North Carolina is poised to join a growing list of states to enact commonsense measures to reduce mental illness and improve education outcomes for their children and adolescents. The North Carolina legislature passed a bill on Wednesday requiring public school districts to ban the use of cellphones in almost all instances during instruction time. Passed […]
Eighteen Republican senators, including former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), voted to advance an amendment sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to raise taxes on ultra wealthy income earners to help rural hospitals facing steep Medicaid cuts. The GOP senators voted for a motion to waive a budget point-of-order against Collins’s amendment to establish...
The Senate voted early Tuesday morning to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to create a new top marginal tax rate for the nation’s wealthiest income earners and use the money to double the size of a proposed rural hospital relief fund from $25 billion to $50 billion. Senators voted 22 to...
A deal between Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Ted Cruz over how states can regulate artificial intelligence has been pulled from President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" bill.
Trump warns of "largest tax increase in history" if Senate fails to pass his comprehensive bill that includes tax cuts and border security while facing bipartisan resistance.
Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year's presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order.
Elon Musk is calling for a new political party to rise if Republicans pass President Trump's "big beautiful bill" through Congress, and is also vowing to target lawmakers who back the bill in primary elections next year.
Elon Musk continues criticism of Republican "big, beautiful bill" on X, calling it "insane spending" that increases debt ceiling by $5 trillion and threatening to form a new political party.
Demonstrators arrested at U.S. Capitol while protesting Republican tax bill, carrying coffins representing potential Medicaid and SNAP benefit losses across multiple states.
In an era when populism keeps gaining momentum, Democratic insiders habitually turn to political has-beens to rescue the party — dooming them to national...
