If we hadn't passed this bill, taxes on the American people would have gone up $4.3 trillion,” U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy said ...

Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• 07/04/2025: President Donald Trump’s deadline for the Republican-controlled Congress to pass the ...

Northwest Indiana Medicaid and environmental experts expressed concern with the impacts of the Trump Administration’s megabill. President Donald Trump signed a megabill focused on tax breaks and ...

Senate Democrats are warning the Trump administration’s effort to claw back funds for foreign aid and public broadcasting ...

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

A little-known division of the National Forest Service faces budget cuts in legislation still pending in Congress. The State, Private and Tribal Forestry division’s budget would be eliminated in a ...

New York is on track to lose out on $750 million in Medicaid funding this year thanks to the federal budget cuts agreed to in Washington last week. State officials also expect to see at least $3 ...

Last week, when President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) into law, he said it would help to bring ...

More than a million New Yorkers could lose health‑care coverage under new rules.  But the biggest hit might come from a loophole you’ve never heard of before: ...

Federal funding for Alabama Public Television could be on the chopping block next week if the U.S. Senate votes to approve a request by the White House to pull back ...

"There is absolutely no reason why the American people should be forced to foot the bill for Sesame Street in Iraq," Senator Joni Ernst told Newsweek.