The Social Security COLA increase for 2025 is finally here, and so is your boosted benefits check. Here's when you can expect it.

Each year, tens of millions of retirees collecting Social Security benefits anxiously await the upcoming COLA, or cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA). The COLA is a pivotal part of the Social Security program that reflects the next year's increase in Social Security benefits.

Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is based on third-quarter inflation data, so it was officially announced in October when the last of the official CPI data from the third quarter was released.

Knowledge gaps can lead to costly financial planning mistakes, so everyone should make an effort to stay informed.

A half-dozen changes, concerning everything from Social Security checks to the payroll tax select workers will owe, are now in effect.

Workers will have to earn a little bit more to earn their 2025 Social Security work credits, and that's not the only change this year.

Social Security won't get the overhaul it needs in 2025, but these three changes could have a big impact on you.

What was created as a punch line has lived on for decades, on social media, the runway, and the red carpet. Cohen and Anderson Cooper returned to co-host CNN‘s 'New Year’s Eve Live' this year. There has been an NFL game every Thursday night since Week 1.