The US is the biggest exporter of arms globally and a top supplier to Gulf countries.
But to pay for those tax cuts and policy priorities, the bill proposes measures that remain controversial on both sides of the political spectrum.One provision, for instance, would increase the federal debt limit by $4 trillion. Others would impose strict work requirements on programmes like Medicaid — a government health insurance for low-income Americans — and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), sometimes known as food stamps.
Those work requirements are expected to bar thousands of people from accessing those safety-net programmes, allowing for cost savings. But critics fear those barriers will drive some families deeper into poverty.In a preview of an interview with the TV show CBS Sunday Morning, Musk expressed frustration with thesheer cost of the bill
, echoing criticism from fiscal conservatives.He also accused the “Big Beautiful Bill” of setting back the progress he made as leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a task force Trump established to pare back “wasteful” spending.
“I was, like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not decrease it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,” Musk told CBS, dressed in an “Occupy Mars” T-shirt.
“I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful,” he added. “I don’t know if it could be both. My personal opinion.”ADX Florence in Colorado is a super-max prison, or an administrative maximum (ADX) prison, a control unit prison with the highest level of security.
The prison opened in 1994. Prisoners are held in solitary confinement in 12-by-7ft (3.6-by-2 metre) cells with thick concrete walls, and cannot see each other. Inmates sleep on a thin mattress atop a concrete slab. The cells also have a sink, toilet and automated shower.Prisoners may have access to televisions, books or arts-and-crafts materials. Human interaction is very limited in ADX prisons.
Is Larry Hoover free to leave prison now?No, Hoover is still serving his 200-year state sentence following the 1973 Illinois murder conviction.