The Medicaid and SNAP changes are just the latest in a series of Trump policies affecting state finances, including the rollback of grants for transportation and high-speed internet projects and attempts to withhold federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

U.S. Senate Republicans are moving forward on President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that includes major elements of his domestic agenda.

The US Senate has begun a marathon vote on a sprawling budget that is critical to President Donald Trump's agenda, but the spending plan is hanging in the balance after weeks of fraught negotiations.