Three key House committees are set to debate critical portions of a sweeping package for President Donald agenda on taxes, Medicaid and SNAP benefits.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed he wouldn't allow Medicaid to be cut, but House Republicans' bill to fund his agenda aims to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program that provides health care for poor, elderly and disabled Americans.

Republican lawmakers are calling for work requirements, stricter eligibility verification and some co-pays.

At least 25 people were taken into custody for illegally demonstrating outside the budget hearing on charges of crowding, obstructing and incommoding.

Police arrested more than two dozen people after activists protesting cuts to Medicaid interrupted the House Energy and Commerce Committee as it began consideration of legislation to change the

House Republicans, with the backing of President Donald Trump, introduced a sweeping 389-page tax proposal this week that would deliver trillions in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy and corporations while enacting the deepest cuts to Medicaid and nutrition aid in modern U.

The Missouri Republican's support is crucial but contingent on preserving Medicaid, and he wants to first see what House Republicans can muster through their thin majority.

House Republicans are charging ahead with deep Medicaid cuts and an extension of the 2017 tax cuts, two policies at the heart of President Trump’s domestic agenda that are showcasing fierce