A digital ad targeting former Vice President Joe Biden used edited video to suggest, wrongly, that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee would defund the police. The 15-second ad, from conservative super PAC America First Action, selectively edits a clip from Biden’s interview with liberal activist Ady Barkan. While the text on the screen reads, “Defund […]
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 […]
Donald Trump entered the White House promising tough enforcement of immigration laws and a southern border wall to stop illegal crossings. He said he’d work with Congress to pass laws that accomplished his priorities. But it didn’t work out exactly as he envisioned. During Trump’s presidency, Congress has not passed any bill to revamp the […]
As thousands of communities wrestle with reopening their schools this fall, President Donald Trump said he would be comfortable sending his son or a grandchild back to school. Pressed on whether he understood why some districts would see that as too risky, Trump had reassuring words about COVID-19 and students. “A lot of people are […]
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President Donald Trump came into office vowing to repeal and replace Obamacare. While he successfully neutralized the health care law’s requirement that everyone carry insurance, the law remains in effect. When Fox News host Chris Wallace noted that Trump has yet to put forward a replacement plan, Trump told him to stay tuned. “We’re signing […]
Videos captured at recent protests in Portland, Ore., show protesters swept off the street and whisked away by camouflage-clad federal agents driving unmarked vehicles. They show a man hit in the head with a less-than-lethal munition while holding a loudspeaker. They show a Navy veteran beaten with a baton and pepper sprayed, a line of local […]
Backlash against Black Lives Matter includes branding it as Marxist. The attack has been made in recent weeks by Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer; Ben Carson, Trump’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development; conservative talk show host Mark Levin; and PragerU, which has more than 4 million Facebook followers. Aren’t sure what Marxism […]
Demonstrators calling for racial justice packed the streets of Los Angeles this spring, as they did in cities across the globe following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. But how much, exactly, did the demonstrations in L.A. — where many people wore face coverings, but also chanted and crowded together for hours — […]
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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 […]
As the number of new cases and deaths from the coronavirus continue to surge in Texas, a widely circulated tweet about statewide data went viral Thursday, even leading U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to share the post. The tweet, shared by Fox 4 anchor Steve Eagar had garnered more than 25,000 retweets and 30,000 likes by […]