Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense Secretary, to Visit Guantánamo Bay

Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation.

Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls

Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.