Social Security benefits will be paid to millions of recipients later this week. Social Security benefits serve as the ...

Just for the record though, current 72-year-olds are among those collecting the biggest monthly Social Security payments.

Here are three significant Social Security changes for 2025. One of the best things about Social Security is that it has a ...

Like most elected officials, Donald Trump recognizes that Social Security is vital to the financial well-being of our ...

Each year, Social Security benefits are adjusted for inflation (or deflation) with a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). For ...

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates two provisions, the WEP and the GPO, that have been penalizing a sizable portion ...

To be clear, this is the average benefit of those who are 67 years old now – not the average of those who started receiving Social Security at that age. Waiting to take Social Security can ...

It's steadily gone up over time, with today's retirees earning an average payment of $1,925.46 per month, as of November 2024. Data source: Social Security Administration. However, while benefits ...

However, while benefits are increasing over time, they're not necessarily worth more than they were decades ago. In fact, since 2010, Social Security has lost around 20% of its buying power ...

President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of Social Security, ...