With the latest 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in effect, the average benefit has climbed to $1,976 per month. It's ...

The non-partisan advocacy group The Senior Citizens League predicts the 2026 COLA will be 2.1%, based on data from the Bureau ...

Social Security benefits received a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025, but for many retirees, this is not enough ...

Over three million retirees who worked in the public sector, or are entitled to spousal or surviving spousal benefits, will ...

The Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, begins on January 29. Also called Spring Festival, this annual celebration is observed by many Asian cultures. Social Security recipients may see a 2.1% ...

We're headed into February and next set of Social Security Disability Insurance payments will be heading out to recipients ...

Social Security benefits form the bedrock of income for millions of Americans—and those who claim Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will be paid this week. Adults and children with disabilities, or ...

One positive aspect of Social Security is that the program is set up to adapt to economic changes. Each year, for example, ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2025 is the lowest since the post-Covid inflation spike. Yet retirees still ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment officially goes into effect in December of each year -- so technically speaking ...

It has been my custom for most of the past 27 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the Social Security updates scheduled to take place the following year. I already discussed some of ...

What's more, surveys have shown that Social Security checks are necessary for seniors to make ends meet. A poll from ...