Filings that change public administration: proposed rules, enacted legislation, guidance letters, comment deadlines and injunctions halting operations.
The 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment announced in October 2025 raises the average retired-worker benefit by about $49 a month starting with January payments.
Social Security's annual raise is a formula, not a vote in Congress. Here is how the calculation works and what it means for the benefit increase that took effect in January 2026.
Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is 2.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, signed Feb. 3, 2026, extended the pandemic-era Medicare telehealth flexibilities through Dec. 31, 2027, ending more than a year of short-term cliff extensions that began with the November 2025 shutdown deal.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford named Peraton as prime integrator for the new air traffic control system on Dec. 4, 2025, putting a single contractor in charge of a rebuild funded by $12.5 billion from the 2025 reconciliation law.
TSA has enforced REAL ID rules since May 7, 2025, reporting checkpoint compliance above 90 percent, and since Feb. 1, 2026 travelers without a compliant ID can pay a $45 fee for enhanced identity verification rather than being turned away.