House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) thinks he’s onto something clever with a new catchphrase to describe the Democratic agenda: “ Strong floor, no ceiling .” If that sounds like a hokey ...

Starting in 2025, the cap for deducting these taxes has been raised from $10,000 to $40,000. The caps are expected to be raised 1% every year through 2029, before reverting back to $10,000 in 2030.

Social Security payments will be normal in December, but SSI recipients should be aware of a holiday adjustment.

Learn the four key Social Security changes coming in January 2026, including COLA increases, Medicare costs, and tax shifts ...

For instance, the Q3 CPI-W average for 2025 was 2.76% higher than 2024, which is how we ended up with the 2.8% COLA. It's ...

Some of the changes happening to Social Security in 2026 are more positive than others. But even the ones that aren't so ...

You will receive Social Security on Dec. 3, and SSI on Dec. 1, if you began receiving Social Security before May 1997 or if ...

A new $6,000 senior tax deduction in Trump's new tax bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill, starts in tax year 2025, offering ...

The SSA puts the average monthly Social Security retirement benefit before next year's 2.8% COLA at $2,015 per month. Once ...

A new bill could boost Social Security benefits for widowed and surviving divorced spouses. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the Surviving Income Fair Treatment (SWIFT) Act in Washington, D.C.

Survivor benefits are currently paid to around 5.8 million Americans nationwide, with nearly 4 million of those being ...

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