Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has signed a new two-year budget to secure federal Medicaid funding. The budget passed both ...

A measure in the sprawling One Big Beautiful Bill Act currently moving through Congress would raise the exemption threshold ...

In recent decades, American presidential elections have been decided by a small handful of swing states — places where the ...

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There has been widespread concern expressed over the impact Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" could have on American health care.

Evers said the budget also includes individual income tax cuts proposed by Republican leaders that will reduce state income tax collections.

“I will.” Those words, coming from the social media account of the richest man in the world, aligned multibillionaire Elon Musk with Rep. Thomas Massie in the Kentucky congressman’s ongoing feud with ...

The Senate voted 51 to 50 to pass the Republicans’ major tax and domestic policy bill, which President Trump wants on his ...

A dozen current or former House members have already launched bids for 2026 Senate or governor races, and more are weighing ...

The hours ahead will be pivotal for the Republicans, who have control of the Congress, with little tolerance for defectors if ...

The sprawling tax and health care bill that Senate Republicans are trying to pass would add at least $3.3 trillion to the ...