On the federal level, some seniors are about to get a new tax break. The good news is that most states don't tax Social ...

The average Social Security benefits for retired workers at different ages The Social Security Administration regularly publishes anonymized benefit data to foster transparency and promote public ...

For instance, the average Social Security benefit paid to retired workers was $1,975 in December 2024. The chart below provides more detail.

The Social Security Administration is about to get a new commissioner, but that's only the latest of a series of changes at the agency since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

The Social Security trust fund was established to hold excess tax revenue from wages to pay out to retirees when they start collecting benefits later.

The health and stability of the Social Security system are on the minds of Americans who are close to and in retirement. More than half of Americans who aren’t yet retired lack confidence that they'll ...

In fiscal 2023, the most recent year for which detailed financial information is available, Medicaid’s net cost was $894.2 ...

Republicans in Congress have muscled President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill to passage. Here's what to know.

Despite its name, there is a chimerical air to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ( BBB ), the Republican tax-and-spending plan that lurched through Congress this week. It sutures to a body of ...

As of last December, the median FOMC member expected 2.5% inflation in calendar 2025. That was enough for them to pause the ...