Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays. The first wave of payments will be sent on the second Wednesday of the month, Feb. 11, with subsequent payments going out on the third (Feb. 18) ...
Unless you're brand new to Social Security, at this point, you've probably gotten your first monthly check of 2026. And you may have been expecting your benefits to get a nice boost. In January, ...
If you watch the news on TV, you might feel like you see nothing but bad news. Network news organizations focus on negative ...
The crucial federal program faces an urgent solvency crisis.
In 2026, Social Security benefits got a 2.8% COLA. Based on recent inflation readings, the Senior Citizen League, an advocacy ...
Social Security's inflation-measuring yardstick continues to come up short for those who rely most on Social Security income.
When 81-year-old Joanne Knaub of Mountville called the Watchdog last week to question a fundamental inequity in Social Security cost of living raises, her objection caught the eye of senior citizens ...
The Senior Citizens League has released its first forecast for next year’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), projecting a 2.5 ...
Here’s when Social Security and SSI checks arrive for February, how much benefits have risen and what new tax and repayment ...
It has been my custom for most of the past 28 years to write a year-end column summarizing the Social Security updates scheduled for the following year. I already discussed some of these updates in a ...
The Administration shifts SSI benefit disbursements when the first of the month falls on weekends or federal holidays to ...
Annual adjustments to retirement benefits, FEHB costs, Social Security rules and TSP limits are now taking effect.
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