A senior citizens group said that Social Security payments could rise by nearly 4 percent next year.
Eileen Wang’s case is part of the Justice Department’s work to counter ‘China’s efforts to corrupt our institutions,’ said one federal official.
The people include individuals who were on a cruise ship.

A rendering features an 18-hole championship course overlooking the Washington Monument.
The narcotics were being shipped via sea, where 80 percent of interdictions of U.S- bound drugs typically occur.
Stephen Cloobeck is accused of threatening victims of his influencer fiancée, who is suspected of stealing from men she met online.
The vice president said the number is difficult to quantify but estimated thatpotentially up to $600 billion of taxpayers’ money is spent on illegal immigrants.
Trump invited Xi to visit the United States in September.
Both chambers approved resolutions calling for the release of faith leaders and others currently imprisoned by Beijing.
The unaffected districts would still hold their primary elections on May 19, according to the governor’s office.
The Senate voted 54–45 to confirm his four-year term as the 17th Fed chair.
Businesses are expected to benefit from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s provisions in the coming few months, an economist said.
Ahead of the Trump–Xi meeting, both nations signaled an openness to dialogue, but analysts say breakthroughs are unlikely.
Venturella will succeed acting director Todd Lyons, who will leave the agency at the end of May.
Under the agreement, PayPal must establish a new investment program that does not include any consideration of race, color, or national origin.
‘The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the catastrophic global impact research on dangerous pathogens in biolabs can have,’ the director of national intelligence said.
Federal prosecutors say Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private, Synergy Marine Group of India, and an onboard supervisor are criminally responsible.
The yen has weakened as investors sought dollar assets amid Middle East tensions and expectations of higher U.S. interest rates.