Live updates and the latest news as the Trump administration is expected to announce new trade actions and Pete Hegseth and ...

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The One, Big, Beautiful Bill is now law, and it includes changes to Social Security. Older adults are set to receive a large ...

The Trump administration is conducting a spiteful investigation against former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA ...

Many middle-class and wealthy families will see some benefits from the new legislation. But programs that help low-income ...

One provision is an increase to the maximum child tax credit, raising it from $2,000 per eligible child to $2,200 beginning in 2026. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act temporarily increased the credit ...

Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP’s work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they’re unable to hold jobs.

President Donald Trump, who has tried with limited success to make huge changes in federal policy through executive power, scored a huge victory when Congress approved a massive budget bill that will ...

President Donald Trump's newly signed One Big Beautiful Bill is facing strong public backlash, with new polling showing that ...

Here's a look at whether you should be delighted or worried about the bill. (Spoiler: You may want to put away the confetti ...

President Trump’s signature second-term legislative agenda is hitting the courts. His “big, beautiful bill” is a boon for Second Amendment groups, who say it aids their quest to ...

I woke Friday morning to an email from the Social Security Administration bragging about Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” ...