WASHINGTON — When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he said it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the U.S. "an economic structure of vastly greater soundness."

Today, the program provides benefits to almost 69 million Americans each month. It's a major source of income for people older than 65 and is popular across the country and political lines.

It also looks more threatened than ever.

Social Security faces a looming shortfall in money to pay full benefits. At an Oval Office event Thursday commemorating the program's anniversary, President Donald Trump claimed "we're strengthening it." However, the president and Republicans who control Congress have not proposed a long-term solution to shore up

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