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Treasury can now verify who owns the bank account behind a federal payment, a check that went fully live September 30 under a Trump executive order
Treasury announced on October 6 that its checks on bank-account ownership and taxpayer identification numbers became fully operational on September 30, giving the department a...
President Trump named a three-member committee on October 7 to investigate allegations that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook made false statements on mortgage papers
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on October 7 creating a three-member committee to investigate allegations that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa D. Cook made false...
President Trump’s America.gov order directs federal services to a Login.gov sign-in but says it creates no centralized record system, with an implementation memo due within 90 days
President Trump signed Executive Order 14432 on September 29, directing federal agencies to route public services through a new America.gov website and to use Login.gov,...
Commerce exempted listed specialty medicines from 19 jurisdictions from the drug tariff President Trump imposed in April, and generics were never covered
The Commerce Department has set a zero tariff on listed specialty medicines from 19 jurisdictions, carving them out of the 100 percent duty President Trump...
Amway’s proposed FTC order would make distributors resell at least seven in ten of the products they buy each month, after the agency challenged pitches of more than $40,000 a year
The Federal Trade Commission and Washington State have asked a federal judge to sign an order that would require Amway’s independent business owners to sell...
Flood policies already in force run to their own end dates after December 11, while the borrowing limit behind FEMA’s flood claims drops from $30.425 billion to $1 billion
Federal flood insurance runs out of authority at midnight on December 11, 2026, and what stops that night is narrower than the date suggests. Policies...
San Diego’s proposed $40 million water-rate settlement would automatically refund overcharged accounts among about 436,069 single-family customers, with a December 11 hearing
A $40 million settlement between the City of San Diego and its single-family water customers would pay refunds automatically, with no claim form, if a...
The SEC proposed on September 30 opening private markets to more retail savers and asked whether a CPA licence or CFA charter should make someone an accredited investor
The Securities and Exchange Commission asked on September 30 whether holding a CPA licence or a CFA charter should be enough, by itself, to make...
VA’s one-time car grant for disabled veterans rises to as much as $27,908.90
VA now pays up to $27,908.90 toward a vehicle for veterans whose service-connected disabilities keep them from driving a standard car, according to the rate...
Kentucky moves Medicaid expansion adults to six-month renewals from January 1
Kentucky Medicaid says that starting January 1, 2027, adults ages 19 to 64 who qualify on income alone will renew their coverage every six months...
North Carolina Medicaid asks 80 hours a month or $580 from January 1
North Carolina Medicaid is telling adults ages 19 through 64 that from January 1, 2027, keeping coverage will depend on showing either 80 hours a...
Only Camden City and Cape May County still hold a SNAP work-time-limit waiver in New Jersey, which took on a larger share of administrative costs on October 1
Only two places in New Jersey, Camden City and Cape May County, still hold a waiver from SNAP’s work time limit, according to the state...
Households without an elderly or disabled member no longer qualify automatically for SNAP’s heating and cooling utility allowance through a LIHEAP payment
A SNAP household with no member who is 60 or older or disabled can no longer collect the program’s heating and cooling utility allowance just...
FEMA’s Hurricane Isaias declarations for Florida, Georgia and Alabama cover public assistance only, so households cannot yet apply for Individual Assistance
FEMA’s emergency declarations for Hurricane Isaias, dated October 9 for Florida, Alabama and Georgia, cover public assistance only. The agency’s declaration data lists Individual Assistance...
Florida’s November 3 ballot would lift the homestead exemption from non-school property taxes to $150,000 next year, while new residents are held to $50,000 for four years
Florida voters decide on November 3 whether the homestead exemption from non-school property taxes would rise to $150,000 next year and $250,000 in 2028. The...
Fifteen of 32 brand-name TrumpRx drugs cost more than the average across 11 comparison countries, KFF found, with Enbrel at $3,354 against $641
A KFF analysis released September 24 found that 15 of 32 brand-name drugs on the TrumpRx website cost more than the average price in other...
Two dozen Veterans Affairs authorities expire December 11 or 12, among them homeless-veteran housing aid, while disability pay, pension and GI Bill payments are not on that clock
A stopgap spending law approved September 2 gave 24 Veterans Affairs authorities a new, short expiration date. Twenty-three of them end on December 11, 2026,...
Veterans’ Group Life Insurance premiums are waived for November, December and January, and anyone whose coverage lapses on or before October 31 is cut out of the break
Veterans’ Group Life Insurance, the term policy VA offers to people who have left the military, will charge no premiums for November, December and January....
A law Trump signed Sept. 11 extends the federal tax exclusion for wildfire relief payments to disasters declared before 2027
Survivors of wildfires declared federal disasters keep a federal income-tax exclusion on relief payments for longer under a law President Trump signed Friday, Sept. 11....
Trump’s order has the military share service and medical records with VA from a recruit’s first day, which VA says could cut 20 to 30 days off new veterans’ claims
An executive order signed September 8 directs the military to share each service member’s personnel file and medical records with the Department of Veterans Affairs...