内容摘要：But for parents like Arnold, Brown and others who already lost their children to overdoses, it is too late.

But for parents like Arnold, Brown and others who already lost their children to overdoses, it is too late.

, campaigning for a second term, raises a fist defiantly toward the sky, blood streaked across his face.But the photo captures just one millisecond of a

unlike any that came before it.Trump faced charges andof a felony in New York City. A bullet from the rifle of a would-be assassin

. He appeared days later at the Republican National Convention with a bandage covering his injury, an iconic image that further galvanized his supporters and became a symbol of his defiance.The current president, Joe Biden,

of the race weeks before the Democratic convention, bowing to unrelenting pressure from his party following a disastrous debate performance. He was

atop the ticket by Vice Presidentfrom Social Security’s inspector general states that from fiscal years 2015 through 2022, the agency paid out almost $8.6 trillion in benefits, including $71.8 billion — or less than 1% — in improper payments. Most of the erroneous payments were overpayments to living people.

In addition, in early January, the U.S. Treasury clawed backin a variety of federal payments— not just Social Security payments— that improperly went to dead people, a recovery that former Treasury official David Lebryk said was “just the tip of the iceberg.”

The money was reclaimed as part of a five-month pilot program after Congress gave thetemporary access to the