Fact-checking Gov. Tim Walz on Americans’ savings
“Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.”
Photo of PA arson suspect Cody Balmer was falsely edited to show anti-Trump sentiment
Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett is not cashing her grandmother’s Social Security checks. That came from satire
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett says “she ‘simply forgot' to inform Social Security that her grandmother died in 2012 … She’s been collecting $2,600 a month…
Critics of ‘Hands Off’ protests mislead with photos, videos they say are proof of paid protestors
By Grace Abels
April 11, 2025 Photos and videos show Washington, D.C., protests against White House adviser Elon Musk are “staged & paid — bussed in, scripted, clocked out.”
US trade deficit with China is less than $300 billion, not $1 trillion, as Donald Trump said
In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”
Hasta la fecha, la venta de TikTok no se ha cancelado y usar la aplicación aún es gratis
“China cancela la venta de TikTok” y “a partir de finales de abril los usuarios estadounidenses tendrán que pagar una tarifa mensual obligatoria para seguir…
Donald Trump falsely calls 2020 election ‘rigged’ in memo targeting former cybersecurity leader
The 2020 election was “rigged” and Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, “baselessly” dismissed “election malfeasance.”
Fact-check: Trump said tariffs collections are ‘almost $2 billion a day.’ Trade experts are doubtful
By Amy Sherman
April 10, 2025 The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins misleads on trade deficit by cherry picking data, relying on projection
“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.
Flip flop: Trump said he wasn’t looking at pausing tariffs. Two days later, he did.
By Amy Sherman
April 9, 2025 On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
Sen. Ruben Gallego is mostly right: American men trail women in higher education at historic levels
Men “have the lowest college attainment rate ever.”
Trump official didn’t confirm a tariff pause, but markets rallied amid false headlines
Says Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council director, said on April 7, “Trump is considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except China.”