The program is relatively expensive but serves a demographic with few options.

Global oil prices are simply too low to make it profitable.

Some of the major DOGE cuts targeted administrative and communications staff at food safety agencies.

From the BBC World Service: Mixed signals from President Donald Trump about whether to get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran are causing volatility in global oil prices.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that if the House bill were to pass as written, the deficit would increase by almost $3 trillion.

One scholar says the effects of more restrictive immigration policy stand to impact the economy at least as much as tariffs.

The Trump administration says that for $5 million, successful applicants would get a fast track to U.S. permanent residency and citizenship.

One thing some are seeing as a win for businesses? Expanding and making permanent the "pass-through deduction."

The House version of the legislation would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over a decade.

In a reversal, women lost more federal jobs than men in April.