With President Joe Biden signing a bill over the weekend to improve Social Security benefits for millions of public sector workers, many Americans may be wondering if they qualify for what the ...

Just weeks before the end of his presidency, President Joe Biden has signed a new act into law that is set to increase monthly Social Security payments for close to three million Americans.

President Joe Biden signed a bill Sunday that boosts Social Security benefits for millions of public sector workers in what the White House described as the first expansion of such benefits in 20 ...

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As an American taxpayer, you’ve likely heard about Social Security your entire working life, and perhaps even bemoaned the amount of taxes that are subtracted from your paycheck. However ...

Social Security benefits have gone up 2.5% in 2025, thanks to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). It's a smaller increase than the 3.2% bump that recipients saw in 2024, reflecting ...

Full retirement age varies by birth year and is 67 for those born in 1960 or later. Claiming Social Security before FRA reduces benefits while delaying increases them. Working after FRA doesn't ...

Most Americans may consider the standard retirement age to be 65, but the so-called "full retirement age" for Social Security is already older than that — and it's about to hit an even higher ...

As 2025 approaches, retirees and other Social Security recipients should be aware of several changes to benefits and services provided by the Social Security Administration (SSA). In the coming ...

Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans cleared two procedural hurdles in the U.S. Senate this week, and is now headed toward possible passage on Friday ...

The US Senate passed a bipartisan bill early Saturday to increase Social Security benefits for close to 3 million federal, state and local public sector workers, which includes firemen ...