Every 12 minutes, a child goes missing. One bill can make all the difference

Mike Johnson has two weeks to save the GOP majority

There are only eight days left on the House's legislative calendar before the August recess — eight days to pass a long list of bills with no clear path to doing so. The post Mike Johnson has two weeks to save the GOP majority appeared first on MS NOW.

How a New Air Conditioner Can Lower Your Energy Bills

Summer electric bills have a way of creeping up without much warning. One month everything

House committee strikes bipartisan deal to regulate social media for kids

The KIDS Act combines portions of more than a dozen existing bills and still needs Senate approval and a presidential signature

Families Across US Are Suffering From the Fallout of GOP’s 2025 Megabill

On the one year anniversary of the bill's passage, the harms it's inflicting are only multiplying.

One Year After the Big Beautiful Bill

One Year After the Big Beautiful Bill Dave Sat, 07/11/2026 - 11:21

One Year After Working Families Tax Cuts, Democrats Still Support Higher Taxes

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today marks one year since Senate Republicans passed the Working Families Tax Cuts—without a single Democrat’s support—to allow hardworking Americans keep more of what they earned. “Last year, Senate Democrats voted against the extra family vacation, the bigger paycheck, and the financial breathing room families need following years of crippling Biden-era inflation—and []

Your mobile bills may go up by another 12-15% soon

Your mobile bills may go up by another 12-15% soon

Speaker: House to Pass SAVE Act 'One More Time' in a Reconciliation Bill

Speaker: House to Pass SAVE Act 'One More Time' in a Reconciliation Bill

The app store is the enforcement mechanism kids’ safety needs

The House just passed the KIDS Act, and they managed to strip out the one provision that actually mattered. Duty of care is gone. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), the two senators who spent four years building the Kids Online Safety Act, are now calling the House’s own bill dead on arrival. []

‘The public isn’t against net zero. They’re waiting for it to pay them back’

In July, events in the Middle East will push the typical family’s energy bill to £1,862, a 13 The post ‘The public isn’t against net zero. They’re waiting for it to pay them back’ appeared first on LabourList.

U.S. House to vote on bill that would make daylight saving time permanent

A bill that would get rid of the bi-yearly time change has bipartisan support, but not all are sold on the idea.

Competition Bills, Suhakam motion and wide‑ranging debates mark third week of Dewan Rakyat sitting

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 — The third week of the Dewan Rakyat sitting saw the tabling and passage of two bills, along...

House to vote on measure making daylight saving time permanent

The House will vote next week on legislation making daylight saving time permanent nationwide, reviving a years-long effort to eliminate the twice-yearly clock changes. Daylight saving time has been observed throughout most of the U.S. since the 1960s, shifting clocks forward one hour from March to November. Most states observe daylight saving time, with the...

The KIDS Act’s Next Stop Is the Senate. Make Your Voice Count.

It's the closest Congress has come to passing an online digital ID bill in four years of trying. The post The KIDS Act’s Next Stop Is the Senate. Make Your Voice Count. appeared first on Reclaim The Net: Free Speech, Privacy, Digital Rights.

Minimum wage and rents up: what changes from July 1

A new batch of laws, benefit changes and price rises takes effect on July 1, as it does every half-year....

General : Dewan Rakyat: Three Bills, Suhakam Motion Among Third Week's Highlights

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- The third week of the Dewan Rakyat sitting saw the tabling and passage of two bills, alongside debates on a wide range of issues concerning public well-being, healthcare, food security, energy, national security and governance.

Housing bill becomes law without Trump's signature

Housing bill becomes law without Trump's signature

Conservatives rage over re-funding of Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood's beleaguered network of clinics will regain access to hundreds of millions in Medicaid funding this weekend — the fallout of Republicans' failure to pass an extension of the one-year defunding provision they approved last year. Starting July 5, clinics around the country can once again bill the federal program for reimbursement after providing non-abortion services, like birth control and screenings for sexually-transmitted infections, to low-income patients. Though other funding threats loom, it's a lifeline for the struggling organization, which has closed nearly 30 health centers nationwide that collectively served more than 40,000 patients since the defunding provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect in July 2025.

IRS refund deadline today: Who qualifies to claim money, how to file and why taxpayers shouldn't miss the date

Millions of Americans could still be eligible for IRS refunds tied to the COVID-19 disaster period, and most affected taxpayers must act before July 10.

The Do-Nothing Congress Strikes Again – And the Clock Is Ticking

There are 120 days until the general election, and lawmakers plan to skip most of them.

Buying Time For Gold Star Families: House Bill Rewrites The Tax Clock On Military Death Benefits

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation on June 25, 2026, aimed at giving surviving military families more time to make major financial decisions after losing a loved one in the line of duty. The bill, officially titled the GRACE for Military Survivors Act, was introduced by U.S. Representatives Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Greg Steube (R-Fla.), [] Buying Time For Gold Star Families: House Bill Rewrites The Tax Clock On Military Death Benefits

Reps introduce 2,747 bills, pass 363 in three years

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja ABUJA — The House of Representatives says it introduced 2,747 bills and passed 363 during the first three years of the 10th National Assembly, describing the record as evidence of its commitment to legislative reforms and governance. Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Hon. Francis Waive, disclosed the [] The post Reps introduce 2,747 bills, pass 363 in three years appeared first on Vanguard News.

