What You Need To Know The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security's trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have ...

President Donald Trump keeps saying that Republicans’ mega tax and spending cut legislation will eliminate taxes on federal ...

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA law BY Associated Press Washington, D.C. UPDATED 5:08 PM ET Jun. 20, 2025 ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has until the end of the weekend to sign or veto bills passed during the 89th legislative session.

Social Security is now expected to be insolvent in 2033, necessitating a 23% cut in benefits. The Medicare hospital fund will run out the same year, requiring an 11% spending cut.

Democrats have spent the early months of Donald Trump's second presidency trying to find the right messages and messengers to counter an aggressive administration. In the only two governor's races ...

Some supporters of Social Security privatization suggest allowing workers to invest a portion of their current Social Security contributions in private accounts, with the remainder allocated to ...

Some 67.6 million people were enrolled in Medicare. Social Security and Medicare have long been on shaky financial ground, largely because the nation's population is getting older and living longer.

Now with President Donald Trump in office, illegal border crossings have sunk to historic lows — and the state is continuing to spend another $3.4 billion on border security over the next two ...