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Trump’s big tax bill has passed the House. Here’s what’s inside it

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Updated 6:07 AM CDT, May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans early Thursday took a major step forward on President Donald Trump’s agenda, approving a legislative package that combines tax breaks, spending cuts, border security funding and other priorities.

House committees labored for months on the bill, which underwent late changes to win over holdouts in the Republican conference. It exceeds 1,000 pages and is titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a nod to Trump himself.

Republicans made one last round of revisions before the bill reached the House floor, boosting the state and local tax deduction to win over centrists and speeding up the work requirements in Medicaid to win over those who didn’t believe the bill did enough to curb spending.

Here’s a look at what’s in the legislative package, which is expected to undergo more changes when it goes to the Senate.

Tax cuts for individuals and businesses
Republicans look to make permanent the individual income and estate tax cuts passed in Trump’s first term, in 2017, plus enact promises he made on the 2024 campaign trail to not tax tips, overtime and interest on some auto loans.

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Biden struggled to film 2024 campaign videos amid declining health, new book claims: 'The man could not speak'

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Former President Joe Biden struggled to get through filming campaign videos, or quick, filmed keynote addresses for various groups during the 2024 campaign due to his declining health, according to a new book.

The book, "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," said that Biden stumbled through filming campaign videos so much that the footage was ultimately deemed "unusable." The nonfiction book was published Tuesday and is authored by journalists Jake Tapper of CNN and Alex Thompson of Axios...
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Republican AGs visit US-Mexico border wall as Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' clears expansion funding

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YUMA, ARIZ. – Republican attorneys general from 11 states visited the U.S.-Mexico border wall in remote Yuma, Arizona, this week, touting a more than 90% decrease in illegal crossings since President Donald Trump began his second term.

Their visit came a day before the House narrowly passed Trump’s "big, beautiful bill," which in part allocates $46.5 billion to revive construction of the wall, which at its current stage covers just a quarter of the approximately 1,900-mile-long stretch separating the United States from Mexico. In Yuma, a city of...
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Dems call budget bill ‘bureaucratic water torture’ as GOP ‘glad to have the ball in our court’

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Senate reaction to the House’s passage of its "big, beautiful bill" was sharply divided, with Democrats warning of long-term harm to the working class and Republicans arguing it would help that very group.

"Republicans’ reconciliation bill dismantles the American Dream and strips health care, food assistance, and more away from millions of hardworking Americans," Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., fumed in a Thursday statement.

"Republicans are taking a chainsaw to critical services that American families depend on and using them as a...
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By Dawn's Early Light: Battles Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' will face in the Senate

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"This is one big ugly bill that House Republicans are trying to jam down the throats of the American people under the cover of darkness," argued House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. at 6:09 a.m. Thursday morning on the House floor.

Nothing could be further from the truth. The sun was rising.

"Why are we here at 3 a.m., fast-tracking this bill?" asked Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., during House debate on the measure at 3:15 a.m. ET Thursday.

GOP HOLDOUTS SOUND ALARM ON $36T DEBT CRISIS AS TRUMP'S ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ PASSES HOUSE VOTE

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Judge temporarily pauses Trump move to cancel Harvard student visa policy after lawsuit

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A court has temporarily paused the Trump administration's move to cancel Harvard's student visa program.

Harvard filed suit against the Trump administration over the policy, and a judge granted its request for a temporary restraining order to preserve status quo while the case plays out in court.

Judge Allison Burroughs, a 2014 Obama appointee, set a hearing for 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday in Boston federal court.

Harvard said the policy will affect more than 7,000 visa holders — nearly a quarter of the student body — and is a "blatant violation of the...
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Kangaroo 'tries to drown' man in Australian floodwaters

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The kangaroo held the man down in floodwater after they got into a fight near Port Macquarie.
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Belgium's future queen caught up in Trump's foreign student ban effort at Harvard

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The future queen of Belgium may face complications pursuing her master's degree at Harvard amid the Trump administration's move on Thursday to ban the Ivy League school from enrolling international students.

Princess Elisabeth, 23, is the eldest of four children to Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, and the future heir to the throne. The Duchess of Brabant is currently pursuing a master's degree in public policy at Harvard, following an undergraduate degree in history and politics from Oxford University in the U.K.

“Princess Elisabeth...
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WATCH: Blue-state Republican 'thankful' for move to scrap gas-car ban as Newsom vows court fight to save it

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President Donald Trump could soon sign into law a joint congressional resolution scrapping California’s Environmental Protection Agency waiver that requires an end to gasoline-powered car sales by 2035. It's a move provoking pushback from Golden State leaders in Sacramento.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats have argued that it is an illegal use of the Congressional Review Act, whereas Republicans, including state legislators, say the move is a necessary step toward curbing regulation in the state.

"I'm thankful that the folks in...
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Man steering ship that crashed into garden fell asleep, police say

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Police say the ship's watch officer admitted to being asleep during the incident
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GOP plans attack ads on Democrats in Trump districts who voted against GOP agenda

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The House Republicans' campaign arm is focusing a new advertising campaign on Democrats from politically risky seats who voted against the GOP's sweeping effort to cut taxes and pass Medicaid work requirements, setting the stage for what may prove to be one of the biggest political messaging clashes of next year's midterms.

Republicans in Washington are attempting to use their control of Congress and the White House to put in place major conservative agenda items sought by President Donald Trump and his allies through one massive piece of...
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Judge extends block on Trump's large-scale layoffs of federal workers

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Washington — A federal judge on Thursday continued to block the Trump administration from moving forward with its plans to lay off thousands of government workers at more than 20 federal agencies, providing federal employees a lifeline as a legal challenge to President Trump's bid to restructure the federal government moves forward.

The preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston covers 21 federal agencies and the White House's Department of Government Efficiency and prevents them from implementing reductions-in-force...
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Matt Gaetz flirts with a run for Florida governor, adding a bit of chaos to the race

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Rep. Byron Donalds has Trump's support, but both former Rep. Matt Gaetz and Florida first lady Casey DeSantis are also eyeing potential bids.
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Sen Mike Lee accuses Chicago mayor — who called Trump a 'monster' — of 'bragging about' violating the law

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called President Donald Trump a "monster," and U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has accused the mayor of "bragging about" violating the law.

Johnson accused the president of "animus towards women, people of color, [and] working people."

"We have always known who he has been," he declared. "This is not a surprise. He's a monster, period. We have the most diverse administration in the history of Chicago, and he is threatened by that."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not receive a response...
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SCOOP: House GOP memo highlights Republican wins in Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

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FIRST ON FOX: An internal House GOP memo sent to Republican lawmakers and obtained by Fox News Digital highlights the party's key accomplishments included in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

House Republicans passed all 1,118 pages of Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" on Thursday morning, after working through hourslong committee meetings, huddles in the speaker's office and even a last-minute push from the president.

Finally, late Wednesday night, House leadership found consensus among key factions of the Republican caucus. The...
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South Africa crime statistics debunk 'white genocide' claims - minister

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Of the six most recent victims of farm killings, five were black and one white, the latest figures show.
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