Farm Progress

Crop insurance decisions loom: What should farmers know?

As for the Supplemental Coverage Option, most farmers will now only pay 20% of the full SCO cost. Supplement plans such as ...

Thune comes under GOP pressure to bypass Democrats on health care

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is coming under increasing pressure from Senate Republican colleagues to bring ...

GOP leaders try to keep Friday reconciliation markup on track

House Republicans’ “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill has a Texas-sized problem when it reaches the Budget Committee for a scheduled markup on Friday — if it gets to that stage. Rep. Chip Roy, ...
Defense One

Hegseth hints at higher defense budgets as OMB says another reconciliation bill is possible

SIMI VALLEY, California—Last summer’s $156 billion one-time boost for defense spending through the reconciliation bill is likely “only just the beginning,” the defense secretary said on Saturday. “The ...

President Trump vows to pass 'no tax on tips' in party-line reconciliation bill

"If you're a restaurant worker, a server, a valet, a bellhop, a bartender ... your tips will be 100% yours," Trump tells a crowd in Las Vegas.

Reporter's Notebook: GOP targets affordability with reconciliation 2.0 plan ahead of midterms

Republicans plan "reconciliation 2.0" bill targeting housing and healthcare costs after Democrats' wins, but face brutal math ...