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Official (92)

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• Consumer Price Index, July 2026 , Bureau of Labor Statistics
  All items +3.4%, energy +14.7%, gasoline +24.6%, electricity +4.2% over the year.
• Real Earnings, July 2026 , Bureau of Labor Statistics
• The Employment Situation, August 2026 , Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Fact sheet: hepatitis B immunization , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• 2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability final rule fact sheet , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Impacts of City of Columbus v. Kennedy on open enrollment 2026 , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  Which provisions are and are not in effect.
• Medicaid community engagement requirement: interim final rule fact sheet , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  June 2026 rule; estimates 2.3 million lose Medicaid in 2027.
• Updated statement on the failure-to-reconcile requirement, plan years 2026–2027 , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• CBO supplemental: SNAP provisions of Public Law 119-21 , Congressional Budget Office
  2.4 million fewer participants in an average month from the work provisions.
• Distributional effects of Public Law 119-21 , Congressional Budget Office
  Lowest-income tenth loses about $1,200 a year; highest tenth gains about $13,600.
• Effects on deficits and the debt of Public Law 119-21 , Congressional Budget Office
  Adds $718 billion in interest, about $4.1 trillion total.
• Estimated budgetary effects of Public Law 119-21 , Congressional Budget Office
  $3.4 trillion added to deficits, 2025–2034.
• Estimated effects on the number of uninsured people in 2034 , Congressional Budget Office
  10 million more uninsured in 2034.
• Statutory pay-as-you-go effects of Public Law 119-21 , Congressional Budget Office
  The automatic Medicare cut the law would have triggered (later waived by Congress).
• Congress repeals CFPB's overdraft rule , Congressional Research Service
• Noncitizen eligibility for the Child Tax Credit , Congressional Research Service
• The CFPB budget: background, trends, and policy options , Congressional Research Service
• Prohibition on creditors and consumer reporting agencies concerning medical information (Regulation V) , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• CFPB closes overdraft loophole to save Americans billions in fees , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Dec 2024)
  The savings estimates for the rule Congress repealed.
• CFPB finalizes rule on federal oversight of popular digital payment apps , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Nov 2024)
  The rule Congress repealed.
• EPA finalizes standards to reduce pollution from fossil-fuel power plants (2024) , Environmental Protection Agency
  The health benefits now forgone, in the agency's own words.
• Mercury and Air Toxics Standards , Environmental Protection Agency
• Proposed PFAS rescission rule , Environmental Protection Agency
• Proposed PFOA and PFOS compliance extension rule , Environmental Protection Agency
• Emergency Presidential Determination raising the 2026 refugee ceiling , Federal Register
• Establishing a fixed time period of admission for nonimmigrant students , Federal Register
• Executive Order 14235: Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness , Federal Register
• Executive Order 14242: Improving education outcomes by empowering parents, states, and communities , Federal Register
• Executive Order 14321: Ending crime and disorder on America's streets , Federal Register
• Final rule: William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (PSLF employer eligibility) , Federal Register
• Notice of implementation of the 2025 naturalization civics test , Federal Register
• Presidential Determination on refugee admissions for fiscal year 2026 , Federal Register
• Proclamation 10998 expanding entry restrictions , Federal Register
• Public charge ground of inadmissibility (final rule) , Federal Register
• Removal of the automatic extension of employment authorization documents , Federal Register
• Termination of parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans , Federal Register
• Termination of the 2023 designation of Venezuela for TPS , Federal Register
• Termination of the designation of Haiti for TPS , Federal Register
• Weighted selection process for cap-subject H-1B petitions , Federal Register
• Board of Governors: members , Federal Reserve
• FOMC press conference transcript, March 18, 2026 , Federal Reserve
  "Between a half and three-quarters" of core inflation "is actually tariffs."
• FOMC statement, July 29, 2026 , Federal Reserve
• Take It Down Act enforcement starts now , Federal Trade Commission
• Coinbase Bitcoin price (CBBTCUSD) , FRED
• S&P 500 (SP500) , FRED
• 30-year fixed mortgage rate, weekly (MORTGAGE30US) , Freddie Mac via FRED
• Federal agency workforce changes: update for July 2025 to January 2026 (GAO-26-108583) , Government Accountability Office
  About 256,000 fewer staff (11%) across the 22 largest agencies.
