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Rule Changes

Advocating chained CPI for future COLAs

The Social Security Administration set the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment at 3.6% on October 14. The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the same day that headline inflation hit 3.7% in September, up from 3.4% in August. The benefit increase, the largest in three years, still lands a tenth of a percentage point below the latest price reading.

Updated 7 days ago

Rule Changes

Publishing critical analysis of immigration restrictions

The 75-country immigrant visa freeze took effect January 21, 2026, as planned. Two weeks later, a coalition of civil rights groups sued in federal court, arguing the ban violates immigration law and the Constitution. The case, CLINIC v. Rubio, is pending on cross-motions for partial summary judgment with no injunction issued as of May 2026.

Updated May 23