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House Republicans Finally Unveil Their Deadly Medicaid Cuts

Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” could leave millions without medical care thanks to proposed Medicaid cuts. House Republicans released their proposed budget Sunday night, and it includes $880 million in cuts, largely to Medicaid, to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s estimates...

When the pain hits home, Republicans balk at Trump’s spending cuts and tariffs

WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill are full of praise for President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive actions and attempts to slash some federal spending, selling it as the kind of disruption that Americans voted for last fall. That is, until the pain risks hitting home for their constituents. From cuts to health and agriculture

Republicans Have a Terrifying Plan for Abortion Clinics

Speaking before a crowd at the March for Life in Washington last week, House Speaker Mike Johnson promised that the anti-abortion movement would be “entering a new era” under Donald Trump’s leadership. The newest benchmark for the conservative party under that banner is, apparently, allowing people to attack and shutter health care clinics providing abortion

Republicans want changes from HHS on AI assurance labs

Some members of Congress are asking the U.S. Health and Human Services to back away from a years-long effort to establish government-administered artificial intelligence assurance labs and create an AI assurance lab model in partnership with industry.  "We are writing to express our significant concerns with the potential role of assurance labs in the regulatory

Republicans and Democrats Tell a Different Story About DC Jail Tour

Members of the House Oversight Committee visited the facility holding January 6 inmates while they await trial.

Why do so many Republicans now dress like cartoon supervillains? It’s what the MAGA base craves

Blame Roger Stone: On the right, playing up how they're the bad guys only makes them more popular...

Will Republicans fumble the 2023 Super Bowl like they did in 2022?

One thing to watch for during the Super Bowl on Sunday: Will Republicans double down on their hypocrisy about wanting to keep sports and politics separate...

House Republicans plan first hearing on Biden border policies

House Republicans announced on Thursday the first oversight hearing on U.S.-Mexico border security for next month and demanded a trove of records from the past two years, as they start to hammer the Biden administration on its immigration policies. Rep. James R. Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability...

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