Social Security benefits are a critical source of income for older Americans. Unfortunately, in the past, certain rules ...

The kitchen-table math after the WEP repeal A 67-year-old retired Houston police officer has a city pension of $58,000 a year ...

In her latest monthly Social Security Advisor newsletter, Heather Schreiber discusses “retroactive benefits.” These are ...

Picture a 68-year-old retired math teacher in San Antonio. She spent 32 years in Texas classrooms, earned a $54,000 annual pension from the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), and picked up work on the ...

For the first time in years, a retired teacher in Ohio, a former police sergeant in Massachusetts, or the widow of a federal ...

Some people haven't received all their Social Security benefits, even though they paid into the system. A new law changes ...

New inflation data suggests a possible 4.2% increase in Social Security COLA for 2027, up from 3.2%. Rising costs of ...

Some retirees may be missing out on Social Security benefits prompting a bipartisan group of senators to take a stand.

The first wave of May Social Security payments is scheduled for distribution this week. Payments are based on birthdates, with recipients born between the 1st and 10th receiving payments on May 13, ...

Lawmakers are pressuring the Social Security Administration to reverse a policy that is withholding thousands of dollars from recipients. Enacted in January 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act ...

The Social Security Fairness Act is changing retirement income for millions of Americans, restoring benefits that had been ...

A new Social Security rule gets rid of two provisions, WEP and GPO, that once limited benefits for millions of people. Here's ...