House passes Trump’s megabill, sending it to the president’s desk

Big Beautiful Bill’s heartless inequities test who we are as a nation

The U.S. Senate, including both Ohio senators, voted to pass their version of the “Big Beautiful Bill” and the House concurred, sending it to the president. By most financial analyses, this bill will add trillions to the national debt and deficit. It will overhaul eligibility for food stamps and Medicaid, putting ongoing health care coverage at risk for thousands of Ohio citizens, and it will exponentially increase funding for border security, d…

I do not think those words mean what you think they mean

This is a screen cap from the digital edition of The NY Times, from the front page on July 4, 2025. The Republicans in Congress just passed a budget bill that will take healthcare away from millions, force hospitals to close, leave millions of American...

Washington Roundup: Trump bill passes; USAID closes; concerns rise over Russia religious persecution

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. House on July 3 approved the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact key provisions of the legislative agenda of President Donald Trump on taxes and immigration, meaning the legislation will reach the president’s desk for his signature. The same week in Washington, the U.S. Agency for International Development closed its doors after six decades, and a religious freedom watchdog issued a report about its con…

One Big Beautiful Bill Delivers for West Virginia

West Virginians demanded generational change in November after years of mass migration, inflation, and progressive insanity. They demanded a secure border, lower costs, and a return to commonsense. Today, on our nation’s 249th Independence Day, President Trump is set to…