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Eligible minors can collect Social Security benefits based on their parents' work records but it's subject to many rules.

The Social Security program, a financial lifeline for millions, faces an uncertain future. With demographic shifts and ...

Up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits can be taxed—but a new deduction will reduce how much seniors need to pay.

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With Social Security trust funds estimated to run out in less than a decade, some Americans wonder if Congress will step in ...

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA law BY Associated Press Washington, D.C. UPDATED 5:08 PM ET Jun. 20, 2025 ...

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA law BY Associated Press Washington, D.C. UPDATED 5:08 PM ET Jun. 20, 2025 ...

Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First. As a national correspondent, Fadel consistently reported on the fault lines of this divided nation. She ...

As summer arrives, the plight of the displaced from the occupied city of Serê Kaniyê, residing in Washokani Camp in the countryside of Hasaka, worsens. Since 2019, following the Turkish aggression on ...