内容摘要：A colony of sea lions rest at Playa Mann on San Cristobal Island, Ecuador in the Galapagos on Sunday, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Alie Skowronski)

A colony of sea lions rest at Playa Mann on San Cristobal Island, Ecuador in the Galapagos on Sunday, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Alie Skowronski)

, 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