Social Security’s trust fund faces funding challenges in the coming years, triggering headlines about benefit cuts and ...

Social Security was built as a backstop, not a full paycheck replacement, yet it has quietly become the centerpiece of many Americans' retirement plans. The real crisis is not that the program exists, ...

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Close to 74 million Americans receive Social Security benefits. Nearly two-thirds (63%) say their checks account for at least half of their personal income, according to the Pew Research Center, and ...

Yes, the federal government will take a cut of Social Security, which can include monthly retirement, survivor and disability benefits, if total income exceeds certain amounts. But recipients also ...