Some top Democratic senators in a Monday letter called on the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Homeland Security to stop sharing Medicaid data with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and ICE agreed in July 2025 to grant immigration enforcement officials access to Medicaid enrollees’ personal data, such as immigration status and addresses — although a federal court later restricted the kind of information CMS coul

The Trump administration is touting its tax-advantaged investment accounts for those under 18, but critics say the accounts may only reach those who are already set in life.

Capitol Hill tax staff haven’t ruled out an end-of-year bipartisan tax package to adjust retirement fixes and international tax issues that have gone unaddressed—even as Republican lawmakers race against the clock to pass a “skinny” reconciliation package.

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee called on chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) Friday to launch a bipartisan probe into the Justice Department’s new fund for victims of government weaponization.

Speaker Mike Johnson called suspending the federal gas tax “an intriguing idea” but didn’t commit to a timeline as momentum builds in both chambers to take action.