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The Social Security Administration’s 2026 benefits-distribution calendar features a run of ahead-of-schedule payments.

In the coming days, the U.S.’s Social Security Administration is scheduled to send out its latest batch of January payments.

The 2026 increase is nothing close to the dramatic 8.7% COLA jolt in 2023. But it is better than the increase that ...

Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays. The first wave of payments will be sent on the second Wednesday of the ...

The SSA will advance SSI payments to December 31, 2025, due to the New Year's Day holiday. This ensures timely access for ...

Social Security benefits are rising in 2026. A 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase the average retired worker ...

Some confusion has surfaced as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will not receive a payment during the month of ...

The SSA pays monthly benefits to more than 70 million Americans, including retirees and people with disabilities.

Social Security benefits can stop entirely if you are convicted and imprisoned over 30 days. SSDI and SSI payments pause or ...

SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...

Depending on how long a person is in jail and the conditions under which they receive Social Security benefits, those ...