Florida and federal officials announced the state will build a new immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, and because the facility will be partly funded by the ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered an even larger number during a June 19 briefing, saying the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers "found that the One Big Beautiful Bill will ...

Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old who soared to the lead in the New York City mayoral Democratic primary, describes himself as a democratic socialist. But some politicians and social media posts falsely ...

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GOP candidate for governor says income taxes are lower in Illinois than Wisconsin. Is that true? Illinois has a flat tax of 4.95%, which applies to all filers. Wisconsin has progressive tax, which ...

Republican leaders tout President Donald Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill" as a way to prevent a 68% tax increase, rein in the deficit and maintain current levels of food assistance for low-income ...

The tax deduction is not for all Social Security recipients. It would not apply to dependents, deceased workers’ survivors or disabled workers.

Israel attacked Iran on June 13, killing senior military commanders and nuclear scientists, along with an unconfirmed number of civilians, including children. Iran retaliated with missile barrages, ...

(Screenshot of X post) In the video’s first frame, the woman’s left hand has six fingers. At a later point in the video, she appears to have only three fingers. AI video and images can struggle to ...

When Iran targeted ships in the Strait of Hormuz in the 1980s, the U.S. Navy escorted ships through the strait. This June, even without a formal closure, some oil tankers and supertankers — which can ...

Another X video shared the night of the U.S. attacks showed a big plume of fire and smoke. "More footage of the BOMBS dropping on Iran earlier," read the video caption. But that’s false; the video ...

Israeli military officials, speaking anonymously, told The New York Times and The Washington Post that they considered the underground nuclear site at Fordo — the key U.S. target because it required ...