People affected by the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset weigh the best claiming strategy.

Social Security payments for certain recipients could be larger this week thanks to a law that was recently put into place.

Keeping up with Social Security lately feels like trying to follow a plot twist every week. Recent updates—from shifting ...

The increase stems from the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, which lifted reductions on 3.2 million public sector workers.

Many individuals will be thrilled with the rollout of the Social Security Fairness Act—which repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset—triggering a wave of ...

A bipartisan group of United States senators is urging the agency to revise its policy and grant the full scope of back payments allowed by law.

A day after it announced the elimination of the Office of Transformation, the SSA said it was closing the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity and that it would reassign the office's tasks - ...

Thousands of retirees in Connecticut should start seeing an increase in their monthly Social Security checks next month, with the implementation of a new law to address the way payments were ...

Years back, lawmakers voted to make Social Security benefits eligible for an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) ...

Before leaving office, former President Joe Biden signed a bill letting millions of Americans receive retroactive Social ...

Social Security benefits will rise this month for some beneficiaries who also receive pensions as retired public employees after a new law took effect this year.