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On Saturday, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, to repeal the windfall elimination provision (WEP), and the government pension offset (GPO),…

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility February 11, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.William Thomas Cain | Getty ImagesDuring…

Richard Stephen | Istock | Getty ImagesAs Congress managed to avoid a government shutdown, the Senate also passed a key bill that will increase Social Security…

The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2024. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Senate is getting closer to a final vote on…

Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty ImagesLast month, Congress moved to take rare bipartisan action to change certain Social Security rules.The House of Representatives on Nov.…

A model of estimating the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for retirees points to a 2.5% COLA increase for 2026. “This figure would be equal to 2025’s COLA,…

Richard Stephen | Istock | Getty ImagesNew leadership has yet to be sworn in, in Washington, D.C. Yet Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, ignited a debate this…

Will Social Security recipients be getting a raise in 2025?Getty Images The Biden administration appears to have pulled off the elusive economic soft landing, getting inflation…

President-elect Donald Trump is nominating Frank Bisignano, the chief executive officer of fintech and payments company Fiserv Inc., to be the commissioner of the Social Security…

Dear Penny, I’m currently receiving my deceased husband’s Social Security benefits. We were married 30 years when he died. I now have a partner of 14…