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When called out for flip-flopping on his stances, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy usually characterizes the instances as “opposition research” or false.  One example: During the Aug. 23 Republican candidate debate, Chris Christie accused Ramaswamy of changing his position about former President Donald Trump. “In your book, you had much different things to say about […]

Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is advocating laying off hundreds of thousands of federal workers — up to three-quarters of the entire federal workforce. In a position paper released in mid-September, Ramaswamy called “the administrative state” an “unconstitutional, fourth branch of government.” He asserted that he could […]

En honor al Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana, la campaña de reelección del presidente Joe Biden lanzó una serie de anuncios dirigidos a latinos e hispanos.  En uno de los anuncios, titulado “Nosotros” (“It’s Us” en su versión en inglés), un narrador dice que Biden ha ayudado a la comunidad latina reduciendo su tasa […]

To listen to some Republicans tell it, the U.S. military is suffering from a chronic case of “wokeism” that has created a recruiting disaster. “We are so woke in the military we are losing recruits right and left,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said Sept. 6 on Fox News. “We’ve got people doing poems on aircraft […]

David Brooks, a conservative columnist for The New York Times, made a juicy claim about the economy in a social media post about his airport lunch. “This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport,” Brooks wrote on X the night of Sept. 20. “This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.” He posted […]

Illegal immigration is a frequent focus on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show “The Ingraham Angle,” and one of the show’s contributors recently offered data that he claimed showed the safety risks behind it. “People underestimate the danger of this, Laura,” Raymond Arroyo said Sept. 6. He claimed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “just arrested” […]

Americans could be looking at another federal government shutdown.  Current funding for the federal government expires Sept. 30. If lawmakers and the president cannot agree on legislation to extend federal spending, most federal agencies will shut down until new spending legislation can be passed by both chambers of Congress and signed by President Joe Biden. […]

El ex presidente Donald Trump durante una entrevista en el programa “Meet the Press” de NBC afirmó tener “todos los hechos” al hablar sobre las elecciones de 2020. Pero los comentarios del ex presidente a la moderadora Kristen Welker el 17 de septiembre, incluyendo aquellos sobre el precio del tocino y el acceso al aborto, […]

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has repeatedly shared his four-point plan for improving elections. He’s mentioned it in interviews, written it out on social media and released videos of himself articulating what he describes as “a clear answer on how to move forward on election integrity.” It looks like this, he says: “1. Make Election […]

Former President Donald Trump during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” claimed to have “all the facts” as he spoke about the 2020 election. But Trump’s comments to moderator Kristen Welker on Sept. 17, including those about the price of bacon and abortion access, were false or misleading. Here are some key claims, fact-checked. […]

DES MOINES, Iowa — Ten Republican presidential candidates tried to win over Iowa caucus voters this weekend at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition banquet, without the in-person shadow of front-runner Donald Trump.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.’s hold on military promotions over a Defense Department policy that allows some service […]

It’s commonplace for Republicans to criticize President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, but recently, some Democratic governors and mayors also have joined the fray.  New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently announced budget cuts and a city government hiring freeze to offset spending to help the 110,000 migrants who have arrived in the city since spring […]