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The upcoming election could impact whether a provision of Trump-era tax reform is extended beyond 2026.

Nobody wants to take the blame in an election year.

Legal scholars and lawmakers are still trying to come to grips with the potential long-term consequences of the overturning of the Chevron deference, including what it means for state-level regulators.

The Supreme Court's decision overturning the Chevron deference is a step towards rolling back the power of the administrative state, the origins of which go back more than a century.

The newly formed “Budget Lab” at Yale plans to focus on the long-term outcomes of proposed legislation.

The Social Security program is on track to burn through its savings account by 2035 unless Congress changes the law before then. Social Security faced a similar funding crisis in the early 1980s.

Social Security has been known as “the third rail of American politics” since the early 1980s, with the idea that touching the program can prove deadly to a politician’s career.

It's part of an overall mistrust of foreign influence with deep roots in American history.

They say programs designed to help low-income families are only reaching a fraction of those eligible.

Congress failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform, so it's using the appropriations bill to bulk up the Department of Homeland Security.