CNN’s resident number cruncher Harry Enten reckons Donald Trump’s signature “One Big Beautiful Bill” is the most hated piece of legislation Congress has passed in decades. “I went back into the archives and looked at every piece of major legislation passed since 1990,

Six months into his term, far more say President Trump is making the way the federal government works worse than making it better.

A conservative think tank is circulating a memo to GOP lawmakers with recommendations for a second budget reconciliation bill.

Provisions in President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending cuts bill will be staggered over the next several years for a myriad of reasons, including mitigating political blowback in the 2026 midterm election.

Buried in Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” was a provision that will give technology group Anduril an almost-guaranteed slice of the roughly $300bn earmarked to modernise the US’s military, defence infrastructure and homeland security.

Trump’s spending bill will cut aid for low-income families, costing most $1,200 yearly, while boosting wealthy incomes by $13,600, CBO analysis shows.