• FEMA workforce: staff reductions and lack of planning may impact mission readiness (GAO-26-108427) , Government Accountability Office
• Recent federal workforce changes at OPM (GAO-26-108916) , Government Accountability Office
• Status of IRA and IIJA funds: rescissions and cancelled awards , Government Accountability Office (GAO-26-108434)
• CHIPS for America: status of incentive and R&D funds , Government Accountability Office (GAO-26-109121)
• Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, Public Law 119-36 , govinfo.gov
• Homeland Security appropriations, Public Law 119-86 , govinfo.gov
• Public Law 119-21, full text , govinfo.gov
  The enacted law. Every section link on this site points here.
• Rescissions Act of 2025, Public Law 119-28 , govinfo.gov
• Secure America Act, Public Law 119-98 , govinfo.gov
• Veterans' Compensation COLA Act of 2025, Public Law 119-42 , govinfo.gov
• HACLA notifies Section 8 participants of changes due to budget cuts , Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles link down since 2026-10-30
• FAQs on termination of clean energy credits under Public Law 119-21 , Internal Revenue Service
  Official end dates for the EV, solar, heat-pump and home-efficiency credits.
• FEMA concedes in BRIC funding case , North Carolina Department of Justice link down since 2026-10-30
• Workforce changes dashboard , Office of Personnel Management
  Net loss of 271,363 civilian employees since January 20, 2025.
• OCC news release 2026-69 on GENIUS Act implementation , Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
• Letter on NOAA and National Weather Service cuts , Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
  Counts of fired and resigned staff and offices without a meteorologist in charge.
• Inspector general report confirms customer service improvements , Social Security Administration
  The agency's own framing of the same report.
• SAMHSA statement on the 988 press 3 option , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Learning Resources v. Trump (opinion, Feb 20, 2026) , Supreme Court of the United States
  6–3: the emergency-powers statute does not authorize tariffs.
• Mullin v. Doe (slip opinion, June 25, 2026) , Supreme Court of the United States
• Trump v. Barbara (slip opinion, June 30, 2026) , Supreme Court of the United States
• Trump v. Illinois (per curiam, Dec 23, 2025) , Supreme Court of the United States
• Executive Order 14248: Preserving and protecting the integrity of American elections , The White House
• Executive Order 14261: Reinvigorating America's beautiful clean coal industry , The White House
• Executive Order 14420: Delivering gold standard childhood vaccine recommendations , The White House
• Fact sheet: President Trump launches TrumpRx.gov , The White House
• Proclamation 10887: pardons for January 6 offenses , The White House
• Proclamation 10949 restricting entry of foreign nationals , The White House
• Proclamation: restriction on entry of certain nonimmigrant workers , The White House
• Automatic employment authorization document extension , U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• DHS proposes additional H-1B fee , U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Recent court order on hold policies , U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Temporary Protected Status , U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• USCIS to consider anti-Americanism in immigration benefit requests , U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• SNAP participation shows marked decline , U.S. Department of Agriculture
  42.2 million (May 2025) to 36.6 million (May 2026).
• Workforce Pell and Pell Grant exclusion rule , U.S. Department of Education (FSA)
• 2026 DOE Section 202(c) emergency orders , U.S. Department of Energy
• Executive Order 14026 (federal contractor minimum wage): rescission notice , U.S. Department of Labor
• Average price of electricity to ultimate customers by end-use sector , U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Electricity prices are rising faster than inflation , U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Short-Term Energy Outlook, September 2026 , U.S. Energy Information Administration
  Hormuz flows, Brent forecast, and the 2026 gasoline average.
• 287(g) program , U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Detainee death reporting , U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Detention management statistics , U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  Monthly book-ins, average daily population and criminality breakdown.
