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President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Aug. 8 to defer federal student loan payments and waive interest rates for tens of millions of borrowers. The memo was the fourth of a series of executive actions the president took in lieu of congressional agreement on additional coronavirus relief. The move is an extension of a […]

Joe Biden, the expected challenger to President Donald Trump, says he can lead the United States to recover from the economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. He also says he can lead in the fight against climate change. In fact, the former vice president believes those two efforts should go together. “Here we […]

A video that was viewed or shared by millions of people on social media shows a group of doctors calling for the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, despite warnings from public health experts.  The clip shows members of a newly created group called America’s Frontline Doctors at a press conference outside the Supreme Court […]

President Donald Trump listed scores of what he called “extreme” recommendations that emerged from weeks of meetings between advisers to Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, and Sanders, the leading voice for the most progressive Democrats, released a sweeping 110-page document covering platform positions on immigration, health care, climate […]

Editor’s note: PolitiFact’s Stump Speech Analyzer looks at the content and accuracy of candidate stump speeches. Following our summary of the speech’s main themes, we present fact-checks of specific talking points. Read our previous stump speech analyzers for Joe Biden and the Democratic primary field. The speech: Biden’s 30-minute speech in Dunmore, Pa., July 9, […]

Mid-to-late July is usually a time when American families gear up for a new school year. It’s filled with back-to-school sales, supply lists and a return to the structure an eight-hour school day provides. But as the U.S. grapples with escalating confirmed daily cases of COVID-19, parents, teachers and lawmakers are wrestling instead with questions […]

Editor’s note: PolitiFact’s Stump Speech Analyzer looks at the content and accuracy of candidate stump speeches. Following our summary of the speech’s main themes, we present fact-checks of specific talking points. Read our previous stump speech analyzers for Joe Biden and the Democratic primary field. The speeches: Trump’s 41-minute speech at Mount Rushmore in South […]

All six candidates headed to the debate stage on Jan. 14 support broad-based policies to address climate change. 

A Facebook post rattles off eight accusations against President Donald Trump and his comments around the 9/11 attacks.

Many candidates have plans, some lengthy and detailed, some brief and vague, to address climate change. We review the latest plans.

Many candidates have plans, some lengthy and detailed, some brief and vague, to address climate change. Generally, the candidates support recommitting to the Paris climate agreement and implementing a Green New Deal, at least in some form. But there are some exceptions. 

 

The United States Women’s National Soccer Team recently won the Women’s World Cup for the fourth time. But the team’s compensation remains the subject of considerable controversy.