You know when you read a statistic and swear it's a misprint? We read this stat, which is actually a year old, so you can't blame tariffs, and figured the numbers didn't add up. Then we did the math ...

Social Security payments are likely to rise in 2026, according to a new cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) estimate based on today's inflation. The latest projection for the 2026 COLA is 2.5 percent, ...