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Bipartisan group looks to overhaul Social Security and help save it from financial ruin

The effort, led by Senator Dick Durbin, comes after a report found Social Security will only be able to pay out 78 percent of benefits in 2032

The Independent UK

Artificial intelligence becomes ripe target for taxes

Some progressives are floating various plans to spread the wealth of the AI boom in the run-up to the midterm elections this fall, with proposals ranging from taxes on AI tokens to an excise tax on the energy used by data centers. But other stakeholders are urging a more cautious approach, and…

Roll Call

What a gas tax holiday would actually do

It would bring some relief, but it wouldn't come close to offsetting the Iran war price hikes.

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'I don't know if we're ready': Governors from each party appalled at 100-year-old federal workforce strategy

"We have a workforce training system that was designed 100 years ago for a very different economy," Bill Haslam (R-TN) told Fortune.

Fortune

Furloughed federal workers face delays getting unemployment pay during shutdown

Thousands of furloughed federal workers are trying to navigate the unemployment system, in a sharp increase that is still a fraction of the 670,000 furloughed during the shutdown

The Independent UK

Pressure points ahead could bring a quicker end to the shutdown

The first week is the easy one

The Independent UK

I Asked ChatGPT What Would Happen if Trump Ended Income Taxes — There’s Good News and Bad News

Trump’s plan to replace income taxes with tariffs -- per a tax policy breakdown by ChatGPT -- could raise prices, slash federal revenue and widen inequality.

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Big GOP Tax Bill Could Change Your Estate Planning for 2025

The GOP extended and increased the higher gift and estate tax exemption and affected AMT thresholds. What might this mean for your estate plan?

Kiplinger

Outside groups call on Congress to buck the trend and invest in itself - Roll Call

Congress should get “strategic” about funding its Article 1 duties, some advocates tell lawmakers, even as cuts are in vogue.

Roll Call

Republicans in Congress want to kill two education tax credits worth billions to U.S. students. If you’re a college student, it could impact you.

The GOP leadership in the House has proposed eliminating two education tax credits to save the government $85 billion over 10 years. Here’s what’s at stake.

Fortune

What Texans need to know about helping people register to vote or cast ballots

Texas officials have launched investigations into voting fraud allegations, but assisting other voters isn’t automatically illegal.

The Texas Tribune

The most detailed look yet at the 'exodus' of local voting officials

A new report finds more election officials are leaving their jobs now than at any point in the past two decades. But the report also adds new context to the phenomenon.

WEKU

Housing advocates warn GOP spending plan would be 'disastrous'

Housing advocates are raising the alarm about House Republicans’ plan to dramatically cut the federal deficit to raise the debt ceiling

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