James Downie

Senate Republicans succeeded in moving the bill, which cuts taxes and Medicaid funding, closer to a final vote but were still settling on the bill’s actual text.

The Senate parliamentarian ruled that portions of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," including limits on the Medicaid provider tax, violated the chamber’s rules.

The Social Security Board of Trustees said last week that the program’s combined trust funds will run out of money in 2034 — one year earlier than was projected in 2024.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that U.S. forces dropped bombs on three nuclear sites in Iran, bringing America into the conflict between Iran and Israel.“A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime.

Federal agents on Tuesday detained New York City Comptroller Brad Lander at a federal immigration courthouse in Manhattan.

Not satisfied with massive reductions to Medicaid in their big spending bill, GOP lawmakers and Trump now have Medicare cuts in their sights to pay for tax cuts.

President Trump demanded Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lower interest rates after an unofficial jobs report hit its lowest level in over two years.

Elon Musk blasted the Republican spending bill, the signature legislation of President Donald Trump's first year back in office, in a post on X Tuesday.

When news broke that the White House had appealed the U.S.

Earlier this week the White House published evidence that the president's "big, beautiful bill" hikes taxes on the poor to cut taxes for the rich.

Trump is promising to root out “waste, fraud and abuse” to evade tough questions about a bill that would extend tax cuts while cutting Medicaid and food stamps.