Latest Stories By Louis Jacobson

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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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Comparing economic performance for Latinos under Trump, Biden

The presidential candidates are heavily courting Latino voters in 2024, a year in which some polls show this voting bloc’s support may be more up for grabs than at any point in at least two decades. Historically, Latino voters have backed Democrats, though that differs by place of ancestry. For example, a majority of Cuban […]
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¿Qué pasaría si Joe Biden o Donald Trump abandonan su candidatura a la presidencia?

La actuación del presidente Joe Biden en el primer debate presidencial fue muy criticada, incluso por algunos demócratas quienes se preguntan si él a sus 81 años podría derrotar al candidato republicano, el expresidente Donald Trump. La elección es el 5 de noviembre. Aunque la condición de Trump como presunto candidato sigue siendo fuerte dentro […]
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¿Qué implica el fallo de inmunidad para Donald Trump y, potencialmente, futuros presidentes?

El 1 de julio, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos dictaminó en una sentencia histórica, que los presidentes — incluido el expresidente Donald Trump — tienen inmunidad judicial cuando llevan a cabo “actos oficiales”. Esta sentencia podría tener repercusiones importantes no solo en la campaña presidencial de 2024, sino en futuras presidencias. “Bajo nuestra estructura […]
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What Supreme Court’s immunity ruling means for Trump’s cases and, potentially, future presidents

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with developments in the New York case. In a landmark ruling with potentially major impact on the 2024 presidential campaign, a U.S. Supreme Court majority ruled that presidents — including former President Donald Trump — have immunity from prosecution when carrying out “official acts.”  “Under our constitutional structure of […]
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On the Biden-Trump debate stage, fact-checks were hard to find

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump — both of whom are running on the records of their first terms in office — tried, but mostly struggled, to fact-check each other in real time during CNN’s 2024 presidential debate.  The network said before the June 27 debate that the moderators would not challenge the […]
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What would happen if Joe Biden or Donald Trump leaves his party’s ticket?

President Joe Biden’s debate performance, which was widely panned including by some Democrats,  led to a spike in online searches on whether the 81-year-old incumbent can be replaced on his party’s ticket amid some worries over whether he can defeat the expected Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, in November. Meanwhile, though Trump’s own status as presumptive nominee […]
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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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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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Hunter Biden es culpable de cargos de armas. ¿Qué pasará ahora?

En un caso muy seguido que involucra al hijo del presidente de Estados Unidos, este 11 de junio un jurado en Delaware, declaró culpable a Hunter Biden de todos los cargos que enfrentaba. El jurado consideró que el hijo menor de Joe Biden, había infringido las leyes federales que impiden que las personas adictas a […]
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Fact-checking three claims from Joe Biden on Black employment, health insurance and wealth

President Joe Biden has sought to bolster his outreach to Black voters as polls show him with lower-than-usual support within that demographic. In graduation remarks May 19 at Atlanta’s Morehouse College, a historically Black institution, Biden touted achievements for Black Americans that he said were reached during his presidency. “Today, record numbers of Black Americans […]
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Hunter Biden guilty on gun charges; here’s what it means and what’s next

In a closely watched case involving the U.S. president’s son, a jury in Delaware on June 11 returned guilty verdicts in all three counts against Hunter Biden. The jury found that the younger Biden had violated federal laws designed to keep people with drug addictions from owning firearms. President Joe Biden released a statement after […]
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