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Social Security makes screeching U-turn on controversial policy

Social Security makes screeching U-turn on controversial policy

By TILLY ARMSTRONG DEPUTY CONSUMER EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 00:37, 26 July 2025 | Updated: 00:43, 26 July 2025 Social Security will continue mailing paper checks — in a major U-turn from a previously announced plan.  The agency had planned to halt checks after September 30 to cut costs and reduce fraud, shifting entirely to electronic payments.  Paper checks cost …

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Social Security benefits to be cut by 24% over next seven years

Social Security benefits to be cut by 24% over next seven years

Social Security beneficiaries are expected to face a 24% cut in payments by late 2032 following the enactment of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to new projections from a nonpartisan fiscal watchdog. The projected cut would equal an $18,100 annual benefit cut for a dual-earning, middle-class couple that retires at the start of 2033, the Committee …

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Chicharito apologizes for sexist social media posts following backlash

Chicharito apologizes for sexist social media posts following backlash

Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, who the Mexican Football Federation fined and gave a warning to for his sexist social media posts, issued a public apology on Thursday for his remarks following widespread backlash, including by Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum. “I am deeply sorry for any confusion or upset my recent words have caused; It was never my intention to limit, hurt …

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A new analysis projects a 24% cut to Social Security benefits by late 2032. – Axios

A new analysis projects a 24% cut to Social Security benefits by late 2032.  Axios Sen. Bill Cassidy Explains His Plan to Fix ‘Mostly Dead’ Social Security. Plus, the Big, Beautiful Bill and RFK Jr.  Barron’s Retirees Face an $18,100 Benefit Cut in 7 Years-2025-07-24  Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Americans Face $110,000 Earnings Loss to Prop Up Social Security  Newsweek Worried about …

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Sen. Bill Cassidy Explains His Plan to Fix ‘Mostly Dead’ Social Security. Plus, the Big, Beautiful Bill and RFK Jr. – Barron's

Sen. Bill Cassidy Explains His Plan to Fix ‘Mostly Dead’ Social Security. Plus, the Big, Beautiful Bill and RFK Jr.  Barron’s Americans Face $110,000 Earnings Loss to Prop Up Social Security  Newsweek Worried about Social Security cuts? 3 things to do now if you’re already retired  USA Today We need major changes to Social Security and Medicare before it’s too late  The Hill Social …

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U.S. withdraws from UNESCO over ‘divisive social and cultural causes’ : NPR

U.S. withdraws from UNESCO over ‘divisive social and cultural causes’ : NPR

A picture taken on Oct. 12, 2017 shows the logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration will withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) — about two years after the …

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Americans agree on Social Security, but their faith is waning – Axios

Americans agree on Social Security, but their faith is waning  Axios Growing share of retirees lean heavily on Social Security, AARP says  CBS News Social Security: Confidence in program’s future dips 7 percent since 2020  The Hill Fighting to Protect Social Security  AARP Local How Social Security Safeguards Older Women  AARP Source link

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Trump Talks About Anything but Epstein on His Social Media Account – The New York Times

Trump Talks About Anything but Epstein on His Social Media Account  The New York Times Amid Epstein fallout, the Trump administration turns to other MAGA grievances  NBC News Trump posts a lot of crazy stuff on social. But these 2 went too far | Opinion  The Arizona Republic As MAGA world focuses on Epstein, Trump seeks focus on anything else  The Washington Post All …

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Trump Posts Frenzied Truth Social Rampage on Six-Month Anniversary in Office

Trump Posts Frenzied Truth Social Rampage on Six-Month Anniversary in Office

Donald Trump spent the evening of his six-month anniversary back in office raging on Truth Social in a torrent of boastful, conspiratorial and outright random posts. By the end of the day, the 79-year-old president had posted more than three dozen times. Topics ranged from jailing political opponents to promoting the book of a Fox News ally, and in one …

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