The Column: Big, Ugly and Predictable

The Column: Big, ugly and predictable

FRIDAY EVENING, President Donald Trump signed what may become one of the most destructive bills to have ever made its way through Congress, all on a meaningless deadline and to the benefit of Americans who already have more than enough. The only real solace here is that some of the worst aspects of the original bill were stricken by the Senate parliamentarian, like the banning of state regulations on artificial intelligence, or the provision tha…

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is a big ugly attack on Reading

Rep. Manuel Guzman By Rep. Manuel Guzman 127th District Let’s cut the nonsense — President Donald Trump’s new spending law is a direct assault on poor and working people. And cities like Reading are the bullseye. The bill has passed. The damage is done. It will devastate families in my district and across Pennsylvania. This isn’t speculation — it’s baked into the law. The people who voted for this knew exactly what they were doing. This is cruel…