Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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Three regulatory amendments that are attached to the new "retirement security rule" display the stakes of the legal challenge already brewing in court.
May 14 -
Social Security is still drifting toward insolvency, according to the program's board of trustees. Here's how to reassure worried retirement savers.
May 7 -
As Congress battles over shutdowns, Social Security's staff has dwindled to its smallest size in decades. For retirees, that means longer wait times and delayed benefits — but advisors can help.
May 3 -
As it and other critics pursue a coordinated legal strategy, a trade group for independent insurance agents requested an injunction to put the regulation on hold.
May 3 -
The text reveals why agency officials believe it's necessary, how it will work in practice, how much it will cost and how it responded to criticism.
April 30 -
Here's how commenters such as the AARP, SIFMA, FSI, the Consumer Federation, NAPFA, the CFP Board and others view the Department of Labor's retirement advice regulation.
April 25 -
Recent economic data have shown inflation stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target, putting rate cuts in jeopardy. Join us on May 2 at 3 p.m., as Lauren Saidel-Baker, an economist with ITR Economics, parses the FOMC meeting, Chair Powell's press conference and takes a look at future policy.
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Voters in battleground states favor solutions like a "billionaires tax" and "scrapping the cap" on earnings taxed for Social Security, a new poll shows.
April 24 -
Opponents haven't stated publicly that they will file a lawsuit, but one will almost certainly challenge the Biden administration's expansion of the fiduciary duty.
April 23 -
Experts from the Fed, Intuit and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center explored ideas for more effective ways to advance the goals of the mortgage interest deduction.
April 18