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ICE’s statutory authority is focused on enforcing federal immigration law: the agency can question, briefly detain with reasonable suspicion, arrest noncitizens it believes are in the country unlawful...
Employers must track and be prepared to report “qualified overtime compensation” for tax years 2025–2028, but the IRS treated 2025 as a transition year and will not change Forms W-2/1099 for 2025 or i...
Congress did not universally end federal taxation of Social Security benefits for 2026 in the sources provided; existing IRS rules that make up to 50% or 85% of benefits taxable for many recipients re...
The federal poverty guidelines used for ACA subsidy eligibility in 2026 restore traditional 100%–400% of FPL rules for most enrollees unless Congress extends enhanced subsidies; eligibility therefore ...
Multiple news and opinion sites allege links between Rep. Ilhan Omar and a large Minnesota COVID-era child‑nutrition fraud that prosecutors say involved roughly $250 million in federal aid; those sour...
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has been the subject of competing valuations, legal settlements, and contested distributions since his August 2019 death, with credible accounts placing the estate initially b...
For the 2025 plan year, the enhanced premium tax credits expanded eligibility so there is no upper income cap: households with modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) at or above 100% of the federal pov...
Obamacare (ACA) premium tax credits traditionally apply to households with incomes between , but temporary policy changes enacted in 2021 expanded eligibility above 400% through the 2025 coverage year...
The IRS issued updated life-expectancy tables for RMD calculations effective for 2025 (Tables I–III in Publication 590‑B) and those tables change the “distribution period” (life‑expectancy) factors us...
Turning Point USA’s leadership changed in September 2025 after the death of founder Charlie Kirk: the board unanimously elected his widow, Erika Kirk, as CEO and chair of the board . Contemporary repo...
No authoritative source in the provided reporting shows that the U.S. Social Security program was officially renamed in 2025; fact‑checks say the longstanding rumor that payments were retitled “Federa...
As of 2025, most reporting indicates Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has been whittled down by settlements to victims and litigation but rebounded after a large IRS refund to roughly $145–150 million; primar...
Physical gold, silver, coins and jewelry are treated as capital assets and—when classified as collectibles—long‑term gains are taxed at a maximum 28% instead of the ordinary long‑term capital gains ra...
The KFF Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator estimates 2025 Marketplace premiums and the dollar value of ACA premium tax credits by using actual exchange plan prices and ACA rules; it produces an e...
St. Jude’s own reporting says 82 cents of every dollar received goes to support treatment, research and patient care over the past seven years (82%) . Investigative reporting from ProPublica and relat...
Starting in 2026 the IRS’s finalized guidance shifts how many non‑spouse beneficiaries must take inherited IRA distributions: most non‑eligible designated beneficiaries will be subject to a 10‑year ru...
The claim that U.S. Senators receive is not supported by the recent federal per-diem publications; current federal Meals & Incidental Expenses (M&IE) rates referenced in 2024–2026 updates are , typica...
The key numeric changes for 2026 center on the ACA “affordability” percentage rising from 9.02% in 2025 to 9.96% for 2026 plan years, which raises the FPL‑based safe‑harbor monthly employee contributi...
Congress passed the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBBA) in mid‑2025, which made the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) changes to the standard deduction and many itemized rules permanent and added new carve‑ou...
Donald Trump did not voluntarily publish full annual tax returns during his presidency; six years of his returns (2015–2020) were obtained by Congress and publicly released by the House Ways and Means...