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In the first directive since his nomination to secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust psychiatric medications and their use among children into the national spotlight. The Trump administration introduced the initiative “Make our Children Healthy Again Assessment” in a February executive order that aims, in part, to “assess the prevalence […]

Donald Trump has promised that millions of people are going to be deported during his second term, and when it comes time to find people to deport, Dane County could find itself a target.  That’s based on comments made by U.S.Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, during a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee just days before […]

In President Donald Trump’s March 4 address to Congress, he referenced the story of one of his invited guests to illustrate the “toxic ideologies” he was attempting to erase from schools.  “A few years ago, January Littlejohn and her husband discovered that their daughter’s school had secretly socially transitioned their 13-year-old little girl,”Trump said. “Teachers […]

President Donald Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut the federal workforce, reorganize the economy and reorient foreign policy in his first address to a joint session of Congress. The March 4 speech was long by historical standards — about an hour and 40 minutes — and it inspired more opposition party pushback […]

In his annual address to the Florida Legislature, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the state as a U.S. leader on the economy, education and immigration. DeSantis repeated talking points about Florida being No. 1 in entrepreneurship, new business formation and gross domestic product growth among large states — all of which we fact-checked last year. […]

PolitiFact is live fact-checking President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress at 9 p.m. EST March 4. PolitiFact has fact-checked Trump 1,078 times since 2011. Tonight, we’ll draw on that deep archive to check the accuracy of his statements.  If you prefer a morning roundup of the most notable claims, subscribe to our weekly newsletter or […]

In President Donald Trump’s first month back in office, the U.S. expanded old tactics and found new partners to help carry out his promised historic deportation efforts.  Phil McGraw, the former daytime TV host, brought cameras as agents arrested people in Chicago. Trump entered diplomatic deportation agreements with other countries so they take deported migrants. […]

When President Donald Trump addresses Congress March 4, he will describe a rapid-fire effort to deliver on his campaign promises to make Americans safer and wealthier. By the numbers, Trump has been very busy; he signed more than 70 executive orders in about six weeks. But many of his policies on immigration, tariffs, consumer prices, […]

In an extraordinary televised Oval Office meeting, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shouted and argued about how to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. Trump threatened to withdraw U.S. support for Ukraine if the leaders couldn’t make a deal. “You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out,” Trump said during the […]

Texas reported the first measles death Feb. 26, in an unvaccinated school-aged child, related to an ongoing outbreak in the state. It’s the first U.S. measles death since 2015. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported three measles outbreaks, including in Texas and New Mexico, in 2025. Public health experts said weakening […]

President Donald Trump told governors to change their election laws and repeated falsehoods and misleading statements to make his case for new voting policies.  If states required “proof of citizenship, voter ID, paper ballots, one day voting,” Trump said, it would result in knowing “the results of your election by 10 p.m.”  What Trump leaves […]

Rep. Claudia Tenney recently claimed that people on the terror watch list have been “let loose” in the United States. Her claim came as part of her argument against New York state’s law that grants driver’s licenses to New Yorkers regardless of their immigration status.  “New York is one of the worst,” Tenney said on Fox News. […]