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.

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

The newly enacted law is poised to transform everything from healthcare to energy to food. Trump signs 'Big Beautiful Bill' at Fourth of July picnic — and the repercussions for the American people could last for decades first appeared on The Cool Down.

President Donald Trump signed the Republican megabill dubbed the "Big Beautiful Bill" into law on the Fourth of July in a White House signing ceremony complete with a flyover from military planes.

President Trump isn't planning to send a new to-do list to Congress after he signed his signature legislative victory into law on July Fourth.