Partisan shutdown standoff ignores key risk to US stability: rising national debt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The ongoing shutdown debate between Democrats and President Donald Trump's Republicans is largely ...

Senior Citizens League predicts 2.7% COLA increase to Social Security payments for 2026 — here’s how much more that may mean for the average retiree

The COLA is intended to an automatic annual increase in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits, and it’s meant to make sure that beneficiaries’ payments maintain purchasing power.

Medicaid protects 1 in 5 Americans — but that's about to change. Here's who will lose access due to Trump's Big Beautiful Bill

Some of the changes to the program under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act include imposing stricter eligibility requirements — ...