El presidente Donald Trump revocó la orden ejecutiva del expresidente Joe Biden sobre los precios de los medicamentos recetados, lo que llevó a afirmaciones de que la medida revertía los esfuerzos más amplios de Biden para reducir los precios de los medicamentos recetados para los estadounidenses mayores. Entre la avalancha de órdenes ejecutivas que Trump […]
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President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders in his first few days, including one that overturned a decades-old executive order about employment discrimination. Although critics argue Trump’s action removes protections for millions of workers, some social media users misleadingly claimed Trump overturned a law, and appeared to confuse the executive order he killed […]
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Presidential pardons abound in recent days. As his term ended, former President Joe Biden issued a series of presidential pardons — including several for people not currently charged with crimes. And one of President Donald Trump’s first acts following his Jan. 20 inauguration was to pardon or commute the sentences of the more than 1,500 […]
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President Donald Trump’s early actions on health care signal his likely intention to wipe away some Biden-era programs to lower drug costs and expand coverage under public insurance programs. The orders he issued soon after reentering the White House have policymakers, health care executives, and patient advocates trying to read the tea leaves to determine […]
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Update, Jan. 23, 2025: This story was updated to include comments from President Donald Trump’s Jan. 22 interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. As President Donald Trump returned to office, he and many congressional Republicans and conservative pundits have mused about possibly forcing California leaders to change state policies to receive federal disaster money. […]
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Durante los próximos cuatro años, PolitiFact evaluará periódicamente el progreso de 75 promesas que el presidente Donald Trump hizo durante la campaña de 2024. Las propuestas en la agenda del segundo mandato de Trump incluyen: Deportaciones masivas de personas en el país ilegalmente Imposición de aranceles del 10% al 20% a aliados de América del […]
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When President Donald Trump took his second-term oath of office, tech titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos had front-row seats — literally. Before Trump’s speech, the Silicon Valley billionaires stood in front of many of Trump’s Cabinet picks, turning around to mingle with some of the incoming secretaries who will directly influence their […]
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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to pause the TikTok ban for 75 days. Trump’s order says the attorney general “shall not take any action to enforce the Act” passed by Congress. That will give Trump’s administration “an opportunity to determine the appropriate course of action.” The attorney general, Trump […]
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President Donald Trump’s second time taking the oath of office had the internet buzzing about rules and tradition. Unlike former President Barack Obama’s 2009 swearing-in — when Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Obama stumbled through some words of the oath, prompting a redo — Trump’s words were right. Trump broke with another tradition: […]
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump se juramento como el presidente número 47 de los Estados Unidos el 20 de enero en la Rotonda del Capitolio, donde habló sobre el comienzo de una nueva “América” bajo su mandato. Trump criticó al Departamento de Justicia, y la frontera bajo la administración del expresidente Joe Biden, resaltando que su […]
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took his second oath of office Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, offering an agenda heavily foreshadowed by his campaign promises. Speaking from inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda because of the subfreezing temperatures, Trump said, “The golden age of America begins right now.” He vowed to […]
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PolitiFact is live fact-checking Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States. Trump will give his inaugural address after he and Vice President-elect JD Vance are sworn in at noon EST at the U.S. Capitol. Most major TV networks will broadcast the inauguration, and the White House will live stream the ceremony on its website. […]
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