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This week: Reconciliation bill back on track, at least for now - Roll Call

House Budget Committee Republicans advanced a sweeping reconciliation bill Sunday night, but for the GOP, the internal debate is far from over.

Roll Call

House Budget panel approves reconciliation package on second try - Roll Call

Four House Freedom Caucus members on the Budget Committee who held up the reconciliation package last week reversed course late Sunday night.

Roll Call

‘Doesn’t help our voters’: Trump demands GOP back his ‘big beautiful bill’ to kick millions off Medicaid, warns of ‘suffering’

Trump believes immigration can solve every problem.

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Conservative lawmakers block Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax-cut bill in major setback

A handful of hard-right lawmakers joined all Democrats in voting against a package of tax breaks and spending cuts, insisting on steeper cuts to Medicaid and green energy tax breaks.

Euronews

Why these Republicans finally stood up to Trump – and the price they could pay as a result

ANALYSIS: The Freedom Caucus will need to choose whether they care more about fiscal restraint or being a Trump fan club, Eric Garcia writes

The Independent UK

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ at a crucial juncture

The bill proposes sweeping changes, including Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and enacting deep cuts to social programmes.

Al Jazeera

GOP Lawmaker Insists People Can 'Keep Their Medicaid' If They 'Just Get a Job'

As the GOP works to complete its "big, beautiful bill," Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) defended proposed work requirements for Medicaid recipients.

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GOP Lawmaker Quickly Correcting Himself From 'Medicaid Cuts' to 'Medicaid Reforms' Draws Fire Online: 'Truth Slipped Out'

Rep. Jason Smith's on-air slip calling Medicaid "cuts" instead of "reforms" drew backlash, spotlighting growing tensions over proposed healthcare restrictions.

Latin Times

‘Oops’: A GOP slip of the tongue confirms ‘Medicaid cuts’ are coming soon, despite Trump’s denials

The cat's out of the bag on what's coming for Medicaid.

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Weekend do-over planned for 'big, beautiful' budget package - Roll Call

The House Budget Committee plans to try again Sunday night to advance the GOP reconciliation package after four Republican dissenters torpedoed the measure at a markup Friday.

Roll Call

‘Absurd’: Republicans challenge Johnson to overhaul Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ as it remains on knife edge

Conservative Republicans want to see Medicaid work requirements start earlier while Republicans from New York and New Jersey are after an expensive tax cut

The Independent UK

Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested

Ben Cohen was arrested after interrupting a hearing to protest the war in Gaza

Salon

Trump Official Declares Welfare Has Become 'a Lifestyle' in the US, Pushes for 'Able-Bodied Adults' to Work

HUD Secretary Scott Turner defended new work requirements by claiming welfare has become "a lifestyle" for many Americans.

Latin Times

Foreign groups are stealing $1 trillion a year through identity theft – and DOGE is just letting it happen

Report by identity verification services company says scammers are bilking billions from US government agencies and citizens

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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder arrested for Gaza protest at US Senate hearing

Ben Cohen and others interrupted RFK Jr at hearing to protest Israel’s Gaza blockade and Medicaid cuts

The Conversation

Congress began losing power decades ago − and now it’s giving away what remains to Trump

Republicans in Congress have been making behind-the-scenes efforts to pass major domestic legislation via the federal budget process. They include potential cuts to Medicaid and extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts.

Evening Standard

Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested after heckling Robert F. Kennedy Jr during pro-Palestine protest

‘You're killing poor kids in Palestine and paying for it by cutting Medicaid for kids in the United States,’ Ben Cohen heckled inside the US Capitol

The Independent UK

Ben from Ben & Jerry’s ice cream arrested at Senate hearing protesting the killing of Gaza children with US bombs

The protest erupted as Robert F Kennedy was testifying

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The Independent UK

Here is how California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to address a $12 billion budget shortfall

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled a $322 billion budget proposal that aims to address a projected $12 billion deficit

Latin Times

'Out of Touch' RFK Jr. Believes $40K a Month Is Affordable Price for Rehab: 'That's a Salary'

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the comment during during Wednesday's Congress hearing concerning the health department's fiscal 2026 budget.

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr tells Congress ‘people shouldn’t take medical advice from me’

Health secretary demurs on questions about vaccine stance and defends Republican plans to cut healthcare

Latin Times

Republican Senator Dismisses Protests Against Medicaid Cuts: 'They're Probably Hired to Do That'

Senator Roger Marshall said demonstrators protesting Medicaid cuts were "probably hired," and dismissed their concerns as a "sugar high" from pandemic spending.

The Independent UK

Governor warns Pennsylvanians will lose health care, hospitals will close under GOP cuts to Medicaid

Gov. Josh Shapiro is warning that cuts to Medicaid health care that Congress is considering would mean billions of dollars in lost federal aid to Pennsylvania, hundreds of thousands of people losing access to the program and more rural hospitals shutting their doors

Latin Times

Newsom Proposes Pausing Health Access for Undocumented, Low-Income Immigrants Amid California's Billion-Dollar Budget Deficit

California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a freeze on new enrollment for low-income immigrants without legal status into the state's Medi-Cal program starting in 2026

The Independent UK

Trump admin officials pen NYT op-ed describing welfare restrictions as an ‘opportunity’: ‘Work is transformative’

Administration claims work restrictions will boost labor force participation and save money

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