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It is the most amazing piece of social legislation in the wrong direction that we have ever seen,” former Obama-era Treasury official Steve Rattner said.
Now that President Donald Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill” is law, the big question remains: what will the impact be on Connecticut?
Now that President Donald Trump has signed the federal budget reconciliation bill, the future of Medicaid, SNAP benefits, and ...
Trump's new law offers tax breaks for families but slashes healthcare and food aid. Here's what parents need to know about the financial impact.
President Donald Trump on Friday signed the tax and spending cut bill Republicans muscled through Congress this week, turning it into law by his own self-imposed Fourth of July deadline. At nearly 900 ...
"A basic moral test" on public policy "is how our most vulnerable members are faring," says the U.S. Conference of Catholic ...
Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration on Monday over a provision in the new tax and spending law that would strip ...
The Utah chapter of Planned Parenthood is suing over a provision in the "Big Beautiful Bill" preventing nonprofits that ...
The giant tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend includes the biggest health care ...
President Trump signed the "Big Beautiful Bill" on July 4, including many of his policy priorities such as more money for ...
Elected officials visited Charter Oak Health Center in Hartford on Monday to decry federal funding cuts to services like Medicaid and food stamps.