Explaining Democrats’ Misleading Talking Point on the Government Shutdown

Democrats have misused budget jargon to assail the Republican budget proposal as “dirty,” but the bill is considered “clean.”

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Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing

One year after Hurricane Helene, people in the hard-hit western region of North Carolina can no longer rely on a successful program that helped keep them afloat.

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States Grapple With Fundamental Change in Food Stamps

Whether states can find the money in their budgets — billions of dollars in some cases — will have wide-ranging, and likely uneven, consequences for some 42 million recipients.

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House Passes Spending Extension That Democrats Vow to Block

Republicans pushed through a measure to avert a shutdown, but Democrats plan to block it in the Senate, demanding more than $1 trillion for health programs.

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Richest Gain Most and Poorest Face Steepest Cuts Under G.O.P. Law, Analysis Finds

Millions of people could lose access to federal food aid or Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest analysis of President Trump’s marquee legislation.

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Trump Fires Official Over Jobs Report, Echoing an Authoritarian Playbook

In firing the head of the agency that collects employment statistics, the president underscored his tendency to suppress facts he doesn’t like and promote his own version of reality.

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Trump Administration’s N.I.H. and F.D.A. Cuts Could Curtail New Drug Development, Budget Office Says

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to medical research and health agencies will curtail the development of promising medications, the Congressional Budget Office said on Friday.

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Trump’s Big Policy Bill Puts U.S. on Perilous Fiscal Path

Among the most expensive pieces of legislation in years, the Republican legislation could reshape the country’s finances for a generation.

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Fact-Checking Trump and Republicans on Proposed Tax Cuts in Policy Bill

The president and his Senate allies have cited inaccurate claims about their tax and policy bill.

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Political Costs of Trump Tax Cuts, Medicaid and ‘Debt Slavery’

As the Senate prepares to vote on a key piece of the president’s domestic agenda, prominent critics, including Elon Musk, are speaking out.

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