Last week, the Trump Administration leaked a memo directing agencies to consider widespread firings of federal employees in ...

Federal statistical agencies face increasingly overt politicization by the Trump Administration on top of chronic ...

Everyone should be able to get the health care they need to thrive, and for that to happen, it must be affordable, high quality, and easily accessible for all. Premium tax credit (PTC) ...

Reported White House statements imply that if the federal government partially shuts down on October 1, the WIC program will shut down almost immediately, meaning low-income families would lose ...

Recent policy changes, most notably enhancements to premium tax credits to reduce enrollees’ health insurance premiums, have ...

Medicaid provides health care for millions of people in rural areas and is vital to keeping rural hospitals financially ...

Republicans in Congress should be willing to include proposals like these in a 2026 funding agreement to ensure it is implemented consistent with the deal they reach.

Republicans are claiming their short-term continuing resolution is business as usual, but nothing about this moment is normal ...

Newly released federal data provide evidence of the Trump Administration’s illegal withholding of fiscal year 2025 funding ...

As part of historic cuts to Medicaid that will take health coverage away from millions, the Republican megabill enacted in July places a ten-year moratorium on implementing portions of two recently ...

A government shutdown does not provide the Administration any additional legal authority to fire federal employees, limit review of its actions by federal courts, or freeze funding once full-year ...

In Case You Missed It…This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, food assistance, the economy, housing, and ...