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Timeline: What the Trump administration has said about Epstein files release

Timeline: What the Trump administration has said about Epstein files release

By Grace Abels • July 8, 2025
States brace for reversal of Obamacare coverage gains under Trump’s budget bill

States brace for reversal of Obamacare coverage gains under Trump’s budget bill

By Julie Appleby • July 7, 2025
In Context: Zohran Mamdani’s use of phrase ‘seizing the means of production.’ What’s it mean?

In Context: Zohran Mamdani’s use of phrase ‘seizing the means of production.’ What’s it mean?

By Amy Sherman • July 3, 2025
Republican megabill will mean higher health costs for many Americans

Republican megabill will mean higher health costs for many Americans

By Julie Appleby • July 2, 2025
Fact-checking Trump at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz about immigration, One Big Beautiful Bill

Fact-checking Trump at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz about immigration, One Big Beautiful Bill

By Maria Briceño • July 1, 2025
Fact-checking falsehoods about Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and taxes, deficit, Medicaid

Fact-checking falsehoods about Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and taxes, deficit, Medicaid

By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2025
The future of federal abortion data collection is unclear

The future of federal abortion data collection is unclear

By Chabeli Carrazana • June 24, 2025
False war imagery flooded social media after US attack on Iran. How to tell real footage from fake

False war imagery flooded social media after US attack on Iran. How to tell real footage from fake

By Loreben Tuquero • June 23, 2025
Ask PolitiFact: Was Iran ‘weeks away’ from having a nuclear weapon, as Trump said?

Ask PolitiFact: Was Iran ‘weeks away’ from having a nuclear weapon, as Trump said?

By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2025
Ask PolitiFact: What was the Iran nuclear deal and why did Trump drop out?

Ask PolitiFact: What was the Iran nuclear deal and why did Trump drop out?

By Amy Sherman • June 18, 2025
What’s a manifesto, and did the Minnesota shooting suspect have one?

What’s a manifesto, and did the Minnesota shooting suspect have one?

By Gabrielle Lazor • June 18, 2025
RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with.

RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with.

By Shefali Luthra • June 18, 2025
Cómo cuentas conservadoras en X promovieron teoría falsa implicando a Tim Walz en asesinato político

Cómo cuentas conservadoras en X promovieron teoría falsa implicando a Tim Walz en asesinato político

By Madison Czopek • June 17, 2025
Trump launched the MAGA movement 10 years ago today. Have his priorities changed?

Trump launched the MAGA movement 10 years ago today. Have his priorities changed?

By Katie Sanders • June 16, 2025
How conservative X accounts promoted wild theory implicating Gov. Tim Walz in lawmaker’s killing

How conservative X accounts promoted wild theory implicating Gov. Tim Walz in lawmaker’s killing

By Madison Czopek • June 15, 2025
Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before

Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before

By Gabrielle Lazor • June 12, 2025
LA protests: What US law says about Trump’s deployment of CA National Guard, U.S. Marines

LA protests: What US law says about Trump’s deployment of CA National Guard, U.S. Marines

By Gabrielle Lazor • June 10, 2025
Timeline: Was the California National Guard at LA protests when Trump thanked them?

Timeline: Was the California National Guard at LA protests when Trump thanked them?

By Madison Czopek • June 9, 2025
Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk

Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk

By Amy Sherman • June 6, 2025
Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future

Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future

By Madison Czopek • June 5, 2025

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