And that’s what the windfall elimination provision does. When that WEP formula is applied to my Social Security computation, it gives me the roughly 40% return rate rather than the 90% rate ...

Alas, we have the system we have for now and it’s on the ropes thanks to demographic pressures and mismanagement of the ...

Social Security benefits will be depleted in 2033, according to SSA’s latest trustees report, and retirees will need extra ...

The Social Security Fairness Act made it possible for many public servants to receive Social Security they'd earned on top of ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, which was passed in January, repealed both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). This change controversially increased ...

As President Donald Trump and Congress fumble through his One Big Beautiful Bill on the budget for fiscal year 2025-26, they ...

Every year, the trustees analyze the current state of Social Security and forecast the future of the program. Changes in the ...

Claims for Social Security benefits have skyrocketed since the beginning of 2025, data from the Social Security ...

Some 2.8 million Americans may be eligible to receive an increase in their monthly Social Security benefits. Are you one of ...

Lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill—the Social Security Fairness Act—that repealed two provisions that limited retirement benefits for certain workers, including teachers, firefighters, and ...

The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new ...

Prices rose faster in May than forecasters had anticipated, and consumers unexpectedly lost income and pulled back on spending.