Paul’s figure might not translate directly to the recent boat strikes, experts said, since the U.S. could have had intelligence about those specific vessels. PolitiFact contacted the Coast Guard about ...
Trump has said if courts rule against his efforts to use a rarely used statute to deploy National Guard troops, he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act, a centuries-old set of laws that allow ...
Every December, PolitiFact looks back on the sum of our fact-checking year and names the most consequential falsehood as our Lie of the Year. The 2024 Lie of the Year went to Trump and Vice President ...
While a human banner during the "No Kings" protests made an appearance Oct. 18 on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, it was during the day and included text saying, "No Kings YES on 50," a reference to the ...
Florida has 4.7 million people enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans in 2025, more than any other state. One analysis found that 24% of Florida's ACA enrollees under age 65 use enhanced subsidies — ...
Following the September assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have shaped their political agenda by blaming the left for political ...
MSNBC footage circulating on social media is real and depicts Boston’s Oct. 18 "No Kings" rally. Similar aerial views of the protest aired Oct. 18 on four Boston-area television stations and one in ...
Federal prosecutors indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges related to mortgage fraud stemming from how she classified a Norfolk, Virginia, house on a document. James, who ...
President Donald Trump said he’s the first US president to solve a war. Pants on Fire! At least two U.S. presidents — Theodore Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter — personally conducted negotiations that led ...
Administration documents show that the administration’s proposed budget for WIC for the next year would cut $291 million for the program. In the short-term, the administration said it will use tariff ...
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The compact comes amid a broader federal crackdown on higher education. That includes Florida's Broward County K-12 school district, which the Trump administration instructed to shut down its use of ...