A Top Trump Official Had to Sell His Stock. He May Have Saved Millions.

Frank Bisignano, who holds top jobs at the Social Security Administration and the I.R.S., sold his stake in Fiserv before the company’s stock cratered this week.

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Social Security Announces a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Increase for Beneficiaries

Recipients, including retirees and their spouses, as well as those who receive disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income, will see the additional benefit starting in January.

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Inflation Report Will Be Released Despite Shutdown

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is calling back some employees to produce the Consumer Price Index for September. That data is needed to calculate the annual cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security beneficiaries.

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Bessent Taps Social Security Chief to Serve as C.E.O. of I.R.S.

Frank Bisignano, who already leads the Social Security Administration, will also take on the day-to-day duties of the tax collector.

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How a Government Shutdown Will Affect Social Security

Retirement, survivor and disability payments will continue, but some services may be temporarily unavailable.

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‘Distressing’ Uses of the President’s Power

Readers respond to an editorial about President Trump’s troubling use of executive power in the Venezuelan boat strikes. Also: Social Security woes; the importance of Black colleges.

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His Parents Disappeared. In a TV Studio, He Confessed to Killing Them.

After investigators came looking, Lorenz Kraus told a reporter he had strangled Franz and Theresia Kraus eight years ago. Two bodies were buried in their backyard.

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Democratic Report Says Disorder at DOGE Jeopardized Americans’ Data

Members of a Senate panel described a haphazard working and living environment that involved transferring sensitive information to servers “without any verified security controls.”

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Social Security Workers Struggle to Meet Demand After DOGE Cuts

After this year’s staffing cuts, some people wait for hours, others sail through. But overburdened field office workers carry the weight.

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Republican Senator Asks Social Security Agency About Whistle-Blower’s Claims

The chair of the Finance Committee sent the agency a letter inquiring about allegations that it had put the confidential personal information of Americans at risk.

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