President Donald Trump took a victory lap after the release of February’s monthly job figures, which showed a gain of 151,000 positions, roughly in line with expectations. Critics warned that job losses could follow in subsequent monthly reports, as federal layoffs and uncertainty over tariff enactment ripples through the economy. The February data stems from […]
Is the Department of Government Efficiency ending the lease for former President Barack Obama’s presidential library? Social media posts would have you believe that, but that’s misleading. DOGE is the Trump administration’s cost-cutting agency, headed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. President Donald Trump created the agency in January by executive order. In a section detailing […]
Amid an outbreak of the highly contagious measles virus in West Texas, some on social media sought to blame former President Joe Biden’s border policies. A Feb. 26 Threads post said, “Update: Plandemic 2.0 – Mainstream Media pushes fear campaign about measles in Texas, hoping to push more people to get vaccinated and try to […]
El presidente Donald Trump recapituló seis semanas de esfuerzos agresivos para cortar la cifra de los trabajadores federales, reorganizar la economía y reorientar la política exterior durante su primer discurso en una sesión conjunta del Congreso. El discurso del 4 de marzo fue largo según estándares históricos – alrededor de 1 hora y 40 minutos […]
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, […]