Social security payments are sent monthly, but the date can vary depending on the 2025 calendar and when you were born.

A new law signed by President Joe Biden and now being implemented by Donald Trump's administration boosts Social Security payments for 3 million affected retirees.

The Social Security Administration said Tuesday it is ready to start paying out recipients who either didn’t receive Social Security benefits or whose benefits were reduced as a result of the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.

A plan like this will result in field office closures that will hit seniors in rural communities the hardest," one lawmaker said.

Thousands of federal workers are out of a job, and further cuts are expected. Meanwhile, a federal judge has blocked the firings.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered federal agencies to undertake more large-scale layoffs of workers, while the president let downsizing czar Elon Musk take a star role at his first cabinet meeting and discuss his ambitious budget-cutting targets.