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House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to the media after the House narrowly passed a bill forwarding President Donald Trump's agenda at the US Capitol in May.

House GOP ‘big, beautiful bill’ would increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion, CBO says

Tami Luhby, CNN June 4, 2025

(CNN) — House Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending cuts package would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the bill...

A screen inside a Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois, in March 2020.

Millions could lose food assistance under GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ CBO says

Tami Luhby, CNN May 23, 2025

(CNN) — Millions of low-income Americans, including families with children, could lose their food stamp benefits under House Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending cuts package, according to...

A Social Security Administration office in Washington, DC, on March 26.

Social Security’s new anti-fraud measures start Monday. Here’s what you need to know

Tami Luhby, CNN April 14, 2025

(CNN) — The Social Security Administration is set to implement on Monday new anti-fraud measures that have sparked widespread concern and confusion, heightened by the agency’s repeated changes to...

HHS will announce cuts to 10,000 jobs across several agencies on Thursday.

HHS cuts 10,000 employees in major overhaul of health agencies

(CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it is cutting 10,000 full-time employees across health agencies, the department told CNN. This comes on top of 10,000 employees...

The US Department of Education building is pictured on August 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump could decide this week to take the first steps to eliminate the Department of Education, people familiar with the matter said, as he looks to dramatically shrink the size of the federal government.

Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle Education Department

Kevin Liptak and Tami Luhby March 6, 2025

(CNN) — President Donald Trump could decide this week to take the first steps to eliminate the Department of Education, people familiar with the matter said, as he looks to dramatically shrink the size...

Union members rally against potential cuts to Medicaid outside of GOP Rep. Mike Lawler's office in New York in January.

Moving past repealing Obamacare, Republicans still plan major health care cuts

Tami Luhby, CNN February 10, 2025

(CNN) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans may no longer be pushing to wholly repeal Obamacare, but big cuts to the nation’s health system are still on the table. As GOP leaders...

The proposals issued by both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump would further increase the national debt, a new analysis found.

Trump and Harris’ proposals would both increase the national debt but Trump’s plan would add $4 trillion more, study finds

Tami Luhby, CNN October 7, 2024

(CNN) — Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are rolling out ever-growing lists of promises to voters — from making housing and health care more affordable to supporting...

Trump claims boosting tariffs will pay for child care but doesn’t explain how

Trump claims boosting tariffs will pay for child care but doesn’t explain how

Tami Luhby, CNN September 6, 2024

(CNN) — Asked at an economic forum Thursday how he would make child care more affordable, former President Donald Trump responded that his plan to hike tariffs would raise enough revenue, without...

Biden administration takes more steps aimed at lowering health care costs

Tami Luhby, CNN December 7, 2023

CNN--The Biden administration Thursday announced five new measures that seek to lower health care costs by promoting competition. Reducing health care prices is one of President Joe Biden’s key platforms...

US hits debt ceiling, prompting Treasury to take extraordinary measures

Tami Luhby, CNN January 19, 2023

CNN -- The US hit the debt ceiling set by Congress on Thursday, forcing the Treasury Department to start taking extraordinary measures to keep the government paying its bills and escalating pressure on...

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