Millions of retired teachers, firefighters, and police officers will see higher Social Security benefits following changes to federal law. Here’s what to know.

As February 2025 concludes, millions of Social Security recipients in the U.S. will see a 2.5% increase in their monthly payments.

For many years, 65 was the age at which you were able to retire and start taking full Social Security benefits, but a law passed in 1983 changed that this year for some beneficiaries.

Social Security Administration says it is immediately starting to pay retroactive benefits due to more than 3.2 million ...

More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients who received pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police ...

Social Security recipients will see a 2.5% increase in their benefits this year, among other key changes to the program that affect retirement age, taxable earnings, and public sector workers, federal ...

Two rounds of payments from the Social Security Administration will be made this week. The SSA pays out retirement, survivor ...

In a perfect world, the COLAs and inflation would increase in lockstep so that your Social Security checks' buying power remained constant. But that's not what happens in reality. TSCL found that ...

While the law seeks to level the playing field for many federal employees, the sustainability of the Social Security system ...

It is true that improper payments have been made, including some to dead people. But how big of a problem is Social Security ...

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The Senior Citizens League, which advocates on issues affecting seniors, released its latest projection for the 2026 Social ...