The Windfall Elimination Provision reduced benefits for certain workers, but its repeal by the Social Security Fairness Act could change how you plan for retirement.

The majority of affected beneficiaries already began receiving their increased monthly benefit amounts in April.

Q. I receive a significant pension from work I have done outside of Social Security. I have not worked enough hours under ...

The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), enacted on January 5, 2025, marks a significant shift in Social Security benefits, ...

The Social Security Fairness Act ends WEP and GPO reductions, boosting benefits for many—but not all eligible recipients are automatically included.

The Social Security Administration is about to get a new commissioner, but that's only the latest of a series of changes at the agency since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Social Security benefits end when you die, unless you have a qualifying beneficiary who would begin to receive survivorship ...

The decrease was not driven by Americans earning less, but was instead attributed to a reduction in Social Security payments.

On the Medicare side, the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund is now forecast to exhaust its reserves in 2033, three years sooner than projected in last year’s report. Goldwein emphasized that the ...

Clean-energy projects have new deadlines for federal tax credits and limits on foreign parts, taking aim at California’s climate agenda. Eleven solar projects and one onshore wind project now face pot ...

Social Security and Medicare face looming cuts due to dwindling Trust Funds. Benefits may be reduced unless Congress intervenes.