Social Security

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Economy

Medicare spending set to nearly double in 10 years and Medicaid and ACA spending up a third, CBO says just as Trump’s tax cuts shorten their life span

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February 26, 2026
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Economy

Trump vows, ‘We will always protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid,’ but his signature tax cuts shortened their life span

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February 25, 2026
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Economy

Social Security’s trust fund is nearing insolvency, and the borrowing binge that may follow will rip through debt markets, economist warns

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February 15, 2026
Inside the radical revamp of Social Security where a Wall Street CEO is changing almost everything at the $1.6 trillion benefits agency
Economy

Inside the radical revamp of Social Security where a Wall Street CEO is changing almost everything at the $1.6 trillion benefits agency

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February 7, 2026
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Economy

Strip out health care and social services, the U.S. lost jobs in 2025—something that usually happens in recessions

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January 9, 2026
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North America

More Americans will die than be born in 2030, CBO predicts—leaving immigrants as the only source of population growth

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January 8, 2026
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former State Department director of policy planning, testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee January 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. Haas testified before the committee on the topic of “From Sanctions to the Soleimani Strike to Escalation: Evaluating the Administration's Iran Policy."
Economy

Legendary DC diplomat feels ‘like Paul Revere’ about the $38 trillion national debt: ‘The crisis is coming!’

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November 13, 2025
Barry Eichengreen
Personal Finance

Your political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: ‘it’s deeply debilitating’ for ‘consensus and stability and productive policy results’

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November 13, 2025
Social Security payments to go up 2.8% next year while polls show three-fourths of seniors think 3% isn’t enough to keep up with rising prices
Economy

Social Security payments to go up 2.8% next year while polls show three-fourths of seniors think 3% isn’t enough to keep up with rising prices

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
October 24, 2025
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Economy

Tens of millions on Social Security go without cost-of-living adjustment due to government shutdown

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
October 15, 2025
Donald Trump
Personal Finance

Trust funds that finance Medicare and Social Security are at risk of insolvency within 7 years, cutting benefits up to 24%, a new report warns

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October 8, 2025
President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the new coronavirus outbreak in San Antonio, April 23, 2020.
Personal Finance

Almost 400,000 Americans still get Social Security by paper check. That’s going away everywhere (except where it isn’t)

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
September 30, 2025
Social Security chief says he won’t hike the retirement age amid the strain of America’s aging population and fears of benefit cuts
Personal Finance

Social Security chief says he won’t hike the retirement age amid the strain of America’s aging population and fears of benefit cuts

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September 23, 2025
Frank Bisignano, commissioner of the US Social Security Administration, left, and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
Economy

Trump’s social security chief says ‘everything’ is on the table and retirement is about to get a ‘different set of rules’

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September 19, 2025
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Success

65-year-old retirees in France now have higher incomes than working-age adults—meanwhile, American boomers can’t even afford to retire

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September 16, 2025

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