The massive tax and budget bill President Trump signed into law this month could prove a major challenge for Republicans in ...

Illinois stands to lose about $48 billion in federal funding for Medicaid over 10 years, according to KFF, a nonprofit ...

About 11.8 million people are at risk of losing their health insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office ...

Missouri voters expanded Medicaid in 2020 but this new bill slashes it. Single moms in Richland and veterans in Iberia will suffer. | Opinion ...

President Donald Trump takes the stage during the AMERICA250 Celebration Kick-Off in Des Moines Iowa on Thursday, July 3, 2025.

Several of President Donald Trump’s key campaign promises were written into the new Republican law which slashes federal benefits and implements tax breaks for primarily higher-income Americans. One ...

I am so proud that The Mercury has Sound Off. Other papers can’t deal with a forum like this. The other papers can’t deal ...

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