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White House plan would erase age from Social Security disability decisions

Sources say the administration may raise the age threshold from 50 to 60 or remove it entirely, a move that could cut benefits for 750,000 people and reduce payouts by $82 billion.

Trump-Musk Social Security fraud hunt yields chaos, not criminals

An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.

Trump accused of weaponizing Social Security and immigration system to target...

Critics warn of authoritarian overreach as Trump administration marks immigrants as “dead” to force deportation and targets lawful residents for protected political speech.

67,000 could die waiting for benefits under Musk’s Social Security cuts,...

Sanders warns that Elon Musk’s plan to slash Social Security staffing could double disability claim wait times and deaths, as Trump nominee faces Senate vote.

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How Russia and China learned to love their border

Once one of the world’s most militarized frontiers, the Russia-China border along the Amur River Basin shows how a long-running territorial dispute can evolve from confrontation to integration.

Apathy in the American Medical Association

It is well past time that they break their silence.

A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule

No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.

Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ regulatory rollbacks fuel surge in protective climate lawsuits

With President Trump’s intensified attacks on climate policy during his second term, lawsuits challenging U.S. federal actions drove global climate litigation, a new analysis shows.

Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...

If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.