• Refugee admissions and arrivals , U.S. State Department Refugee Processing Center

Nonpartisan (182)

Nonpartisan research organizations and straight news reporting. KFF, the Tax Policy Center, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Yale's Budget Lab, Penn Wharton, NPR, CNBC and others.

• Gas prices, May 2026 (peak $4.56 on May 21) , AAA
• National average gas prices (live) , AAA
  $4.277 regular, $5.977 diesel on September 10, 2026.
• National gas average jumps one dollar in one month , AAA
• How the One Big Beautiful Bill affects nursing homes , AARP
• Mass layoffs begin at HHS; some employees turned away after showing up to work , ABC News
  Agency-by-agency counts and the eliminated offices.
• US, Iran engaged in "tanker war": where is the months-long conflict headed? , Al Jazeera
  September 6, 2026.
• FDA to limit COVID-19 vaccine to people over 65 and others at high risk , American Hospital Association
• IRS did better than expected in tax season after slashing staff, except on the phone , Associated Press (via ABC7)
• Changes to federal student loans could worsen the doctor shortage , Association of American Medical Colleges
• Enhanced premium tax credits: legislative developments in 2025 and 2026 , Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
  House passed a three-year extension in January 2026; the Senate did not.
• GOP budget bill could put 338 rural hospitals at risk of closure , Becker's Hospital Review (Sheps Center data)
• Court overturns federal rule that keeps medical debt off credit reports , Berkeley Center for Consumer Law
• Final FY2026 transportation-housing funding summary , Bipartisan Policy Center
• The 2025 reconciliation law: energy provisions explained , Bipartisan Policy Center
• GOP aims to repeal CFPB medical debt credit report ban , Bloomberg Law
• Beyond arrests: how ICE enforcement depressed local employment in 2025 , Brookings Institution
• The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program's existence to chance , Brookings Institution
• NSF funding cuts, grant terminations, and the litigation (2026) , CASRAI
• Judge rules the $100,000 H-1B fee is an unlawful tax , CBS News
• Student loan borrowers in default could see wage garnishments begin in 2026 , CBS News
• The war may be ending: what did Epic Fury cost? , Center for Strategic and International Studies
• By the numbers: the megabill's health and food assistance cuts , Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  CBPP is a left-of-center research group; its figures are drawn from CBO.
• Tracking Senate action on the tax and budget plan: Child Tax Credit , Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  2.6 million children with Social Security numbers lose the credit.
• The state of U.S. vaccine policy: special edition, March 17, 2026 , CIDRAP, University of Minnesota
  The March 2026 court stay and the insurers' coverage pledge.
• How the "one big beautiful bill" targets immigrant finances , CNBC
• Moody's downgrades United States credit rating on increase in government debt , CNBC
• Trump lets Iran ceasefire expire without extension , CNBC
• Trump's "big beautiful bill" slashes CFPB funding: what it means for you , CNBC
• Hospitals are making cuts after the "big beautiful bill" , CNN
  March 2026: maternity ward and health-center closures, layoffs, citing the law.
• Appropriations watch: FY2027 , Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
  Stopgap through December 11, 2026.
• Congress to wipe $3.4 trillion from PAYGO scorecard , Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
  November 2025: the automatic Medicare cut was waived.
• Final OBBBA score confirms long road to fiscal recovery , Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
• Government shutdowns Q&A , Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
• Mortgage costs could rise under debt-financed reconciliation bill , Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
  About 0.4 points on a 30-year mortgage by 2030.
• OBBBA dynamic score comes in at $4.7 trillion , Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
• GAO details CFPB reorganization, funding cuts and litigation , Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
• One year later: are synthetic dyes still in our food? , Consumer Reports
• First Circuit reverses block on Planned Parenthood funding cuts , Courthouse News
• Average new-vehicle transaction price moves back above $50,000 in August , Cox Automotive / Kelley Blue Book
• FTC moves to revive click-to-cancel rule following Eighth Circuit vacatur , Crowell & Moring
• Planned Parenthood regains federal funding , CT Mirror
  July 2026: the one-year ban expired; clinics that closed did not all reopen.
