Given the state of Social Security's trust funds and how the program integrates with Medicare and the tax code, it makes ...

Social Security to face key deadline in next decade Social Security will face a critical inflection point in the next decade. The latest projections from the Social Security board of trustees find ...

The government is projecting a slight cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits next year, the first increase since 2009. But for most beneficiaries, rising Medicare premiums threaten ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the debt ceiling agreement is just "the first step" of the GOP's broader agenda.

In a politically incendiary plan, the bipartisan leaders of President Barack Obama's deficit commission proposed curbs in Social Security benefits ... over the next decade. The plan arrived ...

Older Americans should expect a sharply lower cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in their Social Security benefits next year if inflation ... lower than the four-decade high of 8.7% COLA in 2023.

As more spending reform is needed, here's why policy makers may turn to Social Security and Medicare ... related investing news What happens next with debt deal? Wall Street economists gauge ...

The conservative Club for Growth group is airing a new ad that tees up attacks on former President Donald Trump's stances on ...

Even with the new spending restraints in the debt limit deal, the U.S. government’s deficits are still on course to keep ...

The 2023 Social Security raise is the highest since 1981 and the fourth-largest COLA in the program's history. In the decade ... Medicare participants will pay lower premiums next year.

Many congressional Republicans support what they see as a logical way to keep key parts of the federal government running if it hits the current debt limit before there is an agreement to raise it ...

Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid consume an ever-growing share of federal spending and will continue to grow in coming ...