Social Security remains a cornerstone of retirement planning for Americans. With new legislative changes and adjustments in ...

Social Security is a major source of income for 74M Americans — but how far does the average check go? See average benefits ...

The Social Security landscape in the United States is undergoing significant changes, impacting millions of beneficiaries.

Some 2.8 million Americans may be eligible to receive an increase in their monthly Social Security benefits. Are you one of ...

The majority of affected beneficiaries already began receiving their increased monthly benefit amounts in April.

The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.

Q. I receive a significant pension from work I have done outside of Social Security. I have not worked enough hours under ...

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of retirement benefits.

Both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) were repealed by the Social Security Fairness Act. This affected Social Security’s costs at a time when the ...

As President Donald Trump and Congress fumble through his One Big Beautiful Bill on the budget for fiscal year 2025-26, they have been ignoring the mastodon in the room: Social Security and ...

The Social Security Fairness Act went into effect in Feb 2025 and the SSA has been sending billions in retroactive payments and benefit adjustments to qualifying individuals. The act gets rid of two ...