Illinois’ share of clean water grants to states would dip to $11 million next year, compared with $105.5 million this year.

After the U.S. Senate voted to pass the "Big Beautiful Bill," rumors circulated about the consequences of deep cuts to ...

“Mean and cruel” — that’s how U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto described Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s budget ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans muscled President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cut bill through the House on Thursday, the ...

The U.N.'s decision to hire four new staff for its controversial anti-Israel commission, despite an ongoing liquidity crisis, ...

The U.S. House gave final passage Thursday to a budget bill that will cut federal Medicaid spending by an estimated $1 ...

Senate Bill Would Add at Least $3.3 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says A new analysis showing the legislation would be far more expensive than the House version could complicate its chances of ...

Elon Musk called President Trump’s spending bill the “Debt Slavery Bill” on X in June, saying it would raise the debt ceiling ...

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, ...

The Medicaid and SNAP changes are just the latest in a series of Trump policies affecting state finances, including the ...

Trump’s tax cut bill could have large implications for states. The legislation nearing completion in Congress could reduce federal funding to states for Medicaid and food assistance programs.