• Cost of Iran war rises to $37.5 billion; Pentagon requests $67.1 billion more , Defense News
• Economic impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act energy provisions , Energy Innovation
  Modeled household energy costs rising by well over $100 a year by 2035.
• A year after mass layoffs, Education Department keeps handing off its programs to other agencies , Federal News Network
• IRS Direct File will not be available in 2026, agency tells states , Federal News Network
• VA on track to cut nearly 30,000 jobs by end of fiscal 2025, eliminating need for RIF , Federal News Network
• Q2 2026 retirement analysis , Fidelity Investments
• RFK Jr. says HHS will reinstate 20% of reduced workforce after DOGE errors , Fierce Healthcare
• Hundreds of laid-off NIOSH researchers return to work , FireRescue1
• Gambling tax alert: new law cuts loss deductions, bettors face big hit , Forbes
• NLRB quorum restored: what employers need to know , Freeman Mathis & Gary
• Georgia Pathways data tracker , GeorgiaPathways.org
  About 19,000 enrolled as of July 2026 against roughly $166 million spent.
• FTC restarts negative option rulemaking after Eighth Circuit vacatur , Gibson Dunn
• Trump cancels grants for pedestrian safety, bike lanes , Governing
• Education Department layoffs hindered congressionally mandated activities, inspector general reports , Government Executive
• FEMA is not ready for hurricane season due to Trump upheaval, House Democrats argue , Government Executive
  Includes the Politico approval-rate analysis and the administration's response.
• VA's reorganization and staffing caps a result of previous overhiring, officials say , Government Executive
  Includes Sen. Moran's remarks on the caps.
• EPA repealed the endangerment finding and vehicle greenhouse-gas standards , Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program
• Mercury and Air Toxics Standards tracker , Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program
• Senate fails to extend enhanced ACA subsidies , Health Affairs
• CMS guidance on six-month Medicaid eligibility redeterminations , Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Court limits CMS's authority to apply the ACA marketplace program integrity rule , Healthcare Financial Management Association
• U.S. measles cases in 2026 surpass last year's total , Healthline
• NIH cap on indirect research costs struck down on appeal , Higher Ed Dive
• New student visas dropped 23% in 2025 , Inside Higher Ed
  State Department data; F-1 visas down 33%.
• EPA finalizes repeal of greenhouse gas endangerment finding , Jones Day
• 1.4 million lawfully present immigrants are expected to lose health coverage , KFF
• A closer look at the $50 billion rural health fund , KFF
• A closer look at the work requirement provisions , KFF
  5.3 million more uninsured from work requirements; 700,000 from 6-month renewals.
• Allocating CBO's estimates of federal Medicaid spending reductions across the states , KFF
  $911 billion federal Medicaid cut; state-by-state.
• An update on Medicaid, Title X and Planned Parenthood , KFF
• FAQs about the Medicare drug price negotiation program , KFF
• Health provisions in the 2025 federal budget reconciliation law , KFF
  Provision-by-provision table with CBO cost and coverage estimates.
• How might federal Medicaid cuts affect rural areas? , KFF
  $137 billion in rural Medicaid cuts over ten years.
• Marketplace premium payments would more than double if enhanced credits expire , KFF
  Average +114%, about $1,016 a year.
• Medicaid work requirements tracker , KFF
• Potential implications of the Medicaid data-sharing agreement between CMS and ICE , KFF
• The latest on medication abortion access: the court awaits the FDA review , KFF
• What we know from state work-requirement experience , KFF
  Arkansas: 18,000 lost coverage, no employment gain. Georgia: tiny enrollment, high admin cost.
• What we know so far about 2026 marketplace enrollment, premiums and deductibles , KFF
  May 2026: net premiums up 58%, enrollment projected around 17.5 million vs 22.3 million in 2025.
• Georgia's Medicaid work-requirement experiment: high cost, low enrollment , KFF Health News
• Medicaid work requirement rules: exemptions explained , KFF Health News
• Nebraska's Medicaid work requirement: fears of losing coverage , KFF Health News
• The national suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth shut down; states are scrambling to help , KFF Health News
• Trump orders changes to childhood shots as Kennedy's autism hunt stalls , KFF Health News
• The One Big Beautiful Bill Act explained: key changes for the healthcare industry , King & Spalding (law firm)
  Detailed legal summary of the health provisions and dates.
