Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Why Uncle Sam Seized $713 Million From Social Security Checks Last Year
By Kelli B. Grant, CNBCIf you're counting on Social Security benefits, you better make sure you don't owe Uncle Sam. Under certain circumstances, the government can seize part of your Social Security check to satisfy...
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Oregon Just Took the Lead in Getting Americans to Save More for Retirement
By Eric PianinBucking resistance from a Republican Congress and the Trump Administration, Oregon has become the first state to launch a program requiring private employers to either offer their own 401 (k) savings...
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Trump’s 2018 Budget: F in Math, A in Provocation
Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to enact economic policies that would produce annual growth in gross domestic product (GDP) consistently higher than 3 percent. The US economy has not seen that...
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The Heartless Tradeoffs in the Trump Budget
By Mark ThomaAs the bombshells continue to drop on the Trump administration, behind the scenes Trump’s first detailed budget proposal is being developed, and it has a few bombshells of its own, particularly for...
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How Millions of Aging Baby Boomers Could Bust the Economy
By Eric PianinA new report not only highlights growing economic anxiety among an increasingly important and influential cohort of the population, but also suggests that this overarching pessimism and caution could...
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How the Government Is Making It Harder for You to Retire
By Eric PianinMany Americans have saved shockingly little for their retirements, with one study showing that the median savings for households near retirement age is just $17,000. In the coming years, tens of...
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10,000 Boomers Turn 65 Every Day. Can Medicare and Social Security Handle It?
By Eric PianinBy the time the last of this generation approaches retirement age in 2029, 18 percent of the U.S. will be at least that age, the Pew Research Center projects. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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The Growing Funding Gap for State Pensions Puts Millions at Risk
By Eric PianinTwo new reports by the Pew Charitable Trusts suggest that state governments across the country are shortchanging their employee pension funds and aren’t adding enough money in emergency funding...
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Here’s How Two Lawmakers Plan to Secure Social Security’s Troubled Future
By Eric PianinIf nothing changes, by the time today’s 50-year old reaches retirement age, Social Security will be paying 21 percent less in benefits than it is today.
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Trump Keeps Promise Not to Touch Social Security Reform – Or Did He?
Give Donald Trump credit for making his political career unique in many ways, to be sure. But one difference, in particular, has become a theme in his presidency: Trump keeps his promises. For the...
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Our National Debt: An Odyssey that Speaks Volumes
While it’s tempting to see the battles over budget deficits and fiscal cliff “crises” as a relatively new phenomenon, we have actually progressed toward this state for decades. A new report from the...
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Pensions Dump Gun Stocks: Can They Make a Difference?
By Caren Chesler, The Fiscal TimesPublic pension officials are looking to sell their firearms investments after the Sandy Hook shooting – but if the tobacco industry in the mid 1990s is any indication, divestment likely won’t make a...
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Medicare Cracks Down on $14B Hospice Industry
By Randy Dotinga, Kaiser Health NewsAcross the country, hospices with generous admissions policies may find themselves on life support. Medicare, which heavily funds hospice programs, is cracking down on the industry's growing habit of...
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Why a Smartphone Knows If You’re Sick Before You Do
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesYour next phone could know you’re sick even before you do. How? By monitoring infectious disease through data tracking. “Certain patterns picked up by a person’s smartphone – such as a decrease in...
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Why We're Robbing Tomorrow's Retirement to Pay for Today
By Michael A. Fletcher, The Washington PostA growing share of American workers are tapping retirement savings accounts for non-retirement needs, raising broad questions about the effectiveness of one of the most important savings vehicles for...