Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. So, for the first time in her life, she attended a town hall, held July 10 by her Democratic member of Congress, Rep. April McClain ...

When Michelle Lawrence heard about Medicaid cuts in the Republican tax and spending bill, it felt like “a punch to the gut.” ...

What are the implications of the SNAP-Ed program's elimination? For starters, 1 million Missouri residents were helped by the ...

Spending cuts feared by state officials − including cuts in federal Medicaid payments − do not become effective until 2028, ...

Passed and signed into law last Thursday and Friday, the Republican-majority Congress’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” makes major ...

Central New York Rep. John Mannion (D-Geddes) is back in Washington this week, as Congress returns from its July 4 break, and ...

On Tuesday, Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed her state’s budget bill. At a press conference that day, Hobbs said if ...

The bill will stress a major funding stream schools rely on, leading to ripple effects that make it harder for schools to offer free meals.

Northeast families are expected to be among the hardest hit under sweeping federal cuts to food benefits in the ...

By Congress time standards, the bill moved at lightning speed — reaching President Trump’s desk less than six months into his ...

New York’s top leaders will need to make tough decisions in the coming months as they confront billions in lost federal funding for the state’s largest and oldest safety net programs. Last week, ...

Some of the bill’s changes go into effect later this year, while others won’t start until after the midterms in 2026.