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2024 presidential debate fact-check: How accurate were Joe Biden, Donald Trump?

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, shared a debate stage June 27 for the first time since 2020, in a feisty confrontation that — thanks to debate rules — managed to avoid the near-constant interruptions that marred their previous meetings. Biden, who spoke in a raspy voice […]
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Debate presidencial entre Joe Biden y Donald Trump: PolitiFact verificó lo que dijeron

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden y el expresidente Donald Trump, se encontraron de nuevo en el primer debate presidencial de esta campaña 2024, organizado por CNN. La última vez que ambos se vieron cara a cara fue en el 2020, pero las circunstancias de este enfrentamiento han sido diferentes a las de entonces. […]
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Live: Fact-checking Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s first 2024 presidential debate

PolitiFact live fact-checked the first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on June 27 with CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. See Figure 1 on PolitiFact.com Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok and X (formerly Twitter).
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CNN presidential debate signs in Atlanta (1), 6-25-2024

Biden debate prep fuels false and misleading claims about body doubles and drugs

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will take the stage June 27 for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election. But some conservative politicians, pundits and social media users are pushing unfounded claims it won’t actually be Biden behind the lectern — or if it is, it’ll be Biden in an altered […]
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Comparing economic performance for Black Americans under Trump, Biden

As they face off in this year’s election, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have aggressively courted Black Americans’ votes.  Historically, Black voters have overwhelmingly backed Democrats, but polling so far this year shows some openness among Black voters, especially Black men, to support Trump. In May, the Pew Research Center reported […]
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Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Israel and Gaza: Comparing their positions

For decades, American politicians of both parties have tended to coalesce around support for Israel. That support has shifted as Israel wages its war in Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that left more than 1,000 Israelis dead and several hundred taken hostage. The United Nations estimates more than 35,000 people — including many […]
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8 ejemplos de las consecuencias de la difusión de información errónea sobre las elecciones de 2020

Una película y un libro de 2022 llamados “2,000 Mules” describieron lo que, según ellos, era evidencia creíble de un esfuerzo generalizado por parte de personas (“mulas”) que depositaban ilegalmente papeletas en las urnas para influir en las elecciones de 2020.  La película causó sensación en los círculos conservadores, donde clips del creador de la […]
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Joe Biden (seated) and Emmanuel Macron at US cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy 06-06-2024

‘Cheap fake’ videos, and the phrase itself, take 2024 election’s center stage

President Joe Biden sitting in an “invisible” chair in France. Biden wandering off from an event in Italy. Biden freezing on stage at a Los Angeles fundraiser. These misleading claims and others, based on videos that are deceptively edited or taken out of context, have flooded voters’ social media platforms in the last two weeks. […]
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¿Cómo el fin del Obamacare afectaría la protección de enfermedades preexistentes?

La campaña de reelección del presidente Joe Biden busca que los votantes comparen su historial en política de salud con la del expresidente Donald Trump. En mayo, lanzaron un anuncio publicitario dirigido a los votantes de los estados indecisos y a los grupos minoritarios. En el comercial, titulado “Terminate“, Biden ataca al expresidente por sus […]
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Prep for the first presidential debate with our guide to Biden, Trump talking points

When former President Donald Trump talks about the cost of chicken and eggs, he has often been accurate. But Trump is also prone to exaggerating inflation’s wallop under President Joe Biden. Biden acknowledges inflation in his speeches, but he often says wages have outpaced inflation — which all depends on when you start. Many media […]
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Where Trump and Biden stand on key LGBTQ+ issues

President Biden kicked off Pride Month this year with a message to LGBTQ+ Americans, posting “your president and my entire Administration have your back.” Former President Trump has been quiet on social media when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues and railed against trans women’s participation in sports at a recent campaign rally in Vegas. If […]
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Alaska voters gave themselves the power to rank candidates. Why do some people want to repeal that?

Four years after about 51% of Alaskans voted to adopt a new election system and two years after the new system debuted, some people in the state want to hit the undo button. A measure that aims to repeal Alaska’s system, which was first used in 2022 and includes open primaries and ranked-choice voting, will […]
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