Politics & GovernmentThe Biden administration, Congress and the 2022 midterms. The largest section, and the archive’s spine.All 276 →
White House message credits tax law with ending taxes on Social Security benefits; CRS says Section 86 was not changedThe anniversary message names two actions as proof the program is secure. The record shows a $6,000 age-based deduction that expires after 2028, and payroll taxes from workers the statute bars from collecting benefits while in the United States.GAO reports 988 contact volume rose 23 percent in fiscal 2025 as federal hotline operations held steadyThe August 13 audit finds the three federal crisis hotlines' operations "remained mostly consistent" during a fiscal year in which HHS and VA announced plans to carry out a February 2025 workforce-reduction order. Its summary does not mention the 988 specialized service for LGBTQ+ youth that was shut down and, on a later account, has not been restored.White House marks the end of World War II in August after proclaiming May 8 as Victory DayTwo 2026 documents from the same administration place the war's end about three months apart, and neither lands on the September 2, 1945 surrender the National Archives records.
Crime & JusticeCourt cases, police reports and missing-persons coverage, including cases the site followed for months.All 231 →
Elected with 68% of the vote, Calvin Duncan refiles federal challenge to the law that eliminated his officeAn amended complaint filed Aug. 14 puts the efficiency rationale for Louisiana's Act 15 against the Legislature's own dated action log for Senate Bill 256.Continental Aerospace to pay $11,772,680.14 to resolve PPP loan allegations with no liability findingA congressman's op-ed tied the loan to help for China's military. The settlement document reaches the money and says nothing about the drones.IRS release on a $5 million tax fraud sentencing credits an announcing official a judge disqualified from supervising prosecutionsIris Hondermann was sentenced to 30 months after pleading guilty to a conspiracy that falsely sought more than $5 million in refunds, IRS Criminal Investigation said. The title printed above the prosecutor's quote in that announcement is the one the District of Nevada office adopted after a federal judge disqualified Sigal Chattah from supervising four criminal prosecutions - the relief as reproduced by Democracy Docket - and after the court held she had not been validly appointed, in the Las Vegas Review-Journal's account of the later stay.
Health & MedicineCOVID-19 policy, vaccine mandates, the FDA and public-health warnings - the pandemic beat as it ran.All 144 →
Samsung's Galaxy Buds hearing aid feature cleared as software in a 112-day routine FDA reviewThe FDA file records an equivalence finding to an earlier product; the trade coverage describes a five-minute self-test as comparable to an audiologist's evaluation, and Samsung's own footnote says the feature is not a substitute for a clinician.FDA accepts Inhibrx application for ozekibart and sets an April 14, 2027 goal dateSimply Wall St reads the June acceptance as a locked-in timeline; the company's own announcement hedges, calls the date a goal, and its second-quarter figures show what the ten-month wait costs.FDA authorizes dog screwworm drug as Texas reports cases in 15 countiesThe August 13 emergency authorization describes an infestation as an unlikely event; the Texas Animal Health Commission's page, read four days later, counts 36 infested premises and a movement-restricted zone in parts of 23 counties.
Human InterestLocal incidents, workplace and consumer run-ins, and human oddity - stories whose headlines deliberately withhold their subject.All 143 →
Fund hosting vigil for Officer Austin Abdelnabi reported $3.1 million in assets on its 2024 Form 990The Injured Police Officers Fund says its appeal is the only official one and that every dollar reaches the family. This is the public record that appeal rests on - strong on most measures, unexplained on a few.Rockfish Valley Community Center seeks $20,000 to unlock matching grant for $64,000 projectWVIR reported the fundraising need, and the center's campaign page shows the $33,000 already secured includes contributed labor.Warwick charity aims to start building in autumn 2026; register entry lists £118,015 from four government grantsPriory Pools Community Centre says its design is finished and it is out to tender. Its Charity Commission register entry carries one grant figure; a separate Commission page says the charity's reporting is on time.
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