In other words, Social Security payments keep rolling, regardless of whether the government is open or not. However, the ...

Social Security sends the average retired worker a monthly payment of about $2,008, or $24,096 per year. The overall average ...

Older Americans who want to see by how much their Social Security checks will increase next year may have to wait until the ...

Ahead of the government shutdown on Tuesday, the agency released a contingency plan on Sept. 24 that said it expects to ...

Wondering what will happen to your Social Security checks during the government shutdown that began Oct. 1? Here's what you ...

So what are these benefits, exactly? Well, the overall average monthly Social Security benefit for retirees was $2,007 as of ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Some new numbers have emerged regarding social security and COLA (Cost-of-Living Adjustment). Doug and Lee break down what ...