The federal government has fully paid for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since it was created in 1939 as a way to fight food insecurity amid the Great Depression.

Arizona Republicans who backed HB 2803 said families have a right to know if homeless people are staying nearby, saying ...

Although Trump recently attended the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome, Saudi Arabia was originally intended to be his initial ...

House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private ...

Trump’s first-term rule—“Most Favored Nation”—was focused on lowering the cost of Medicare payments on certain drugs, but it ...

RENSSELAER — Republicans in Washington are looking at making major changes to the SNAP and Medicaid programs as they work to cut the cost of running the federal government — changes that Sen. Charles ...

To help cover some $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and corporations, the House Republicans proposed at least ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lawyers for a 2-year-old U.S. citizen who was deported with her mother to Honduras said on Tuesday that ...

In an effort to soften the proposal, Democrats issued a number of energy-related amendments countering Republican provisions ...

It was a rare sight to see Republican lawmakers going after each other Monday as the debate over carbon capture pipelines heated up.Twelve GOP senators refused ...

Big cuts and changes could be coming to Medicaid. U.S. House Republicans proposed Medicaid cuts and shifts in eligibility requirements in a draft agenda bill Sunday night.

A draft House version of the massive GOP tax and budget bill would make some expiring tax cuts permanent. Other goodies, ...