In 2025, the maximum Social Security benefit is $5,108. Here is what you would need to do to get such a large check.

This retiree's story illustrates a common but expensive Social Security timing mistake that costs people thousands of dollars they'll never recover.

When Tracy from Billings, Montana called into "The Ramsey Show," he was looking for advice. What he got was a full-blown Social Security takedown. "I'm 61 years old, and I keep getting these letters ...

Social Security usually pays benefits on Wednesdays, with the first wave of payments going out on the second Wednesday of the ...

The children's savings program included in President Donald Trump's tax break-and-spending cut law “is a back door for ...

Most Americans start collecting their Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, based on data from the Social Security ...

I hardly got any workers' compensation from the injury. It was short-lived. A settlement was not paid out. However, money was removed from my pay check as if I had gotten a continued claim and ...

Locking in guaranteed payments early can be appealing, but retirees should carefully consider the long-term impact.