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The federal deficit for fiscal year 2026, which ended Sept. 30, reached roughly $1.99 trillion, Treasury Department data released Oct. 16 show -- a 12% increase over fiscal 2025 and the third-highest deficit on record...
New York counties face an estimated $170 million in new annual costs to administer SNAP after a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect October 1, 2026, cutting the federal share of SNAP administrative...
President Trump announced October 2, 2026, that the government will send a one-time $90 payment to more than 20 million Medicare enrollees this month, funded through the Medicare Improvement Fund, a pool Congress created...
On December 18, 2025, Trump announced a one-time, tax-free $1,776 payment for more than 1.45 million active-duty and qualifying reserve service members, branding it a "warrior dividend" tied symbolically to the year of...