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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...
Donald Trump has repeatedly used rhetoric and statements that critics and multiple organizations describe as racist toward Hispanic and Latino communities, including calling Mexican immigrants crimina...
Twelve to fifteen U.S. jurisdictions already let residents store state IDs or mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) in smartphone wallets or state apps for some official uses, and at least 14 states are acc...
ICE operated a large, dispersed network of detention facilities in and before 2024, ranging from dedicated ICE processing centers to county jails holding immigration detainees; reporting and advocacy ...
Data from the 2023 American Community Survey shows many of the states with the highest poverty rates are in the South and Southwest, and a plurality of those high-poverty states are under Republican c...
President Biden told a Voto Latino Zoom call that “the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American,” a line that...
As of the start of the 119th Congress (January 3, 2025) Republicans hold a narrow House majority—reported as about 219–220 Republicans to roughly 212–213 Democrats with several vacancies noted in repo...
The most recent, directly cited tally reports in the United States, a figure that includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and county equivalents in U.S. territories . The U.S. Census Bureau’...
Adjusted Gross Income (AGI is the number the IRS prints on line 11 of Form 1040 and is your total income minus specific adjustments) and Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) starts with AGI and then ...
The new 2025 “senior” deduction calculation begins with Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) on Form 1040 — Line 11 — and the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) add‑backs are computed on a new supplemental ...
Donald Trump has a long record of using derogatory language and nicknames about racial and ethnic groups and individual leaders; reporting and advocacy groups cite examples of him describing immigrant...
As of 2025, a clear consensus across multiple recent summaries is that issue driver's licenses to people without lawful immigration status, though the *type* of credential and whether it reads as a “s...
US citizens face to move to Puerto Rico: no U.S. visa is required because Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, and many practical steps are the same as relocating between states, but the reviewed material...
The 118th Congress (Jan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025) began with Republicans holding a narrow majority in the House; Congressional Research Service reporting lists the House composition during the 118th as 2...
Bad Bunny’s selection as headliner for the Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026 provoked both enthusiastic support and intense conservative backlash: supporters include past Super B...
As of mid‑2025, reporting and advocacy groups most often cite 19 states — plus the District of Columbia (and in some references Puerto Rico) — that allow some form of standard driver’s licenses or dri...
The available reporting and fact-checking show that confirms a fixed number of U.S. troops permanently stationed in Puerto Rico right now; claims vary between specific large figures and more cautious ...
Bona fide residents of Puerto Rico generally do not owe U.S. federal income tax on income sourced to Puerto Rico; they instead pay Puerto Rico tax on that income (IRS Topic No. 901 and IRS guidance) ....
The Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) used to determine the 2025 “” phaseout is generally the taxpayer’s Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) with a few specific add‑backs — mainly certain tax‑excluded for...
Several jurisdictions and local governments cut ties with Dominion after 2020, but no single source in the provided reporting lists a full, state-by-state map of statewide terminations; Dominion equip...