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, […]
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As the Department of Government Efficiency roots through federal computer systems for taxpayer-funded programs to cut, billionaire Elon Musk said his team is working toward a $1 trillion target. “The overall goal is to try to get a trillion dollars out of the deficit, and if the deficit is not brought under control, America will […]
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In a closely watched Oval Office event, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk shared some of the findings and rationale behind his Department of Government Efficiency, which President Donald Trump has tasked with cutting spending across the government. As an example of his work so far, Musk cited some “crazy things” that had emerged in just the […]
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Editor’s note, Feb. 25, 2025: On Feb. 24, NPR reported it had obtained a document detailing that the State Department under former President Joe Biden had planned to spend $483,000 in fiscal year 2025 to buy electric vehicles, plus $3 million for supporting equipment, including charging stations. That would have been a small fraction of […]
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In his Super Bowl Sunday interview, President Donald Trump defended efforts carried out by Elon Musk to slash the federal budget, including at the U.S. Agency for International Development, and he said more is coming. Trump told Fox News’ Bret Baier that “maybe in 24 hours” he will tell Musk, the billionaire leading the Department […]
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The Department of Government Efficiency — the Trump administration’s cost-cutting agency, headed by billionaire business owner Elon Musk — has put hundreds of federal officials on leave, gained access to sensitive federal payment systems and led the charge to shutter federal agencies. The pushback against DOGE, as it is called, has been swift, as lawmakers […]
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Even as emergency responders were working to recover the remains of passengers and crew members who died in the Jan. 29 midair collision near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, social media users, especially critics of President Donald Trump, pointed to some of Trump’s policies as contributors to the crash. “Just last week, Trump FIRED […]
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Imposing tariffs is one of the constants linking Donald Trump’s first and second presidencies. During his first term, Trump applied tariffs to imported solar panels, washing machines, steel and aluminum, and billions of dollars of Chinese goods. Then, during his 2024 presidential run, he offered an even more aggressive trade agenda, promising a 10% to […]
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School meals for low-income students. Cancer treatment trials. Housing assistance for veterans. These are among the federal programs that might — or might not — be on the chopping block after the White House issued a sweeping, but vague, Jan. 27 late-night memo that ordered a temporary pause on all grants, loans and financial assistance. […]
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Durante los próximos cuatro años, PolitiFact evaluará periódicamente el progreso de 75 promesas que el presidente Donald Trump hizo durante la campaña de 2024. Las propuestas en la agenda del segundo mandato de Trump incluyen: Deportaciones masivas de personas en el país ilegalmente Imposición de aranceles del 10% al 20% a aliados de América del […]
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump se juramento como el presidente número 47 de los Estados Unidos el 20 de enero en la Rotonda del Capitolio, donde habló sobre el comienzo de una nueva “América” bajo su mandato. Trump criticó al Departamento de Justicia, y la frontera bajo la administración del expresidente Joe Biden, resaltando que su […]
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took his second oath of office Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, offering an agenda heavily foreshadowed by his campaign promises. Speaking from inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda because of the subfreezing temperatures, Trump said, “The golden age of America begins right now.” He vowed to […]
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