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AOC and Bernie Sanders at Fighting Oligarchy rally in Tempe

Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., have drawn large crowds during their “fighting oligarchy” tour criticizing President Donald Trump and Democratic Party leaders as out of touch with Americans. “We are witnessing an oligarchy in America,” Ocasio-Cortez said March 20 before a crowd of 10,000 in an Arizona State University arena […]
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Trump wants to close the Education Department. Here’s what to know.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order “to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all.” Trump acknowledged at the March 20 event that he can’t close the department on his own — he needs the help of Congress, which passed a 1979 law to create the department.  Trump’s order says, “The […]
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Trump at Kennedy Center March 17, 2025

Ask PolitiFact: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Legal experts say no.

As justification for deporting some immigrants in the country illegally without due process, President Donald Trump said the U.S. is under invasion.  “Evidence irrefutably demonstrates that (Tren de Aragua) has invaded the United States,” a March 15 White House proclamation said. Tren de Aragua is a Venezuela-based gang with some U.S. presence. The proclamation says […]
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Trump Oval Office economic remarks Mar 7 2025

President Donald Trump called for a judge’s impeachment. It’s unlikely to happen.

President Donald Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who ordered a halt to deportation flights of Venezuelans to El Salvador, but it’s highly improbable the judge will be ousted.  Trump didn’t call James E. Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, by name in a March 18 […]
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Pregúntale a PolitiFact: ¿Quién puede contraer sarampión? ¿Es la vacuna segura y efectiva?

Muchas personas seguro se están preguntando si están protegidas contra el sarampión, la enfermedad contagiosa que este año ha enfermado a por los menos 301 personas en 15 jurisdicciones, incluyendo Texas y Florida. Hasta el 13 de marzo, por lo menos una persona murió debido al sarampión y otra muerte está bajo investigación, según los Centros para […]
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The facts behind the 19 programs President Donald Trump described as ‘waste’

Ten million dollars for male circumcision in Mozambique, $8 million to make “mice transgender,” and $20 million for “the Arab Sesame Street in the Middle East.” For three minutes during his 100-minute address to Congress March 4, President Donald Trump ticked off 19 government spending items that he described as “appalling waste” rooted out by […]
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Elon Musk claims ‘massive’ Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste?

Elon Musk, the billionaire driving force behind President Donald Trump’s budget-cutting Department of Government Efficiency, broached the sensitive issue of Social Security cost-savings on Fox Business. Musk told host Larry Kudlow, a former Trump economic adviser, that the Government Accountability Office estimated in 2024 that federal government fraud was “half a trillion dollars.” While referring […]
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Democrats hearing on Medicaid 3/6/2025

Can House Republicans cut $880 billion without slashing Medicaid? It’s likely impossible.

The prospect of deep Medicaid cuts has become a flashpoint in Congress, with leaders of both parties accusing their counterparts of lying. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Feb. 27 that a Republican budget measure would “set in motion the largest cut to Medicaid in American history,” and Republicans are hiding the consequences. “The […]
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Fact-checking Trump on February job numbers: manufacturing, auto industry and native-born workers

President Donald Trump took a victory lap after the release of February’s monthly job figures, which showed a gain of 151,000 positions, roughly in line with expectations. Critics warned that job losses could follow in subsequent monthly reports, as federal layoffs and uncertainty over tariff enactment ripples through the economy. The February data stems from […]
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Obamas at groundbreaking in Chicago, 09-28-21

Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading

Is the Department of Government Efficiency ending the lease for former President Barack Obama’s presidential library? Social media posts would have you believe that, but that’s misleading. DOGE is the Trump administration’s cost-cutting agency, headed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. President Donald Trump created the agency in January by executive order.  In a section detailing […]
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Measles vaccine vial

Ask PolitiFact: Is Texas measles outbreak linked to ‘border’? No evidence, officials say

Amid an outbreak of the highly contagious measles virus in West Texas, some on social media sought to blame former President Joe Biden’s border policies. A Feb. 26 Threads post said, “Update: Plandemic 2.0 – Mainstream Media pushes fear campaign about measles in Texas, hoping to push more people to get vaccinated and try to […]
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Verificando el discurso del presidente Donald Trump ante el Congreso

El presidente Donald Trump recapituló seis semanas de esfuerzos agresivos para cortar la cifra de los trabajadores federales, reorganizar la economía y reorientar la política exterior durante su primer discurso en una sesión conjunta del Congreso.  El discurso del 4 de marzo fue largo según estándares históricos – alrededor de 1 hora y 40 minutos […]
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