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Gao

Chinese family name (高)

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Nov 20, 2025
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what american citizens have been deported by ICE?

Reporting and government documents show that U.S. immigration agents have detained dozens — and that some U.S. citizens have been deported or wrongfully removed — but the exact tally is unclear becaus...

Dec 3, 2025
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How many ICE arrests occurred in 2025 compared with 2024 and 2023?

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...

Dec 12, 2025
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What is the historical annual number of ICE arrests and deportations since 2010?

ICE’s official historical enforcement numbers are available but dispersed across ICE releases, DHS datasets and third‑party projects: DHS’s OHSS Persist tables and ICE statistics provide removals and ...

Dec 15, 2025

What specific companies did Nancy Pelosi or her immediate family buy or sell in 2024–2025?

Public trackers and news analyses show Nancy Pelosi’s household — with trades executed by her husband Paul Pelosi — traded heavily in large-cap tech, AI and cybersecurity names across 2024–2025, inclu...

Dec 2, 2025

What statutes or executive orders authorize use of force at sea against non-state actors involved in drug trafficking?

U.S. statutory authority for using force at sea against non‑state drug traffickers centers on the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) and related statutes that let the Coast Guard and other agen...

Nov 8, 2025

Are ice taking legal citizens or people who are going through legal immigration processes?

The claim that ICE does not take U.S. citizens or people engaged in legal immigration processes is contradicted by multiple investigations, government reports, and news analyses documenting repeated i...

Oct 27, 2025

How many Walmart employees rely on Medicaid and food stamps?

Walmart is consistently identified as one of the largest private-sector employers whose workforce includes substantial numbers of , but there is no single, up-to-date national tally of how many Walmar...

Nov 20, 2025

What are the estimated costs of illegal immigration to US taxpayers in 2024?

Estimates of the fiscal cost of illegal immigration to U.S. taxpayers in 2024 vary widely depending on method and source: some advocacy and congressional reports cite figures around $150–151 billion a...

Dec 5, 2025

When did Donald Trump last play golf in 2025?

Available reporting indicates President Donald Trump was publicly documented playing golf over the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend — with video and press coverage dated Nov. 29–30, 2025 — and outlets cite t...

Dec 1, 2025

how long does a congressman have to work to get retirement

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...

Dec 15, 2025

What are the deadliest right-wing extremist attacks in the US since 2020 and their motives?

Since 2020, reporting and datasets compiled by researchers and advocacy groups show that the deadliest politically motivated violence in the United States has overwhelmingly come from right‑wing extre...

Nov 12, 2025

What are the most prominent domestic terrorism groups in the US since 2020?

Since 2020, U.S. authorities and analysts identify and as the most prominent domestic terrorism threats, with violent incidents concentrated around firearms and targeting government, law enforcement, ...

Nov 9, 2025

How much did taxpayers spend on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago visits during presidency?

The reporting and analyses provided show that taxpayers spent on presidential travel and security tied to Donald Trump’s Mar‑a‑Lago visits, but estimates vary widely by method and time period. Indepen...

Dec 4, 2025

How has Venezuela's economy influenced drug production and trafficking?

Venezuela’s economic collapse, sanctions on oil, and weakening state institutions have turned large swathes of the country into permissive terrain for illicit economies, making it a major transit hub ...

Nov 22, 2025

How is a member of Congress's pension calculated and what factors affect the formula?

Members of Congress’ pensions are calculated using the same basic “salary base × accrual rate × years of service” formula used for federal employees, with the high‑3 average salary as the salary base ...

Nov 10, 2025

How many military families rely on SNAP assistance?

Recent reporting and government-commissioned analyses show for how many military families rely on SNAP: published estimates range from receiving SNAP, while broader tallies note and even in SNAP-parti...

Nov 20, 2025

How much financial aid has the US provided to Ukraine since the start of the war with Russia?

The scale of U.S. support to Ukraine depends on which categories you count: Congress has approved roughly $174–175 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations since 2022 (much of it for military,...

Dec 8, 2025

Did trump actually lower the budget in 2025

President Trump’s administration proposed and enacted measures in 2025 that cut or redirected specific program funding and pushed large tax cuts, but independent analysts and budget offices say those ...

Dec 7, 2025

How has NPR's share of government funding changed from 2010 to 2025?

NPR itself received minimal direct federal appropriations in the 2010s — about $6.4 million in CPB grants across FY2006–FY2010 — and most reporting and watchdog analyses say NPR’s core operations are ...

Dec 7, 2025

What criteria does NCMEC use to prioritize incoming tips?

NCMEC triages CyberTipline reports by classifying incoming reports as “referrals” (sufficient for law enforcement) or “informational,” by labeling media with content type and estimated victim age, and...