California using back door to get federal funds for illegal immigrant healthcare, GOP says; Dems say nonsense

Democrats want to remove a provision of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) before reopening the government, but Republicans argue the line item they want removed is allowing California to use a "loophole" to draw down funds from the federal government to help pay for the state's ballooning cost of healthcare for illegal immigrants.The White House released a memo on Wednesday amid the first day of the government shutdown fight indicating Democrats want to repeal Trump reforms in his "one big, beautiful bill" that aimed to close this alleged backdoor tactic. However, California Governor G