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Former President Donald Trump is a convicted felon.  A unanimous jury in the Manhattan case concluded May 30 that Trump was guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. “Victory on November […]

New York taxpayers are spending $2.4 billion on services for migrants in New York City, prompting claims from some lawmakers about what the migrants are receiving. Assemblymember Doug Smith, a Long Island Republican, shared an image on his social media accounts that claimed the recently enacted state budget includes free health care and debit cards […]

A Manhattan jury is likely to soon deliver a verdict in the case against former President Donald Trump, a decision that will have implications for the 2024 presidential campaign. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy […]

En Ingles: Donald Trump is guilty in NY trial: What’s next? En Ingles: Fact-checking Trump’s response to guilty verdict in New York El expresidente Donald Trump puede postularse a la Casa Blanca aunque sea declarado culpable por un delito grave en Nueva York. Pero como floridano, ¿podría seguir votando? Trump está acusado de 34 cargos de falsificación […]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, drew headlines and social media chatter for a feisty exchange with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., about personal appearances. But in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” she focused less on looks and more on books. On May 19, Crockett mentioned President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at Morehouse College, a […]

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, some social media users continue to spread false claims that the 2020 presidential contest was stolen, pointing to purported fraud in Georgia as evidence. A May 9 Instagram post claimed that Fulton County, Georgia, election officials “scanned more than 3,000 ballots twice during the recount of the 2020 presidential […]

A bill that would exclude noncitizens from the U.S. Census count that determines the number of congressional seats in each state has spurred misleading claims online.  “In case you missed it, every single Democrat in the House just voted for illegal immigrants to count toward representation in Congress and the Electoral College,” a woman in […]

From the earliest days of the Israel-Hamas war, global leaders have questioned the reliability of fatality data coming out of Gaza. In October, without citing a specific reason, President Joe Biden said he had “no confidence” in the numbers. Today, the overall figure of people dead is reported at about 35,000. But there’s no clear […]

Former President Donald Trump can still run for the White House if he is convicted of a felony in New York. But as a Floridian, could he still vote for himself? Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment to adult film […]

Media reports that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house displayed an upside-down American flag, a traditional sign of political dissent, after the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, set off a firestorm of criticism over whether the move was a political statement that compromises his impartiality.  Hanging the flag upside-down is technically against […]

This spring, multiple federal government agencies announced changes to antidiscrimination policies for LGBTQ+ people at work, at the doctor and in the classroom. Around the same time, a federal court ruled that restricting gender-affirming care and barring a West Virginia transgender student from playing girls’ sports violates antidiscrimination law. Behind these policy and legal shifts […]

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla, is one of many Trump-aligned lawmakers who traveled to the Manhattan courthouse to support the former president and express disgust about the criminal case against him.  “I am not under a gag order, so I am going to tell the truth,” Donalds, who is reportedly a vice presidential contender, told […]