Failing to raise the debt limit before the Treasury runs out of cash could trigger further credit downgrades and roil ...

As President Donald Trump and Congress fumble through his One Big Beautiful Bill on the budget for fiscal year 2025-26, they have been ignoring the mastodon in the room: Social Security and ...

A recent announcement by the Social Security Administration (SSA) has sparked interest by suggesting a new law, the 'One Big ...

The passage of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” and its $5 trillion debt-limit increase has averted the crisis for now but not forever. “Increasing the debt ceiling should […] ...

Romina Boccia, an economist at the center-right Cato Institute who focuses on entitlement programs, said the latest projections aren’t likely to push Congress to act yet. “Congress is still in ...

“In many people’s minds, European welfare states are more generous than ours—but when it comes to Social Security, the U.S. actually leads the pack in benefits and spending,” Romina Boccia ...

The latter worries the Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell, along with libertarians like the Cato Institute’s Romina Boccia, but this situation should cheer those who prefer erecting ...

Romina Boccia, director of budget and entitlement policy for the Cato Institute, a libertarian-leaning think tank, said the acceleration of Social Security’s insolvency is significant, ...