• OBBBA tax planning: SALT cap, senior deduction, and more , Kitces.com (financial-planning)
  Thorough practitioner summary of the individual tax provisions and their sunsets.
• Commerce cuts $7.4 billion in CHIPS Act funding for Natcast , Manufacturing Dive
• VA leader's policies delaying care, destroying workforce, report says , Military Times
  Senate Democratic report and the VA's rebuttal.
• Montana Medicaid work requirements loom; questions remain , Montana Free Press
  State expects about 13,000 people (18%) to lose coverage.
• ED details 2026–27 FAFSA and Pell Grant eligibility changes , National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
• Will the OBBBA gambling deduction change be reversed? , National Association of Tax Professionals
• FDA approves fall COVID shots, but with new restrictions , NBC News
• Medicaid cuts threaten hundreds of hospitals, new report finds , NBC News
• NOAA is scrambling to fill forecasting jobs after cuts to the National Weather Service , NBC News
• Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report , NBC News
• Nebraska becomes first state to disenroll Medicaid recipients under new work requirements , Nebraska Public Media
  August 2026.
• What will 2026 hold for early care and education? , New America
• Medicaid work requirements: results from the first year in Arkansas , New England Journal of Medicine
• SSA phone wait times longer than publicly reported metrics, inspector general finds , Nextgov/FCW
• DOD officials say Iran war has cost $25 billion so far , NPR
• ICE can use Medicaid data to find people without legal status for deportation cases , NPR
• New limits on medical and nursing school loans worry health educators , NPR
• Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP , NPR
  August 2026.
• Supreme Court says Fed's Lisa Cook can stay in her job , NPR
• Trump administration ends 988 suicide prevention service for LGBTQ+ youth , NPR
• What the One Big Beautiful Bill will change for students, schools and colleges , NPR
• A look at the new regulations and incentives in the housing bill , PBS NewsHour
• House passes annual defense bill to raise troop pay , PBS NewsHour
• Iran and U.S. reach an initial deal to extend the ceasefire and open the Strait of Hormuz , PBS NewsHour
• Trump signs Homeland Security funding bill, ending record shutdown , PBS NewsHour
• Federal judge vacates policy that suspended immigrant visas from 75 countries , PBS NewsHour / AP
• FEMA complies with court order to resume major disaster preparedness grant program , PBS NewsHour / AP
• ICE arrests jump to nearly 50,000 in July, highest monthly total of the crackdown , PBS NewsHour / AP
• OBBBA: budget, economic, and distributional effects , Penn Wharton Budget Model
  Bottom fifth loses about $1,035 in 2026; top 10% receive about 70% of the value.
• IRS staffing cuts will reduce revenues, driving deficits higher , Peter G. Peterson Foundation
  A deficit-focused group; cites Yale Budget Lab revenue estimates.
• Justice Department blocked a serious charge against an ICE agent in a Minneapolis shooting , ProPublica
• Local police join ICE deportation force in record numbers , ProPublica
• Trump administration abandons Supreme Court challenge to NIH indirect cost cap , R&D World
  Also carries the 2027 budget proposal figures.
• What passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill means for U.S. energy and the economy , Rhodium Group
  Household energy bills $78–$192 higher in 2035.
• Clean Investment Monitor: Q2 2026 update , Rhodium Group / MIT CEEPR
• New student loan wage garnishments starting in 2026 , ScholarshipOwl
  Carries the January 16, 2026 pause text.
• RFK Jr.'s purge of CDC vaccine advisers prompts outrage , Science
• A.A.R.P. v. Trump (Alien Enemies Act removals) , SCOTUSblog
• Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens , SCOTUSblog
• Louisiana v. Callais , SCOTUSblog
• Noem v. National TPS Alliance , SCOTUSblog
• Trump v. Cook , SCOTUSblog
• Trump v. Illinois , SCOTUSblog
• Congress eliminates CAFE penalties for passenger cars and light trucks , Sidley Austin
  Section 40006 of the One Big Beautiful Bill.
