Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ may not be the deficit disaster critics claim – here’s why

President Donald J. Trump waves as he disembarks Air Force One at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pennsylvania, Thursday, August 20, 2020, and is greeted by guests and supporters. (Official White House photo by Tia Dufour)

The One Big Beautiful Bill to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda may not have the devastating impact on the national deficit that some critics claim.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), tasked with providing “objective, nonpartisan information...