Key Points The Trump Administration is slashing the Social Security workforce. Workers have been offered buyouts to leave and many are facing the threat of termination. Reducing staff at Social ...

Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and ...

In one way, Tuesday night was a major victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana). He was able to force through his budget resolution despite the reservations of many of his members ...

The program has long held a special place in American politics, with an aide to then-Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill apparently the first to call it "the third rail of American politics." ...

(JTA) — A national politics correspondent for Newsweek, Nina Burleigh, tweeted that Israeli- and Jewish-linked organizations — along with Israel itself — are on “the third rail of American ...

The White House says that it won’t mess with Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits, but the loss of expertise ...

Historically, toying with Social Security benefits has been long seen as a political “third rail,” meaning whoever touches it will get zapped. The White House said in a press release it won ...