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.

Even if the rep from the Social Security Administration you are talking to discourages you from filing a claim, remember you ...

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Living trusts generally allow a smoother, more organized settlement of the estate than other probate-avoidance options.

The fact remains that Republicans are only slightly offsetting significant tax cuts for the rich by decimating programs that help the poor, including food stamps and Medicaid.

There has been a clear trend in TSCL's Social Security COLA predictions. For four consecutive months, the projected increase ...

America needs a new immigration system that protects our security, grows the economy, reflects our values, and benefits all ...

Voters are understandably nervous every time Congress or the president talks about changing Social Security. The only way to ...

Trump's exclusion of an oft-touted Social Security proposal will be highly unpopular but is absolutely necessary.

It's been years since mass arrests all but silenced pro-democracy activism in Hong Kong. But a crackdown on dissent in the ...

Potentially dangerous social media trends are getting kids, and potentially homeowners, into trouble this summer while kids ...

One Washington victim fell for just such a ruse when a scammer told him his Social Security Number had been compromised. He ...