One Big Beautiful Bill' makes 529 plans more flexible, some skeptics say the education savings plans still may not be worthwhile for some. Here's why

Experts and advocates warn that it could have dire consequences for Alabama’s tenuous rural healthcare situation.

We see this budget for what it is, an extremist road map that takes away what people rely on to survive,” U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost said at a news conference at the Pan American Behavioral Health

Thursday in Rochester, Congressman Joe Morelle spoke out against the controversial ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ which was signed into law by President Donald Trump last week. Morelle calls the spending plan “one of the most harmful pieces of legislation” he’s seen in his career in public life.

Sen. Thom Tillis served on the Senate Republican whip team since 2017, but after finding himself at odds with his party and the president, he walked away.

A provision tucked inside President Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” will make it harder for thousands of aspiring doctors to finance their education as the country faces a growing shortage in that profession.

Farm programs will receive an extra $66 billion over the next decade, making up for a delayed Farm Bill. Critics say it will increase consolidation.

Contained in the new federal spending law formerly known as the "Big Beautiful Bill" is funding for 17 icebreakers, 21 cutters, more than 40 helicopters and six large patrol airplanes, Coast Guard officials said. It could take as long as 15 years to get the first of the large ships commissioned, according to government estimates.