Donald Trump’s tax bill heads to Senate: Speaker Mike Johnson says, ‘millions not losing Medicaid unless they want to’

House Republicans narrowly passed Trump’s tax bill, featuring $625 billion in Medicaid cuts with work requirements. Speaker Mike Johnson called the Medicaid changes “commonsense” and said millions won’t lose coverage unless they choose. The bill now faces Senate scrutiny.

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Author: Ravi Hari

The fantastical world of Republican economic thinking

The elites of the American right cannot reconcile the inconsistencies in their policy platform

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Author: The Economist

Medicaid cuts will harm rural Republican communities most

Trump’s budget will actively harm the health and incomes of rural communities and Republican voters, well beyond those who themselves are enrolled in Medicaid.

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Author: Michael Shepherd and Miranda Yaver, opinion contributors

Plans, states warn of Obamacare chaos due to GOP megabill

A last-minute change to the House bill threw a curveball to Obamacare insurers who already set their rates for 2026.

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Author: Robert King

OpenAI’s Democrats in Action; China’s Open-Source AI

As OpenAI defends its planned corporate restructuring against a range of nonprofit critics, it’s probably feeling pretty good about its decision last year to hire a number of personnel with deep ties to the Democratic establishment.Those hires, including career Democrat Chris Lehane, who leads …

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Author: Rocket Drew

Opinion | Putting Biden’s head on a stake is not helpful

Liberals should retrace their steps to find a better way to respond to the present reality.

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Author: Anne Lamott

Murphy launches ambitious anti-Trump PAC as 2028 rumors swirl

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Author: Holly Otterbein

Senate tries to pass Trump’s budget plan. And, people burned in Colorado attack

Senate Republicans return to session with a big task ahead: passing Trump’s big, beautiful bill. And, Boulder’s Jewish community is concerned after a recent attack.

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Author: Brittney Melton

Trump’s tax bill helps the rich, hurts the poor and adds trillions to the deficit

The ‘big, beautiful bill’ has reaffirmed that a pledged golden age is really just a windfall for the uber-wealthy

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Author: Katrina vanden Heuvel

Republicans face new pressure to extend expiring Obamacare tax credits

If the money lapses this year, 5 million are expected to lose coverage and others would face premium hikes in 2026. A new coalition is pushing reluctant GOP lawmakers to extend it.

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Author: Sahil Kapur

Carried interest: the tax break that symbolizes divisions within the Republican Party

On Friday, Jamie Dimon, the iconic CEO of JPMorgan, called for the elimination of carried interest, a tax break that benefits private equity funds. This measure divides Republican lawmakers, despite…

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Author: Antoine Alves d’Oliveira

Fact Check: Trump and G.O.P.’s False Claims on Bill’s Medicaid Cuts and Deficit Hikes

President Trump has sought to assuage some lawmakers’ concerns over the bill’s price tag and cuts to Medicaid with inaccurate claims.

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Author: Linda Qiu,Jamie Leventhal

Tim Walz tells Harris’ home-state Dems that 2024 was a ‘primal scream’

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Author: Blake Jones

Letter: Our senators should reject big beautiful bill

“I am urging both Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King to vote no on the so-called Big Beautiful Bill when it comes before the Senate.”

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Author: Opinion Contributor

Ernst posts snarky reply after telling town hall ‘we all are going to die’

The outrage over the senator’s glib response to concerns about Medicaid cuts was immediate. Then, Ernst doubled down on her remarks with a sarcastic post.

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Author: Mariana Alfaro

As Kamala Harris weighs a run for governor, some Dems are moving on

Numerous California gubernatorial hopefuls spent the weekend courting state party delegates, while the former vice president’s political future seemed to be an afterthought.

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Author: Maeve Reston

Party Activists in California Aren’t Sold on a Harris Run for Governor

Kamala Harris did not appear in person at a California state Democratic convention, leaving delegates to wonder how seriously she is considering running and whether it would be wise.

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Author: Laurel Rosenhall

Democratic Party is at risk of becoming ‘roadkill,’ warns Tim Walz

The Minnesota governor unleashed harsh language during appearances this weekend, in the clearest signs yet that he is weighing a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028.

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Author: Maeve Reston,Sabrina Rodriguez

MAGA accuses Democratic Senator Cory Booker of doing ‘Nazi salute’

Senator Cory Booker made the gesture at the end of a speech he gave during a Democratic convention in California on Saturday.

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Author: Peter Aitken

Did Cory Booker do a Musk-style Nazi salute at California Democrat convention? Video emerges

Sen Cory Booker appeared to do an Elon Musk-like Nazi salute at the California Democratic convention on Saturday

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Author: Yash Nitish Bajaj

Readers’ Forum: ‘Big, beautiful bill’ aims to strip federal courts of power

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Author: Readers’ Forum

‘Work of fiction…’: Will Donald Trump bury US government in debt with multitrillion-dollar tax breaks? Even Elon Musk is concerned

International Business News: Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ faces skepticism from Republican senators, international investors, and even Elon Musk, due to concerns about

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Author: TOI Business Desk

House GOP passed trillions in tax cuts. How Trump’s ‘big bill’ could change in the Senate

The House GOP approved trillions in tax cuts. Here’s how President Trump’s “big bill” could change in the Senate.

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Author: Kate Dore, CFP®, EA

Why stricter voting laws no longer help Republicans

The party is pushing tougher requirements anyway