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After sections of the U.S. Constitution went missing from the Library of Congress’ website, some said the Trump administration erased the provisions entirely. Missing website text cannot alter U.S.
The center estimated that the U.S. is home to 21.6 million noncitizens, about half of whom are here illegally. It said that noncitizens — regardless of immigration status — created a net gain of 14 ...
After a group of teenagers severely beat a prominent employee of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency in an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C., Trump threatened a federal ...
Yellowstone National Park, mostly located in Wyoming, is home to hundreds of species of birds, fish and mammals such as bison, elks, grizzly bears and mountain lions. But these animals are not on the ...
After House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home early for recess in July, he said if they were so concerned about releasing records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ...
Joint Texas House and Senate committees held three hearings about the July 4 floods that killed at least 135 people. Two were in late July and one was the same day as Democratic National Committee ...
Social media posts misleadingly shared a clip of remarks by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with the false claim that 4,725 wire transfers came from President Donald Trump.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced an 818,000-job downward revision as part of a standard, annual review process in 2024. The agency didn’t keep this secret until after th ...
"The gerrymander in California is outrageous," Vance posted July 30 on X. "Of their 52 congressional districts, 9 of them are Republican. That means 17 percent of their delegation is Republican when ...
We found no evidence that Home Depot signed a $250 million deal with DHS allowing immigration arrests on its properties. We rate this claim False. Email interview with Beth Marlowe, a Home Depot ...
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They cited conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand, Israel and Iran, and India and Pakistan, although India disputes Trump’s involvement.  But "the others strike me as major exaggerations or very ...