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UK City Minister Says Government Is Restoring Stability
UK Economic Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds discusses Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves' spring statement. "We are a responsible government, we promised people change, but we also promised people that we would restore...
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Reeves: Labour Has Rebuilt Budget Buffer to £9.9 Billion
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the UK would be £4.1 billion ($5.3 billion) in deficit in 2029/30 had she not taken new measures in her spring economic update. After her cuts, the headroom was fully restored to £9.9...
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Reeves Says OBR Has Revised Down Its UK Growth Forecast to 1%
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves says the Office for Budget Responsibility has revised down its growth forecast for the UK in 2025 and now sees it at 1%, down from the 2% predicted in the autumn. She made the comments during her...
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Reeves: OBR Sees Planning Reforms Adding to GDP
The Office for Budget Responsibility said the UK's planning reforms will permanently increase the level of real GDP by 0.2% in 2029/30 and "by 0.4% of GDP within 10 years," Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves told the House of...
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Should Congress Extend Trump Tax Cuts or Make Permanent?
Garrett Watson, Director of Policy Analysis at the Tax Foundation, discusses whether he sees Republican Congressional lawmakers extending President Trump's tax cuts or making them permanent. He also talks about how making the tax cuts...
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Social Security Will Require ID Checks In Fraud Crackdown
The Social Security Administration will add new procedures requiring beneficiaries to prove their identity before claiming benefits or changing their direct deposit instructions, as part of an effort to crack down on fraud. Bloomberg's...
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Changes to Social Security are on the horizon
Social Security recipients must brace for new changes on the horizon regarding updating their banking information. (Scripps News)
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Social Security beneficiaries to face new rules for updating banking information
People who benefit from Social Security will no longer be able to update their banking information over the phone. (Scripps News)
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Funding Bill Will Pass, It's What's Needed: Rep. Walberg
Representative Tim Walberg (R) Michigan shares his thoughts on whether or not he believes there will be a government shutdown this Friday. He also discusses how the Democrats feel about the House draft funding bill and if he can...
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How Elon Musk Took Over the US Government
Elon Musk's "DOGE" follows a playbook familiar to the world's richest person: it's the one he used at Twitter. But the stakes now are infinitely higher, and will have lasting consequences for America.
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Swinney warns of ‘real damage’ to NHS if opposition MSPs block budget - full speech
John Swinney has insisted there will be “real damage done” to the NHS if opposition MSPs block his budget – claiming this could see operations cancelled and medicines rationed. Making his first speech of 2025, the SNP leader warned of...
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Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful
A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful. (Scripps News)
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'Will Take All Year:' Terry Haines on House GOP Plans
Terry Haines, Pangaea Policy Founder, discusses the House GOP narrowly passing their budget plan and claims there will be several issues along the way for this Congress throughout the year. Haines also talks about the issues both the...
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Truth Be Told: Millions of dead people aren't getting Social Security benefits
Trump and Musk say the Social Security Administration fraudulently pays millions of people listed as 100 years or older who've been dead for years — but this claim isn't true. (Scripps News)
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Trump, Musk vow no cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
In a Fox News interview, President Trump and Elon Musk outlined plans for $1 trillion in government savings, assuring that Social Security and Medicare will remain safe. (Scripps News)
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Toomey on GOP at Odds Over Budget Strategy
Pat Toomey, Former US Senator (R) Pennsylvania, discusses the US Senate moving forward with their two bill plan as the House is still working out details of their own Reconciliation bill. Toomey shares his support for the Senate's plan,...
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Elon Musk Is Being Very Transparent: Rep. Comer on DOGE
Rep. James Comer (R) Kentucky discusses the latest on what framework is needed to create the Reconciliation Bill and get it approved by Republican members in the House of Representatives. He also shares his thoughts on Elon Musk and...
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How Will Trump Tax Cuts Be Paid With Tariff Uncertainty?
Rep. Richard Neal (D) Massachusetts, discusses how the House of Representatives will navigate creating a Trump tax bill now that tariffs to Mexico & Canada have been paused for 30 days. He also talks about Elon Musk & DOGE having...
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Trump administration orders pause on all federal grants and loans
President Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Matthew Vaeth has ordered a wide-reaching freeze on federal loans and grants. (Scripps News)
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French PM Bayrou Sets Out Plan to Break Budget Deadlock
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said he would open the contested 2023 pension reform to renegotiation as he seeks the backing of lawmakers to stay in power and urgently adopt a budget. Speaking in the National Assembly, he also...
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Truth Be Told: Why some government employees can work from home until 2029
Thousands of federal workers are allowed to continue working remotely until 2029, but President-elect Donald Trump wants to make them return to the office. Here's why that could prove difficult to implement. (Scripps News)
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Biden Signs Law Adjusting Social Security
President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that will increase Social Security benefits for millions of Americans -- in a rare public bill signing. Bloomberg's Suzanne Woolley discusses the bill and what the future of Social Security may...
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Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people
Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity. But it will also put strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis. (Scripps News)
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Will lawmakers have what it takes to eliminate wasteful spending? Watchdog 'cautiously optimistic'
As lawmakers meet with leaders of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, there are questions on whether lawmakers will actually vote to reduce spending. (Scripps News)