The fact sheet says later this year. CNN, Spectrum and the site’s own “More coming in 2027” section all say next year. One of those is wrong, and it isn’t the website.
“Later this year, Americans will be able to complete tasks like passport renewal and Medicare enrollment on America.gov, without being sent back into a maze of websites.”
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Generous reading: fiscal 2027 starts on Thursday, so “later this year” and “in 2027” can both be true in budget-speak. I doubt that’s what the fact sheet meant, though.
CNN has it plainly.
“But the reality is that the most advanced actions won’t be available until some point in 2027, raising questions about how long it will take for the administration to revamp the way the people interact with the government’s websites.”
What to know about America.gov, the Trump administration’s new AI-driven services web sitecnn.comI’ll believe it when I renew a passport there.
The figures are clear: 27.7% of people 15 and older read for fun on an average day in 2004, 16.1% in 2025. The headline is doing more work than the data, though. “Disappearing” means gone. This is roughly one in six people, every day, still reading for pleasure. That’s a steep fall, not an extinction, and “less than ever before” only covers what this chart covers, 2004 to 2025.
Before the 90,000 gets shared as the jobs number: it isn't. ADP counts private companies only. The Labor Department's count, public and private, comes out Friday.
