Many middle-class and wealthy families will see some benefits from the new legislation. But programs that help low-income ...

Microplastics fight | Keep up pressure | Step up. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for July 10, 2025.

Live updates and the latest news as the Trump administration is expected to announce new trade actions and Pete Hegseth and ...

For many seniors, the tax burden on Social Security benefits has been a constant concern. A new proposal, the 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' promises relief by introducing a $6,000 tax deduction, ...

During his campaign, Trump promised to eliminate federal taxes on Social Security benefits. While that measure was cut from ...

President Donald Trump signed his "big beautiful" spending bill into law on July 4.

President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law on July 4. The massive taxing and spending bill was ...

President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to end taxes on tips and overtime pay have seemingly come to fruition in the GOP’s ...

Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP’s work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they’re unable to hold jobs.

President Donald Trump, who has tried with limited success to make huge changes in federal policy through executive power, scored a huge victory when Congress approved a massive budget bill that will ...

President Donald Trump's newly signed One Big Beautiful Bill is facing strong public backlash, with new polling showing that ...

As of July 4, 2024 when Trump signed into law his budget bill (it is disastrous for Americans, not “beautiful” as you try to snooker us into believing), millions of Americans in our nation, including ...