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Approaching 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, PolitiFact has been fact-checking a whole host of topics related to the new administration, significant policy changes and, in some cases, the ...
The Trump administration has said in court filings that it mistakenly deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who had a protection preventing him from being deported to El Salvador. ...
That’s because historically, U.S. Treasury bonds have been considered the marketplace’s safest investments. For decades, the U.S. government has been big, stable and reliable. In a worst-case scenario ...
Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney wrote a viral letter to Democrats suggesting steps to take against the Trump administration. A letter attributed to former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., resonated with ...
For weeks, stock markets have been falling, and the plunge accelerated after President Donald Trump on April 2 unveiled U.S. tariffs on virtually every country. Commenters on soci ...
Can voters use Real ID to satisfy SAVE Act voting rules, as Byron Daniels said? Not in 44 states. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, which has passed the U.S. House, would ...
On April 9 — hours after he told everyone to "BE COOL!" — Trump changed course. "I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also ...
Around one-third of Generation Z and millennials have less than $1,000 in their savings, the survey results showed. The number decreases for older generations: 27% of Generation X and 20% of baby ...
Politicians and economists said President Donald Trump’s "Liberation Day" tariff rollout amounted to a historic tax increase. "Donald Trump just imposed the largest tax hike in our lifetime," ...
Arizona counties did not agree to remove 50,000 noncitizens or 50,000 ineligible voters from its voter rolls. The settlement said only that counties would pursue an additional means to verify the ...
Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was named a suspect in the April 13 arson at the Pennsylvania governor’s home. Authorities are still investigating and have not stated a motive in the ...
PolitiFact examined social media posts claiming that April 5 protesters in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere were paid, but none of the claims held up to scrutiny. Videos misleading ...