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Federal employees should look to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as the primary official source for 2026 pay tables and effective dates; OPM posts GS, locality, special rate and related pay m...
Federal Poverty Guidelines (commonly called the FPL) for 2026 are published for three geographic sets: the 48 contiguous states + D.C., Alaska, and Hawaii; those figures are used to determine eligibil...
The federal poverty guidelines used for 2026 coverage are the 2025 HHS poverty guidelines; for the 48 contiguous states and D.C. the guideline for a 1‑person household in 2025 is widely reported as $1...
The federal poverty guidelines used for 2026 coverage are the HHS “2025” poverty guidelines (published for use in 2026 benefit determinations) and list a 48‑state/D.C. baseline of $25,750 for a four‑p...
The official 2026 Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPL) figures used by most programs are published by HHS/ASPE and summarized in federal notices; they set a 100% FPL base and specify per-person add-ons (f...
The federal poverty guidelines used for ACA subsidy eligibility in 2026 restore traditional 100%–400% of FPL rules for most enrollees unless Congress extends enhanced subsidies; eligibility therefore ...
The 2025 HHS poverty guidelines set the annual Federal Poverty Level (FPL) for the 48 contiguous states at $15,650 for a single-person household and $54,150 for an eight-person household, with per‑per...
400% of the 2025 Federal Poverty Level (FPL) depends on household size and state; for the 48 contiguous states and D.C., the 2025 guideline lists the 100% FPL for a one‑person household as $15,650, so...
Federal dashboards and independent trackers show that the largest absolute volumes of ICE interior arrests in recent months have clustered in the nation’s biggest population and immigration hubs — not...
Obamacare (ACA) premium tax credits traditionally apply to households with incomes between , but temporary policy changes enacted in 2021 expanded eligibility above 400% through the 2025 coverage year...
Several recent state bills sought to change ages tied to sexual consent, marriage, medical consent, or criminal prosecution — mostly to raise ages (e.g., Oklahoma’s HB1003 to raise statutory‑rape thre...
A president cannot unilaterally suspend federal elections under a claim of martial law; constitutional text, statute, Supreme Court precedents, and expert legal analyses all place the power to alter o...
As of reporting in January 2025, animal-law watchdogs and legal trackers report that only West Virginia lacks an explicit state statute banning sexual acts with animals; the Animal Legal Defense Fund ...
The 2025 HHS poverty guidelines for the 48 contiguous states (often called the Federal Poverty Level or FPL) list $15,650 as the annual FPL for a single person and add about $5,500 for each additional...
Seven states had no Republican members in the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2024 elections: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Rhode Island. Thi...
The official federal poverty guideline numbers used for 2026 coverage come from the 2025 HHS/ASPE poverty guidelines; for the 48 contiguous states and DC the single‑person 100% FPL figure is $15,650, ...
National polling through early January 2026 shows Donald Trump running below majority approval in most large trackers, with averages and reputable polls clustering in the high-30s to low‑40s for “appr...
No U.S. state has successfully eliminated property taxes statewide; every state levies property taxes in some form, though rates and exemptions vary widely . Coverage that celebrates “states with no p...
The key numeric changes for 2026 center on the ACA “affordability” percentage rising from 9.02% in 2025 to 9.96% for 2026 plan years, which raises the FPL‑based safe‑harbor monthly employee contributi...
“Blue states” is a media shorthand for U.S. states that systematically vote Democratic or tilt Democratic on measures like presidential margins, the Cook Partisan Voting Index, or party control of sta...