The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025, marks a pivotal moment in U.S.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects that Social Security’s main trust fund will be insolvent by the end ...

Social Security faces dire future if Congress doesn't act. Analysis warns of 24% cuts in 7 years and insolvency for Medicare.

State Sen. Donald DeWitte, R-St. Charles, will not be seeking reelection in 2026, according to a recent announcement from the ...

President Donald Trump is once again floating the idea of firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, ostensibly in ...

That would take a substantial bite out of the projected $771 million shortfall in annual funding for the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace rail and bus services once the pandemic-era relief ...

President Barack Obama and leaders in Congress have yet to reach a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts, but for hospital leaders, going over the cliff may ...

Jon Stewart revisited the fiscal cliff of doom tonight and the differing proposals being put up by both sides on how to deal with it. Whereas Stewart found the White House's proposal a mostly ...

Chicagoans rallied on Saturday to advocate for public transit funding throughout Illinois as the state faces a multi-million ...

Shortly after the House of Representatives passed the fiscal cliff deal worked out last night in the Senate, President Obama spoke in reaction to the bill's passage. He admitted it was not the ...

Report: "Fiscal cliff" could cost U.S. 6 million jobs The National Association of Manufacturers predicts the looming "fiscal cliff" will set the U.S. economy back nearly a decade Dec 8, 2012 ...