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Montana’s SNAP limits starting November 1 reach prepared desserts, and Nevada’s restrictions will not begin until February 1, 2028, USDA’s waiver table shows
Montana is the only state starting SNAP purchase limits on November 1 that bars prepared desserts. Ohio, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia begin the...
Refugees and asylees losing Medicare under the 2025 law are due termination notices in late December, the Center for Medicare Advocacy says of a proposed CMS rule
Refugees, asylees and other lawfully present immigrants who lose Medicare under the 2025 tax and spending law are due formal termination notices toward the end...
Treasury says it stopped about 13,500 payments to people who had died in fiscal 2026 after screening more than 1.1 billion federal payments under Trump’s anti-fraud order
Treasury says it stopped about 13,500 payments worth $175 million that would have gone to people who had died, one result of screening more than...
TrumpRx lists Zepbound starting at $299 a month against a $1,087 price under what the government site calls the lowest presidential deal
TrumpRx.gov, the federal government’s discount drug website, lists Zepbound at “starting at $299” a month, set against a $1,087 original price, under a heading that...
New Jersey’s Senior Freeze deadline is November 2, and applicants must meet income limits of $168,268 for 2024 and $172,475 for 2025
New Jersey’s Senior Freeze program, which reimburses older and disabled homeowners for property tax increases, stops taking 2025 applications on November 2, 2026. Applicants must...
Trump’s 100 percent tariff on patented drug imports extended to all other drugmakers on September 29, while companies with pricing deals pay a 0 percent rate
The 100 percent tariff on imported patented drugs now covers every drugmaker that is not already on the White House’s first list, since September 29,...
New York’s 57 counties outside the five boroughs say they face nearly $460 million a year in new SNAP costs after a federal funding shift on October 1
New York’s 57 counties outside New York City say they face nearly $460 million a year in new SNAP costs, according to a notice from...
USDA’s comment window on the form behind state SNAP error rates closes October 21
A paperwork notice with 53 government respondents and 50,436 burden hours a year closes its public comment period on October 21, 2026, and the form...
The Medicaid work rule does not force states to demand documentation until January 2028, and until then they must check their own records first
Two dates in the Medicaid work rule are routinely run together, and the gap between them decides what an enrollee can be asked to prove....
Twelve states hold only area waivers from SNAP’s work time limit
No state in the country holds a statewide waiver from SNAP’s three-month work time limit this quarter, and twelve hold waivers that reach only particular...
Specialty medicines from the European Union, Japan, India and the United Kingdom entered the United States tariff-free from September 29
The United States stopped charging import duties on a defined class of specialty medicines from the European Union, Japan, India and the United Kingdom at...
A House bill would phase its tariff rebate out between $112,500 and $120,000 of income for a head of household, and nothing has moved since September 17
H.R. 10494, the American Tariff Rebate Act introduced on September 17 by Rep. Valerie Foushee, a North Carolina Democrat, would shrink its refundable credit to...
An October 5 executive order gives the Treasury secretary five days to decide whether it can defer the federal diesel excise tax through December 31
The executive order President Donald Trump signed on October 5, 2026 does not, by its own terms, defer a single dollar of federal diesel excise...
Nebraska can drop Medicaid enrollees who miss a 30-day deadline to answer a letter, a preview of the rule every state must run by January 1
Nebraska has been enforcing Medicaid work requirements since May 1, 2026, and its first four months of figures show where coverage is actually being lost:...
Comments on Nebraska’s bid to bar soda from SNAP close November 2, and no approved waiver stands behind the December 1 start USDA’s own table still shows
Written comments on Nebraska’s request to bar soda, soft drinks and energy drinks from SNAP purchases are due November 2, according to a Federal Register...
SNAP retailers other than specialty food stores must stock seven varieties in each of four staple food groups by November 4 or be withdrawn from the program
Beginning November 4, 2026, retailers authorized to accept SNAP benefits, with the exception of specialty food stores, must keep at least seven distinct varieties of...
Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia all begin restricting what SNAP buys on November 1, under waivers the June court ruling left standing
Five states, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia, carry the same implementation date of November 1, 2026 on the Department of Agriculture’s table...
OMB has until late December to tell agencies how they will move services to America.gov
Executive Order 14432, signed September 29, starts exactly one dated clock: the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has 90 days to issue...
The IRS cut about $7.6 billion of refundable credit claims using math-error authority
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported on July 27, 2026 that the IRS used math error authority to reduce refundable credit claims by...
Treasury and the IRS set December 1 as the effective date for the scholarship tax-credit regulations
December 1, 2026 is the date stamped on the temporary regulations for the new section 25F scholarship tax credit, and it is not the day...