Live updates and the latest news as the Trump administration is expected to announce new trade actions and Pete Hegseth and ...

Many middle-class and wealthy families will see some benefits from the new legislation. But programs that help low-income ...

COLA adjustments, the purchasing power of Social Security benefits for millions of American retirees is dwindling.

During his campaign, Trump promised to eliminate federal taxes on Social Security benefits. While that measure was cut from ...

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President Donald Trump's signature economic package, the One Big Beautiful Bill, is now the law of the land. It extends the ...

President Donald Trump signed his "big beautiful" spending bill into law on July 4.

President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law on July 4. The massive taxing and spending bill was ...

The odds of a federal debt crisis just got more daunting. On Thursday, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, a sweeping piece of legislation that threatens to leave the government with one big ...

Representative Haley Stevens, ex-public health official Abdul El-Sayed, and State Senator Mallory McMorrow are running for ...

President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to end taxes on tips and overtime pay have seemingly come to fruition in the GOP’s ...

Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP’s work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they’re unable to hold jobs.