Rural communities tend to be the hardest-hit when it comes to federal funding cuts, especially in the realms of health care ...

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Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House and the Republican-led Congress.

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The bill cuts federal spending on Medicaid and SNAP, programs that hundreds of thousands of Alabama families use.

Alabama state employees would receive their largest pay raise in 15 years under a bill approved Wednesday by a Senate committee.

President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, slashes Medicaid with 80-hour-a-month work rules for some recipients and adds a $50 billion fund for rural hospitals.

The so-called "One, Big Beautiful Bill" includes the largest cuts to Medicaid in the program's 50-plus years. What to know in Alabama.