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Publicly available reporting and agency statements document a large nationwide increase in ICE personnel since 2024–2025, and they point to concentrated enforcement activity in a handful of states — c...
The temporary “enhanced” Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits — the ARPA/IRA-era increases that expanded eligibility above 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL) and reduced required househo...
Measure 114 is currently active in parallel state- and federal-court tracks: at the state level the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and lifted a hold in March 2025 and the Oregon Suprem...
Claims that Mike Wolfe—the “American Pickers” star—was arrested in 2025 for killing former co‑host Frank Fritz are false in the reporting provided: multiple fact‑check and news sites say Wolfe was not...
States vary widely on whether voters must present identification at the polls; , using signatures, affidavits, or other non-documentary verification, while the remaining states require photo or non-ph...
The sanctuary movement in the United States traces back to the 1980s when faith communities and a small set of municipalities began shielding Central American refugees and asserting city-level limits ...
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...
Ice agents have increasingly been accused of detaining people based on appearance or perceived ethnicity rather than confirmed immigration status; recent legal and on-the-ground developments show both...
In March–April 2025 a wave of viral posts claimed Mike Wolfe of American Pickers had been arrested and even convicted; multiple fact‑checks and reporting show those claims were false and stemmed from ...
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 ...
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia are commonly identified by advocacy groups and some reporting as having statewide “sanctuary” laws, policies, or legal opinions—though the exact list and ...
Available reporting shows there is no single list of states that universally allow “abortion up to the moment of birth”; instead, states vary — some have no term limits, some permit abortions up to vi...
Oregon officials have announced a plan to remove up to about 800,000 inactive voter registrations from state rolls as part of routine maintenance and in response to litigation; the state will begin by...
Oregon’s Measure 114 — the 2022 voter-approved package that would require permits to buy guns and ban magazines over 10 rounds — has been tied up in state courts since late 2022; the Oregon Court of A...
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...
No — the Mike Wolfe who hosts American Pickers has not been convicted or sent to prison; multiple fact-checks and news outlets identify reports claiming his incarceration as false and attribute the co...
Antifa in the United States is portrayed across the provided materials as a , with notable groups like Rose City Antifa in Portland cited as among the oldest and most active . Reporting diverges on wh...
Washington repealed its long-standing sales- and use-tax exemption for precious-metal bullion and monetized bullion effective January 1, 2026, making retail sales of qualifying gold, silver and coins ...
“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 cannot unilaterally refuse to contribute to the federal government without significant legal and practical consequences: federal authority to act directly on individuals and to condition federa...