Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – An unexpected name kept coming up as House Republicans crafted their multi-trillion-dollar legislative package ...

Democrats are already on offense. In passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Republican Congress set a new gold standard for welfare reform. Some conservatives say the GOP has gone wobbly on work.

Senate GOP Leader John Thune spoke in favor of the "Big, Beautiful Bill" as the Senate began debate and voting on amendments before trying to pass it by the end of the week: SEN. JOHN THUNE: And so ...

Larry Summers has some nerve. The economist is ripping Republican’s “cruel” efforts to rein in out-of-control Medicaid spending. Yet he himself participated in one of the biggest welfare reforms of ...

Have Republicans gone weak on work? In 1996 a Republican Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, a bipartisan bill imposing a work requirement of 30 hours a week for households with at least ...