Let’s be honest: Congress was never really going to reform entitlements under House speaker Paul Ryan. The subject is campaign poison—the only way lawmakers would act proactively is if congressional ...

There is never a convenient time to tackle entitlement reform. “I think it won’t take him very long to realize that unless we do [entitlement reform], this country could be gone,” Sen. Orrin Hatch, ...

Neither of the two presumptive major party presidential nominees wants to seriously discuss Social Security. But political cowardice is no substitute for statesmanship. The longer Congress does ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Joe Biden highlighted and hit back against comments from former President Donald Trump Monday suggesting openness to ...

Lawmakers have long shied away from serious discussions about entitlement reform, but the issue appears to be coming back into focus for Republicans who are wary about the growing national debt. "I ...

Entitlement reform has long been considered a third rail of American politics, even as the insolvency of Social Security and Medicare creeps closer. That perception might need some reconsidering. A ...

Progressives are sounding the alarm ahead of President Obama’s upcoming speech on deficit reduction and entitlement reform. No one knows exactly what argument Obama will make in response to Paul ...

A senior House Democrat and a GOP counterpart on the House Armed Services Committee said entitlement reform is needed to help right Washington’s fiscal ship — but their financial prescriptions ...

President Joe Biden highlighted and hit back against comments from former President Donald Trump Monday suggesting openness to entitlement reform, vowing to a largely retirement age crowd in New ...