The first wave of Social Security payments for May is scheduled to be distributed this week, following a normal schedule. Social Security benefits – paid mostly to recipients who are older or retired ...

A Washington think tank caused a stir recently with a paper that proposed capping annual Social Security benefits at $100,000 to shore up the retirement trust fund. Social Security faces a shortfall ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) calculates COLAs based on how inflation changes during the third quarter, meaning the three-month period between July and September. In this scenario, ...

Social Security recipients could receive a 2027 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of nearly 4%, driven by inflation climbing at its fastest pace in almost three years. Seniors and others who receive ...

New government data shows the pace of inflation increased in the month of April. Experts say that may drive up the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2027. The Consumer Price Index for ...

(NEXSTAR) – Social Security beneficiaries could see a substantial bump in their checks in 2027, according to an early projection from The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). The TSCL model predicts that ...

Social Security beneficiaries are expected to see a larger cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year amid rising inflation, according to new reports. An analysis by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) ...

Today marks one year since Frank Bisignano’s confirmation to be Social Security Commissioner. For the past year, a dire false narrative has dominated the public conversation surrounding Social ...

The Trump administration inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of health care providers in a database powering a new Medicare portal, The Washington Post found. The Centers for Medicare ...

Since last spring, I’ve been in touch with a woman I’ll call Jean, the manager of a Social Security field office in the Midwest. She and her team assist beneficiaries, by phone and in person, with ...

May 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has brought U.S. onshore wind development to a halt, citing national security concerns, ‌the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Approvals for ...

Surveys suggest millions of retirees live almost entirely on Social Security, but federal tax-linked records tell a different story. Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor ...