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U.S. military recruitment has reversed years of shortfalls and is up in 2024–25: the Army contracted more than 61,000 recruits for FY2025—about 10% higher than its FY2024 goal—and the services reporte...
Claims that “Russia has invaded 19 countries in the last 100 years” are not directly confirmed by the available sources; reporting and scholarly lists document many Soviet and Russian interventions an...
Different reputable trackers and official Israeli counts give different figures for Israelis killed since the October 7, 2023 attacks: many sources place the immediate October 7 death toll at roughly ...
U.S. forces in Europe are funded through a mix of regular Department of Defense appropriations and targeted programs such as the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI), which had a FY2025 request of $2....
Darknet markets have long listed firearms, including handguns, rifles, submachine guns and “ghost guns,” and studies found 2,124 weapons offered across sampled markets in 2019 (1,497 handguns; 218 rif...
The teaching profession is not legally stripped of its “professional” label across the board, but multiple recent policy moves and mounting workforce data show teachers are under growing pressure: rou...
Comparing U.S. mass‑shooting trends across presidential terms is difficult because the underlying counts are small, definitions vary and year‑to‑year volatility is high; RAND and reporting note that c...
Federal prosecutors filed 412 federal cyberstalking cases between 2010 and 2020, with filings rising to a peak of 80 cases in 2019 before a slight fall in 2020, illustrating growing federal attention ...
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...
In 2024–2025 the VA broadened presumptive exposure locations beyond Vietnam: the department proposed and in some cases finalized adding U.S. and Royal Thai military bases in Thailand (Jan. 9, 1962–Jun...
Research is mixed but leans toward stricter gun regulations being associated with lower firearm deaths and some reductions in violent crime in many studies; authoritative reviews (RAND, Johns Hopkins)...
The Major Richard Star Act would eliminate the statutory “offset” that reduces military retired pay when a retiree also receives Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation, extending full ...
Research and reporting show the status and attractiveness of teaching have fallen in recent years—with surveys and analyses describing near half‑century lows in perceived prestige, widespread shortage...
Only a handful of countries have near-zero or very low external public debt: sources list Liechtenstein and Niue as effectively debt‑free, and IMF/Statista and Visual Capitalist data show many small e...
Statista’s 2024 state ranking lists Mississippi as having the highest gun‑violence rate per 100,000 residents (29.7), followed by Louisiana (28.2); Statista’s summary also lists New Mexico, Alabama an...
The available analyses converge on a clear distinction: . Best estimates from government and research briefs place the share of active‑duty households eligible or participating in SNAP in the , with b...
The provided analyses converge on a clear finding: , relying instead on emergency care and state-level workarounds. The three sources show evidence across time — a 2022 policy simulation, a 2023 empir...
The reporting does not contain definitive, up‑to‑the‑minute line‑item operating budgets for individual major U.S. bases in Germany, Italy, or the United Kingdom, so a precise per‑base annual “operatin...
Dual citizenship alone does not legally bar a person from serving in the U.S. House or Senate, but it raises recurring concerns about “divided loyalties” and transparency that have prompted proposed d...
Yes — federal law and longstanding military policy allow many retired-list servicemembers to be ordered back to active duty, and courts and agencies treat most retirees as maintaining a “military” leg...