A Reader’s Guide to the Big Beautiful Bill: Part 5

This new tax break is worth up to $2,000 under Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ — here’s how to claim it

President Donald Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ added a new tax break for charitable gifts worth up to $2,000. Here’s the best way to claim it.

Santa Ana rallies against ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Santa Ana, CA – On Friday, July 25, about 20 protesters gathered on the corner of Bristol and 1st Streets, chanting “Healthcare is our right, try and take it, we will fight!” and “Y la migra? Fuera!” The protesters were answering the national call to action by the Legalization for All Network against Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”. Rain Mendoza of Community Service Organization Orange County’s (CSO OC) Immigration Committee introduced the event, s…

Refugees disqualified from Medicaid, Medicare in Big Beautiful Bill

As the One Big Beautiful Bill ricocheted from proposal to signed law by President Donald Trump, Minnesota immigration advocates kept a close eye on how the giant measure would expand detention and deportation programs.  In the end, the bill did indeed siphon billions of dollars toward immigration law enforcement. But the One Big Beautiful Bill also enacts something else on immigration, a measure that has caught advocates and also Minnesota healt…

A Reader’s Guide to the Big Beautiful Bill: Part 5

Happy Thursday! Today I’ll be sharing Part 5 of my series breaking down the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the recent Republican budget bill, from start to finish. In case you missed them, here are the previous installments: In these newsletters, I’m trying to a) walk you through what, exactly, the OBBBA will do, and b) help get you comfortable with reading a piece of legislation, by not just summarizing the bill — but actually walking you …

One Big Beautiful Bill: Sen. Bernie Moreno unpacks sweeping auto, tax, and trade overhaul

From his roots in retail automotive to his bold push for policy reform, former car dealer turned U.S. Senator, Bernie Moreno, is uniquely positioned to speak to the challenges and opportunities facing the automotive industry. In today’s episode of Inside Automotive, Senator Moreno and Jim Fitzpatrick discuss everything from EV mandates to tariffs and what’s in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that could reshape the future for American automakers and…

Policy timelines for the Big Beautiful Bill

The OBBB introduced policies for taxes, government assistance, student loans, and immigration, with varying timelines and types of changes. USAFacts provides a reference that shows start and end dates for each policy, with colors to indicate if a policy is new, an end to a current policy, an expansion, or a restriction. The view provides clarity for something that can seem amorphous to casual onlookers. Tags: OBBB, policy, taxes, USAFacts