Debate over President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget-and-policy package is over on Capitol Hill. Now the argument goes national.

Some of the measures are effective immediately, while others don’t kick in for several years – notably, after the 2026 midterm elections.

A breakdown of how H.R.1, the sweeping 2025 reconciliation law, transforms student loans, repayment plans, federal aid eligibility, and institutional oversight

New law reduces the number of federal student loan repayment options and caps how much individuals can borrow for higher education.

Find out when the major money-related provisions of One Big Beautiful Bill take effect, including Medicare, Social Security, and IRS rules.

Trump promised to eliminate the tax on Social Security benefits in his 2024 campaign, but the bill instead adds a new deduction.

Column: Requiring work for Medicaid recipients — a provision that killed an effort in 2024 to expand Medicaid in Mississippi — is now law of the land under Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Bill." Expanding Medicaid could still save lives.

Cuts to federal health-care spending make it harder for doctors to make the oldest promise in medicine: that we will do no harm.