Department of Government Efficiency employees at the Social Security Administration put the records of more than 300 million Americans at risk by creating a copy of the data in a vulnerable cloud ...

Adapted from The World’s Worst Bet: How The Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (and What Would Make It Right) by David J. Lynch. Published September 9, 2025.

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

The projection for Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for next year is getting higher, according to a new report. The Senior Citizens League on Tuesday released an update that ...

The program gave birth to the idea of retirement and covers nearly all Americans — but now it faces major financial and customer service challenges. By Mark Miller The concept of retirement as we know ...

Social Security recipients are still forecast to see a 2.7% bump in their monthly checks next year, the same as last month's estimate, based on the latest inflation report, a new analysis showed. The ...

The secretary’s requirement that she personally approve any expense over $100,000 has created a backlog of “mission critical” contracts, records show. By Maxine Joselow Alexandra Berzon and Eli Murray ...

Interior and security ministers from the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing partnership of the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia ...