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The comments on CNBC's "Squawk Box" prompted a quick rebuke from President Biden.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan last month to cut $1.2 billion in Medicaid funding, which she’ll finalize Thursday.

Sweden reformed socialistic aspects of its pension system and introduced partial privatization.

They dont plunder their childrens future, as we have been doing. we have 12 years ago past since i wrote that. and in all honesty, i cant make the same assertions now. we have two candidates for president, who apparently are on their way to the finals. both are sworn to make it worse. both are saying that they wont touch any of the entitlement programs, which is where all the money is. people sooner or later will figure out the mortal enemies of social security and medicare and other such safety...

As she woos her party’s wealthy donors, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is promoting a policy that sets her apart from her closest competitors for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination: A willingness to stake out positions on the politically fraught issue of overhauling the nation’s entitlement programs.

It didn’t work the first three times they tried it. So, they’re… trying it again.

Moody’s decision to cut its ratings outlook for the United States to negative is yet another warning of the country’s perilous fiscal footing, even if not an immediate threat to the economy.

As baby boomers retire, deficits are up. A new poll shows what solutions voters prefer to tackle the national debt. Read more.

“China’s weakening economy offers an opportunity to win meaningful changes in Beijing’s policies,” argues Thomas J. Duesterberg at The Wall Street Journal. But “it will take a hard-line approach.”

Entitlement reform has long been considered a third rail in American politics, but that perspective might be changing.