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Social Security's COLA could be lowest since 2021, pressuring seniors' budgets
Still, the new forecast is below the 2025 COLA of 2.5% and the average COLA over the past 20 years of 2.6%. It would be the lowest since 2021, when the increase was 1.3%. COLA is not a raise, but ...
Monthly inflation ticks up slightly in April as tariffs kick in
While annual inflation cooled to 2.3% compared to last year, many consumers remain in limbo waiting to feel the full impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs.
Social Security Users To Get $4,000 Boost in Payments: Who Is Eligible?
Millions of recipients could soon be entitled to the tax break, should the provision make its way into the final bill.
US budget surplus surges to $258 billion in April, year-to-date deficit tops $1 trillion
The U.S. government posted a $258 billion budget surplus for April, up 23%, or about $49 billion, from a year earlier, ...
Trump administration investigates California’s benefits to immigrants. Critics say its claims are misleading.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles field office issues a Title 8 subpoena to ...
President Trump Just Walked Back Another Social Security Change -- and It's a Small Victory for Seniors
In March, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reinstated the 100% overpayment recovery rate that had been in place prior ...
2 Social Security Changes That Have Happened in the Last 4 Weeks
A second amendment came on April 14, when the SSA announced that anyone wishing to apply for Social Security or make account ...
Trump Administration Highlights: Trump Calls for 20,000 New Officers to Help With Deportations
President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security on Friday to increase the deportation force of the United States ...
President Donald Trump Just Called for a Drastic Social Security Change -- but It Comes With Unintended Consequences
Trump reversed former President Joe Biden's overpayment and recovery rules by implementing a 50% clawback rate on a person's ...
Social Security employees are having to ‘resurrect’ some people whose deaths have been greatly exaggerated
The incorrectly marked deaths are just a piece of the Trump administration’s crash program purporting to root out fraud, ...
Liam and Olivia dominate — again — with top baby names for a sixth year in a row
Liam has reigned for eight years in a row for boys, while Olivia has topped the girls’ list for six. Also, for the sixth ...
Social Security wait times were already long under Biden. They're even longer under Trump.
Hold times at Social Security's toll-free number averaged 60 minutes last year, during the Biden administration. Under Trump, ...