Latest Stories By Amy Sherman

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Verificando el discurso del presidente Donald Trump ante el Congreso

El presidente Donald Trump recapituló seis semanas de esfuerzos agresivos para cortar la cifra de los trabajadores federales, reorganizar la economía y reorientar la política exterior durante su primer discurso en una sesión conjunta del Congreso.  El discurso del 4 de marzo fue largo según estándares históricos – alrededor de 1 hora y 40 minutos […]
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Is Donald Trump keeping his promises on immigration, tariffs and DOGE?

When President Donald Trump addresses Congress March 4, he will describe a rapid-fire effort to deliver on his campaign promises to make Americans safer and wealthier. By the numbers, Trump has been very busy; he signed more than 70 executive orders in about six weeks. But many of his policies on immigration, tariffs, consumer prices, […]
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Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy’s tense Oval Office meeting about Ukraine and Russia, fact-checked

In an extraordinary televised Oval Office meeting, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shouted and argued about how to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. Trump threatened to withdraw U.S. support for Ukraine if the leaders couldn’t make a deal. “You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out,” Trump said during the […]
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Trump at the Governors Working Session 02-21-2025

Fact-check: Trump relies on falsehoods when pushing voting changes in speech to governors

President Donald Trump told governors to change their election laws and repeated falsehoods and misleading statements to make his case for new voting policies.  If states required “proof of citizenship, voter ID, paper ballots, one day voting,” Trump said, it would result in knowing “the results of your election by 10 p.m.”  What Trump leaves […]
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Musk no prueba que millones de centenarios reciben pagos fraudulentamente del Seguro Social

Elon Musk, el multimillonario asesorando al presidente Donald Trump sobre como cortar el presupuesto federal, está apuntando hacia la Administración del Seguro Social y da la impresión de que millones de personas de edades irreal podrían estar recibiendo pagos de beneficios. “Según la base de datos del Seguro Social, estos son los números de personas […]
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Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits

Elon Musk, the billionaire advising President Donald Trump how to cut federal spending, is taking aim at the Social Security Administration and giving the impression millions of implausibly old people may be getting benefits payments. “According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field […]
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Trump, Musk claim government ‘fraud’ without showing proof. How common is federal fraud, abuse?

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump said they have uncovered massive “fraud” in the federal government. During Oval Office remarks Feb. 11, Trump said that their efforts to cut spending turned up  “billions and billions of dollars in waste, fraud and abuse.”  Trump added: “We found fraud and abuse, I would say those two words […]
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Trump raises fist at Super Bowl 2025 on field in New Orleans, 2-9-2025

Fact-check: President Donald Trump’s Super Bowl LIX interview with Fox’s Bret Baier

In his Super Bowl Sunday interview, President Donald Trump defended efforts carried out by Elon Musk to slash the federal budget, including at the U.S. Agency for International Development, and he said more is coming.  Trump told Fox News’ Bret Baier that “maybe in 24 hours” he will tell Musk, the billionaire leading the Department […]
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Bill Clinton and Al Gore, 9-20-1994

Yes, Bill Clinton offered mass federal employee buyouts. Here’s why Trump’s program is different.

As unions and Democrats denounced the Trump administration’s effort to slash the federal workforce through worker buyouts, some social media users have said his actions parallel those by President Bill Clinton. “To all you Democrats freaking out over President Trump’s buyout program, I present to you a piece of history,” LD Basler, a retired federal […]
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Killing chickens, banning TikTok: Six times Trump criticized Democrats for things he also supported

President Donald Trump delivers a simple message to voters: he will rescue them from Democratic policies that have imperiled their wallets, safety and freedom. Here’s what he omits: sometimes he promoted those very same policies. Here are six times Trump or his spokesperson called out Democrats for policies that Trump himself supported during his first […]
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Donald Trump signing order on tiktok in Oval Office, 1-20-2025

Donald Trump issues order to pause TikTok ban for 75 days

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to pause the TikTok ban for 75 days.  Trump’s order says the attorney general “shall not take any action to enforce the Act” passed by Congress. That will give Trump’s administration “an opportunity to determine the appropriate course of action.”  The attorney general, Trump […]
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Juramentación del Donald Trump 01-20-2025

Verificamos lo que Donald Trump dijo en su inauguración presidencial

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump se juramento como el presidente número 47 de los Estados Unidos el 20 de enero en la Rotonda del Capitolio, donde habló sobre el comienzo de una nueva “América” bajo su mandato.  Trump criticó al Departamento de Justicia, y la frontera bajo la administración del expresidente Joe Biden, resaltando que su […]
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