Explainer: What’s in Trump’s Tax Bill Act

On July 3, House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, a multi-trillion dollar spending package that extends the tax cuts he enacted during his first term and puts billions of dollars toward national security and deportations. These plans are largely funded by a $1.2 trillion cutback to Medicaid and food aid benefits, and a major rollback of clean energy tax credits. Here are some of the major changes to come.

Explainer: The Global Impact of Trump’s Cuts to USAID

Shortly after returning to office in January, President Donald Trump made major cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the 63-year-old government agency that oversees worldwide efforts to improve health, education, poverty, and hunger. Trump’s cuts have already affected at least 50 countries, and halted life-saving services and medications for millions of people worldwide. Trump called the impact of his own cuts “devastating.”

Explainer: Will Republicans Cut Medicaid?

House Republicans approved a budget proposal in February that could cut at least $880 billion from Medicaid, the largest cut to the program in U.S. history. Republican lawmakers are trying to find ways to reduce federal spending in order to finance $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for higher-income households and corporations.

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