Decision season is fully underway for the Supreme Court, kicking off a race against the clock to release this term’s opinions before the court’s summer break begins.
The justices are set to hand down major decisions implicating the role of religion in public life, efforts to restrict gender-affirming care and a host of environmental issues.
Here’s a look at the major cases this term:
Gender-affirming careCase name: United States v. S...
Month: May 2025
House GOP advances Medcaid cuts
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Celsius, compression socks and Cava: How lawmakers survived an all-nighter
The House Energy and Commerce Committee burned the midnight oil.
The panel — which has jurisdiction over one of the largest parts of the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” — held an around-the-clock markup this week, kicking off the action at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and continuing through the night before finally wrapping up at roughly 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The 26.5 hour confab was not the panel’s longest. That distinction belongs to a 2017 markup of the Republicans’ bill to re...
Republicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda
Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced legislation Wednesday afternoon containing cuts to Medicaid and health care provisions — some of the most controversial and contentious provisions that will be included in the "big, beautiful bill" of President Trump's ambitious legislative agenda.
The panel voted along party lines 30-24 after a marathon meeting that lasted more than 26 hours with just two breaks for House votes. The bill now heads to the ...
GOP senators raise red flags over House’s ambitious Trump legislative package
An ambitious House bill to cut taxes by hundreds of billions of dollars and pay for part of it by slashing Medicaid spending faces a rocky path in the Senate, where Republican lawmakers warn the changes to the safety net program could hurt rural hospitals and reduce benefits for their constituents.
Republican senators are also raising red flags about the House plan’s phase-out of renewable energy tax credits and what they’re calling an inadequate attempt to reduce the ballo...
GOP makes biggest bet yet pairing Trump tax rates with Medicaid cuts
Republicans on Capitol Hill are betting the farm on President Trump’s domestic agenda.
The massive legislative package features the tax cuts, energy production and immigration crackdown that helped Trump secure a second term, and GOP leaders in the Capitol are eager to pass it quickly to boost an embattled White House ally whose approval ratings have fallen underwater.
But there are hazards lurking as well.
To offset the massive cost of...
A Medicaid fix without the tricks
Republicans want to save $880 billion over 10 years in the Medicaid program. Politicians often turn to using various tricks and gimmicks to create the illusion of budgetary savings. But Medicaid is so large and has expanded so far past its original target population that Republicans can find those savings without relying on accounting gimmicks or price controls.
All they need is to implement three long-held Republican ideas.
The first is to bl...
Morning Report — House GOP bill: One big experiment?
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The Movement: The think tank at the center of the MAGA Medicaid firestorm
A young, well-connected think tank is at the center of Republicans’ efforts to reform Medicaid as part of President Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” — and the divide in the party about how far to go with cuts.
Here’s one sign of the impact of Paragon Health Institute, founded in 2021 and led by former first Trump administration economic adviser Brian Blase: Metadata for a letter Rep. Chip Roy (...
CBO: House GOP plan exceeds $880B savings target
The Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid, surpassed its target of finding $880 billion in savings to help pay for legislation to extend President Trump’s tax cuts and other priorities, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
In a brief letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), the CBO said the committee’s reconciliation recommendations would reduce deficits by more than $880 billion by 2034 and “wou...