The “Big Beautiful Bill” that Trump muscled through Congress chops Medicaid spending by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade. Yet the state also voted heavily for Trump in the 2024 election and, ...

Trump promised to eliminate the tax on Social Security benefits in his 2024 campaign, but the bill instead adds a new ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the federal bill will "destabilize" care and cost public and private providers $13 billion a year, ...

Republicans U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, former Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Lexington tech entrepreneur Nate Morris are all running for McConnell’s seat in 2026. Kentucky’s senior senator announced ...

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 ...

The 900-page tax and policy package fulfills several key campaign promises but also makes cuts that could boot millions from ...

Multiple federal agencies have rolled out new rules for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, as the ...

Iowa state Rep. Lindsay James, a Democrat from Dubuque, said she is "seriously considering" launching a campaign to seek her ...

Trump administration official Bill Pulte released a statement suggesting that Fed Chair Jerome Powell is considering ...

As Congress starts work on the next government funding bills, President Trump is proposing eliminating a key water ...

Republicans are showing a growing appetite for long-threatened sanctions that would seek to cut off Russia from vital trading ...

The Senate's defense policy bill would authorize an extra $32.1 billion for national security spending above what the Pentagon sought.