Lashing out at Republicans for proposing to “rip away” Medicaid and SNAP benefits from Pennsylvanians, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday that the commonwealth would be unable to replace lost funding for those programs should President Donald Trump‘s so-called big,

The prohibition abruptly expanded to include adults hours before the House passed the bill, escalating the crackdown on transgender care once focused on children.

After weeks of intraparty fighting, House Republicans passed the reconciliation package that addresses President Donald Trump’s fiscal agenda in a largely party line 215-214 vote early Thursday morning. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Warren Davidson (R-OH) voted against the bill, joining all Democrats in opposing the package.

Thursday morning's vote is already at the center of ads in swing districts, as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of the House in the midterm elections.

Democratic groups are preparing to start running ads next week attacking House Republicans for their vote to cut Medicaid spending.

Before Speaker Mike Johnson could get his first real stretch of sleep in three days, the House GOP’s painstakingly drafted “big, beautiful bill” was running into resistance in the Senate.

The House approved legislation Thursday that would cut Medicaid spending by nearly $800 billion over the next 10 years, revising President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” in the final hour to move up the start date for Medicaid work requirements and prohibit Medicaid for gender-affirming care.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has begun meeting privately with Senate Republicans who are threatening to derail President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over what they fear could be