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Trustees Say Social Security Faces Trust‑Fund Exhaustion in Late 2032; Senators Propose Lifting Payroll‑Tax Cap

The trustees' projection has pushed lawmakers to press a bipartisan plan to remove the taxable wage cap as a major but incomplete revenue fix.

Canada Begins Sending One-Time Grocery Top-Up to 12 Million Recipients

Peru Proposes S/10,300 Youth Top-Up to Techo Propio Housing Subsidy

West Bengal Launches Annapurna Yojana and Begins First Cash Transfers

France Adopts Law Cutting Unemployment Pay After Ruptures Conventionnelles

Social Court Cases Surge Across Germany

Spain Expands Flexible Retirement to Include Self‑Employed Workers

INSS Begins Second Installment of 13th Salary for Retirees and Pensioners

German Interior Ministry Weighs €8,000 Return Bonus for Syrians

Dutch Unions Announce Nationwide Morning Public-Transport Strike on 24 June

Arizona’s Rapid SNAP Rollout Under Trump Law Triggers Sharp Enrollment Drop

Brazil Finalizes April Bolsa Família Payments as May Calendar Is Published

Spain Finalizes 2027 Pension Rules: Retire at 65 With 38 Years and 6 Months, Otherwise at 67

INSS Blocks Duplicate Benefit Requests as New Chief Launches 90‑Day Backlog Drive

INSS Begins Paying Early 13th Salary to Retirees, Pensioners and Aid Recipients

Judge Blocks East Village Homeless Intake Plan, Sets May 7 Hearing

Peronist Senators Propose Differential Power Rates for Argentina’s Norte Grande

Assam Assembly Polls Set Turnout Record at 85.9% as Women Lead

Mexico’s Top Court Strikes Down ISSSTE Rule That Cut Widow Pensions for Working

Brazil Sanctions Law Expanding Paternity Leave to 20 Days by 2029