The same approach could work again: thoughtful, phased reforms that maintain the program’s core protections. Ideas on the ...

President Trump vowed to end taxes on Social Security, but the One Big Beautiful Bill stops short of fulfilling that promise.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security bill into law on this day in history, Aug. 14, 1935, creating a federal safety net for older, unemployed and disadvantaged Americans.

Senior citizens are getting a tax break in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package, but it’s not the ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into Law at the White House in Washington, D.C. on August 14, 1935. Standing behind Roosevelt, left to right: Rep. Robert Doughton ...

Yet many welfare states have been built the world over without an ideology of national security following in their wake.

MSNBC. FDR's grandson discusses Social Security, Medicare go-broke dates being moved up. Posted: June 19, 2025 | Last updated: June 19, 2025. A new report says rising health care costs have pushed ...

FDR started Social Security. Ninety years later, his grandson, Boston lawyer Jim Roosevelt, wants to save it. Amid the Trump administration’s cuts, the 79-year-old sees ‘a direct threat to the ...

Since its inception in 1935, Social Security has expanded its mission and reach. Here is how each president from Roosevelt to Trump has impacted Social Security.

The Social Security Fairness Act, which would increase benefits for 2.8 million retirees, has bipartisan support but time running out. Latest U.S.

A new report says rising health care costs have pushed up the go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security. Former Associate Commissioner of the Social Security Administration James Roosevelt ...