Social Security primarily provides income to retirees. But the program also offers benefits to some people who may have never ...

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This article explores Social Security Spousal benefits.

The Social Security Administration is making significant adjustments to its spousal benefits program in 2026, ensuring that ...

While federal employee benefits can assist beneficiaries in the event of a loved one's death, it's important to understand the rules of those plans and how to best seamlessly apply them to your ...

The VA has finalized a new rule designed to deliver faster decisions and quicker payments for survivors.

Dear Rusty: After 16 years of marriage, we were divorced. I have never remarried, but he has. When he starts collecting Social Security (he is 64 now and still working), is it true that I can claim ex ...

Your spouse served 20 years in the military. You assumed you'd be buried together in a national cemetery when the time comes. Then a friend mentioned that her sister couldn't be buried with her ...

Brookhaven and Islip would join other municipalities that recently voted to offer 50% property tax cuts to the spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty.

More than two decades after the September 11 attacks, first responders who rushed into danger are now being guaranteed ...

Thinking about retiring overseas and worried about survivor benefits? Learn how Social Security works for spouses living abroad, including key rules, country restrictions and the five-year residency ...