This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, food assistance, health, Social Security, the economy, poverty and inequality, and housing.On the federal budget, CBPP ...

The massive reductions in force the Administration is seeking to carry out would so degrade agency capacities that they would ...

The Trump Administration’s partial budget plan released today is just its latest repudiation of the Trump campaign’s promises ...

SSA’s revised direct deposit policy is just the latest in a series of rushed, confusing, and chaotic changes to SSA’s ...

The unemployment rate is an important indicator, but it is not the only one to watch. By itself, it doesn’t paint a full ...

The Trump Administration has granted sweeping authority to “special government employees” (SGEs), the most high-profile being Elon Musk, the world’s richest person. This unprecedented use ...

In a Congress struggling to define its role during a time of political and economic upheaval, there is at least one area of ...

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion provides high-quality, low-cost coverage to 20.3 million people with low incomes nationwide and saves lives. But House Republican leadership is ...

Republican lawmakers are advancing a budget plan that sets the stage for reckless, sweeping cuts to SNAP, our nation’s ...