Many retirees look forward to Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which for 2025 is 2.5%. The COLA technically takes effect in December, with beneficiaries seeing updated payments in January.

President Joe Biden signed a measure into law on Sunday that boosts Social Security retirement payments to some retirees who draw public pensions, such as former police officers and firefighters, in what the White House described as the first expansion of such benefits in 20 years.

Teachers, firefighters, police and others who earn a separate pension for government work will now get their full Social Security benefits.

Social Security's 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) took effect in January. Benefits will increase 2.5% this year, the smallest pay bump for seniors since 2021. Indeed, more than half of retired workers surveyed by The Motley Fool in October said the COLA was insufficient.

President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign a bill on Sunday that will expand Social Security benefits for certain government retirees but weaken the program’s strained finances. The Social Security Fairness Act will repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision,

While all Social Security beneficiaries will get a boost to benefits in 2025, certain pensioners are also expected to see a notable change to benefit rules.

Here's how a retired Canton City firefighter got invited to President Joe Biden's signing of the Social Security Fairness Act.

Current and former public sector workers in Massachusetts are hailing the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act.

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates two provisions that reduced Social Security benefits for some retirees who also received pension income.

President Joe Biden on Sunday signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law, clearing the way for nearly 3 million public workers including teachers, firefighters and police to see an increase to their Social Security benefits.