Elon Musk has been credited with a lot of things: Tesla. SpaceX. Twitter’s rebrand to X. But, on Facebook, he has also been credited with some spectacular new inventions: a Tesla water engine. A $1,000 Tesla e-bike. Low-cost Tesla houses. A robot for surrogate pregnancies. A “UFO fighter jet that defies physics.” If these seem […]
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When President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate one of the nation’s most prominent antivaccine movement leaders to lead the Health and Human Services Department, some social media users warned Americans to update their vaccines. “IMPORTANT — vaccines could now be BANNED for part of this winter by Trump and RFK Jr, although hopefully any […]
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President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, has faced allegations of sexual assault and questions about his tattoos and their possible connection to extremist groups. Readers asked PolitiFact whether Hegseth’s tattoos barred him from serving in the National Guard during President Joe Biden’s January 2021 inauguration. […]
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Whether former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., serves as U.S. attorney general during Trump’s second administration depends on several factors, including what senators make of a House committee investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by Gaetz. The House Ethics Committee is scheduled to meet Nov. 20, when it could decide whether to release a bipartisan report […]
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The House is on track to be narrowly divided for a third straight Congress, forcing the Republican speaker to use every bit of leverage to keep members in line on tough votes. As the final House races’ results fall into place, it appears that Republicans will win a slim House majority. Unexpected developments, such as […]
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Within hours of President-elect Donald Trump winning the 2024 election, women took to social media with a warning: If you’re in a broken marriage, get out now. They said divorce laws would change once Trump is in office, citing the Project 2025 conservative policy document for the next Republican administration. “If you are a woman […]
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As Elon Musk launches the Department of Government Efficiency to recommend spending cuts, he has highlighted examples of what he considers waste. Musk, an entrepreneur, amplified posts on his X platform that said the government funded research on “transgender” monkeys, cats on treadmills and “alcoholic rats” sprayed with bobcat urine. “Some of this stuff is […]
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After Americans voted to return former President Donald Trump to the Oval Office, some Trump supporters celebrated on social media by sharing lists of things that had changed virtually overnight. Pastor Franklin Graham shared a Facebook post Nov. 9 saying, “Someone posted about some of the good things that have already happened since President Donald […]
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Barely a week after winning the presidency, President-elect Donald Trump made his surprise announcement that he would nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., for attorney general A few hours later, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., praised the pick. “Everyone who’s served with him will tell you he’s one of the most intelligent members of Congress,” Johnson […]
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Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread and uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team. Trump announced Nov. 14 he’ll nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, after saying during […]
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El presidente electo Donald Trump dedicó gran parte de su campaña a atacar a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris por su rol en un cargo que ni ella ni nadie de la administración Biden ocupó: “zar de la frontera”. Ahora, Trump creó ese puesto para su nueva administración. En una publicación el 10 de noviembre en […]
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Until President-elect Donald Trump announced Tom Homan as his incoming “border czar,” Homan was perhaps best known for his association with a controversial policy that led to children’s separation from their families. Homan was Trump’s acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2017 and 2018, when the administration enacted the zero-tolerance policy that resulted […]
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