An Instagram post takes aim at President Joe Biden’s immigration promise to halt deportations during his first 100 days in office, saying he failed his pledge. “Biden promised 0 deportations during his first 100 days,” said the Feb. 20 Instagram post. “In his first 29 days, Biden deported 26,248 migrants.” The post was flagged as […]
A recent social media post takes aim at President Joe Biden’s promise to bring more students back to classrooms after the coronavirus pandemic closed schools across the country. “We’ll have in person classes at more than 50% of schools in my 1st 100 days!” reads the text over an image of Biden. But below the […]
For years, California state lawmakers have pushed ideas that would allow developers to build small apartment buildings, duplexes and triplexes in neighborhoods zoned almost exclusively for single family homes. These bills, meant to address the state’s severe housing shortage and create more inclusive communities, have gained some traction. But following strong opposition, they ultimately failed […]
President Joe Biden and others in his administration have said it repeatedly and definitively: Pass the coronavirus relief bill and child poverty will be cut in half. Biden said it on Feb. 23, when he hosted Black essential workers for a roundtable at the White House. Referring to the refundable child tax credit that’s part […]
More than a month after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, some Republicans still have trouble saying his November election was valid, giving air to the lie that the election was fraudulent. In an interview on ABC News’ This Week, Rep. Steve Scalise, second in command of the House Republicans, refused to acknowledge that Biden won fair […]
Now that the coronavirus has been in the United States for roughly a year, new numbers are revealing the scale of COVID-19’s impact on American health: COVID-19 has become the country’s third leading cause of death, and could be on its way to outpacing cancer. Through Feb. 23, 2021, a total of 502,005 Americans died […]
Four people died Jan. 6 as supporters of former President Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the election, and one Capitol Police officer died the next day. Details quickly emerged about the four Trump supporters who died the day of the riot. One man, Kevin Greeson, died from a […]
As eligibility for the coronavirus vaccines widens across the United States, more pregnant women are faced with the decision of whether to get vaccinated. Alarming social media posts warn that pregnant women who were vaccinated have experienced miscarriages or could face infertility — anecdotal stories that can heighten anxiety for expectant parents in a climate […]
Fox News and other cable networks are spinning a false narrative that says frozen wind turbines, solar panels and even, somehow, the Green New Deal are to blame for Texas’ crippled energy system, according to a PunditFact review of closed caption information. It’s true that about half of Texas’ wind power capacity was shut down […]
As millions of people lost power amid freezing temperatures in the central and southern Plains, many turned to Google searching for potentially life-saving advice: “How to stay warm without power” “Frostbite pictures” “Signs of hypothermia” Some searchers took their newfound knowledge and shared it on Facebook. “Just saw this. If you have four or five […]
President Joe Biden’s critics were quick to jump on his words about vaccine supply during his Feb. 16 CNN town hall event in Milwaukee. Perhaps too quick. Kayleigh McEnany, former President Donald Trump’s press secretary, tweeted that Biden said “there was no vaccine when he came into office.” “That is abjectly false,” McEnany said. In […]
Texas’ wind energy has become a popular culprit as politicians and interest groups pointed fingers at who was to blame for widespread blackouts that have left millions of Texans without power and heat amid single-digit temperatures. Wind energy has been Texas’ fastest growing energy source over the last decade. Last year, wind supplied 23% of Texas […]