US states are bracing for the fallout from President Donald Trump’s sweeping Medicaid cuts by weighing tax increases, spending cuts and rollbacks of Medicaid expansion to offset a $900 billion reduction in federal funding over the next decade.
Secretary of State Rubio calls allegations that Trump considered personal finances in Iran decisions "completely false" during heated House hearing.
Senate Republicans removed $1 billion in Secret Service security funding for the White House and President Donald Trump’s yet-to-be-built East Wing ballroom from the party’s immigration enforcement bill, according to new legislative text released Wednesday. The move was in response to Republican opposition over the optics of taxpayers footing the $220 million bill for ballroom […]
Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules.
Senate Republicans have stripped language providing up to $1 billion for security upgrades to the proposed White House ballroom from a revised budget reconciliation bill unveiled on Wednesday. Senate Republicans agreed among themselves before the Memorial Day recess to pull the money for President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom out of the reconciliation package but they made…
Rubio, in back-to-back hearings before a House and Senate panel on Tuesday, faced Democrats’ ire.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is back on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning, where he will face questions from the House Foreign Relations Committee about President Trump‘s fiscal 2027 budget request for the State Department and ongoing conflict with Iran. Rubio, in back-to-back hearings before a House and Senate panel on Tuesday, faced Democrats’ ire over…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday afternoon on the State Department’s fiscal 2027 budget request and ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. The hearing comes just hours after Rubio faced questioning in the House, where Democrats pressed him on the Iran war and seemingly stalled negotiations over…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will testify Wednesday morning before the Senate Finance Committee on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request for the department. The White House is seeking $11.5 billion in budget authority for the Treasury Department’s domestic programs in 2027, a 12 percent decrease from 2026. The hearing comes as affordability concerns and the…