The U.S. has a uniquely strong economy that gives it the ability to recover from its debt, Elmendorf said. A true crisis ...

The Trump administration is exploring ways to reduce costs and extend the lifespan of Social Security benefits. Here are some of their ideas.

One of the recent suggestions is from the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a nonpartisan policy analysis and research group. It has proposed that the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, ...

Republican tax cuts and immigration crackdowns have deepened Social Security’s crisis. How to fix it without punishing working Americans.

Policymakers cling to a 1970s consumer-price index formula that overstates cost increases and drives up automatic spending.

Senators Ron Wyden, Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren want to know how Frank Bisignano can simultaneously run the IRS and ...

The federal government has been partially shut down since Oct. 1, 2025, after Congress and the White House failed to pass ...

During Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway’s, annual shareholders meeting in 2005, an audience member posed a blunt ...

An Iowa woman invited to Capitol Hill last week to testify at a hearing about the impact changes to Medicaid on the federal ...

Some federal employees, like TSA officers, are still working, despite not getting paid. The financial strain on Californians ...

The Fairness Act has rolled back old rules that reduced benefits for certain public workers and their spouses.