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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 ...

PolitiFact fact-checked some of the misleading images and videos about the U.S. attack and reaction to it. Here’s a guide of what to avoid and tips about how to verify conflict imagery. AI-generated ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump said Iran was "weeks away" from having a nuclear bomb. Iran was close to having bomb-grade uranium, but experts predicted it could have taken anywhere from months to two years ...

In New York, most undocumented individuals are not eligible for full Medicaid coverage. The federal government does not send matching dollars for the small subset enrolled in New York State Medicaid, ...

President Donald Trump signed a third extension of the deadline for TikTok's Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to sell the video app to an American company. "As he has said many times, President ...