Social security

Leaked FBI data includes sensitive details on counterespionage work against China, Russia, cartels

Data includes details of assignments to specific field offices and, in some cases, to units engaged in high-stakes intelligence, security, or counterespionage work.

An FBI insignia on a building in Washington, DC, US. March 15, 2029.
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The bartender beat the National Insurance Institute: Cash tips will be considered part of wages

Meir Spiegler

"The Treasury took hundreds of billions from National Insurance surpluses"

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

Your Taxes: Look before you leap out of Israeli fiscal residency


At the expense of pensions and deposits: How the state will save National Insurance

The State Comptroller's report on the expected insolvency of National Insurance points to an existential threat so severe that everyone prefers to ignore it.

100th birthday? Don't count on it

Several wounded after 89-year-old man fires shotgun at Athens courthouse, social security office

A gunman opened fire at a social security office and a courthouse in central Athens, wounding several people. Police have launched a manhunt for the 89-year-old suspect.

Greek riot police mobilize near a courthouse in Athens, April 24, 2026; illustrative.

Knesset approves bill preventing double taxation for US olim, exempting National Insurance payments

The Knesset passed a bill exempting US olim from paying Israeli National Insurance for five years to prevent double payments, encouraging aliyah by reducing financial burdens.

An Israeli couple walks towards the Arrivals gate in the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 30, 2016

Your Taxes: How does Israel tax foreign pensions? The laws all immigrants should know

US Social Security is exempt in both the US and Israel under the US-Israel tax treaty.

 Many Jews from abroad view property purchases in Israel as a form of pension plan.

Your Taxes: The National Insurance obligations for Israelis overseas - opinion

Relocating abroad? Israel’s National Insurance rules can follow you, with monthly payments and tax rules depending on your job and residency.

 View of the National Insurance Institute offices in Jerusalem. January 23, 2017.

Foster family or residential care system? US study informs Israeli org. on how to care for orphans

Children placed in foster family care are more likely to acquire better academic outcomes than those who were not, mainly because of receiving developmental and preventative care.

 THE FOSTER families provide loving, stable homes for children to recover from difficult situations (Illustrative).

Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts are hurting Holocaust survivors, advocates say

A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor in Skokie, Illinois received a surprising notice last year from the Social Security Administration: The government was demanding a refund.

 U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

White House wants to defund independent Social Security board, sources say

Officials in Washington noted that this move is "symbolic of sort of the larger trends in Washington."

 U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump want to kill Social Security. Here's how it can be saved from DOGE -opinion

Elon Musk, under the authority of DOGE granted by Donald Trump, has it out for US Social Security. Here are the facts and what can be done about it.

 US President Donald Trump talks to the media next to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, with a Tesla car in the background, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 11, 2025.

Mike Johnson: The weakest speaker, Trump’s puppet, and Musk’s doormat - opinion

WASHINGTON WATCH: House Speaker Mike Johnson has surrendered Congress’s power to Trump and Musk, raising concerns about his weak leadership and the future of US democracy.

 PRESIDENT Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson shake hands during a House Republican members conference in Miami last month. Johnson may go down as the worst speaker in history, acting more like a White House junior staffer than the second in line to the presidency, the writer charges.