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President Joe Biden’s decision this month to pause a shipment of heavy weaponry to Israel amid that country’s war against Hamas in Gaza was widely seen as an effort to  discourage a full-scale attack on Rafah that could kill large numbers of civilians. Critics, however, characterized the pause as an unprecedented departure from the United States’ […]

El aspirante presidencial independiente Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dijo en una declaración en 2012 que un médico creía que una anomalía en sus escáneres cerebrales en 2010 fue causada por un gusano que entró en su cerebro, “se comió una porción y luego murió”, según publicó The New York Times el 8 de mayo de […]

Ban: Merriam-Webster defines it as “a legal or formal prohibition.” But in the 2024 election cycle — the first general election since Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that enshrined a constitutional right to an abortion, was overturned — the term has morphed into polarizing political rhetoric. “Ban” has become synonymous with abortion and the […]

En noviembre, los floridianos votarán por una enmienda que busca ampliar el acceso al aborto hasta el punto de viabilidad fetal. Si los votantes aprueban la enmienda, está anularía la actual prohibición estatal del aborto después de las primeras seis semanas de embarazo. La Enmienda 4 dice que los abortos no pueden ser prohibidos antes […]

Un comité de acción política que apoya la reelección del expresidente Donald Trump lanzó un anuncio en inglés, en el que afirma que el presidente Joe Biden está pagando la renta de los inmigrantes que se encuentran ilegalmente en Estados Unidos.  El anuncio muestra a una actriz que interpreta el papel de una empleada de […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Poynter’s PolitiFact, the Pulitzer-Prize winning fact-checking newsroom, is pleased to announce the launch of a new Spanish-language experience, PolitiFact en Español, to help more than 40 million Spanish-speakers in the U.S. sort out the truth in politics. A new Spanish-language website and a related social media presence are the culmination of […]

San Petersburgo, FL — PolitiFact, un medio de verificación de hechos ganador del premio Pulitzer, que pertenece a Poynter, se complace en anunciar el lanzamiento de su nueva experiencia en español, ‘PolitiFact en Español’. El propósito de esta iniciativa es ayudar a los más de 40 millones de hispanohablantes en los Estados Unidos a encontrar la verdad […]

A presidential candidate said doctors found a worm in his brain. That worm, he said, also consumed some of his brain tissue while it was in there. The New York Times reported May 8 that in a 2012 deposition during divorce proceedings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a doctor believed an abnormality on his brain […]

Gov. Kristi Noem’s book didn’t officially drop until May 7, but a torrent of headlines made the rollout troublesome for the South Dakotan. First, there was the story about Noem shooting her 14-month-old dog Cricket, which angered animal lovers, gathered wall-to-wall headlines (including from PolitiFact) and prompted jokes on late-night television, including “Saturday Night Live” in […]

By 320-91 vote, the House on May 1 passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act.  The bill came to a vote amid pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses against the Israel-Hamas war that some Jewish students said they found threatening. It produced an unusual lineup of supporters and detractors. Although the legislation passed easily and with bipartisan support, […]

At former President Donald Trump’s two rallies in Wisconsin this year, voters have heard mixed messages on voting early.  Republican leaders from the state — including U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and party Chair Brian Schimming — have urged supporters to “bank” their vote by using mail-in ballots or early voting locations.  Trump, however, hasn’t taken the […]