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Trump’s Medicaid, SNAP cuts leave Chicago food pantries, community hospitals bracing for hardship
Community group leaders say they will be left to “pick up the pieces” as President Donald Trump’s bill, which passed Friday, ...
Donald Trump wants to celebrate 250 years of independence with a UFC fight at White House
President Donald Trump said he’s thinking of staging a UFC match on the White House grounds with upwards 20,000 spectators to ...
What’s in President Donald Trump’s big bill that passed Congress and will soon become law
Republicans muscled President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cut bill through the House on Thursday, the final step ...
Trump tax bill could close nine Illinois hospitals, health care advocates warn
Chicago safety net hospitals — those that have 70% Medicaid utilization — also will be hit hard, according to SEIU Healthcare ...
Skeptical aldermen urge Chicago police to not work with ICE on Trump deportations
Aldermen ordered police and Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration to share information about the incident, though it’s not ...
President Trump kicks off a yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary in Iowa
President Donald Trump turned a heartland festival for the United States’ upcoming 250th anniversary into a celebration of ...
Politicians, pastors protest downtown Chicago as House gears up to vote on Trump tax, spending bill
In Chicago Wednesday, opponents to President Donald Trump's tax and spending mega-bill gathered downtown to raise concerns ...
Trump’s big bill just passed the House. Here are the winners and losers as it goes to his desk.
The GOP megabill has new tax breaks aimed at low- and moderate-income households, and spending cuts that could make it harder ...