The policy could lead to hardship for some elderly Americans, Social Security advocates say. Here's what to know.

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One measure that would go a long way toward salvaging the Social Security system would be to raise the payroll tax to either 15.4% today or to 16.4% in 2033 from its current level of 12.4%, with both ...

The cycle of excessive borrowing to finance government expenditures, grants and aid of all kinds beyond taxable GDP and ...

Party leaders opted for a soberly delivered, centrist counter to the president’s speech, but the dominant image of Democratic ...

The columnist David Brooks joins Times Opinion’s deputy editor, Patrick Healy, to take stock of President Trump’s fifth ...

When long-standing agreements and treaties become subject to sudden revocation with every election cycle, we lose trust with ...

Trump, the would-be steward of Greenland and Gaza, has little use for that principle. He’s said that Russia has fought hard ...

With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be ...