The US national debt has hit a record $37.8 trillion. It keeps rising fast. The government is borrowing $25 billion every day ...

The U.S. budget deficit shrank by $41 billion to $1.775 trillion in the 2025 fiscal year as an increase in revenue from ...

When combined with the potential for benefit cuts early next decade, the rising cost of Medicare could become a huge burden ...

The Social Security retirement and Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust funds are approaching insolvency, with both trust ...

In Brief The recently enacted H.R. 1, the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), extends many of the provisions of the ...

The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries ...

The ongoing government shutdown has delayed the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living increase ...

Citing the shutdown, the Social Security Administration postponed its announcement of the annual payment bump beneficiaries ...

Raising income taxes for wealthy Americans is the most popular way of reducing the federal debt, according to the latest Gallup poll. The survey, conducted in September, asks Americans whether ...

Jerome Powells speech today is very important for the crypto market. Traders are watching to see if he talks about lowering interest rates or keeping them high. His words may decide if Bitcoin and ...

General Motors will book a negative impact of $1.6 billion in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles ...

The two main ways to fix Social Security are to shrink benefits or increase revenue coming into the coffers. The Committee ...