Democrats are expected to rally opposition around the anticipated health care fallout. For them, the message is clear: Trump’s Medicaid bill, if enacted, risks leaving millions without the medical safety net they now depend on.

The fuzzy math and Republican factional divisions on key provisions, like SALT and Medicaid, keep getting more difficult.

The Kentucky Republican continued his call for President Donald Trump to pump the brakes on his proposed worldwide tariffs, while expressing support for lowering spending on Medicaid and other programs.

David Plouffe, a senior advisor to Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign, claims in a new book that Joe Biden's run for president made the campaign a 'nightmare' and ruined Harris's chances, according to a report in Fox News. The book suggests that Biden's decision to stay in the race for too long had a detrimental effect on Harris's political prospects.

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One Republican, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, warned his colleagues in an op-ed Monday that cutting health care to pay for tax breaks would be “morally wrong and politically suicidal.”

Trump supports cutting fiscal waste but remains cautious about GOP plans to further cut Medicaid, a program he has promised to protect.

Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said Republicans are cutting Medicaid in order to hand tax breaks to the rich. Newsweek has contacted Ocasio-Cortez via email for comment outside of regular working hours.