Many middle-class and wealthy families will see some benefits from the new legislation. But programs that help low-income ...

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Live updates and the latest news as the Trump administration is expected to announce new trade actions and Pete Hegseth and ...

For many seniors, the tax burden on Social Security benefits has been a constant concern. A new proposal, the 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' promises relief by introducing a $6,000 tax deduction, ...

The One, Big, Beautiful Bill is now law, and it includes changes to Social Security. Older adults are set to receive a large ...

One provision is an increase to the maximum child tax credit, raising it from $2,000 per eligible child to $2,200 beginning ...

As I’m sure many of you have heard, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has been signed into law by President Trump. While there has been quite a bit of discussion about this from both ...

President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law on July 4. The massive taxing and spending bill was ...

A new Gallup poll confirms what other polls have shown for some years now: Americans are becoming, by their own definition, a less-patriotic population — but the trend is being driven entirely by ...

Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP’s work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they’re unable to hold jobs.

Now that congressional Republicans have passed President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill," Trump wants the GOP to sell his agenda to the public.

The top Republican in the Massachusetts House is still parsing the so-called “big, beautiful bill” that became law Friday to ...