Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right,” is based on seven years of work in eastern Kentucky, one of the poorest and whitest areas in the country.

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Massachusetts is preparing for a massive outreach effort to help hundreds of thousands of residents who qualify for Medicaid ...

Hundreds of thousands of people could lose coverage. Hospitals could close. State could lose billions in funding ...

A spokesman for the hospitals in Olean and Bradford, Pa., said the area's healthcare community is bracing for the full impacts of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." ...

An obscure provision in Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' reduces the amount gamblers can deduct from taxes for betting losses.

As Republicans face criticism for slashing Medicaid, Hawley tried to shift the focus to a less-noticed part of the law that ...

The Court’s conservative majority has, once again, shrugged off the administration’s authoritarian motives in bypassing ...

There’s a lot to unpack in the multi-trillion-dollar, 887-page package, from tax breaks and social safety net cuts to billions more for defense, the border wall and deportations. The Press Democrat ...

The office also estimated that the federal budget deficit for the first nine months of the 2025 fiscal year, which began in October, is $1.3 trillion. The number is $65 billion more than it was for ...

Senator Thom Tillis seemingly implied to CNN's Jake Tapper that he would not vote to confirm Pete Hegseth if a vote were to ...

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