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Oct 03 2023
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Social Security overpayments draw scrutiny and outrage from Congress
Several members of Congress are calling on the Social Security Administration to answer for issuing billions of dollars of payments it says beneficiaries weren’t entitled to receive — and then demanding the money back.
Many of the recipients are elderly, poor, or disabled and have already spent the money. They have little or no way of repaying it.
“The government’s got to fix
ABC News (Online)Oct 03 2023
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Social Security's $20 Billion Error Raises Questions in Congress
Members of Congress are demanding answers after it was revealed the Social Security Administration is trying to claw back $20 billion in overpayments.
The SSA regained $4.7 billion of overpayments during the 2022 fiscal year, but ended the year with $21.6 billion still outstanding, according to a report by agency's inspector general.
Social Security benefits are paid to people
NewsweekApr 13 2024
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Area students are winners at 2024WV State Social Studies Fair
Apr. 13—CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) hosted more than 500 students in Charleston as part of the 2024 West Virginia State Social Studies Fair (WVSSSF). Students worked individually and in teams to enter approximately 320 projects. The event brought students from 40 counties to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center and features the largest competition
Yahoo NewsApr 17 2024
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REPORT: Seven Criminals Allegedly Kidnap Security Guard In Coordinated Heist
Seven armed criminals allegedly robbed a cannabis growing facility and briefly kidnapped the facility’s security guard in Tumwater, Washington state on April 5, police said, multiple outlets reported. The Tumwater Police Department (TPD) alleged that the suspects released the guard a couple of miles away from the facility as they allegedly set about burglarizing the business, Fox 13 reported
The Daily CallerApr 14 2024
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Nuggets secure West's No. 2 seed with win over Grizzlies
April 14 - Jamal Murray scored 21 points, Nikola Jokic had 15 points and 15 rebounds and the visiting Denver Nuggets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 126-111 on Sunday to secure the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. Denver (57-25) moved past Minnesota, which lost at home to Phoenix on Sunday, and will begin the first round of the playoffs against the winner of Tuesday night's play-in game
ReutersApr 05 2024
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How a social media feud led to a couple's murder
When police found Billy Payne and his fiancée Billie Jean Hayworth shot execution-style in a rural Tennessee home with their 7-month-old son Tyler alive in Hayworth's arms in 2012, it sparked an investigation that would lead them to discover a complex murder concocted by a woman who was in the middle of a social media feud. Jenelle Potter has been serving two concurrent life sentences for the
ABC News (Online)Oct 08 2012
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The Case for Social Security
Social Security is not sustainable without reform. Simply put, it cannot pay promised future benefits with current levels of taxation. Yet raising taxes or cutting benefits will only make a bad deal worse. However, allowing younger workers to privately invest their Social Security taxes through individual accounts will improve Social Security's rate of return; provide better retirement
Cato InstituteApr 16 2024
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House may take up vote soon on national security bill
Johnson is vowing that the priorities of funding Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan will get separate votes by the end of the week. That plan has Democrats on board, but Johnson is facing threats from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who are pushing to oust him for moving on the package. Greene has already introduced a motion to dismiss Johnson as speaker, and Massie
The HillApr 17 2024
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Iowa lawmakers revive effort to advance social studies concepts developed by conservative group
DES MOINES — The Iowa Senate passed a bill requiring Iowa schools to adopt new social studies and civics education standards with a focus on Western civilization; U.S. and Iowa history; the structure, function and role of the state and federal government; and "civic virtues displayed in the lives of exemplary Americans." Lawmakers Tuesday amended a bill that calls for the Iowa Department of
Cedar Rapids Gazette