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Congress is set to return to Capitol Hill this week.

The Senate will hold a hearing on whether it should confirm President Trump's pick to be the commissioner of social security.

NPR's deepest shiver on reports during the recess. Many lawmakers heard that their constituents are worried the Trump administration will make changes to the program.

This is a program that's been around since the 1930s that supports millions of retired people, disabled people,

and making any changes to it is politically risky. Democrats have been responding to the comments

from Secretary Lutnik. They've also been quick to center any comments on Social Security from

Elon Musk, for example, who has made comments inflating how much fraud takes place with

Social Security benefits and who recently called the benefit a Ponzi scheme.

That's NPR's Deepa Shivaram reporting.

The head of China's government is urging countries to open their markets amid rising geopolitical

tensions and uncertainty.

NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports that China has invited foreign

executives to a forum to boost foreign investment in China. Premier Li Chang's speech to the

China Development Forum tried to instill confidence in the government's plan to jumpstart growth

by boosting consumer spending and proactive economic

policies. A lot of his remarks appeared aimed at the U.S. Lee said that China is not against

competition itself, it's just against competition aimed at holding others back. Leaders of American

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