The elimination of WEP and GPO under the Social Security Fairness Act is delivering major benefit increases and lump-sum payments to public workers.

For decades, a particular kind of federal widow learned to live with a strange arithmetic: her late husband paid into Social ...

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates WEP and GPO rules, increasing benefits for some retirees. Here's who qualifies and how much more you may receive.

Some people haven't received all their Social Security benefits, even though they paid into the system. A new law changes ...

Mon, March 23, 2026 at 8:36 PM UTC The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law on January 5, 2025, repealing two provisions that had quietly cut benefits for more than 2.8 million teachers, ...

On Jan. 5, 2025, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) into law, repealing two onerous Social Security provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government ...

For the first time in years, a retired teacher in Ohio, a former police sergeant in Massachusetts, or the widow of a federal ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Millions of Social Security recipients impacted by the Social Security ...

Picture a 68-year-old retired math teacher in San Antonio. She spent 32 years in Texas classrooms, earned a $54,000 annual pension from the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), and picked up work on the ...

Some Social Security recipients could see a boost in their benefits as the result of a rules change. In 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act did away with provisions that reduced or eliminated ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. President Donald Trump has already enacted a flurry of changes during ...