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Did you know Social Security benefits can decrease? From taxes to identity theft, here are 15 ways your Social Security benefits can shrink.

Your Social Security Check Might Shrink If You Live in One of These 9 States

How much more in Social Security benefits will you receive in 2025? If you already get monthly Social Security checks or you're looking to sign up to do so, it's likely you're eagerly awaiting the COLA increase announcement. Analysts have offered their predictions on how much extra money you could be getting with your benefits for the next year, and there are ways to calculate how much you may get per check already. But the COLA adjustment could mean significant changes to how much money you have to play around with each month.

How Much Will Social Security Increase in 2025? Here's What Experts Predict

An extra check is coming your way if you collect social security!

Social Security Recipients Can Expect to Receive an Extra Payment In August

Benefits will rise, but seniors may not be so happy with that increase. Higher earners stand to lose more of their paychecks. It won't be as easy to qualify for Social Security as it was in recent years. A shakeup is coming to Social Security. See what's in store for...

These 3 Social Security Changes Are Coming in January. Prepare Yourself Now.

WashingtonExaminer

August’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in four days. According to the Social Security Administration, the first payments will be distributed on Aug. 1 to those living with a debilitating disability that affects one’s income.  To be eligible, filers need to be at least partially blind or have a “physical or […]

Social Security update: August direct payment worth $943 goes out in four days

August has arrived and that means this month's Social Security payments will soon be reaching bank accounts. The way the days are lined up this month may make it seem you're waiting a bit longer to get your payment, so we'll break it all down and fill you in when you can expect to get yours. If you're still waiting on your check from July, check out why it may not have arrived and what you can do about it.

Social Security August 2024: This Is When You'll Get Your Check This Month

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is making changes to its payment schedule for August and September. This will affect millions of Americans who rely on Social Security benefits, particularly those receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Typically, SSI benefits are paid on the first of each month. However, when the first...

Early SSI payments scheduled for August

Vice President Kamala Harris was born in 1964 in Oakland, California. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that people born in the United States are citizens. Only natural-born citizens are eligible to be president, Article II of the Constitution says. Harris, born in the U.S., meets that standard, legal experts said.

Fact Check: Kamala Harris “is not eligible to hold the office of president” because her parents were non-citizens.

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We don't know exactly what next year's raise will look like, but there's reason to be hopeful.

Social Security's 2025 COLA: There's Good News Ahead for Retirees

The second round of July’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to the first group of retirees Wednesday. Here is everything to know about this month’s Social Security payments. What is it? Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law in 1935, creating […]

Social Security update: Second round of July payments worth $4,873 to go out tomorrow

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Social Security checks are paid to people depending on when they were born.

When are Social Security benefits being sent out?

The “MisinfoNation” series returns with a new chapter in Donie O’Sullivan’s investigation into the pervasive surge of misinformation targeting American elections. Tune into “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” on Sunday, August 11 at 8pm ET/PT.

Listen to what Trump supporter says will happen if he loses in November

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Cash App customers may be able to claim more than $2,500 each as part of a $15 million class-action settlement for data and security breaches at the mobile payment service. People whose accounts were accessed without their authorization or who had fraudulent withdrawals or transfers can file claims, provided they had or currently have an account between August 23, 2018, and August 20, 2024, according to the settlement website. The class-action pointed to a 2021 incident the company disclosed in 2022, in which a former employee downloaded reports of some U.S. users without permission. It also noted another breach, disclosed in 2023,...

How to file a claim to get $2,500 from a Cash App settlement

Getting older is a privilege, but often has some unwanted side effects on your body — your eyesight might start to go, your joints may be feeling creaky and maybe your hair is going gray, among other things. Which brings us to a couple forms of an age-old question...

What Age Do Men Stop Getting “Excited?”

A Social Security spousal rule that has been around for decades officially ends this year for everyone except those who turned 70 on Jan. 1, 2024. The rule allows recipients to switch between their benefits and their spouses to receive the maximum amount. But unless you were born before Jan. 1, 1954, you won’t be able to take advantage.

This Social Security Spousal Rule Is Officially Finished in 2024 — But These 3 Strategies Remain

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Donald Trump took his authoritarian threats in a dark new direction during two new public appearances. He suggested our next election might be our last, reiterated in advance that the election will be rigged against him, and admitted all the post-assassination “unity” talk was nonsense, openly declaring: “Maybe I’ve gotten worse.” We talked to Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of the “Lucid” newsletter and the book Strongmen, who helps illuminate how Trump’s form of politics requires keeping his followers in a frenzy of excitement about what the authoritarian leader plans to inflict on their imagined enemies. Listen to this episode here.

Trump’s Mental State Suddenly Takes a Darker Turn: “I’ve Gotten Worse”

Social Security benefits are on pace to get a below-average cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025

Social Security Benefits Get a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) in 2025. But There Is a Big Problem for Retirees.

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Detroit, MI

The Independent

 Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back against pro-Palestine protesters in Detroit, her first major hurdle amid an otherwise positive rollout of her presidential campaign. Harris was visiting Detroit as part of a tour with her newly-minted running mate Tim Walz. The two had held a large and raucous outdoor rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin earlier in the day.But Michigan, which has a large Arab-American population located in Dearborn outside of Detroit, has long been a hotbed of criticism for the Biden administration’s support for Israel in its war against Gaza.  Earlier this year, roughly 13 percent of the...

Kamala Harris slams protesters disrupting Detroit rally: ‘If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that’

The US Sun

A RARE event will lead to some Americans receiving more Social Security payments this month - all because of a technicality in the system. The month of August comes with two checks for Social Security beneficiaries. The Social Security Administration (SSA) distributes payments on a regular schedule, providing Social Security...

Millions of Americans will score two checks up to $2,830 this month thanks to little-known Social Security rule

Social Security retirees could be on track for a COLA above 2.7%. This will be the first time since 1992 that the COLA has been above 2.6% for four consecutive years. We won't have an official answer on the COLA until October, but early signs point to a big increase.

Social Security's COLA Could Break a 32-Year Record in 2025. Will It?

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August's Social Security Check Is on the Way: Here's When You'll Get It

The Social Security payment schedule is a little different for August, and the second round of checks are headed out next week -- more than a...

August's Social Security Check Is on the Way: Here's When You'll Get It

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