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Donald Trump rally in Milwaukee, 11-2-2024

In Nov. 1 Milwaukee rally, Trump offers falsehoods on economy, climate change

November 2, 2024

In his last scheduled visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin, former President Donald Trump held a rally at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, the venue where he accepted the Republican presidential nomination in July.   The Nov. 1 rally, which ran more than an hour and 40 minutes, featured repeated attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris (saying […]

Fact-checking Progress 2028, the pro-Trump super PAC impersonating Democrats

November 1, 2024

A conservative group supporting former President Donald Trump spent $350,000 on Facebook and Instagram ads in the final days before the election to sway voters in battleground states away from Vice President Kamala Harris. You wouldn’t know it from looking at them; the ads from “Progress 2028” look as if they are supporting her.  The […]

¿Los inmigrantes recién llegados pueden votar por Kamala Harris o Donald Trump? No, eso es falso

November 1, 2024

¿Están llegando miles de personas ilegalmente a Estados Unidos para votar en las elecciones presidenciales? Si has pasado tiempo en Instagram, Facebook, X o TikTok, quizás has visto publicaciones diciendo que habrá fraude electoral este año electoral debido a la inmigración durante la presidencia de Joe Biden. Ciertas publicaciones van más lejos, diciendo que los […]

Vice President Kamala Harris and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in Royal Oak, Mich., 10-21-2024

In Context: What former President Donald Trump said about Liz Cheney and guns ‘trained on her face’

November 1, 2024

Former President Donald Trump called former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney a “radical war hawk” and said she should see how it feels to face guns “trained on her face.” Trump made the comments to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson at an Oct. 31 campaign event in Glendale, Arizona. Carlson asked Trump whether it was […]

Venezuela soldiers raid Tocoron prison Sept. 2023

Tren de Aragua: What we know about the Venezuelan gang Donald Trump promised to deport

November 1, 2024

Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign has stoked fear about what he calls “migrant crime,” despite a nearly 50-year low in violent crime and studies showing that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens. Approaching Election Day, Trump has zeroed in on one group — the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan prison gang.  […]

A Pennsylvania Republican said she was arrested for telling voters to stay in line. Was she?

October 31, 2024

“Do not get out of line! Do not get out of line!” a woman in a video shouts as two police officers whisk her away. Off camera, the person filming the incident can be heard saying, “Wow, wow, wow. That’s crazy. You locked her up? That is insane, man.”  “She is influencing people,” one observer […]

Burned ballots from drop box in Clark County, Wash.

Overwhelming majority of ballot boxes are secure, rare for ballots to be lost or destroyed

October 31, 2024

Millions of Americans have already cast their ballots in the 2024 presidential election, at polling places or by dropping them in the mail or at ballot boxes — long a popular way to return completed ballots. When some ballots were damaged Oct. 28 in fires intentionally set at ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington state, […]

WMUR debate Joyce Craig and Kelly Ayotte. 10-30-2024

Fact-checking the New Hampshire gubernatorial debate on WMUR

October 31, 2024

In New Hampshire’s gubernatorial race, the nation’s closest, former Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Democratic Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig met for a largely cordial debate Oct. 30 hosted by WMUR-TV. The candidates were asked to address their positions on abortion, immigration and homelessness.  One of the more contentious moments came when WMUR moderator […]

Noncitizen voting is already rare in local elections, but 8 states want to ban it

October 31, 2024

As noncitizen voting has taken center stage in the 2024 presidential election, voters in eight states will decide whether to ban noncitizens from voting in any elections, including local ones — a practice that’s already rare. U.S. citizenship is required to vote in federal, state and the vast majority of local elections. Only the District […]

5 ways Senate candidates in toss-up races tried to mislead voters, fact-checked

October 31, 2024

Candidates have been waging high-stakes, high-dollar campaigns in Senate races across the country this year, as Senate control rests on a few swing states. Democrats, who now control the Senate with 51 seats, are playing defense, looking to protect incumbents in competitive races and stop Republicans from gaining open seats in Michigan and Arizona.  Republicans […]

Donald Trump in Rocky Mount, N.C., 10-30-2024

Trump is talking more about ‘the enemy from within’ near Election Day. Who is he talking about?

October 30, 2024

In the 2024 election’s final weeks, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly spotlighted what he calls “the enemy from within.” On Oct. 9, he told supporters in Scranton, Pennsylvania, that Vice President Kamala Harris is surrounded by “very smart, very vicious people” who are “the enemy from within.” On Oct. 13, he told Fox News’ […]

Not knowing all the results on election night is normal. Here’s why.

October 30, 2024

Former President Donald Trump recently told his supporters that the United States should have a system to know results on election night. Calling for “quick, fair elections” at an Oct. 19 Pennsylvania rally, Trump said, “We spend all this money on machines, and then they announce, ‘We expect to have the results like seven days […]

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