Several companies, including Oracle and Microsoft, are expected to sign pledges to work on the Trump administration initiative, according to multiple sources.

Democrats are now confident that discontent over Trump's policies can help them win back Congress in the 2026 midterms.

Congressional Republicans are looking to use more face time with constituents during the August recess to right the ship of sinking poll numbers for President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” tax law.

During his remarks at a press briefing today, Senator Peter Welch shamed President Trump over the heartless Medicaid cuts in his "Big Beautiful Bill." Welch stated, "This bill was a disaster."

Changes to Medicaid could leave thousands of South Dakotans uninsured and impair an already fragile rural health care system, advocates worry. But a concurrent $50 billion in federal funding for rural providers nationwide over the next five years could blunt the impact on the system.

An estimated 140,000 Minnesotans could eventually lose access to their government-funded health care under sweeping federal Medicaid changes President Trump signed into law this month. Why it matters: That's about 12% of all people currently using the state's Medicaid program,

CHINA TRADE TALKS: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, meanwhile, are meeting with Chinese officials in Stockholm for another round of trade talks ahead of an Aug. 12 deadline for steep tariffs on both U.S. and Chinese goods to go into effect.

After months of avoiding details about a divisive plan to end birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump’s administration is rolling out a series of new documents that offer a stark glimpse into how it would implement an executive order that upends the century-old understanding about the benefits of being born in the United States.