The Motley Fool

A shakeup is coming to Social Security. See what's in store for 2025.

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

The Social Security Administration utilizes four variables when calculating your monthly retired-worker benefit. There are well-defined advantages to initially collecting Social Security benefits at ages 62, 66, and 70. A thorough study of 20,000 retired-worker claims finds that one claiming age is superior to all others in terms of maximizing...

Here's the Average Social Security Benefit at Ages 62, 66, and 70

Each year, the Social Security Administration adjusts how much it will pay out to beneficiaries due to inflation and increased cost-of-living expenses. Given that around 68 million people are currently receiving Social Security benefits, this adjustment in the amount of money beneficiaries get receives a lot of attention. The COLA...

Social Security COLA 2025: The Latest Expert Predictions Are Here

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American Insight

Seniors may get a check as high as $4,873 from Social Security, but no retiree's payment can be bigger than that in 2024. Here's why. It’s a common misconception that high earners receive larger Social Security checks than those with more modest incomes.

Here's the most you can earn from Social Security in 2024

Fox Business

Social Security recipients will receive two checks this month, but it doesn't mean retirees are receiving extra money – it's due to a quirk in the system.

Some Americans to receive rare second Social Security payment in August

With the current election cycle and the continued focus on issues like inflation and the national debt, many people are wondering what will happen with Social Security. While it’s hard to predict what will happen in the long term — and much could change depending on factors such as who wins the election and what happens with the economy — looking at short-term changes to Social Security is generally more straightforward. That’s because Social Security benefit increases follow a formula known as a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).

What a Middle-Class Social Security Check Could Look Like in 2025

DC News Now

Your retirement age can have a major impact on your monthly Social Security check. Here's what to consider.

When is the best age to take Social Security?

Business Insider

"I actually started off supporting Donald, and then I got to know him better," Cuban told Vivek Ramaswamy in an interview.

Mark Cuban says he once supported Trump. Then he got to know him: 'He was unethical then, and he's still unethical.'

You may not get to keep all of your benefits after all.

Is the IRS Coming for Your Social Security Check?

A "record-breaking backlog" of pending actions has led to an estimated $1.1 billion in improper beneficiary payments, according to a new report. Experts say the Social Security Administration needs more funding in its budget to properly address a "customer service crisis." The Social Security Administration faces a "record-breaking backlog" of...

'Record-breaking backlog' leads to $1.1 billion in improper Social Security payments, report finds

Conway urged Donald Trump on Monday to halt his name-calling and racial insults against Kamala Harris and instead focus on her policies.

Kellyanne Conway joins the chorus of Republicans urging Trump to back off the Harris insults

TheStreet

Conway Gittens: I’m Conway Gittens reporting from the New York Stock Exchange. Here’s what we’re watching on TheStreet today. Wall Street begins a new week with a focus on economic data. Investors are keen to see if readings on consumer and producer prices nudge the Federal Reserve towards a ...

Retirees set for historic cost of living adjustment increase

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is on the verge of doing something that hasn't happened in roughly three decades -- but it likely won't help retirees.

Social Security's 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Forecast Has Changed -- but a History-Making "Raise" Is Still Probable

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Salon

Donald Trump is handling the narcissistic injury of trailing a Black woman in the polls about as well as could be expected, which is to say: The former president is variously denying and lashing out at reality itself, lamenting that he’s no longer running against another elderly man and complaining in all-hours rage posts that his opponent's throngs of enthusiastic supporters are fake and actually generated by computers.

"His head is exploding": Trump melts down on Truth Social as bad poll numbers get even worse

Social Security beneficiaries should prepare for several changes in 2025 that will impact their monthly benefits. The most significant adjustment will be the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which is estimated to be around 2.7% based on current inflation trends, according to the Senior Citizens League. However, higher-than-expected inflation could push this number even higher.

Social Security’s 2025 COLA estimate updated

The Guardian

The former president is in freefall. But there is no room to ignore the immense danger he still poses, says Arwa Mahdawi

Donald Trump is in full meltdown mode. Could he destroy his own campaign? | Arwa Mahdawi

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Indiana, PA

Until last year, Janet Albrecht could afford to eat roast beef sandwiches or tuna salad for lunch. But the widowed 78-year-old now has to skimp on her meals because her Social Security benefits haven’t kept up with the rising costs for food, housing and health care in recent years.

‘I’m down to eating ramen’: Social Security benefits aren’t keeping up with inflation

The New Republic

Donald Trump told Elon Musk during their livestreamed conversation on X Monday night that if the election goes poorly, “we’ll meet the next time in Venezuela because it will be a far safer place to meet than our country.” Trump made the statement after mentioning that “crime rates all over the world are going way down,” an odd statement to make before bringing up Venezuela, where postelection protests have left 23 dead and more than 2,000 people arrested, according to the United Nations.Trump says he'll flee to Venezuela if he loses the election and invites Elon to visit him pic.twitter.com/z0gvN6ugI7—...

Trump Tells Elon Musk All About His Plan to Flee if He Loses Election

More than 50 million Americans receive Social Security retirement benefits. Most of these recipients are retirees who worked and paid Social Security taxes. But millions of dependents and survivors of retired workers, including spouses and ex-spouses, also receive a monthly benefit from Social Security. Spouses can collect Social Security benefits...

Divorce & Social Security Spousal Benefits

Ohio State

Vice presidential picks don’t normally take center stage during an election year. Unfortunately for Donald Trump, that’s not the case with J.D. Vance.Democratic attacks on Vance are actually sticking, making the Ohio senator an increasingly unpopular candidate. A pair of polls conducted weeks apart by centrist Democratic pollster Blueprint indicate that Vance’s favorability has fallen from -7 to -11, Semafor reported Monday, with a significant number of voters viewing the vice presidential pick exactly as Democrats describe him: “conservative,” “anti-woman,” and “weird.” “It’s not just the favorables; it’s what people think of it. It’s how he’s been introduced to the...

Devastating New Poll Is Worst News Yet for J.D. Vance and Trump

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Social Security cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.6% in 2025, new estimate finds

As new government data shows inflation subsiding, Social Security beneficiaries may expect a lower cost-of-living adjustment in 2025. The prospective Social Security COLA for 2025 could...

Social Security cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.6% in 2025, new estimate finds

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