AARP projects the 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment at 3.6%, which would be the largest benefits increase since 2023 if it holds. The official COLA will be announced on Oct. 14.
NYTimes – Business The official 2027 COLA will be announced on Oct. 14, but some senior citizens' groups are already forecasting the benefits bump retirees can expect.
The official 2027 COLA will be announced on Oct. 14, but some senior citizens' groups are already forecasting the benefits bump retirees can expect.
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NYTimes – US President Trump and Vice President Vance headlined a first-of-its-kind Republican midterm convention in Dallas, where Trump promised $5,000 to every adult citizen if Republicans keep Congress and touted expected GOP victories while downplaying the party's electoral challenges. The event drew protests and Democratic criticism.
NYTimes – US Former CIA officer David J. Rush, accused of stealing more than $40 million in gold bars from the agency and hiding 303 bars in his Virginia basement, has reached a tentative plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Rush was fired after the FBI discovered the gold. The court filing did not specify the charges he could plead to.
NYTimes – US A 15-year-old boy was rescued after clinging to an overturned fishing boat in the Bering Sea off Alaska for several days without food or water. His older brother and cousin, who had been fishing with him near St Lawrence Island, drowned when the vessel capsized. A fishing vessel pulled the teen to safety, the Coast Guard said.
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