People who are hoping to migrate to the United States are increasingly using social media as a source of information. On Facebook and WhatsApp groups, migrants find immediate information that projects confidence and seriousness. But official information often doesn’t reach these online groups. Without meaning to, migrants in Latin America finance misinformation during their journey […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, released an immigration platform June 26 in which he pledged to end birthright citizenship, the automatic granting of citizen status to anyone born on United States soil. In his platform, DeSantis said he would “take action to end the idea that the children […]
Editor’s note, July 21: The second unidentified whistleblower described in this story has since come forward publicly as Joseph Ziegler. He testified July 19, 2023 before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. An IRS agent who oversaw a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden has testified to a House committee that the Justice Department slow-walked the case […]
Abortion may be one of the most divisive issues in American discourse, but polls show most Americans agree on one thing: Doctors should be free to perform emergency abortions when a pregnant woman’s life is in danger. Eighty-two percent of people polled in April said they support abortion when it is deemed necessary to “protect […]
Why is Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, likely to avoid prison time after accepting a plea deal with federal prosecutors, while actor Wesley Snipes and rapper Kodak Black served prison sentences on similar charges? That’s what some observers have asked after Hunter Biden’s June 20 agreement to plead guilty to two tax-related misdemeanor offenses […]
Lawyers typically counsel their clients not to speak publicly as charges are pending against them, to avoid saying something that could weaken their legal defense. But former President Donald Trump ignored that strategy within days of his federal indictment for classified document-related charges. Trump’s interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier aired in two parts […]
El presidente Joe Biden acogió en la Casa Blanca la proyección de la película “Flamin’ Hot”, que cuenta la historia del hijo de un inmigrante mexicano que pasó de conserje a alto ejecutivo de Frito-Lay, la empresa de aperitivos. Biden dijo que “Flamin’ Hot” era la primera proyección pública de una película centrada en la […]
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley suggested at a June 4 CNN town hall that the nation’s infrastructure isn’t ready for eco-friendly transportation. “Electric vehicles are so heavy that our roads and bridges aren’t capable of handling that,” Haley, the former South Carolina governor, said. Three days later, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., raised the same issue. […]
Almost a year ago, the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, which since 1973 had established federal protections for abortion access up to the point of fetal viability. In the year since, the national abortion access landscape has changed significantly. By PolitiFact’s count, 25 states have banned abortion or tightened restrictions […]
The news that presidential son Hunter Biden reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on tax and gun charges outraged allies of former President Donald Trump, who argued that it represented a double standard. According to news reports citing anonymous sources, Hunter Biden had tentatively agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges, for […]
During a recent appearance at the University at Buffalo, Gov. Kathy Hochul was asked about migrants arriving in upstate counties reportedly with little warning and whether they would soon arrive in other communities. She said they had a legal right to be in America and seek asylum. “A lot of people are saying the sky […]
On the presidential campaign trail, Republican candidates are weighing in on whether they would pardon former President Donald Trump if he is convicted of charges stemming from unlawful possession of classified documents. One candidate, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, has offered a full-throated pledge that, if he wins the presidency, he would pardon Trump. Other GOP candidates […]