The Social Security Trust Fund stands as a fundamental pillar of the United States' social welfare system, designed to ensure the distribution of benefits to millions of Americans, including retirees, ...

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order directing the Treasury secretary and Commerce secretary to compile a plan within 90 days for creating a U.S. sovereign wealth fund. We're ...

Here is a rundown of the most common myths surrounding the trust funds that prop up Social Security and the facts that all ...

The trust fund Social Security relies on to pay retirement benefits may be depleted in 2033, according to an annual re port released by the Social Security Board of Trustees on Wednesday. That is ...

Social Security's retirement trust fund is on a path to insolvency in less than a decade, which would leave retirees facing an automatic 24% cut to their benefits if the trust fund is depleted, ...

Two new surveys reveal broad misconceptions about how the Social Security program works, and where the money goes.

The Social Security trustees have released their annual report highlighting “the current and projected financial status” of the Social Security trust fund. And the media duly reported on the fund’s ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...