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Voter Support for 'Medicare for All' Plunges: Poll

With Democratic proposals to provide “Medicare for all” increasingly in the headlines — and increasingly the subject of debate over whether the program would or should involve eliminating private...
Why Smaller Tax Refunds Could Ding the Economy

Although tax season has only just begun, early data from the IRS shows that the average individual tax refund is 8.4 percent smaller so far this year. Some critics have been quick to blame the...

Medicare, Medicaid Control Costs Better Than Private Insurers: Study

Growth in Medicare and Medicaid spending per enrollee was slower than in private insurance between 2006 and 2017, according to an analysis released this week by the Urban Institute. Medicare spending...
Trump Likely to Sign Border Deal, Avert Another Shutdown

Lawmakers are scrambling to finalize their compromise package on spending and border security — and resolve a few lingering differences — but once they’re done, President Trump is expected to...
Number of the Day: $22 Trillion

The total national debt surpassed $22 trillion on Monday. Total public debt outstanding reached $22,012,840,891,685.32 , to be exact. That figure is up by more than $1.3 trillion over the past 12...
Shutdown Makes a Bad Situation Worse at the IRS

A new report from National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson says that the 35-day government shutdown just before the start of the tax season produced “real harm” for taxpayers as the IRS struggled to...
Trump’s ‘Not Happy’ with the Border Deal. Why He’ll Probably Sign It Anyway.

Will he or won’t he? After House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement Monday night on a bipartisan border security deal, the looming question is whether President Trump will veto the...