In remarks from Trump Tower almost nine years after he launched his first presidential campaign there, former President Donald Trump lashed out about his Manhattan trial and sought to defend his record and his character. Trump criticized a judicial gag order and the prosecution that one day earlier resulted in 34 felony convictions for falsifying […]
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As Election Day looms, many Republican politicians are facing the same question from reporters on the campaign trail: Will they accept the results of the 2024 election? Amid former President Donald Trump’s repeated false claims that he won the 2020 election, including in Wisconsin, some Republicans took up his case, casting doubt on the results […]
In a landmark moment in U.S. political and legal history, a Manhattan jury on May 30 found former President Donald Trump guilty of multiple felony counts. A unanimous jury in the New York case concluded that Trump was guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up a hush […]
Former President Donald Trump is a convicted felon. A unanimous jury in the Manhattan case concluded May 30 that Trump was guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. “Victory on November […]
New York taxpayers are spending $2.4 billion on services for migrants in New York City, prompting claims from some lawmakers about what the migrants are receiving. Assemblymember Doug Smith, a Long Island Republican, shared an image on his social media accounts that claimed the recently enacted state budget includes free health care and debit cards […]
A Manhattan jury is likely to soon deliver a verdict in the case against former President Donald Trump, a decision that will have implications for the 2024 presidential campaign. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy […]
En Ingles: Donald Trump is guilty in NY trial: What’s next? En Ingles: Fact-checking Trump’s response to guilty verdict in New York El expresidente Donald Trump puede postularse a la Casa Blanca aunque sea declarado culpable por un delito grave en Nueva York. Pero como floridano, ¿podría seguir votando? Trump está acusado de 34 cargos de falsificación […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, drew headlines and social media chatter for a feisty exchange with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., about personal appearances. But in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” she focused less on looks and more on books. On May 19, Crockett mentioned President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at Morehouse College, a […]
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, some social media users continue to spread false claims that the 2020 presidential contest was stolen, pointing to purported fraud in Georgia as evidence. A May 9 Instagram post claimed that Fulton County, Georgia, election officials “scanned more than 3,000 ballots twice during the recount of the 2020 presidential […]
A bill that would exclude noncitizens from the U.S. Census count that determines the number of congressional seats in each state has spurred misleading claims online. “In case you missed it, every single Democrat in the House just voted for illegal immigrants to count toward representation in Congress and the Electoral College,” a woman in […]
From the earliest days of the Israel-Hamas war, global leaders have questioned the reliability of fatality data coming out of Gaza. In October, without citing a specific reason, President Joe Biden said he had “no confidence” in the numbers. Today, the overall figure of people dead is reported at about 35,000. But there’s no clear […]