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Susan Meachum, who says she relies on Social Security, told ABC News she will "lose everything" if the debt limit isn't raised. Gridlock in Washington over raising the debt ceiling threatens to disrupt payments to millions of Americans who rely on government benefits each month. Seniors, veterans and Americans living with disabilities could be the first to suffer if the federal government is unable to pay its bills as soon as June 1. Payments totaling about $100 billion are scheduled to go out June 1 and June 2, with more scheduled throughout the month. Several people shared with ABC News their growing financial fears as the political stalemate continues. Susan Prahl Meachum, a 64-year-old from rural Virginia, said she will "lose everything" if there is no deal to raise the debt limit in time. Courtesy Debbie Spencer MORE: Debt ceiling timeline: When are Medicaid, Social Security and other payments in jeopardy Susan Prahl Meachum, a 64 year old living in rural...

Amid a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations, health officials aren't "predicting that this is going to be a tsunami" of deaths, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections -- as seen by first lady Jill Biden's recent bout with the virus -- Health officials are tracking the numbers but aren't " predicting that this is going to be a tsunami of hospitalizations and deaths the way we saw a year or more ago," Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday. "Given the level of immunity that we all have ... in other words, people who have been vaccinated, boosted, people who have been infected like you and I, where we have hybrid immunity, the chances of this being an overwhelming rush of cases and hospitalizations is probably low," Fauci, formerly the White House's top pandemic adviser, told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. Fauci also encouraged people in the most vulnerable groups, like older people, to get the next ...

What is the real impact of Title 42 and how could it contribute to record border crossings? Authorities at the southern border have been arresting, detaining and removing migrants at the border more times in the past year than ever before in U.S. history. Much of that work has been done under the Title 42 public Health order, implemented in the early days of COVID-19, which allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants without opportunities to apply for asylum. While Republicans have insisted Title 42 should remain in place as a means of handling the record numbers , mounting evidence indicates the protocols actually contribute to that very issue. MORE: Title 42 on hold after Roberts grants temporary stay in states' appeal to keep restriction Over the past several years, a groundswell of migration has built up throughout Central and South America with many people waiting for the end of pandemic-era restrictions like Title 42. Legal battles between mostly GOP-led states, the federal ...