• Food stamp changes will cost states billions, raising fears about SNAP's future , Stateline
• Red states target SNAP fraud, errors under threat of costly federal penalties , Stateline
  Republican state officials describing the cost shift as a wall they cannot climb.
• States say ICE pulled Medicaid data despite court order , Stateline
• SSA proposes major cut to field office visits in 2026 , Straight Arrow News
• Education Department will garnish wages of borrowers in default , Student Loan Planner
• The Child Tax Credit would exclude millions of American children , Tax Policy Center
  Joint Committee on Taxation: about 2 million children, mostly citizens.
• The tax cuts for overtime and tips are popular, but few will benefit , Tax Policy Center
  About 3% of taxpayers benefit from the tips deduction.
• ACA marketplace enrollment drops after subsidy lapse , The Hill
• Senate Republicans voice concerns over Iran war and gas prices , The Hill
• IRS staffing cuts delayed paper returns and refunds, GAO report says , The Tax Adviser
• What Trump's most-favored-nation deal means for drug prices , Time
• Immigration quick facts , TRAC, Syracuse University
• H-2A: wage rule and dairy , UC Davis Rural Migration News
• Surveys of Consumers , University of Michigan
• New evidence confirms Arkansas's Medicaid work requirement did not boost employment , Urban Institute
• OBBBA's six-month redetermination could reduce Medicaid expansion enrollment by 2 to 3 million , Urban Institute
• What's in the Rescissions Act of 2025? , USAFacts
• DOE emergency orders are incurring additional costs; what are the benefits? , Utility Dive
• Electricity prices, demand to continue rising in 2026: EIA , Utility Dive
• EPA rescinds PFAS ruling, extends compliance deadlines , Water Conditioning & Purification
  Water-industry view.
• 2025 Canadian boycott of the United States , Wikipedia
  Statistics Canada figures, cited.
• 2025 Georgia Hyundai plant immigration raid , Wikipedia
• 2025 United States federal government shutdown , Wikipedia
• 2026 United States federal government shutdowns , Wikipedia
• 2026 United States House of Representatives elections , Wikipedia
• Congressional Review Act: resolutions in the 119th Congress , Wikipedia
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting , Wikipedia
  Dissolution timeline and rural funding shares, with citations.
• Domestic military deployments by the second Trump administration , Wikipedia
• Executive Order 14248 , Wikipedia
• Executive Order 14333 (District of Columbia) , Wikipedia
• GENIUS Act , Wikipedia
• Indictment of James Comey , Wikipedia
• January 6 pardons , Wikipedia
  Re-arrest tally with citations.
• Killing of Alex Pretti , Wikipedia
• Killing of Renée Good , Wikipedia
• Laken Riley Act , Wikipedia
• Lisa Cook , Wikipedia
  Timeline of the removal attempt and the Supreme Court ruling, with citations.
• Louisiana v. Callais , Wikipedia
• Newsom v. Trump , Wikipedia
• Operation Metro Surge , Wikipedia
  Timeline with citations to court filings and local reporting.
• Perkins Coie (executive order and ruling) , Wikipedia
• Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act , Wikipedia
• Secure America Act , Wikipedia
• SNAP during the 2025 U.S. federal government shutdown , Wikipedia
  Court timeline with citations.
• United States Agency for International Development (2025 dismantling) , Wikipedia
  The agency article carries the 2025 shutdown timeline with citations.
• United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement , Wikipedia
• Visa and deportation controversies in the second Trump administration , Wikipedia
• WilmerHale (executive order and ruling) , Wikipedia
• Distribution of tax cuts in the new tax law , Yale Budget Lab
• Interest costs associated with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act , Yale Budget Lab
• No tax on tips: budgetary, distributional, and tax avoidance considerations , Yale Budget Lab
  More than a third of tipped workers owe no income tax and gain nothing.
• State of U.S. tariffs , Yale Budget Lab
  Live tracker of the effective tariff rate and household cost.

