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Politics Oct 02

Fact-checking what politicians are saying about the 2025 government shutdown

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Fact-checking Trump’s claim the U.S. is the ‘only country’ that uses mail-in voting

President Donald Trump vowed to take action against voting by mail, which he said makes the United States an outlier.

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7 moments from Trump and Putin’s history of falsehoods before their Alaska summit

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Politics Aug 12

How Trump exaggerates DC crime in taking over its police department and deploying the National Guard

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Politics Jul 17

What to know about the dismissal of the Epstein files by Trump’s Justice Department

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Politics Jul 02

Fact-checking Trump’s remarks at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ on immigration and Medicaid

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What U.S. law says about Trump’s deployment of active duty troops to Los Angeles

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