Survivor benefits are currently paid to around 5.8 million Americans nationwide, with nearly 4 million of those being ...

Amid what were described as skyrocketing prices in U.S. President Donald Trump’s America, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) ...

Today, Senator Gillibrand introduced legislation to expand Social Security benefits for widowed and surviving divorced spouses. She was joined on the legislation by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), ...

Q: My husband died several months ago. I’m 64. I’m getting my own retirement benefits, and he was getting his own benefits. His Social Security check was more than mine, so I think I am due widow’s ...

The SWIFT Act changes Social Security benefit rules by addressing older benefit caps, legal restrictions and claiming requirements.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) Social Security is underpaying widows and widowers - sometimes by large amounts. In cases where ...

Survivor benefits come with complex rules, and one wrong move could cost you. Timing when you claim your benefit or switch can significantly impact lifetime income. Smart strategies like delaying or ...

Over the past 17 years that I have been doing this column, I have written about 50 columns dealing with the Social Security offsets that impact some state and local government employees who work at ...

The shelved policy would have changed eligibility for two federal disability programs by removing age as a factor.

I retired from the federal government 10 years ago under the Civil Service Retirement System program. I applied for my Medicare before the three-month timeframe. I was told that I would not receive ...