Social Security early COLA predictions are in: Will it help or hurt beneficiaries?
Data from TSCL’s 2024 Senior Survey shows 62% of older Americans worry their retirement income won’t even cover essentials such as groceries and medical bills. Will 2026's COLA increase help?
Social Security could owe you thousands of dollars. Here’s how to check.
The Social Security Fairness Act increased benefits to millions more retirees, including some who never claimed them.

Social Security payment this week

First round of February Social Security payments goes out in 13 days
Social Security payment this week: Up to $967 to be sent out
Florida Sees Drop in Supplemental Social Security Payments for Kids
Are You Taking Social Security and Worried About the Federal Funding Freeze? Here's What You Need to Know.
An important footnote in the memo calling for a federal funding freeze exempted Social Security. The White House subsequently walked back the freeze after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order.
Suze Orman warns U.S. workers on Social Security, 401(k) change
Related: Suze Orman warns Social Security recipients of a looming threat. Substantial contributions to employer-matching 401(k)s and investments in tax-advantaged IRAs are also ef
Here’s the Timeline for Social Security Cuts — and What Lawmakers Can Do to Avoid Them
There’s a rumor circulating that Social Security is headed toward bankruptcy. And thankfully, that rumor isn’t true. Social Security can’t completely go bankrupt because it gets funded by payroll taxes.
Medicare, Social Security Immune From Trump’s Federal Freeze
Unclear if sweeping executive order will affect Medicaid and other federal assistance programs for older Americans.
Here are changes Americans would make to close Social Security's financing gap
Social Security benefits may be reduced in the next decade due to a financing shortfall. A new survey asks Americans how they would fix the program.
Social Security Fairness Act Signed by Biden: What It Means for Your Retirement
Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act may increase your retirement benefits by eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.
What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send ‘criminal aliens’
President Trump says he will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay to hold tens of thousands of criminal immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
Here’s a proposal to fix Social Security that we could enact today
Read: Waiting until age 70 to claim Social Security gets you a lot more money. Here’s why so few people do it. The proposal reflects Primus’s extensive knowledge of both polic
Should you claim Social Security at the same time as your spouse? Here's how to know.
If you and your spouse have a nice amount of money saved up, then you may decide that you'll each claim Social Security as soon as you're able to — meaning, at age 62. And if you're the same age, that would have you filing for benefits at the same time.