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Unpacking claims nursing homes say they will 'close their doors' if GOP passes budget bill
A June 2025 survey by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) found that 27% of nursing home providers said they would ...
Budget bill includes $10B payday for states that spent on border security
A new fund earmarks $10 billion for states that paid for border barriers or other security measures under President Joe Biden.
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Congress just pushed the U.S. toward a debt crisis. The Fed can’t save us.
The odds of a federal debt crisis just got more daunting. On Thursday, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, a sweeping piece of legislation that threatens to leave the government with one big, ...
Senate begins debate after 16-hour read of entire budget bill
The Senate has started formal debate on the Trump administration's budget reconciliation bill after lawmakers spent 16 hours ...
‘Potentially catastrophic’: While Congress cuts safety net, Mass. lawmakers pass budget short on cash for SNAP caseworkers
The state budget slashed more than $40 million in funding for the Department of Transitional Assistance, which administers ...
Pritzker warns 330,000 Illinoisans could lose Medicaid under Trump’s budget plan
The U.S. House gave final passage Thursday to a budget bill that will cut federal Medicaid spending by an estimated $1 ...
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TPS, Trump budget and Medicaid: Federal policy impacts to southwest Ohio this week
A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for more than 500,000 Haitians who are already in the United States.
Opinion - A year after Loper Bright, Congress has failed to step up
Rules on everything from firearm bump stocks to environmental permitting are being invalidated or reopened, but Congress has ...
What's in the Senate's version of Trump's budget bill — and who stands to benefit
One major sticking point for Republican fiscal hawks is the megabill’s proposed $5 trillion debt ceiling increase.
In July 4 ceremony, Trump signs tax and spending bill into law
The bill will fund Trump's immigration crackdown, make his 2017 tax cuts permanent, and could knock millions of Americans off ...