The COLA is intended to an automatic annual increase in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits, and it’s ...

If Social Security's 2026 COLA comes in at 2.7% or higher (which is still a possibility), it will mean that inflation has ...

Social Security beneficiaries will no longer receive physical benefit checks via mail. Going forward, all recipients need to ...

Several Social Security Administration (SSA) changes are arriving this month for beneficiaries. On October 15, the ...

Even in the best-case scenario, retired workers may be disappointed with Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment ...

A shutdown may be overwhelming to a workforce that Smith says is already overworked. When Smith started with the agency in ...

A shutdown could increase demand on the Food Bank of Delaware, according to its spokesperson, because a prolonged one will hurt the financials of Delaware's federal workers. The Food Bank said a ...

There are some things Social Security beneficiaries should know as the year comes to a close, even as the future of Social ...

Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays, with the first wave of payments going out on the second Wednesday of the month, Oct. 8. Subsequent payments will go out on the third (Oct. 15) ...

Back in July, the Social Security Board of Trustees released their estimate for the 2026 COLA and beyond as part of their ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics would stop operating in the event of a government shutdown — all active data collection would ...

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