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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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Judge strikes down Trump order targeting law firm Jenner & Block

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A federal judge ruled Friday that President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block is unconstitutional and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it — a second setback in Mr. Trump's push to punish certain law firms.

U.S. District Judge John Bates, who was appointed by President George W. Bush and is based in Washington, D.C., said the executive order is "violative of the Constitution" and found that the order infringes on the First, Fifth and Sixth amendments.

"This order, like the others, seeks to chill legal...
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Pentagon lost contact with Army chopper in May, causing 2 aborted D.C. landings

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Military air traffic controllers briefly lost contact with an Army helicopter for about 20 seconds as it neared the Pentagon on the flight that caused two commercial jets to abort their landings on May 1 at a Washington airport, the Army told The Associated Press on Friday.

The aborted landings on May 1 added to general unease about continued close calls between government helicopters and commercial airplanes near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after a deadly midair collision in January between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter that...
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Trump announces "partnership" between US Steel and Nippon Steel

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President Trump said Friday that U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh as part of what he called a "planned partnership" between the iconic American steelmaker and Japan-based Nippon Steel, which has sought to buy it.

Nippon Steel's nearly $15 billion bid to buy U.S. Steel was blocked by former President Joe Biden. After Mr. Trump became president, it was subject to another national security review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

"I am proud to announce that, after much consideration and negotiation, US...
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Trump sets the 'gold standard' for science

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The Fox News Politics Newsletter will not be sent out on Monday, May 25th due to the Memorial Day Holiday. We wish everyone a happy and safe Memorial Day.

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. Here's what's happening…

-Hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners released in swap with Russia, Zelenskyy says

-New footage shows Milwaukee judge confronting ICE before allegedly helping illegal immigrant exit

-Vance tells Naval Academy graduates they are...
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Trump administration sues four New Jersey cities over sanctuary policies

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The Trump administration is suing four New Jersey cities, accusing local officials of obstructing federal law and infringing on efforts to combat illegal immigration through their sanctuary city policies.

The lawsuit by the Justice Department alleged the cities of Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City and Paterson unlawfully obstructed federal authorities trying to fight illegal immigration.

Mayors Ras Baraka of Newark, Ravi Bhalla of Hoboken, Steven Fulop of Jersey City and Andre Sayegh of Paterson are named as defendants, along with the four city...
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Will gas prices give Trump and Republicans a political boost?

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As Americans hit the road for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, they're getting good news at the gas pumps.

While gas prices have risen roughly 20 cents per gallon since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, according to GasBuddy, a fuel savings platform, "all 50 states are lower than last Memorial Day."

And GasBuddy notes that gas prices are at their "lowest seasonal (Memorial Day) level since 2021."

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that when adjusted for inflation, the average U.S. retail gasoline...
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Several injured in Hamburg knife attack as woman arrested

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A 39-year-old woman has been arrested and a major operation is under way, German police say.
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Robbery gang guilty of Kim Kardashian heist in Paris

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The robbers have been given jail time for stealing millions of dollars' worth of jewellery belonging to the US celebrity.
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Watch officer of 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 in Norway.
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Ship footage captures sound of Titan sub imploding

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Support ship video shows the wife of Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush hearing the sound of the implosion.
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How Trump misrepresented images to support "White genocide" claim

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In his Oval Office meeting Wednesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President Trump made allegations of persecution of White farmers in South Africa, which he used to justify granting refugee status to a group of Afrikaners earlier this month.

Ramaphosa has denied there is a genocide, and some Afrikaners say Mr. Trump is being lied to about a "White genocide" in the country.

In the last three months of 2024, 12 people were murdered on farms in South Africa, according to South African police. One was a White farmer, while the others...
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Roberts halts court order requiring DOGE to produce information about its work

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Washington — Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily halted Friday lower court orders that required the White House's Department of Government Efficiency to turn over information to a government watchdog group as part of a lawsuit that tests whether President Trump's cost-cutting task force has to comply with federal public records law.

Roberts issued a temporary administrative stay of two orders entered by a federal district court in Washington, D.C., which directed DOGE to turn over records related to it operations and personnel and required its...
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NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defends BDS support amid Israel controversy

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Democratic socialist mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani doubled down on his support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel — and refused to say the country has a right to exist as a Jewish state.

Mamdani stayed firm in his support for the Palestinian-led BDS effort, calling it a "legitimate movement," during a Q&A with Democratic primary candidates hosted by the UJA-Federation of New York on Thursday evening.

"My support for BDS is consistent with my core of my politics, which is non-violence," the Queens assemblyman said...
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US Ambassador Barrack named special envoy to Syria amid sanctions relief plan

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Tom Barrack, US Ambassador to Turkey and former advisor to President Donald Trump, announced on Friday that he would be filling the role of U.S. Special Envoy for Syria, highlighting recent sanctions relief.

In a post on X, Barrack said he will be assuming the role to support Secretary of State Marco Rubio "in the realization of the President’s vision" for the country.

"President Trump has outlined his clear vision of a prosperous Middle East and a stable Syria at peace with itself and its neighbors," Barrack wrote in the post.

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Wisconsin man fired for refusing to use preferred pronouns appeals to Trump administration

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EXCLUSIVE: Spencer Wimmer, a Wisconsin man, is asking the Trump administration to intervene after he says he was fired for refusing to use preferred pronouns that conflict with a person’s biological sex—forcing him, he claims, to choose between his livelihood and his faith.

While the Trump administration has moved to roll back DEI and gender ideology workplace requirements, Wimmer, a devout Christian, argues that private citizens are still experiencing workplace discrimination tied to such policies.

Now, after filing a religious discrimination...
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