I've written many columns explaining how Social Security benefits are figured. So, I'm not really going to do that today.

Writing in the Daily Record, Save the Children's Head of Scotland Claire Telfer says politicians are too often using social security as a political football.

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A record number of retired workers have filed for Social Security benefits during the first five months of the year.

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President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" making its way through Congress includes a significant cut to federal employees' retirement benefits.