Ten charts to explain Trump’s big, beautiful bill
The overhaul of taxation and spending spells trouble for America

ON JULY 3RD Congress gave Donald Trump the Independence Day present he wanted: with a vote of 218–214, House Republicans passed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (BBB)—the most consequential legislation of Mr Trump’s second term.
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