{
  "id": 11935932,
  "title": "Social Security's Trump Bump-Led 2027 COLA Will Be One of the Largest in 35 Years, but It May Financially Cripple America's Leading Retirement Program",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/social-securitys-trump-bump-led-2027-cola-will-be-one-of-the-largest",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-04T13:06:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/retirement/2026/10/04/social-security-trump-bump-led-2027-cola-one-of-largest-in-35-years-financially-cripple-leading-retirement-program/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Social Security Administration's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for over 71 million beneficiaries will be revealed on October 14, 2027. This adjustment aims to counteract the impact of inflation on retirees' purchasing power. In the past 35 years, most COLA increases have been relatively small, but the 2027 COLA is expected to be one of the most substantial in recent history due to President Donald Trump's influence. However, while larger monthly Social Security checks may provide much-needed relief for beneficiaries, the higher COLA comes at a significant financial cost for the already struggling retirement program.",
  "summary": "Outsize Social Security raises come with unintended consequences.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/11935932.png",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/the-trump-bump-for-your-2027-social-security-cola-could-be-bigger",
        "published": "2026-10-04T08:44:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "The Trump Bump for Your 2027 Social Security COLA Could Be Bigger Than Expected. Here's the Good News — and the Bad News.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/the-trump-bump-for-your-2027-social-security-cola-could-be-bigger-11896554",
        "published": "2026-10-04T09:04:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}