
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Will my wife get a spousal benefit when I claim my $3,000 Social Security?

When you file for Social Security, your spouse becomes eligible for payments known as spousal benefits. However, they won’t ...

5 ways to secure your retirement before Social Security is projected to start cutting benefits in 2035

Social Security benefits are projected to be cut by 2035. Learn how to grow your nest egg by saving and investing to unlock a financially secure retirement.

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill 2026 tax refunds — SALT deduction relief and why homeowners may benefit most as new rules could raise April checks

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, is set to reshape how millions of Americans ...
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DHS calls it a once-in-a-lifetime chance for STEM students and the clock is ticking

"[W]e're hoping to create a generation that has the knowledge and the wherewithal to come back and work for the department," said Jennifer Foley.
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Agriculture focuses on SNAP fraud, while experts worry EBT theft will go unabated

The most damaging form of fraud in SNAP is fraud where the low-income recipients are the victims, not the perpetrators,” a ...

Here's the best age to take Social Security, based on simple math

By that math, your typical American man would be smart to claim Social Security at age 62, the first year of his eligibility.

Here's the Average Social Security Benefit at Ages 62, 67, and 70

Here are the average benefit amounts for age 62, the earliest a retiree can claim; age 67, the full retirement age for people born in 1960 or after; and age 70, the latest age one can put off claiming ...

These States Have No Social Security Tax and the Best Cities for Retirement

Part of retirement planning includes knowing how much you stand to get from Social Security, and how that may or may not be taxed depending on where you live.