A proposal in the Senate seeks to expand benefits for widows, divorced people, and caregivers of minors, in what would be the ...

Survivor benefits are currently paid to around 5.8 million Americans nationwide, with nearly 4 million of those being ...

November 2, 2025 (San Diego) - During this year’s Retired Teachers Week, we proudly look back to January when the California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) achieved our biggest legislative ...

A new proposal from a group of Democratic senators could mean an additional $200 for Social Security recipients. The Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act would provide increased funds ...

A group of Democratic Senators has introduced a bill that would increase Social Security benefits by $200 a month for half of 2026. But it wouldn’t be just traditional Social Security recipients who ...

Good news for Social Security recipients: Congress is working on the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act, which could add an additional $200 to your monthly checks for the first six months ...

Remember when Elon Musk and President Donald Trump were saying that tens of millions of dead people received Social Security benefits? It was pretty clear from the outset that this claim, which ...

A sweeping change to the nation's retirement system has quietly increased monthly income for millions of Americans in recent months. The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by former ...

Dear Liz: Because of the Social Security Fairness Act, my wife got a huge lump sum check (catchup, I suppose) and will now get monthly Social Security benefits. This is good news and bad news, ...

The Social Security Fairness Act repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. Roughly 3.2 million Americans are seeing higher monthly payments. Average Social ...

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