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CBO Raises Its 2024 Deficit Forecast 27% to Nearly $2 Trillion
The Fiscal Times via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoThe federal budget deficit will reach an estimated $1.9 trillion in fiscal year 2024, according to...
CBO report sets summer as timeframe for deal to avoid US default and raise debt ceiling: recap
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDebt ceiling default could come as soon as July. The Congressional Budget Office Wednesday declared...
Debt limit forecast says US could be in default by summer. Here's how that could impact you
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury will run out of money to pay government bills such as Social Security...
Social Security and Medicare: Troubling math, tough politics
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoWASHINGTON (AP) — It seems no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits. Not President...
House GOP’s Israel Aid Plan Would Add Billions to Deficit: CBO
The Fiscal Times via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoHouse Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to cut IRS funding to pay for the cost of a $14.3 billion aid...
Trump Warns Social Security Could Collapse. Is He Right?
Motley Fool via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoWith the race for the White House heating up, so is the campaign rhetoric. The so-called "third rail...
Spending Recklessly in Good Times Is a Recipe for Disaster in Bad Times
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIllustration: Lex Villena; David Watts Jr. Some policy experts who, over the last few decades, saw...
Will the debt ceiling deal actually increase SNAP food stamp eligibility, cost?
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWork requirements for government safety net programs are back in the spotlight as the House readies...
A Time Bomb In The Affordable Care Act Is Set To Go Off In 2025
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThis article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. “Folks,...
Column: The false centrism of political group No Labels
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoSen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.). If he's the centrist who No Labels thinks can save the country,...