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The Social Security retirement program will be unable to pay full benefits by 2035, according to a new report issued Monday by the Trump administration.  Without reforms, the report says, payments to beneficiaries would have to be cut by 25 percent starting in 2035 to keep the program solvent.  The report said the program’s roughly $3 […]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump calls Sri Lankan prime minister following church bombings Ex-Trump lawyer: Mueller knew Trump had to call investigation a ‘witch hunt’ for ‘political reasons’ The biggest challenge from the Mueller Report depends on the vigilance of everyone MORE and his private business are suing House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah CummingsElijah […]

Oil prices on Monday spiked to their highest levels since October after President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump calls Sri Lankan prime minister following church bombings Ex-Trump lawyer: Mueller knew Trump had to call investigation a ‘witch hunt’ for ‘political reasons’ The biggest challenge from the Mueller Report depends on the vigilance of everyone MORE announced the U.S. would […]

Former President Obama on Monday marked Earth Day by praising a group of young activists who are “stepping up to save the one planet we’ve got.” “Young people all over the world are leading the way in the fight to protect our planet because they know their future depends on it,” Obama said on Twitter. […]

Most of the Democrats running for president are vowing to put the United States back in the Iran nuclear deal that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump calls Sri Lankan prime minister following church bombings Ex-Trump lawyer: Mueller knew Trump had to call investigation a ‘witch hunt’ for ‘political reasons’ The biggest challenge from the Mueller Report […]

The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Monday he is satisfied that U.S. troops at the southern border are getting training from the deployment after visiting troops there. “I’ve been concerned about taking our troops out and putting them in areas that are not really the same thing they are normally accustomed […]

Sunlight is falling on divisive fights in the Supreme Court over the death penalty that are normally kept behind closed doors since the confirmation of President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump calls Sri Lankan prime minister following church bombings Ex-Trump lawyer: Mueller knew Trump had to call investigation a ‘witch hunt’ for ‘political reasons’ The biggest challenge […]

Facebook has tapped a top State Department lawyer who was credited with helping to write the controversial 2001 Patriot Act as its new general counsel, beefing up its legal team as the company faces increasing regulatory and political pressure in the U.S. and around the world. Facebook announced in a press release on Monday that […]

The National Hockey League (NHL) plans to purchase carbon offsets to balance its air travel for the Stanley Cup playoffs, the league announced Monday. The NHL will purchase offsets for all four rounds of the postseason, the equivalent of roughly 2,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the league. In the first round of […]

Welcome to Monday’s Overnight Health Care. Congress is in recess for a second week, but we did get the Medicare and Social Security trustees report! We’ll start with that, followed by new data on health care lobbying spending, and worries about the rising number of measles cases:   Social Security won’t be able to fund […]