Some couples may receive $100,000 per year

Some high-earning married couples may now be receiving about $100,000 per year or even more in Social Security retirement benefits, a new analysis finds. To help curb the funding shortfall Social Security currently faces, policymakers could opt to cap benefits at $100,000 for married couples, or $50,000 for individuals, according to the research from the…

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Ukraine’s chief prosecutor resigns over call centre corruption scandal

Ukraine’s chief prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko has resigned over corruption allegations related to illegal call centres in the country. It follows a search of his offices over the weekend by Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators, who said they had identified a money-laundering scheme led by an official in Kravchenko’s office. In his resignation letter, Kravchenko said he did…

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