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The Department of Labor's weekly claims report lists continued weeks claimed across all programs as 2,218,506 for the week ending December 27, 2025, showing the reported week-over-week increase.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims news release for mid‑January 2026 states: “The total number of continued weeks claimed for benefits in all programs for the week ending December 27 was 2,218,506, an increase of 313,297 from the previous week.” This is the official series for continued weeks claimed across all programs and directly matches both the level and week‑over‑week change in the checked statement. No conflicting figures for this metric and date appear in other official unemployment insurance data resources. Verdict: True, because the claim exactly reproduces the official Department of Labor statistic for total continued weeks claimed in all programs for the week ending December 27, 2025 and its increase from the prior week.