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Federal Independent Agencies

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Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors
WOODLAWN, Maryland, July 4 -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release:

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Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans.

The bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits, providing meaningful and immediate relief to seniors who have spent a lifetime ... Show Full Article

Paraguay to Improve Rural Access to Services and Productive Markets With IDB Support
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:

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Paraguay to Improve Rural Access to Services and Productive Markets with IDB support

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WASHINGTON -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $75 million multiple works loan to boost agricultural competitiveness and economic and social development in rural Paraguay by improving rural roads in the country's Eastern Region.

The operation, which has been approved by the IDB's Board of Executive Directors, aims to expand vulnerable populations' access to services and productive markets, ... Show Full Article

IDB and EIB Strengthen Partnership to Boost Development Impact
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:

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IDB and EIB Strengthen Partnership to Boost Development Impact

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SEVILLE -- At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a cooperation agreement to increase financing and deliver stronger development impact in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The agreement reflects a shared commitment by both institutions to work closer and more effectively as a system to increase ... Show Full Article

CIA Director John Ratcliffe Declassifies Internal Tradecraft Review of 2016 Election ICA to Promote Analytic Objectivity and Transparency
WASHINGTON, July 3 (TNSrpt) -- The Central Intelligence Agency issued the following news release on July 2, 2025:

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe Declassifies Internal Tradecraft Review of 2016 Election ICA to Promote Analytic Objectivity and Transparency

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Earlier this year, CIA Director John Ratcliffe tasked Agency career professionals with decades of experience to conduct a lessons-learned review of the procedures and analytic tradecraft employed in the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) conducted shortly after the 2016 election. Today, Director Ratcliffe declassified the results ... Show Full Article

U.S. Office of Special Counsel: Whistleblowers Expose Lack of Mine Inspections Raising Serious Safety Concerns
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Office of Special Counsel issued the following news release on July 1, 2025:

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Whistleblowers Expose Lack of Mine Inspections Raising Serious Safety Concerns

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Today, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) alerted the President and Congress that a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation substantiated serious safety and inspection concerns with active mines in the U.S. Pacific Territories of Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Whistleblowers disclosed to OSC that the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ... Show Full Article

Introducing the $5 Billion SHARE 2025 Advance Program
DALLAS, Texas, July 2 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release:

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Introducing the $5 Billion SHARE 2025 Advance Program

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* Bulletin No: 2025-18

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) is pleased to announce the 2025 Support for Housing Affordability Resource Enhancement (SHARE 2025) advance program to support members' commitment to housing affordability by providing a reduced interest rate on advances that support housing affordability initiatives. Under SHARE 2025, the Bank will make available ... Show Full Article

IDB Launches FX EDGE to Unlock Private Investment
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release on July 1, 2025:

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IDB Launches FX EDGE to Unlock Private Investment

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SEVILLE -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched FX EDGE, a new platform to help countries attract more private investment in sustainable development.

Designed to provide tools to policymakers - a blended-finance and project-preparation facility, a liquidity facility, and an FX-derivative program - to overcome one of the oldest and most pressing barriers to investment, currency volatility, FX EDGE aims to ... Show Full Article