Father's rights: GOP is letting Democrats steal a popular issue

Shared parenting laws gain bipartisan momentum as Democrats flip to support equal custody while some Republicans block bills in Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Bipartisan housing bill becomes law – minus Trump’s signature

A bipartisan housing bill automatically became law early Saturday without President Trump’s signature, after Trump sought to stall it in protest of the Senate’s failure to pass his voter ID legislation. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is a comprehensive measure aimed to address housing affordability by increasing the supply of homes and lowering []...Click to read more

LASERC issues major order: Electricity companies cannot recover bills older than 12 months

LASERC clarifies that unpaid electricity bills over 12 months cannot be recovered, with exceptions. Lagos stresses a no-subsidy policy and plans tariff changes.

Trump 'doesn't care' to sign bipartisan bill that would help desperate Americans: Analyst

The clock is ticking for President Donald Trump to either sign or veto a bipartisan bill that could help renters and prospective homeowners nationwide, reports show. The housing legislation will go into effect midnight Friday as the 10-day deadline to either sign or kill the bill elapses. Despite the bill's strong bipartisan support and the pressing need for housing, Trump has taken no action, noted political analyst Amy Suskind.It’s one of the least politically astute moves that I can remember, she wrote on X. He just doesn’t care.The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act aims at ease the nation’s affordability crisis and passed in both the House and Senate last month. But Trump canceled his signing ceremony on June 24 as he demanded Congress push the SAVE America Act forward instead, an MS NOW report notes.The housing legislation represents one of the rare major bipartisan achievements of the 119th Congress, MS NOW reported, bringing together lawmakers from both parties around a package intended to increase the nation’s housing supply and lower costs for renters and prospective homebuyers.

Unknown individuals steal Soviet T-70 tank from war memorial in Ukraine

Preliminary information suggests the theft may have taken place during the curfew

California may soon test children on math as early as kindergarten in effort to curb dismal scores

A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort to curb troubling math scores and mirrors a literacy assessment already underway.

Housing Reform Bill To Become Law Saturday Without Trump’s Signature

Housing Reform Bill To Become Law Saturday Without Trump’s Signature

राष्ट्रियसभाको बैठक आज बस्दै

काठमाडौं। संघीय संसद्अन्तर्गत राष्ट्रियसभाको बैठक आज (सोमबार) अपराह्न १२:१५ बजे बस्दैछ। सिंहदरबारमा बस्ने यस बैठकका लागि सम्भावित कार्यसूची समेत तय भइसकेको छ। आजको बैठकमा विशेष गरी बजेट तथा विनियोजन प्रक्रियासँग सम्बन्धित महत्त्वपूर्ण कार्यसूची रहेको छ। बैठकमा अर्थमन्त्री डा. स्वर्णिम वाग्लेले राष्ट्रिय सभा नियमावली, २०७५ को नियम १३३क को उपनियम (२) बमोजिम ‘विनियोजन विधेयक, २०८३’ सभा []

How the new housing law could open up homeownership for single Black mothers

For decades, single mothers have been kept from homeownership by a market that was not designed to deliver them the American Dream. That could all be about to change thanks to a bipartisan unicorn: A massive housing bill — the largest this century — that passed Congress and is about to become law. The bill []

Spain families are spending nearly €2.8 billion on private classes as parents fear children falling behind

Families across Spain are spending record amounts on extra tuition, with almost half of households with school-age children now paying []

Which bills are the Netanyahu coalition racing to pass before the election recess

The government is rushing to pass bills curbing the attorney general's powers, advancing a media overhaul, enshrining Torah study in a semi-constitutional law and shielding ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers from arrest. It remains unclear how many can pass in a week

Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing

A House bill ostensibly aimed at protecting children will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers. The post Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing appeared first on The Intercept.

State Sen. Erica Harriss: Illinois families deserve relief, not another record budget – Edwardsville Intelligencer

Even with record spending, many of the state's most important responsibilities remain unfinished. School transportation reimbursements continue to be significantly underfunded, shifting costs to local school districts and, ultimately, local property taxpayers. Families across downstate Illinois are also facing dramatically higher electricity costs, placing additional strain on household budgets that are already stretched thin.

Bipartisan housing bill becomes law without Trump's signature: Here's what to know

Bipartisan housing bill becomes law without Trump's signature: Here's what to know

Congress is about to vote on ending daylight saving time for good

The House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, according to a notice posted on Thursday

Bill payers face a £221 bill hike if they fail to switch to a fixed energy tariff

Bill payers could face a £221 bill hike if they fail to switch to a fixed energy tariff in the next seven days.

Congress passes the largest housing affordability bill in decades

An expansive bipartisan bill intended to bring down the cost of housing by boosting the supply of homes has passed both houses of Congress, and is headed to the president's desk for a signature.

Government pushes back date of health and safety shake-up

ACT says the delays makes almost no difference as it won't allow the new law to be repealed as long as it was part of the coalition.