At a glance: the 2025 federal budget

What’s the theme?

Many budget measures are aimed at easing cost of living. The headline announcement is tax cuts: everyone will get one, but not until July 1 2026. Other major spends are on Medicare, medicines and energy bill rebates. If this seems familiar, it’s because the government has already announced most of these measures before budget day.

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At a glance: the 2025 federal budget

What’s the theme?

Your tax cut calculator

Key announcements:

Read the full analysis from our experts:

Missile strikes and drone attacks heighten South Asian crisis - 8 questions answered over the role of Pakistan’s military in responding

Pope Leo XIV faces limits on changing the Catholic Church − but Francis made reforms that set the stage for larger changes

FDR united Democrats under the banner of ‘liberalism’ − but today’s Democratic Party has nothing to put on its hat

Basic research advances science, and can also have broader impacts on modern society

Philadelphians will soon choose their next district attorney − so what do DAs actually do?

How proposed changes to higher education accreditation could impact campus diversity efforts

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Trump speaking poorly of other presidents is uncommon, but not unheard of, in American presidential history

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