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Supreme Court sides with parents seeking opt-outs from LGBTQ books in schools
The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines Friday ruled in favor of parents in Montgomery County, Md., who sought to opt out their children from instruction that uses books with LGBTQ themes.
It hands another win to religious rights advocates, who have regularly earned the backing of the high court’s conservative majority in a series of high-profile cases.
Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the six Republican-appointed justices, found the lac...
Missing in the Republican tax bill: A real answer to the US medical debt crisis
America is drowning in medical debt. It is a reality for nearly one in 12 adults, with at least $220 billion owed nationwide. This burden cuts across income, gender, geography and profession. Medical debt doesn’t care about your politics; it quietly undermines families and the broader economy. Creating targeted tax incentives — both credits and deductions — for consumers should be on the table.
Whether you cheer or groan, a Republican tax bill, approved by Congress, and signe...
Live updates: Senate slated to vote on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ Saturday
Senate Republicans are officially moving forward with President Trump’s “big, beautiful” megabill after weeks of scrambling to hit his July 4 deadline amid GOP pushback.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said the package’s text is expected to be released Friday and votes to begin debating the legislation will take place at noon Saturday.
This week, the GOP hit several roadblocks as the Senate parliamentarian struck down key cost-cutting provisi...
SCOTUS delivers gut punch to Planned Parenthood
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Revenge tax gets axed
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How Medicaid ruling could blow up Senate GOP’s plans on Trump ‘big, beautiful bill’
Senate Republicans were dealt a significant blow Thursday when Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough advised that major pieces of the GOP megabill’s Medicaid policy can’t pass with a simple majority.
Much of the savings in the bill come from Medicaid cuts, and the ruling impacts several of the largest and most controversial ones, including a plan to slash states’ use of health care provider taxes as well as several measures related to health care for immigrants....
Trump bill hits Senate buzzsaw
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Senate referee rejects key Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has rejected key Medicaid provisions in the Senate GOP megabill, a ruling that appears to strike a major blow to Republicans' strategy for cutting federal spending.
The Senate's referee rejected a plan to cap states’ use of health care provider taxes to collect more federal Medicaid funding, a proposal that would have generated hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to offset the cost of making President Trump’s corporate tax ...
Parliamentarian rejects GOP attempt to prohibit federal subsidies for health plans that cover abortion services
The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Wednesday to reject Republican language in the Senate megabill that would prohibit federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from going to qualified health plans that cover abortion services.
The Republican language in the bill would restrict the ACA’s cost-sharing subsidies from lowering the costs of plans that cover abortion services in about a dozen states, according to the Commonwealth Fund, an independent health research ...