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If you listen to President Donald Trump and his allies discuss his sweeping tariff plans, one word pops up a lot: “Cheating.” During his April 2 announcement of what he called “liberation day,” Trump released a list of new tariffs of up to 50% on virtually every country — a plan that took effect at […]

Politicians and economists said President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff rollout amounted to a historic tax increase. “Donald Trump just imposed the largest tax hike in our lifetime,” Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted April 2 on X.  Other Democratic politicians made similar claims, including Illinois Gov. JB Priztker, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and […]

For weeks, stock markets have been falling, and the plunge accelerated after President Donald Trump on April 2 unveiled U.S. tariffs on virtually every country. Commenters on social media have said the drop in stock prices could portend a recession. Professional analysts at JPMorgan have estimated a 60% likelihood of a recession, while Goldman Sachs […]

Two-plus months into office, President Donald Trump has signed more than 100 executive orders that inspired over 150 legal challenges against his administration. As Trump exercises and seeks to expand executive powers, people affected by his actions on everything from immigration to civil service employment have taken their complaints to the judiciary in hopes of […]

Billionaire businessman and White House adviser Elon Musk and his colleague, venture capitalist Antonio Gracias, said they uncovered “crazy” information about Social Security and immigrants.  “This is a mind-blowing chart,” Musk said at a March 30 campaign event for the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, pointing to data that showed the number of noncitizens who received […]

April 2 is a big day. For U.S. President Donald Trump, it’s what he’s described as “liberation day,” the date he planned to roll out “reciprocal” tariffs with countries that have trade imbalances with the U.S. And for fact-checkers, it’s International Fact-Checking Day, the post-April Fools’ holiday started by Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. It’s a […]

Several times since he’s returned to the White House, President Donald Trump has teased the possibility of serving more than two terms in office. In an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker that aired March 30, Welker asked Trump, “Have you been presented with any potential plans that would allow you to serve a third term?” […]

Two hours before billionaire businessman Elon Musk stood beside President Donald Trump in an Oval Office press conference, he reshared an anonymous account’s X post that warned a federal judge had engaged in “lawfare” against the Trump administration. It wasn’t the first time that day Musk, a donor who Trump named special adviser, had reshared […]

Days before a hotly contested Wisconsin state Supreme Court election, billionaire and White House adviser Elon Musk announced that he will give a talk in Wisconsin Sunday night and pay two voters $1 million. “Entrance is limited to those who have voted in the Supreme Court election,” stated the early morning March 28 X post. […]

A Columbia University activist with a green card, a Georgetown University academic with a student visa, a Brown University kidney transplant specialist with a work visa: They are among the people who, despite having legal permission to be in the U.S., have recently been detained by immigration authorities or denied entry to the U.S. at […]

After severe storms swept across the U.S. in mid March, killing more than 40 people, social media posts blamed the Trump administration’s recent firings for weakening emergency communication systems. “Catastrophic tornadoes rip through the southeast and warning systems were not operational because of the Ketamine Kid disbanding the National Weather Service warning system through DOGE!” […]

El Presidente de El Salvador Nayib Bukele publicó un video de cientos de migrantes de EE.UU. llegando en aviones a El Salvador, esposados, en grilletes, con la cabeza agachada y bajo alta vigilancia. El video muestra que ellos rápidamente fueron llevados por oficiales a la prisión de máxima seguridad, el Centro de Confinamiento Terrorista, donde […]