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Available reporting is conflicted about whether Walmart permanently closed specific stores in 2025: several outlets and aggregators published lists naming 11 stores across states such as California, G...
At least 10 states explicitly let jackpot winners claim Powerball or Mega Millions prizes anonymously — most consistently named are Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jers...
Legal immigrants, including lawful permanent residents and visa holders, have been detained—and in some documented cases deported—by ICE in 2025 under expanded enforcement policies and through adminis...
ICE reported 277,686 arrests for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, an average of about 310 arrests per day according to ICE-published figures cited by Newsweek . Independent trackers and news analyses show a mar...
Available reporting shows an unprecedented wave of litigation and legal spending tied to President Trump’s actions and to suits against his administration — trackers counted hundreds of challenges in ...
As of the 2025 election cycle, multiple U.S. cities are led by mayors who are identified in reporting as Muslim — most prominently Zohran Mamdani in New York City and Abdullah Hammoud in Dearborn, Mic...
Muslims are a small but growing share of the U.S. population: reliable counts cluster between roughly 3–4.5 million people, representing about 1–1.3% of Americans rather than any demographic “takeover...
closed a series of brick‑and‑mortar locations in 2024 that, by multiple reporters’ counts, totaled about 11 standalone stores nationwide while the company separately exited its 51 after deeming that b...
A single, definitive list of states that bar firearms at political demonstrations or across entire capitol grounds does not exist in the provided reporting; instead, advocacy groups, think‑tanks and n...
Yes — several prominent public figures and institutions have publicly responded to the killing of 19‑year‑old Dacara Thompson: Maryland’s governor issued condolences, members of Prince George’s County...
depends on the metric: presidential voting margins, partisan control of governorships, state legislatures, or full trifecta control (governor plus both legislative chambers) each tell a different stor...
A core federal baseline requires for recording, but a minority of jurisdictions impose all‑party (often called “two‑party”) consent — commonly cited as 11 states — meaning every participant must agree...
State approaches vary: a minority of states explicitly treat full autopsy reports as public records while many restrict release to next of kin or redact medical and investigative details . Examples in...
“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...
States split into three practical categories: jurisdictions that permit entirely anonymous winners (a small list), those that permit claiming through entities (trusts or LLCs) but often still publish ...
Most available analyses show that a substantial share of SNAP recipients either work or have earnings at some point during the year, but the exact percent actively employed at any given time varies wi...
are documented in use across a spectrum of U.S. agencies — from federal law enforcement to city police departments and the military — and are governed unevenly through a mix of department policies, ma...
Most U.S. states treat lottery winnings as ordinary taxable income and will tax them at the state income‑tax rate; several large states — notably California, Florida, Texas and Washington — do not tax...
Accidental viewing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is treated differently across contexts: some courts and state statutes recognize affirmative defenses for prompt, good‑faith actions like destr...
Maryland’s most authoritative public source for the raw counts is the Maryland State Board of Elections’ voter registration reports, which publish party-affiliated totals by month and county . Third‑p...