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A government shutdown produces measurable short-term economic harm that can raise the national debt modestly through lost output and additional borrowing costs, while its effect on the sovereign credi...
Contemporary reporting does not establish a single, agreed-upon *total* cost for White House renovations during the Obama administration; available documents cite project-level figures and historical ...
The claim that "Trump cut funding to 16 blue states because they voted for Harris" compresses two separate facts into one conclusion: the Trump White House announced cancellations of nearly $8 billion...
The federal budget has run a deficit almost continuously in recent decades: since 2001 the government has recorded a deficit every fiscal year, with dramatic spikes from policy changes and crises such...
In recent reporting and data analyses, nonprofit USAFacts and media outlets show a clear pattern: a group of "donor" states send more federal tax dollars to Washington than they receive back in federa...
Official government practice treats “” as an ethnicity, not a race, meaning people who are Hispanic can be of any race (for example, White, Black, Asian, Indigenous, or multiracial) according to the U...
Official, public-source tallies show U.S. customs (tariff) receipts rose sharply after the 2018–19 trade actions and fluctuated thereafter: commonly cited figures include roughly $70–90 billion per ye...
The most consistent, contemporaneous reporting indicates the United States collected approximately , equal to about . Reporting in mid‑2025 highlights sharp month‑to‑month increases in tariff receipts...
There are no reported, enacted cuts to individual VA disability payment amounts in the sources provided; in fact, VA disability compensation received annual cost‑of‑living adjustments (COLAs)—a 2.5% i...
Claims that Donald Trump is “becoming a dictator” are widespread in media and advocacy coverage; critics point to executive orders, Project 2025, memos on domestic threats, and rhetoric about using fo...
The best-supported figures in the assembled reporting show the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2025 enacted or requested funding in the range of roughly , with differing documents reporting a FY2025...
Estimates of deficit spending “under Biden” vary widely depending on definition: the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) counts roughly $4.7 trillion of new ten‑year debt approved during...
Federal courts have put temporary or permanent blocks on multiple Trump administration executive actions in 2025 — including injunctions or stays against a passport sex-entry policy, parts of an elect...
The claim that President Trump announced a $1,776 “Warrior Dividend” for roughly 1.45 million U.S. service members has been widely reported and linked in those reports to tariff receipts and to recent...
Legal challenges and watchdog reports say many of President Trump’s 2025-era executive actions and policy moves are being litigated as unlawful or unconstitutional — including attempts to limit birthr...
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 ...
Federal employees furloughed during the 2025 shutdown are slated to receive retroactive pay after the funding lapse ended: the enacted spending agreement and agency guidance commit to back pay for bot...
is a –led blueprint for a administration whose named architects include a mix of former Trump officials and conservative operatives; the most repeatedly identified figures in reporting are , , , , , a...
During a , agencies sort employees into two legal buckets: “excepted” employees who must continue working because their duties protect life or property or are necessary to the orderly suspension of op...
The Heritage Foundation has produced a steady stream of conservative officials who have moved into influential government roles, particularly in Republican administrations: at least 66 employees and a...