Conservative (54)

Right-leaning outlets, think tanks, and Republican officials who confirm the point being made, even where they support the policy. Included so readers who distrust the other sources can check the claim against their own side.

• A primer on private student lending in the post–Grad PLUS era , American Enterprise Institute
• Administration finalizes misguided approach to public charge rule , American Enterprise Institute
• The big beautiful fix for graduate school borrowing , American Enterprise Institute
  Supports the caps but concedes medicine "may need more borrowing capacity."
• Understanding the recent declines in SNAP participation , American Enterprise Institute
  Conservative analyst confirming the size of the drop.
• Visa fee raises a new barrier to health care , American Enterprise Institute
• Adverse effect wage rate changes for 2026–2027 , American Farm Bureau Federation
  The farm lobby's own account of the wage-floor cut.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene: "What happened to drill baby drill, cheap gas, and no more foreign wars?" , Benzinga / Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
• Mifepristone faces renewed scrutiny amid FDA review and litigation , Care Net
  An anti-abortion organization's account of the same review.
• Bill more like disaster, not "beautiful" , Cato Institute
  "A $4 trillion ode to unseriousness."
• Deportations to add almost $1 trillion in costs to the "Big Beautiful Bill" , Cato Institute
• The Big Beautiful Bill gives some of higher ed's ugliest problems a makeover , Cato Institute
• The incidence of tariffs: rates and reality , Cato Institute
• The Senate's big beautiful blunder could increase the debt by $6 trillion , Cato Institute
• August jobs report: U.S. adds 162,000 positions, unemployment at 4.1% , Fox Business
• Commerce demands equity from tech companies as condition of federal funding , Fox Business
• Iran war could push inflation higher this year, Goldman Sachs says , Fox Business
• 17,500 illegal immigrants arrested under the Laken Riley Act , Fox News
• Inspector general report shows turnaround in Social Security phone service , Fox News
  Confirms 1,000 field-office staff a day were moved to the phones.
• Musk agrees with Massie: bill is a "debt bomb ticking" , Fox News
• Tillis denounces Trump's Big Beautiful Bill hours after retirement announcement , Fox News
• Trump FDA overhauls COVID-19 vaccine approval , Fox News
  Confirms the 100 to 200 million eligibility figure.
• Tax bill highlights the collapse of GOP policymaking , Manhattan Institute (Brian Riedl)
  "One of the most irresponsible bills in memory."
• Planned Parenthood drops lawsuit challenging the one-year funding cutoff , National Right to Life
  Confirms the provision took effect.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with GOP on Obamacare premium hikes , NBC News
  Republican congresswoman says her own children's premiums will double.
• Kennedy's new vaccine panel lacks experience and shouldn't meet, Sen. Cassidy says , NBC News (Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.)
• Tillis: Medicaid cuts "will betray the very promise" Trump made , NPR (Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.)
• Two conservatives debate: is the Big Beautiful Bill a disaster? , Open to Debate
• Immigration and health care in the One Big Beautiful Bill , Paragon Health Institute
  A conservative health think tank that supports the changes; confirms who loses eligibility and when.
• What made it into law: health provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill , Paragon Health Institute
• Belated Republican objections glide over the bill's blatant fiscal irresponsibility , Reason
• Car companies won't be fined for missing arbitrary fuel-efficiency goals , Reason
  Supports the change; confirms what it does.
• Medicaid work requirements are a short-term fix to a long-term problem , Reason
  Libertarian outlet acknowledging Arkansas's paperwork losses and Georgia's $55 million to enroll 2.3% of the eligible.
• Trump's tariffs will cost each American household $900 in 2026 , Reason (citing Penn Wharton)
• How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act taxes gamblers on money they didn't keep , Reason Foundation
• Bresnahan applauds FEMA reversal on BRIC program , Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.)
  Called the cancellation "the wrong call."
• Chief Counsel Mulligan makes statement on firing of BLS commissioner , SBA Office of Advocacy
  A Trump appointee on the importance of trusted data.
• Curtis, Murkowski, Tillis, Moran express support for energy tax credits , Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah)
  April 2025 letter warning repeal would jeopardize capital allocation and job creation.
