Most retirees know the basics: claim early and get less, wait and get more. But a law signed in early 2025 rewrote rules that ...

The repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset should have restored benefits for everyone. For some retirees, the checks are still coming late or not at all.

If you are collecting Social Security right now, or planning to start soon, 2026 has brought more changes than most years. A new cost-of-living bump, a major administrative overhaul launching in days, ...

The biggest changes to Social Security in years were signed into law on Jan. 5. For more than 3.2 million individuals, that will mean bigger benefit checks. And in some cases, the change will qualify ...

Seniors who received a windfall deposit as a result of the Social Security Fairness Act are now finding that the consequences of that unexpected benefit can be costly, especially in Illinois. As a ...

The Social Security Fairness Act signed at the beginning of 2025 is now unfair, at least when it comes to taxes, according to some representatives in Congress. Those income spikes last year likely ...

One of former President Joe Biden's last acts in office could increase Social Security retirement benefits by over $1,000 a month for millions of Americans. On Jan. 5, Biden signed the Social Security ...

Keeping up with Social Security lately feels like trying to follow a plot twist every week. Recent updates—from shifting policies to behind-the-scenes changes—aren't just bureaucratic noise.

Many of the recent adjustments to Social Security stem from the implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act, which notably ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government ...

Social Security rule for retirees explained: A new law, the Social Security Fairness Act, is boosting benefits for public sector workers. This change removes penalties for those with pensions from ...

Social Security beneficiaries have seen some big changes over the last 13 months.