As January 1 is a federal holiday, SSI recipients are scheduled to receive their January 2026 payment a day early—on December ...

A new bill in Congress, the SWIFT Act, aims to increase Social Security survivor benefits for widows, widowers, and surviving ...

Tens of millions of Social Security and Supplemental Security beneficiaries will soon receive their first, slightly larger ...

The Social Security earnings test applies to individuals who are working and claiming benefits while under their full ...

A new poll finds Americans struggling with affordability pressures that are squeezing everything from their everyday ...

Social Security payments will rise in January 2026 as the new 2.8% COLA increase takes effect. This adjustment is designed to ...

Delaying Social Security benefits until 70 is often touted as a strategy to maximize lifetime income. However, this path ...

The Social Security Administration’s annual cost-of-living adjustment will go up by 2.8% in 2026, translating to an average increase of more than $56 for retirees every month, agency officials said ...

With 2026 right around the corner, Social Security recipients are preparing for new policy changes, COLA increases and rising ...

(AP) — The Social Security Administration’s annual cost-of-living adjustment will go up by 2.8% in 2026, translating to an average increase of more than $56 for retirees every month, agency officials ...

Survivor benefits are currently paid to around 5.8 million Americans nationwide, with nearly 4 million of those being widowers.