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The most recent official monthly CPI release available in these sources shows U.S. headline CPI year‑over‑year at 3.0% for the 12 months ending September 2025 (CPI‑U) and core PCE at 2.8% annual in Se...
ended the by enacting a mixed funding package: three appropriations titles received full‑year (Agriculture; Military Construction and Veterans Affairs; and the Legislative Branch), while most other ag...
Donald Trump Jr. is not shown in the reporting to have personally received a federal loan or grant; instead, multiple news outlets documented that a startup recently backed by 1789 Capital — a firm wh...
The 43-day 2025 shutdown furloughed roughly 900,000 federal employees and forced about 2 million to work without pay, withholding nearly 3 million civilian paychecks worth an estimated $14 billion by ...
OpenAI is not a private arm of government intelligence agencies that routinely hands over all user data, but it does respond to lawful government requests for user information and—under recent federal...
The tariffs on lumber and related wood products have exerted upward pressure on U.S. construction input costs and contributed to near-term price volatility in , while simultaneously squeezing forestry...
Manufacturing, health care and leisure/hospitality are repeatedly cited among the industries with the largest job gains during Biden’s term; federal sources and reporters put total net jobs added in t...
U.S. and many allied export controls treat high‑protection body armor and true CBRN‑rated gas mask filters as sensitive dual‑use or defense items, subject to licensing, classification under ECCNs or I...
Beginning with staggered enforcement since 2015 and accelerated rules in 2025–2026, Real ID or an acceptable federal alternative is required to access many—but not all—federal facilities: broadly, sec...
Presidents have used national emergency authorities since the National Emergencies Act of 1976 to unlock special powers and, in several high-profile cases, to redirect or reallocate federal resources;...
Federal reporting and official pay documents show that federal law‑enforcement officers’ compensation is set through structured pay systems—General Schedule (GS), Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) tables,...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI‑U) showed a 0.3% seasonally adjusted rise in September 2025 and a 12‑month (year‑over‑year) CPI increase reported around 3.0% (headline) with ...
U.S. lawmakers have asked the Commerce Department to investigate whether OnePlus devices transmit sensitive user data to servers in China, citing an unnamed commercial analysis that “indicates” potent...
The core claim is that the President can impose tariffs without new legislation; the available material identifies as statutory authorities the President has used to do that. Only one provided analysi...
The analyses consistently identify the same federal targets: —notably Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Commerce, Treasury, and EPA—face the strongest exposure to the 2025 budget prop...
A small set of public figures — including some politicians and high-profile officials — appear in the released files as having been on, invited to, or discussed in connection with ; however, the docum...
There is no evidence in the reporting supplied that a person named appears in the recently released files; the coverage instead repeatedly cites Secretary as a named contact in the documents . The dis...
The sources reviewed do not directly identify litigation captioned against an ; instead, reporting documents a broad, active litigation ecosystem challenging multiple administration executive orders—m...
asked the inspector general to investigate whether recent staffing shortfalls affected , but the reporting available shows calls for oversight rather than published inspector‑general or Congressional ...
When public figures have faced disputes over naturalization or citizenship documentation, the resolution has typically blended legal action, administrative reviews, congressional inquiries, and public...