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Horas después de que el presidente Donald Trump tomó su segundo mandato, firmó una orden ejecutiva que describe su compromiso con la Primera Enmienda y el derecho que, según él, otorga a las personas a “hablar libremente en la plaza pública sin interferencia del gobierno”. “La censura gubernamental de la expresión es intolerable en una […]

President Donald Trump’s speech in Warren, Michigan, marking his 100th day in office sounded a lot like something Trump clearly loves: a good old-fashioned campaign rally.  During the April 29 speech, Trump touted a record number of executive orders, efforts to slash the federal workforce and deportations of immigrants in the United States illegally, spotlighted […]

As President Donald Trump closes out the first 100 days of his second term, PolitiFact is live fact-checking his administration’s reflections on the start of his presidency.  Trump will deliver a speech about his administration’s accomplishments at 6 p.m. ET on April 29 in Macomb County, Michigan. Since Jan. 20, Trump has cracked down on […]

Hours after President Donald Trump took his second-term oath of office, he signed an executive order describing his commitment to the First Amendment and the right he said it affords people to “speak freely in the public square without government interference.” “Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society,” his order said. Over […]

The first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have been busy. PolitiFact has been busy, too. Since Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, our reporters have been fact-checking statements from the president and leaders in his administration, prominent Democrats and viral social media posts about notable moments. We’ve listened to hours of interviews and speeches […]

En sus primeros 100 días, el presidente Donald Trump invocó leyes de inmigración arcaicas, cuestionó el poder de los jueces para fallar en su contra en casos de inmigración e intentó terminar varias vías legales de inmigración.  Trump comenzó a forjar sus planes de inmigración mucho antes de su toma de posesión el 20 de […]

In his first 100 days back in office, President Donald Trump invoked archaic immigration laws, questioned judges’ power to rule against him on immigration cases and attempted to end several legal immigration pathways.  Trump began laying the groundwork for his immigration plans long before his Jan. 20 inauguration. For years, Trump and his allies have […]

In the first 100 days of his second term, President Donald Trump has often been his own biggest hype man when it comes to the economy.  “In the first four years, we had the greatest economy in the history of our country,” Trump (falsely) said April 17 while meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. insists an environmental toxin is responsible for increased autism prevalence in the U.S. “This is a preventable disease,” he said April 16, dismissing an HHS agency report’s explanation for the increase. “We know it’s an environmental exposure. It has to be. Genes do not cause epidemics. […]

Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, was an unlikely chronicler of the world’s reckoning with false information online.   Francis outlined the societal harms of misinformation in 2018, tracing the origin of false news to the Garden of Eden “snake tactics” that led to the original sin. “There is no such thing as harmless […]

After President Donald Trump’s administration admitted in court it had deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in “error,” Trump described the 29-year-old deportee as a dangerous man. Democrats and the media portray Abrego Garcia as “innocent,” which is a “total, blatant, and dangerous LIE,” Trump wrote in an April 20 Truth Social post. […]