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It has been my custom for most of the past 27 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the Social Security updates ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said cuts to Social Security and Medicare won't be part of the legislative plan being worked out ...

With President Joe Biden signing a bill over the weekend to improve Social Security benefits for millions of public sector ...

New law means police officers, teachers and others with public pensions will now collect their full Social Security benefits.