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One widely touted proposal to shore up the program’s finances could make that fear a reality — or at least change how and when they can claim their benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Lucy Letby's new expert supporters claim no babies were deliberately harmed.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Along with the stigma this created, the tactic allowed Flynn’s defense to claim she had cooperated with prosecutors under threat of a criminal charge for what the newspaper delicately called the “illegal operation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The first law allowing an early claiming age was passed in 1956 and let women workers and wives of workers claim retirement benefits at a reduced rate beginning at age 62.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Eliana sounds like a teacher who’s talking to a kid who has the nerve to claim they didn’t know about a research project they should have been working on for weeks.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Aenlle-Rocha also responded to an incident in which the stylist claims her foot was run over by a heavy clothes rack.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The reduction is permanent and depends on how many months before their full retirement age the person claims benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, a Newsom-backed bill that would speed compensation to wildfire victims and reform the way wildfire claims are handled died in the Legislature on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
US pop star Lizzo has spoken out after the remaining claims in a lawsuit against her production company were thrown out by a US district judge.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Rooster Jim claims to be “near to sixty” and he puts in days that would send a younger man straight to his bed.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
The deadliest ever Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people, according to the latest official toll released on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Some activists told the BBC that the referendum was a mere formality and claimed that 90% of registered voters did not take part.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Similarly, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz will be “worthless” in two years as overland pipe routes bypass it completely.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
“It also claimed that Bass had won support from a vast majority of voters who supported insurgent Republican Spencer Pratt in the primary election.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Some Americans even claimed that these taxes and the way the colonists were treated amounted to a form of slavery.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
A change not only to when people can get 100% of the benefit they’re owed, but also to when they might be able to begin claiming, could make strategizing more complex.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
CBS also boosted another El-Sayed tweet that was first revealed by the Washington Free Beacon, a right-wing outlet claiming to cover “the enemies of freedom.”
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
But one of its producers, Leonora Ann Darby, is claiming she hasn’t received her share of the profit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In pursuit of other ends, AIs will discover the advantage of claiming to be sentient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Half my paychecks bounced, and she refused to reimburse me for my penalty charges, claiming that it was my bank's fault, not hers.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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