Lawler, Latimer favor study of Social Security's future as fund faces depletion by 2033
With the clock is ticking on the Social Security Trust Fund, Reps. George Latimer and Mike Lawler say more time is needed to ...
A 2025 tax debate starts with a focus on a subject of bipartisan agreement: the child tax credit
A historic 2025 tax debate is formally underway. A lot of the early focus is on an issue well known to pretty much every ...
How Biden’s domestic policy record stacks up against public perception
Many voters felt he did not adequately deal with high inflation and illegal crossings at the U.S. border with Mexico.
How An Older Population Could Give Employees the Upper Hand in Wage Talks
Workers gunning for higher wages have a powerful ally on their side: the passage of time. As birth rates have declined over ...
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What does the head of Homeland Security do?
The job of the homeland security secretary is to adapt almost continuously to pressures from the department, the public and ...
The national debt is undermining our national security
The growing national debt is a threat to national security and must be brought under control to preserve the security of the ...
U.S. budget deficit swells to record $711 billion in first quarter of fiscal year
The U.S. federal budget deficit widened to a record $711 billion in the first three months of the fiscal year, up from $510 billion in the same period last year, an increase of 39%, the Treasury ...
House GOP tax writers call for cuts ‘as soon as possible’
Republican tax writers boosted pressure on the rest of their party on Tuesday to pass tax cuts as their top legislative ...
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Sen. Baldwin introduces legislature to cut health care costs
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the Health Care Affordability Act to make the ...
Experts worry as deficit tops $2 trillion in last year
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released new data this week showing that in the last calendar year, the federal deficit ...
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Federal Policy Debates in 2025 Carry High Stakes
The decisions that policymakers make could leave many millions of people much worse off while extending and increasing tax ...
U.S. borrowing hits $710 billion in first 3 months of fiscal year
The federal government borrowed $710 billion in the first three months of fiscal year 2025, with 10 days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.