The Social Security Administration lied about the GOP budget bill in a message to beneficiaries. Can we trust anything it ...

President Donald Trump's newly signed One Big Beautiful Bill is facing strong public backlash, with new polling showing that ...

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

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the poorest 20% of households will experience income losses of nearly 4%. In ...

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Here are a few provisions from the megabill President Trump signed into law last week that may impact you if you’re retired or will be soon.

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

As Congress slashes Medicaid spending, one mother is among the 18.5 million Americans who could be required to prove that ...

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.

Fewer Americans will likely have health insurance, compromising their physical and financial health, as the Trump administration and GOP-controlled Congress weigh major changes to the Affordable Care ...

The top Republican in the Massachusetts House is still parsing the so-called “big, beautiful bill” that became law Friday to ...

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