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The Daily Briefing: Thursday, November 5, 2026
Social Security beneficiaries learn of an early payment on November 10 for one group and a 3.6 percent raise for 2027, while a payroll report shows private employers added 86,000 jobs in October. Overseas, a Russian strike on a Ukrainian aid site killed at least 40 people days before planned peace talks, and federal regulators warn that fraud against older Americans reached about 3 billion dollars last year.
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