A 2.8% COLA and More: All of the Social Security Changes Happening in 2026

In 2025, Social Security beneficiaries received a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. At the time, that raise was ...

This is the New Max Social Security Benefit in 2026

The maximum Social Security benefit is going up in 2026. The maximum benefit provides more than double the average benefit.

Some Social Security Recipients Won’t Get Checks In November: Here’s Why

More than 7.4 million Americans who receive Supplemental Security Income will not get a November check because the usual payday falls on a weekend.

The 2026 Social Security COLA Was Just Announced. Here's the Good and Bad News for Retirees.

The 2026 Social Security COLA Was Just Announced. Here's the Good and Bad News for Retirees. The cost-of-living adjustment ...
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President Trump is quietly planning to cut important Social Security benefits

Social Security benefits are a critical source of income for many people. Unfortunately, some of the individuals who are ...

Social Security alert: Some recipients won’t get November check. Here’s the payment schedule.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A chunk of Social Security recipients are going to go without a payment in November, and it has nothing to do with the government’s weeks long shutdown. Based on the Social ...

Here's the Max Social Security Benefit for 2026 -- and Exactly What You Need to Do to Get It

The Social Security Administration recently announced that the upcoming cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 will be 2.8 ...
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Social Security’s Full Retirement Age is Making Just One More Big Change

Full retirement age is one of the most important  Social Security rules that every current and future retiree should know.

Social Security is hurtling towards insolvency. Could these new proposals help save it in time?

One of the recent suggestions is from the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a nonpartisan policy analysis and research group. It has proposed that the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, ...