Bill requiring WIC recipients to verify US citizenship passes in Iowa House

Iowa House advanced a bill earlier this week linking WIC aid to citizenship, sparking debate about impacts on nutrition for undocumented families.

Lawmakers to introduce bill strengthening federal anti-poverty program: It's 'a critical lifeline,' Warren says

Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, was created in 1972 to help the nation's most vulnerable. Some features of the program have not been updated in decades.

Beshear vetoes bill opting KY into federal school choice tax credit

Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed HB 1, a bill that would opt Kentucky into a federal school choice program established through Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.

Crypto ATM bill nears completion in WV legislature

A bill that would regulate crypto currency ATMs in the state is nearing completion in the West Virginia Legislature. The state Senate on Friday unanimously passed House Bill 5353, which would bring
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Vermont House passes bill creating pathway to sue federal agents for civil rights violations

The bill’s approval comes in the wake of the first major clash between federal immigration agents and protesters in Vermont since President Trump took office a second time.

Florida Republicans send ‘SAVE Act’–style proof-of-citizenship voting bill to DeSantis’ desk

Florida lawmakers pass strict elections bill requiring voter citizenship verification, sending measure to Gov. DeSantis who's expected to sign it.

DHS Funding Bill Rejected Fourth Time by Senate: What We Know

In a vote on Thursday, the Senate rejected a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a fourth time, 51 to 46, as the partial department shutdown nears the one-month mark. Newsweek reached out to Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune's office Thursday night for comment.