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‘I never said it:’ RFK Jr. downplays past statements during Senate confirmation hearing
During the first round of his Senate confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, appeared to be at odds with ...
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Images comparing Democrats with Musk’s inauguration hand gesture don’t tell whole story
As he offered his thanks to the crowd during a Trump inaugural event, Musk put his right hand to his heart, then extended his hand to the crowd with his palm slightly raised. He turned around and made ...
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No, this isn’t an authentic X post from Eric Trump about the ‘American Golden Age’
In his Jan. 20 inaugural address, President Donald Trump declared that "the golden age of America begins right now!" But a purported screenshot of an X post from his son, Eric Trump, that invokes that ...
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Claims California Gov. Gavin Newsom thwarted Elon Musk’s help amid fires are unfounded
"Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated Starlinks," a Jan. 15 Instagram post said over the video of a narrator echoing ...
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As President Donald Trump readies new tariffs, we examine the impact of his first-term tariffs
Since taking office Jan. 20, Trump has threatened still more tariffs, proposing 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada, an additional 10% on China and 25% on Colombia after that country initially refused ...
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Fact-check: Trump misleads about North Carolina storm victims and FEMA housing
President Donald Trump told North Carolina hurricane victims that under former President Joe Biden, the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed them in a time of crisis. Trump visited North ...
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Roy Cooper says Hurricane Helene relief bill ‘took money’ from hurricane victims. Not exactly.
Cooper said North Carolina Republicans "took money out of western North Carolina" when they passed a Hurricane Helene relief bill last month. Legislators stripped the governor’s power to enhance ...
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No, we’re not all female under Trump’s executive order
Although scientists once theorized that all embryos start developing as females, recent research suggests that neither sex is "default." Legal experts told PolitiFact they see no basis for the claim ...
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School meals? Cancer trials? What we know about Trump’s federal funding freeze
In her first-ever daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt characterized the freeze as "not a blanket pause" and said that assistance that goes directly to people, such as Social ...
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Did Trump find 75,000 to 80,000 missing children? Here’s why experts say that claim is misleading.
As President Donald Trump’s administration increased deportation efforts in its first week in office, a Fox News host claimed that federal officials had already found up to 80,000 missing migrant ...
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What a US exit from the WHO means for global health
"Unfairly onerous payments" are cited in the executive order as a reason for WHO withdrawal. Countries’ dues are a percentage of their gross domestic product, meaning that as the world’s richest ...
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How do U.S. deportation flights work, what happens when countries refuse to accept them?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s air transportation branch, ICE Air Operations, runs deportation flights. The agency uses commercial or charter planes to fly migrants internationally to their ...