Advocates are warning that Medicaid cuts included in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending law will disproportionately harm Black women and children, worsening already stark health disparities across the United States. Although Black Americans make up about 14% of the U.S. population, they represent more than 20% of Medicaid …
Read More »‘One big, beautiful’ Law Provision on Planned Parenthood Funding Partly Blocked by Judge
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday, blocking a provision in Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law that would have barred Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood for one year. District Court Judge Indira Talwani wrote in a 36-page opinion that Planned Parenthood established “a substantial likelihood of success on their …
Read More »Trump’s New Law Adds $3.4 Trillion to Deficit, Strips Health Insurance from 10 Million
President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to the U.S. national debt over the next decade and strip health insurance from 10 million Americans by 2034, according to a new report released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The sweeping legislation, which …
Read More »Trump’s New Tax Law Brings Big Changes for 2025 Filers
Nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump signed what he dubbed a “big, beautiful bill,” tax professionals and financial planners are still working to understand how the sweeping new tax law will affect millions of Americans starting next year. The legislation—passed by Congress with narrow Republican majorities—extends and enhances provisions …
Read More »The Child Tax Credit is Changing. Here’s What it Means For Your family.
A new child tax credit is coming next year, bringing significant changes that will alter how much assistance families receive — and which families can receive it. With his tax and spending package, President Donald Trump passed a permanent change to the child tax credit spearheaded by congressional Republicans. It …
Read More »New National School Voucher Program Included in ‘big, beautiful’ law, with No Cap on Cost
A national private school voucher program is now law, though the school choice initiative comes with a huge caveat. States also choose — whether or not to participate. It’s a setback for advocates who hoped to see the program — baked into the mega tax and spending cut bill President …
Read More »Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration’s Medicaid Cutoff for Planned Parenthood
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a controversial provision of the recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, delivering a swift legal setback to a central pillar of President Donald Trump’s new domestic policy agenda. …
Read More »On the Fourth of July, Trump Signs his ‘big, beautiful bill’ into Law
President Donald Trump signed into law Friday evening his massive spending cut and tax break package to fulfill his domestic policy agenda on immigration and defense and overhaul American energy production. The “big, beautiful bill,” which Trump signed on Republicans’ self-imposed Fourth of July deadline, will make permanent the 2017 …
Read More »Trump Celebrates Passage of ‘big, beautiful bill’ at Iowa State Fairgrounds
President Donald Trump took a victory lap celebrating the passage of the “big, beautiful bill” through Congress during an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Thursday evening while sharing plans for the upcoming year of celebrations for the nation’s 250th anniversary. “There could be no better birthday present for America …
Read More »How the Megabill Allows Trump to Expand Mass Deportations, Curb Immigrant Benefits
President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending cut bill cleared early Thursday has as its centerpiece $170 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown, helping fulfill the president’s 2024 campaign promise of mass deportations of people without permanent legal status. The measure, passed by the House 218-214, would fulfill several of …
Read More »House Passes Sweeping GOP Tax and Spending Bill, Sending It to Trump
In a razor-thin vote on Thursday, House Republicans passed a sprawling tax and spending package that enshrines much of President Donald Trump’s second-term domestic agenda, sending the legislation to the president’s desk just in time for his July 4 deadline. The bill passed 218-214, with every Democrat voting no and …
Read More »GOP Bill Puts 11.8 Million Americans at Risk of Losing Coverage
Nearly 12 million Americans, including children, could lose their health insurance under a Republican-backed plan that dramatically reshapes federal health programs like Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The sweeping proposal, officially named the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” aims to strip nearly …
Read More »Musk-Trump Feud Escalates: Billionaire Threatens New Party, Trump Suggests Punishment
The rift between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has reignited in dramatic fashion, with the billionaire entrepreneur threatening to form a new political party and fund primary challengers to Republicans who back Trump’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill. In a series of fiery posts on X (formerly Twitter) …
Read More »Senate Passes Trump’s Sweeping Domestic Bill After Tense Tie-Breaker
In a dramatic 51-50 vote early Tuesday morning, the Republican-controlled Senate passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package, putting the legislation — dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” — one step closer to becoming law. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote after three Republicans — Sens. Rand …
Read More »Elon Musk Threatens to Back GOP Primary Challengers Over Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk intensified his opposition Monday to the Trump-backed tax and spending bill moving through the Senate, warning that Republican lawmakers who vote for it could face primary challenges — with his support. “Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for …
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