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Did California’s Riverside County sheriff’s office thwart a “third assassination attempt” against former President Donald Trump? That’s what Sheriff Chad Bianco said after a Las Vegas man was arrested on state weapons charges at a checkpoint outside former President Donald Trump’s Oct. 12 rally in Coachella Valley, California.  Trump was shot in the ear at […]

Vice President Kamala Harris responded to the concerns of undecided Latino voters at a town hall by Univision Noticias organized Oct. 10.  Harris outlined the policies she wants to execute as president and criticized her opponent, Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump, at the event in Las Vegas, moderated by TelevisaUnivision journalist Enrique Acevedo. […]

Southeastern U.S. residents have suffered back-to-back hurricanes and a torrent of mis- and disinformation that complicated relief efforts and distorted information about available assistance. Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 storm that made landfall Sept. 26 in northern Florida’s Big Bend area, left destruction across six states and killed more than 200 people. Category 3 Hurricane […]

La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris y candidata presidencial demócrata respondió a las inquietudes de los votantes latinos indecisos en una audiencia pública organizada por Univision Noticias.  El periodista de TelevisaUnivision Enrique Acevedo moderó el evento en Las Vegas. La audiencia le preguntó a Harris sobre diversos temas, incluyendo si proveería más vías para la legalización de […]

In the only scheduled debate for Arizona’s open U.S. Senate race, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego sought to cast Republican Kari Lake as having extreme views. Lake said Gallego had undergone an “extreme makeover” to make his liberal views more palatable to moderate and conservative voters. Lake, a longtime news anchor in Phoenix, came to national […]

Since entering the presidential race in July, Vice President Kamala Harris sat for relatively few  interviews with media outlets, opting instead for rallies with scripted speeches.  That changed this week. In a few days’ span, she did interviews with the hard-hitting network newsmagazine, CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” ABC’s morning talkfest “The View” and CBS’ “The […]

Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers and Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin met Oct. 8 in their first debate, trading attacks over national security, immigration and the cost of living.  The two are competing for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat held by outgoing Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Slotkin argued that Rogers’ record on topics like abortion and Medicare […]

Updated with additional promises, Oct. 13, 2024 One of the most important questions many Americans have in an election is how presidential candidates would approach taxes. For this year’s nominees, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, their answers have little in common. Trump would prioritize income tax cuts for wealthier Americans and […]

After AARP published interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, a PolitiFact reader noticed that the organization did not fact-check the candidates’ responses. The presidential candidates spoke by phone with Robert Love, vice president and editor-in-chief of AARP Publications, in late August. On Oct. 2, AARP published the Q&A’s, in which […]

Former President Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the first assassination attempt against him, to rally his supporters just a month before Election Day. “Exactly 12 weeks ago this evening, on this very ground, a cold-blooded assassin aimed to silence me and to silence the greatest movement, MAGA, in the history of […]

A surge of misinformation has bubbled up as federal and state agencies and officials have led relief efforts for people affected by Hurricane Helene’s deadly storm system. In North Carolina, government officials declared 25 of the state’s 100 counties disaster areas after the storm swept across the state’s western region last week — causing record […]

One year ago, on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages. The attack triggered the Israel-Hamas war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, and a year of misinformation. Images and videos that have been altered or taken out of context flooded social media platforms, […]