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There is no single, authoritative public list in the provided reporting that catalogues U.S. senators “receiving money from Venezuela.” Available sources document extensive U.S. legislative activity o...
Available reporting and public records in the provided sources do not identify any U.S. senators as “getting money back from Venezuela.” The documents instead show U.S. senators sponsoring legislation...
U.S. sanctions have materially worsened Venezuela’s economic contraction and constrained imports of food, medicine and spare parts, but they did not originate the country’s crisis—years of mismanageme...
The U.S. federal debt rose by roughly $2.2 trillion in fiscal year (FY) 2025, bringing total gross federal debt to about $37.6 trillion at the end of FY2025 and pushing debt-to-GDP above 120% in mid‑2...
A member of Congress must serve at least five years to be eligible for any retirement annuity, and different rules apply depending on whether they’re in CSRS or FERS and on when they were first covere...
ICE agents have statutory authority to make warrantless arrests for immigration violations and, in limited circumstances, for certain criminal offenses—especially when the offense occurs in the office...
The 2025 reconciliation law (P.L. 119‑21, “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) changes Pell Grant eligibility by adding short-term “Workforce Pell” programs (150–599 clock hours), by excluding students from ...
President Biden did not seek a new, standalone congressional authorization for the military actions carried out in 2024; instead, his administration relied on a mixture of prior Authorizations for Use...
Federal SNAP spending peaked in fiscal year 2022 at roughly , fell to about in FY2023, and ranged between in FY2024 depending on the source — translating to roughly , , and . Discrepancies reflect dif...
Members of Congress do not receive a unique, free health-insurance entitlement that ordinary Americans lack; since 2014 most Members and designated staff buy coverage through the ACA’s DC SHOP exchang...
Federal law since 1996 generally bars unauthorized immigrants from most federal public benefits, but important exceptions, state-funded programs, and recent 2025–2025 federal actions and laws mean the...
The Posse Comitatus Act generally bars federal armed forces from participating in civilian law enforcement, and the Insurrection Act is the principal statutory exception that lets a president deploy f...
Federal public documents from DHS and the FBI since 2016 do not present a long roster of contemporary, named “left‑wing” organizations the way they do for some far‑right groups; instead, the agencies ...
For the 2025 coverage year, premium tax credit eligibility requires household income at or above 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL), and enhanced subsidies in 2021–2025 removed the traditional 40...
Congress is the only federal actor with the constitutional authority to set the date for choosing presidential electors and therefore to change the day of the presidential election; the President alon...
The authority for ICE officers to arrest under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1226 and 1357 is bounded by statutory categories, regulatory designations, and required training and certification: officers must be designat...
Claims that the Trump administration sent $25 million to the Taliban in late 2025 are unsupported by the available reporting; multiple outlets and fact-checks trace viral posts claiming $45 million in...
Yes — under the temporary ARPA/IRA expansions in effect 2021–2025, some people with incomes above 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL) became eligible for Marketplace premium tax credits because th...
Publicly available ICE policy documents and reporting show that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) both operate under ICE’s Firearms and Use of Force H...
There is no single, authoritative count of “how many illegal immigrants are supported by the U.S. government”; estimates of the undocumented population run near 11 million, but federal rules and data ...