House budget tees up steep Medicaid cuts and big SALT fight. Here’s what’s next.

House Republicans passed a new budget resolution in a razor-thin vote that puts the GOP on a path to enact President Donald Trump’s ambitious fiscal agenda, including deep tax cuts and significant reductions in spending on health programs like Medicaid.

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Here’s What’s in the House Republican Budget and What Comes Next

Adoption of the Republican budget was the easy part. Now comes the difficult task of writing a bill consistent with what President Trump has demanded.
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Jeffries says Johnson's budget plan could lead to big Medicaid cuts

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is warning that House Speaker Mike Johnson's budget proposal would lead to Medicaid cuts. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.
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Trump says House budget plan will not cut Medicaid benefits

President Trump said the budget plan he endorsed and that passed in the House will not lead to cuts to Medicaid benefits. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has more.
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What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.

The math of the G.O.P.’s goals makes the move almost unavoidable.
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What's in the House GOP's budget resolution? Here's what to know.

House Republicans adopted a budget proposal that serves as a blueprint for implementing President Trump's agenda. Here's what's in it.
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Morning Report — House passes Trump budget, teeing up broader GOP clash

In today’s issue: It required 11th-hour lobbying by President Trump on the phone and hours of cloakroom jawboning by House GOP leaders before passage Tuesday night of a budget framework that aims ...
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Gov. Lujan Grisham sounds alarm on Medicaid cuts in House GOP budget plan

While President Trump insists he won't touch Medicaid, his agenda in Congress tells a very different story. The House is set to vote on a spending plan that could cut Medicaid funding by hundreds ...
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Cuts to Medicaid possible if Johnson's budget plan passes

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are concerned about potential cuts to Medicaid if House Speaker Mike Johnson's budget proposal is passed. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
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House narrowly adopts GOP budget proposal. Here's where there could be major cuts.

The House adopted a budget proposal on Tuesday night, a first step in paving the way for President Trump's legislative agenda. More than $800 billion in spending cuts are under consideration, and ...
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Democrats outline playbook to target House Republicans on Medicaid, budget and DOGE

Democrats to target vulnerable House Republicans by highlighting potential cuts to Medicaid, other federal spending in the budget GOP lawmakers hope to vote on this week.
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What's in the House GOP budget plan?

The House is expected to vote on a budget plan this week. It will be a key test to see if Republicans can unify around President Trump's agenda. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion ...
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Capitol agenda: What's next for Johnson's budget resolution

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NOAA braces for steep job cuts

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The papers: UK ramps up defence budget and Europe's 'fight for peace'

The government's increase in defence spending and developments between Ukraine and the US dominate Wednesday's papers.
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House Republicans representing large shares of Medicaid, SNAP beneficiaries face tough budget test

Some Republicans have raised concerns about potential cuts to anti-poverty programs that their constituents rely on as they search for ways to pay for Trump’s legislative agenda.
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Here Are the Digital Clues to What Musk Is Really Up To

What will DOGE do with access to personal data on almost all Americans?
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House approves ‘big, beautiful bill’ budget after wild whip effort

GOP leaders canceled then rescheduled a Tuesday evening vote as they tried to flip holdouts.
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Starmer announces big cut to UK aid budget to boost defence spending

PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned. Keir Starmer has announced drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budget to help pay for a ...
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US House passes budget resolution to cut taxes and spending by trillions

Bill would lead to large increase in America’s deficit, independent analysts say
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How the House Republican budget plan hopes to cut trillions of dollars in spending

The budget plan that narrowly passed in the House of Representatives proposes trillions of dollars in cuts over 10 years. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.
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Here's what upcoming budget negotiations may mean for Social Security

Benefit cuts are off the table for now in upcoming budget negotiations, experts say. But the agency may continue to struggle with customer service woes.
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Super Micro’s stock surges. Here’s what’s really behind the big rally.

An end to Super Micro’s delisting drama is welcome news for “fast money” and quantitative investors. But one analyst says institutional investors are still avoiding the stock.
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Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stake

The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease
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A Colleague Just Spit Out a “Dumb” Idea. Here’s Exactly What You Should Say Next

How can your team build on a foundation of trust and psychological safety? It starts with respect.
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She missed her flight to extend her Italy vacation romance. Here’s what happened next

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Trump’s tariffs unleashed a wave of uncertainty among investors. Here’s what you should do next.

Processing our uncertainty — or rather, being comfortable with it — can help us sharpen our problem-solving capabilities.
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Pentagon firings to begin next week in effort to cut up to 8 percent of civilian workforce

The Pentagon seeks to cut more than 5,000 civilian employees on probation status beginning next week in a bid to eventually shave off up to 8 percent of the U.S. military’s civilian workforce, the ...
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The House GOP's Medicaid holdouts are coming around

Politico - 1d
Democrats warn of ‘largest Medicaid cut in American history’

House Democrats are ramping up their attacks on the GOP’s budget plan, warning that the massive spending blueprint would translate into the steepest Medicaid cut in the program’s history. Behind ...
The Hill - 1d
Texas measles cases are up, and New Mexico now has an outbreak. Here's what you need to know

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday
ABC News - Feb. 18
Trump’s control over independent agencies tees up test of presidential power

President Trump’s efforts to expand control over independent agencies tees up a new test of presidential power that is already making its way through the courts. This week, the president signed an ...
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Morning Report — Senators muscle forward in the budget fight

In today’s issue: Congress is giving President Trump two possible options to anchor his agenda in a budget. With House GOP leadership still working on their single “big, beautiful” budget bill ...
The Hill - 5d
House budget resolution vote expected

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on a budget plan that would extend cuts to several parts of government spending. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.
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Will Johnson's budget plan pass in the House?

House Speaker Mike Johnson says the lower chamber is very close to having enough votes to pass the budget plan that President Trump endorsed. CBS News' Taurean Small has more.
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Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program
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71 percent of Trump voters oppose Medicaid cuts: Poll

Most President Trump voters say they oppose any cuts to Medicaid as Republican lawmakers wrestle with how to reach up to $2 trillion in budget cuts through their reconciliation bill, a poll ...
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You can still claim up to $2,000 per kid from the child tax credit, but that amount may drop after 2025—here's what to know

If Congress doesn't address the soon-expiring expanded child tax credit, parents could see a higher tax bill in the coming years.
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Move over H5N1: The next pandemic is already here

The widespread use of antibiotics in industrial animal agriculture is contributing to the rise of antibiotic resistance, with over 35,000 Americans expected to die this year from a preventable ...
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Capitol agenda: Big, beautiful budget on life support

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