SPRINGFIELD – The recent suspension of federally funded food assistance for needy Americans as well as upcoming rule changes in Medicaid are presenting difficult challenges for state policymakers. “Over the past several years, here in Illinois, we’ve passed balanced budgets that include rai...

by Jordan Conradson Nov. 9, 2025 9:51 pmNov. 9, 2025 5:20 pm UPDATES:10:50 PM ET: Cornyn arrived shortly after 10:45 pm to cast the final vote.

Media'BREAKTHROUGH'Graham told Fox News that the government would reopen in a matter of hours after Trump’s healthcare Truth Social post ‘broke the Democrats.’Katie Francis  Reporter Published Nov. 9 2025 2:36PM EST Senator Graham has boldly predicted that the shutdown will end Sunday....

Manuela Abriham gives her son Cristovao a nectarine she picked out Tuesday afternoon at Gather to Grow on Bates Street in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)Food pantries already experiencing an increase in need from last spring brace for what could be more demand this month amid unce...

One of President Donald Trump’s boldest campaign pledges was to make in vitro fertilization (IVF) completely free. Yesterday, the Trump administration released its long-awaited proposals — which come nowhere near making IVF free, or even significantly more affordable.That promise, a late gamb...

Senate Republicans shared a deepfake video of Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, designed to make it seem like Democrats are celebrating the ongoing government shutdown, which has lasted 16 days.  In the deepfake, an AI-generated Schumer repeats the phrase “every day gets better for us...

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. As the government shutdown continues, government agencies like the Social Security Administration and programs like Medicaid have been fielding questions about whether the money that Americans rely on wil...

After Congress late Tuesday failed to reach an agreement to prevent a federal government shutdown, funding for federal agencies ended at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.What that means is that while government offices continue to stay open for their most important operations, so-called nonessential work is ...