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What Trump’s big tax law could mean for the youngest Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — The impact of the massive spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day is expected to filter down to infants and toddlers — a segment of the population that is particularly vulnerable to cuts to the federal social safety net. Many ...

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Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 190th day of 2025. There are 175 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship and "equal protection under the laws" to anyone "born or naturalized in the United States," ...

Selling the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

WASHINGTON — It's one thing to pass a major piece of legislation and have it signed by the president; it's quite another to get the public to swallow it as something that benefits most of the country. House and Senate Democrats, who stood in unison against President Trump's "big beautiful ...

One big, beautiful disaster

WASHINGTON — Here we go again. This week, the Senate finally passed its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and the House signed off. What was already an oversized mess has been supersized into a $4 trillion ode to unseriousness. This isn't tax reform. It's a bipartisan pinata ...

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By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2025. There are 176 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 8, 2018, divers rescued four of the 12 boys who'd been trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand with their soccer ...