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Trump President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding the southern border 01-20-2025

Insurrection Act vs. martial law: What power applies to Trump’s April 20 deadline?

April 16, 2025

Trader on floor of NYSE

What is the bond market, and why is it so important for the economy?

By Louis Jacobson

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April 15, 2025

Trump and Bukele in Oval Office 04-14-25

Fact-checking Nayib Bukele and Trump officials on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s deportation

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

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April 14, 2025

Flu vaccine, New York, 9-24-2024

What vaccine skeptics are getting wrong about a new Cleveland Clinic study on the flu vaccine

By Loreben Tuquero

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April 11, 2025

NASDAQ prices April 10, 2025

Critics accuse President Donald Trump of insider trading. Experts say that’s a stretch.

By Louis Jacobson

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April 10, 2025

Car factory in Georgia, March 2025

Can car shoppers avoid tariff sticker shock by buying American brands? It’s not that simple

By Amy Sherman

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April 10, 2025

Fentanyl pills on a silver tray background

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

By Henry Larweh

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April 10, 2025

Trump after liberation day tariffs at White House

Are other countries ‘cheating’ the U.S. on trade?

By Louis Jacobson

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April 9, 2025

Trump holding list of tariffs on "Liberation Day"

Did Trump impose ‘the largest tax hike in our lifetime’? How it compares, as it’s currently proposed

By Grace Abels

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April 7, 2025

Stock trader April 7, 2025

What is a recession, and is it tied to stock market declines? What to know after Trump’s tariffs

By Louis Jacobson

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April 7, 2025

Venezuelan deportees artwork in Venezuela

Fact-checking misleading statements by Trump and his allies about Judge James Boasberg

By Amy Sherman

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April 3, 2025

Elon Musk and Antonio Garcias in front of Social Security chart 03-30-2025

Elon Musk’s ‘mind-blowing’ chart isn’t new: People with work permits get Social Security numbers

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

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April 2, 2025

Peanut seller Susano Cordoba at the southern border with trucks

On International Fact-Checking Day, PolitiFact explains the truth in Trump’s tariffs agenda

April 2, 2025

Original copy of the Constitution

Can Donald Trump become a three-term president?

By Louis Jacobson

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March 31, 2025

Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about ‘Amuse’

March 31, 2025

Elon Musk at CPAC 02-20-25

Elon Musk’s PAC is paying Wisconsin petition signers before Supreme Court election. Is it legal?

By Amy Sherman

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March 28, 2025

ICE agent 01-27-25

Ask PolitiFact: What evidence does the government need to deport green card, visa holders?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe

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March 26, 2025

Aftermath of tornado, Plantersville, Alabama, 03-16-2025

NOAA firings came just before a U.S. tornado outbreak. Did public warning systems work?

By Loreben Tuquero

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March 26, 2025

Soldados allanan centro de TdA 09-20-2023

Tren de Aragua: Que sabemos sobre la pandilla venezolana que Trump designó como terrorista

By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe

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March 25, 2025

AOC and Bernie Sanders at Fighting Oligarchy rally in Tempe

Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels

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March 21, 2025

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