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Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

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Dec 20, 2025
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How many federal job did president trump disolve

President Trump’s second-term personnel actions have produced widely different tallies — from official counts of tens of thousands to media estimates exceeding 300,000 — because reporters and analysts...

Nov 17, 2025
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How did the Trump tax cuts affect federal deficits and income inequality?

The evidence in the provided reporting and analyses shows that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) reduced federal revenues and added substantially to projected deficits—CBO/JCT estimates put the 20...

Nov 7, 2025
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Which state had the highest number of SNAP recipients in 2025?

California had the largest number of SNAP recipients in 2025 by headcount: multiple recent analyses report in California, making it the single most populous SNAP caseload that year. Those same sources...

Dec 3, 2025

How do 2025 SSDI rule updates impact retroactive benefits for concurrent SSI recipients?

The 2025 SSDI/SSI rule updates chiefly include a 2.5% COLA for 2025 (affecting SSDI and SSI payments) and modestly higher program thresholds—SGA, Trial Work Period, and Federal Benefit Rate—that chang...

Dec 5, 2025

Will insurer premiums rise or fall in 2026 because of 2025 subsidy policy shifts?

Insurers’ filed rates and expert analyses show pre-subsidy premiums for ACA marketplace plans are set to rise sharply in 2026 — analyses report median proposed increases of about 18% and headline proj...

Jan 5, 2026

Has the trump administration taken away va benefits from veterans?

The available reporting does not show the Trump administration has broadly “taken away” VA benefits from veterans currently receiving them; instead, the administration has announced restorations and r...

Dec 7, 2025

How much did the national debt increase each year during the Trump administration?

Available sources do not provide a year-by-year breakdown of how much the national debt rose each year during the Trump administration (2017–2020) or during any later Trump term; none of the supplied ...

Dec 3, 2025

What are the projected health and economic benefits of covering undocumented residents?

Expanding health coverage to undocumented residents in states that have done so has produced measurable health gains and reduced uninsured rates, while state pilots show program costs in the low hundr...

Nov 26, 2025

Are there regional or demographic differences among Republicans who use SNAP or Medicare?

Available reporting shows evidence of geographic and demographic variation in who uses SNAP and Medicare, and some analyses note rising SNAP use in Republican-leaning counties; polling finds mixed par...