Here are the answers to questions you may have about President Donald Trump’s ability to declare a national emergency over the border wall, what it means for the shutdown, border wall construction, and what precedent it sets for future presidents.
President Donald Trump is not the only presidential subject of scrutiny at PolitiFact. Just like we have been tracking Trump’s promises since the 2016 campaign, we also tallied eight years’ worth of President Barack Obama’s pledges.
We recently asked readers what they wanted to know about the government shutdown. In a previous installment, we tackled questions about missed work and pay for government employees. Here, we’ll address the legislative process and how the border wall proposal prompted the shutdown.
PolitiFact’s Trump-O-Meter is tracking the progress of 102 promises Trump made on the campaign trail.
We recently asked readers what they wanted to know about the government shutdown. Now, we offer some answers.
California Senator Kamala Harris on Tuesday questioned President Trump’s choice to be Attorney General, William Barr, about the effectiveness of building a wall on the Southern border to stop drug trafficking.
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Americans have never seen this level of truth-bending come out of the Oval Office.
A former Obama official said that there is over a 90 percent chance that someone illegally crossing the southwest border will get caught, but experts cast doubt on that figure.
Gov. Jim Justice delivered his third State of the State address tonight, proposing the elimination of a state tax on Social Security benefits, a 5 percent pay raise for state employees including teachers, and millions of dollars more for substance abuse and other social services. PolitiFact West Virginia took a look at the accuracy of a few of Justice’s statements in the speech. We will analyze additional statements from the speech in the coming days.
Immigration policy experts told PolitiFact that Trump’s address included elements of truth, but it didn’t get at the heart of what they said is the actual crisis: the asylum system. Thousands of desperate people are coming to the United States because they’re fleeing violence and poverty in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
PolitiFact is fact-checking President Donald Trump's immigration address.