Latest Stories By Maria Ramirez Uribe

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President Joe Biden at the NATO Summit in Washington, 7-11-2024

Fact-checking President Joe Biden’s NATO press conference

President Joe Biden defended his ability to serve as president and the Democratic nominee against former President Donald Trump during a July 11 press conference following the NATO summit in Washington, D.C.  The press conference — his first in eight months — came amid calls from some congressional Democrats and donors for Biden to drop […]
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Project 2025: Are Biden campaign warnings about plan for Trump election win correct?

By now, you have probably heard about Project 2025. President Joe Biden certainly hopes so.  Biden’s reelection campaign is blitzing the internet with social media posts, videos, ads and a website that warn of a stark postelection agenda a victorious Donald Trump could execute. “Project 2025 should scare every single American,” Biden posted on X […]
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Fact-checking Donald Trump on immigration, economy in first postdebate rally in Doral, Florida

In his first high-profile public remarks since a June 27 CNN debate, former President Donald Trump held a rally in Doral, Florida, challenging President Joe Biden, whose performance was widely panned by politicos and pundits, to an unmoderated debate and even a golf match as a “chance to redeem himself in front of the entire […]
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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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Trump New York trial: Do statements by other Republicans violate gag order?

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 […]
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No, la administración de Biden no paga el alquiler de inmigrantes que están ilegales en el país

Un comité de acción política que apoya la reelección del expresidente Donald Trump lanzó un anuncio en inglés, en el que afirma que el presidente Joe Biden está pagando la renta de los inmigrantes que se encuentran ilegalmente en Estados Unidos.  El anuncio muestra a una actriz que interpreta el papel de una empleada de […]
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Donald Trump exagera la disminución del crimen en Venezuela y engaña sobre sus causas

En sus mítines de campaña, el expresidente Donald Trump usualmente repite una declaración imprecisa, infundada: Países mundialmente están vaciando sus prisiones e instituciones mentales y enviando a esas personas como migrantes a los Estados Unidos.  La forma en que se dijo la declaración y los países incluidos han cambiado, pero varias organizaciones de noticias han […]
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Woman walks across street in Haiti amid unrest, 2-29-2024

Cannibalism in Haiti? Fact-checking the unfounded claims

Videos of people fleeing the sounds of gunshots, images of buildings on fire and headlines of political unrest in Haiti have increased over several weeks. Violence escalated after a coalition of gangs began attacking Haiti’s capital, Port-Au-Prince, forcing acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign. He’d assumed the role after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated […]
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Biden State of the Union, 3-8-2024

Verificando el discurso de Joe Biden sobre el Estado de la Unión en 2024

Joe Biden utilizó su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión en 2024 para adoptar una postura de lucha.  Biden no dijo el nombre del expresidente Donald Trump en sus comentarios, pero invocó con frecuencia el historial y las propuestas de Trump, refiriéndose a él normalmente como “mi predecesor.”  Algunos republicanos criticaron a Biden desde […]
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Katie Britt, Montgomeery, Ala, , 5-24-2022

Fact-checking Katie Britt’s immigration claims in Republican 2024 State of the Union response

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address from her kitchen table in Montgomery, Alabama. During her 17-minute rebuttal, Britt criticized Biden on immigration, the economy and crime.  “What we saw was the performance of a permanent politician who has actually been in office for longer […]
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Fact-checking Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address

Facing a challenging path to reelection amid low favorability ratings and public wariness over the economy, President Joe Biden used his 2024 State of the Union address to take a fighting posture. He repeatedly drew contrasts with his presumptive Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, and occasionally sparred with GOP lawmakers in the audience. “This […]
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¿Hay un aumento de migración de ‘hombres en edad militar’ de China?

Tras el aumento del número de inmigrantes chinos cruzando la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, el congresista republicano de Florida Mario Díaz-Balart, el expresidente Donald Trump y otros republicanos han dicho que los que están llegando son “hombres de edad militar” y que esto es alarmante. “Casi 9 millones de encuentros ilegales a nivel nacional […]
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