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Millions of Americans carrying student debt could gain new protection for their Social Security benefits under legislation proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders that would prevent the federal government from seizing the payments to collect defaulted federal student loans.

Sanders, an independent from Vermont and the ranking member of the Senate Health,

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Older Americans and borrowers with disabilities who default on federal student loans could get new protection from having their Social Security benefits garnished under legislation introduced Monday by Democratic lawmakers.

The bill would prevent the Treasury Department from withholding Social Security payments from those borrowers,

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When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard.

Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences.

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Energy stocks gained Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 1% and the State St

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Millions of Americans who depend on Social Security benefits for
seniors in their retirement might see an increase in their 2027 benefits.
New Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
data from July indicates inflation increased between July 2025 and July 2026,
suggesting the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) might give benefits a boost next
year.

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Key Points

• Broadcom currently has a market cap of around $1.9 trillion, and its bottom-line growth prospects suggest that it can join Microsoft in the $3 trillion club.

• Broadcom is on track to capitalize on a couple of solid growth opportunities in AI chips.

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Aug. 18 (UPI) — Colombian singer Shakira and philanthropist Howard Graham Buffett, son of U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, have joined forces to help rebuild schools in Colombia’s Chocó department, the epicenter of the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Aug. 10.

A week after the earthquake, Shakira visited Quibdó, the capital of Chocó,

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