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The most morally reprehensible shift in our nation’s public policies occurred on July 4, 2025. A sweeping set of changes that will reverse social, economic and climate policies was signed into law.
The bill also keeps the lower rates from the 2017 law, which accounts for a lot of its multitrillion-dollar cost. That’s ...
President Trump’s newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act will, by most conventional estimates, add trillions to America’s ...
Amid the ferocious debate over Trump’s “Big Beautiful,” I can hear echoes of the old “welfare queen” legend, particularly ...
The Trump administration is unlikely to follow the most important parts of this advice. But the math is undeniable.
Illinois stands to lose about $48 billion in federal funding for Medicaid over 10 years, according to KFF, a nonprofit ...
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker speaks after a roundtable meeting with local agricultural leaders and bankers at the Bank of ...
Republicans made little attempt to justify this failed attempt at fiscal responsibility, choosing instead to pander to Trump.
New federal law makes 2017 tax cuts permanent but slashes SNAP, Medicaid and clean energy incentives — leaving some Minnesotans with questions about federal programs, cost shifts and energy prices ...
The U.S. government's economic strategy mimics Trump's aggressive business strategy. Trump has borrowed heavily in his business ventures and has declared bankruptcy several times due to excessive ...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act not only prevents severe tax hikes and expands relief for family farms, small businesses, and ...
Trump made inroads with middle-class voters in the 2024 election. But polls now show his standing with America's ...