• Don't cut Medicaid (op-ed, New York Times) , Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
  "And hospitals will close. It's that simple."
• Why I said no to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act , Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
  Objects to the $5 trillion debt-limit increase.
• Sen. Tim Scott's 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act becomes law , Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
• Scott applauds Senate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill , Senate Banking Committee (Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C.)
  Republican confirmation of the CFPB funding cut.
• Chairman Graham statement on Senate passage of the Secure America Act , Senate Budget Committee (Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.)
• FAQ: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act tax changes , Tax Foundation
  Finds the bottom fifth gets the smallest tax boost and a net decline by 2034, from the tax provisions alone.
• Frustrated with tipping? No tax on tips could make it worse , Tax Foundation
• How the One Big Beautiful Bill changes green energy tax credits , Tax Foundation
  Confirms which credits end and when.
• Trump tariffs: the economic impact of the trade war , Tax Foundation
  $1,000 per household in 2025, $820 in 2026.
• WSJ editorial board: Americans "picking up most of the tab" for tariffs , The Hill (quoting the Wall Street Journal)
• Administration exempts foreign doctors from 39-country travel ban , Washington Examiner
• Administration expands list of countries with freeze on visa processing , Washington Examiner
• Federal judge strikes down $100,000 fee on H-1B visa workers , Washington Examiner
• ICE sends first plane of Haitian deportees home after ending TPS , Washington Examiner
• ICE sets new monthly record in August , Washington Examiner
• Trump lowers refugee cap to 7,500 for 2026 , Washington Examiner
• Sen. Collins votes no, citing Medicaid cuts and rural hospitals , WGME (Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine)

Advocacy (23)

Organizations with a stated position on the issue. Used only for details (such as current fee amounts) where they are the most accurate available source.

• #AfghanEvac , #AfghanEvac (veterans-led coalition)
• AAP: CDC decision on the hepatitis B birth dose will have "heartbreaking" consequences , American Academy of Pediatrics
• Analysis highlights impact of Medicaid cuts on rural patients and hospitals , American Hospital Association
  $50 billion in rural hospital losses; 1.8 million rural residents losing coverage by 2034.
• What's in the Big Beautiful Bill? Immigration and border security unpacked , American Immigration Council
• OBBBA immigration fees flyer , American Immigration Lawyers Association
  Current fee amounts.
• How EPA's rollbacks could fuel toxic pollution nationwide , American Lung Association
• Federal research-related litigation tracker , Association of American Medical Colleges
  Case dates, including the Supreme Court's 5–4 order.
• NLRB-overseen union elections fell in 2025 , Center for American Progress
  A left-leaning group; the counts are from NLRB data.
• The administration is axing funding and staff for national parks , Center for American Progress
  A left-leaning group; used for on-the-ground examples.
• Clean Economy Works: April–May 2026 , E2
  Cumulative tally since January 2025.
• Clean Economy Works: Q1 2026 , E2
• Clean Economy Works: 2025 year in review , E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs)
  $34.8 billion and 38,000 jobs cancelled in 2025; 57% of the dollars in Republican districts.
• HHS guts worker safety agency NIOSH , Economic Policy Institute
• Withholding of funds could affect 30% of Title X patients , Guttmacher Institute
• Cost of coal plant emergency orders already more than $300 million , Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
• Fall 2026 international enrollment outlook , NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• LIHEAP in crisis: HHS cuts put low-income families at risk of shutoffs , National Consumer Law Center
• LIHEAP still here, but threats loom , National Energy Assistance Directors Association
  The state officials who run the program.
• Congress must pass the FY26 HUD spending bill to protect vouchers , National Low Income Housing Coalition
  The 30% cap and the 170,000 estimate.
• Inside the FY26 National Park Service budget , National Parks Conservation Association
• Senate rejects national park funding and staffing cuts , National Parks Conservation Association
• SIA applauds passage of strengthened semiconductor investment credit , Semiconductor Industry Association
• The reconciliation bill takes back billions from locally led projects , Transportation for America