West Virginia is phasing out its tax on Social Security benefits. For 2025 returns (filed in 2026), 65% of benefits will be ...

A history-making Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026 will lift nominal-dollar retired-worker checks well ...

Not even a first-of-this-century cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) can protect aged beneficiaries from losing buying power next year.

Retired Americans will get at least a little relief from inflation in 2026—but with an emphasis on little. On Friday, the Social Security Administration announced that the 2026 cost-of-living ...

Oct 24 (Reuters) - More than 75 million Americans receiving Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits will see their monthly payments rise 2.8% in 2026, accelerating from the prior ...

The Social Security Administration just announced a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026, following the delayed release of September inflation data. It means the average retiree’s monthly ...

Despite all the talk about DOGE and cost-cutting earlier this year, the federal government spent more in fiscal 2025 than it did the previous year and set a new spending record. However, thanks to an ...

Social Security recipients now have a date when they will learn how much of an increase they will receive in 2026. The ongoing government shutdown has delayed the data needed to determine the 2026 ...

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to calculate the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Key CPI-W data needed to calculate the 2026 COLA will now ...