The Social Security Fairness Act provides retroactive payments for those affected by WEP and GPO. Here’s a step-by-step guide to see if you're eligible for a lump-sum payment.

Join economist Dr. Orphe Divounguy and Chris Krug as they discuss how social security works and the problems its facing on this episode of Everyday Economics! Everyday Economics is an unrehearsed, ...

Oct 29 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister, Rachel Reeves, could scrap a windfall tax on the country's oil and gas industry a year earlier than planned, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

WSJ explains how the Trump administration is able to provide $20 billion to Argentina and why it is propping up an ideological ally. Photo: Ksenia Shaikhutdinova/WSJ Wall Street has bet repeatedly ...

The Social Security Fairness Act repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.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 ...

Sometimes the most extraordinary places come in the smallest packages, like finding an unexpected twenty-dollar bill in your winter coat or discovering that the gas station coffee is actually… good?

WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.8% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Friday. This year ...

The new cost-of-living adjustment — or COLA — for 2026 is 2.8%, slightly above last year’s increase, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Social Security recipients received a 2.5% ...

Millions of Americans receiving Social Security will see a modest bump in their monthly payments next year. The Social Security Administration announced a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for ...

Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are part of the Social Security benefits program. A new report reveals a serious flaw in the COLA formula. Retirees have missed out on thousands of dollars because ...