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The proposal, folded into Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill,’ follows a move by the administration to strip Planned Parenthood of Title X funding last month. House Republicans are proposing a cut to Medicaid reimbursements for organizations like Planned Parenthood as part of their sweeping policy bill to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda. The rule applies to any organization that receives more than a million dollars in annual federal funding, including Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. It blocks funding for such organizations for 10 years.

• Also: Chilling new threats to federal judges... On today's BradCast: While we're all distracted on a daily basis by Donald Trump's endless, lawless, childish idiocy, Republicans have been quietly preparing to adopt some "deeply evil stuff" in Congress in order to help pay for trillions of dollars in huge tax cuts to wealthy Americans. [Audio link to full story follows this summary.] On Monday, House Republicans finally unveiled the final piece of their proposed, so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" that would "dramatically reshape America for the worse," according to...

The legislation would allow the Secretary of the Treasury to revoke the tax exemptions of organization that provide ’material support' to terrorism. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Ranking Member Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)(R) speak ahead of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 13, 2025. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Ranking Member Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)(R) speak ahead of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 13, 2025....

Melannie Bachman, 39, of Charleston, South Carolina, is among the patients closely watching the sweeping Republican bill to overhaul Medicaid that’s been brought to the House. She was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer — an aggressive and difficult-to-treat form of the disease — in 2021. She said she had to apply for Medicaid multiple times and wasn’t approved until four months later, which meant she had to pay for multiple screenings while waiting. Bachman no longer qualifies for Medicaid because she's cancer-free. But she worries that the proposed revisions could...

That fits within the parameters laid out in the budget blueprint Congress adopted earlier this year, which allowed the House Ways and Means Committee up to $4.5 trillion for changes that could increase the deficit. Tables from the JCT, which is the official revenue scoring body of Congress, show that extensions of the 2017 tax cuts and other measures will add about $5.6 trillion to the deficit, while cuts to renewable energy incentives and amped international tax enforcement will reduce the deficit by about $1.9 trillion. The deficit addition is...

A group of Republican senators has unveiled what they say is a groundbreaking bill aimed at righting the wrongs faced by American servicemembers during the COVID-19 vaccine mandate era. The Reaffirming Every Servicemember's Trust Over Religious Exemptions (RESTORE) Act, spearheaded by Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Rick Scott of Florida, Katie Britt of Alabama and Mike Lee of Utah, mandates the Department of Defense to form a Special Review Board, tasked with auditing the handling of religious accommodation requests (RARs) related to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Protesters opposing Republican cuts to Medicaid spending briefly shut down a House hearing on Tuesday. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) kicked off the hearing by praising the GOP budget bill, saying it "unleashes American energy dominance, advances innovation, and protects access to care for our most vulnerable." "I have no doubt that we'll have some robust discussions today about these proposals," the chairman noted as a protest broke out in the committee room, shutting down the hearing. "No cuts to Medicaid! No cuts to Medicaid!" the...

Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion — but also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps for older Americans and green energy strategies to fight climate change — are all up for debate Tuesday as the House Republicans launch marathon public hearings on their "big, beautiful bill." It's a long day and night ahead. Republicans are working to push President Donald Trump's signature legislative package through a gauntlet of committee hearings over mounting opposition from Democrats, advocacy groups and even some wary Republicans themselves. Right from the start,...

A drill rig stands at a Fervo Energy geothermal site under construction near Milford, Utah, in 2023. Republican lawmakers are pushing to launch a series of geothermal energy projects on federal land in the Southwest. GOP members of the House Committee on Natural Resources convened for a hearing in Cedar City, Utah, on Monday to advocate for galvanizing geothermal energy projects, a renewable-energy source that takes heat from deep beneath the earth and uses it to generate energy for heating, cooling and electricity. The process is similar to fracking, but...

On Sunday night, House Republicans added language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that would block all state and local governments from regulating AI for 10 years, 404 Media reports.