If you receive Social Security benefits in 2026, there are several changes to the program that will impact your payments.

Social Security payments don’t all land on the same day, and that alone explains a huge chunk of January confusion. The ...

More than 70 million Americans rely on monthly payments from the SSA, including retirees and people with disabilities.

A new report shows where Social Security checks stretch the furthest — and where they fall short. See the top 10 and bottom 10 states for retirees in 2026.

For members of those groups, SSI benefits will be issued on the 1st of each month, with Social Security benefits following a ...

Social Security payments are suspended when someone is imprisoned for committing a crime. Those payments may not automatically resume upon release.

When a survivor benefit suddenly shrinks because the Social Security Administration says it paid you too much, the letter can ...

The first Social Security payments of 2026 are set to go out in January, reflecting a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays. The first wave of ...

'I delayed collecting my benefits until this year, when I turned 70' Spouses can no longer switch between their own retirement benefits and spousal benefits when they're eligible for both upon ...

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