Washington lawmakers are back home selling the pros and cons of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," leveraging the law to shape ...

The Worcester safety-net hospital is eliminating services ahead of big cuts to Medicaid, a financial dilemma that could play ...

As the crunch point sits less than a decade away, three distinct approaches to shore up Social Security funding have been ...

Business leaders say it’s clear that these tax credits have helped millions gain affordable insurance, some for the first ...

Premium tax credits have improved health coverage in the U.S., but congressional policies could reverse this trend.

It is not acceptable for a community to be wronged twice — first by displacement and now by the erasure of a long-overdue ...

In January 2020, the CBO estimated that gross federal debt would not surpass $37 trillion until after fiscal year 2030.

Rapid run-up reflects emergency spending during the multi-year COVID-19 crisis, when the government borrowed heavily under ...

The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, setting a new record. This highlights the rapid ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. budget deficit in July climbed 20% this fiscal year compared to the last despite the U.S. taking in ...

Traditionally, elected officials have feared public backlash if they try to take from the poor to give to the rich. This year ...

Congress’s budget arm reported Monday that Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending legislation dubbed the “One Beautiful Bill” ...