Republican attorneys general visit Yuma, Arizona, highlighting a 90% drop in illegal crossings since Trump's second term and the impact of fentanyl trafficking.

Millions of low-income Americans, including families with children, could lose their food stamp benefits under House Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending cuts package, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Thursday.

In their fiscal package, Republicans have slipped in a hodgepodge of tweaks that are, at times, only tangentially related to the rest of the bill.

Three years ago, massive federal climate legislation led to a boom of solar, wind and energy storage projects across rural Oregon, reshaping its farming landscape and shoring up the state’s prospects to reach its aggressive emission reduction mandates.

It’s no surprise that Senate Republicans differ from their House counterparts. From the outset, GOP senators wanted to do the tax part of the legislation as its own bill instead of piling it all into one gigantic piece of legislation. Some senators are still talking about doing separate bills.

President Trump met with holdouts again Wednesday as leaders ramp up their efforts to build support around the bill.

If the House provision is enacted, the SALT cap would rise to $40,000, up from $30,000 in the previous plan, and phase out over $500,000.

Medicaid has become a key hot button topic in the sweeping tax and spending cuts bill that House Republicans are scrambling to pass as soon as this week.

In today’s edition … How Medicaid cuts could directly affect more than just House races ... Democrats’ plans for Trump’s crypto dinner … A remembrance of Gerry Connolly.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package passed by House Republicans early Thursday would gut clean energy tax credits that Democrats approved three years ago while supporting increased mining, drilling and other traditional energy production.

Republicans are touting House passage of a megabill to fund Trump’s agenda as a win for Americans. Democrats slam it as benefiting the rich and hurting low-income people.