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Trump sees a future without federal income taxes, but the tariff math doesn’t add up By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2025 Trump’s pardon comments omit why former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was prosecuted By Maria Briceño • December 1, 2025 Donald Trump said Democrats’ call to military amounts to sedition. Experts say that’s doubtful By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2025 US intelligence report on journalist’s murder contradicts Trump’s defense of Saudi crown prince By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2025 The Epstein files, Trump and Congress: What happens next? By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2025 Trump propone pagos de $2,000 a todos los estadounidenses. ¿Es posible? By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2025 Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments? By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2025 Trump proposed $2,000 payments for Americans from tariff dividends. Would that work? By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2025 Nancy Pelosi to retire: How the Democratic leader stretched facts and became a misinformation magnet By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2025 How do you get rid of the filibuster? Trump has called for an end, but it wouldn’t be easy By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2025 Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE By Grace Abels • November 3, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: How much could the federal shutdown cost? By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2025 Donald Trump, Steve Bannon keep talking about a 3rd term. Can Trump do it? By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2025 US soybean farmers criticize Argentina ‘bailout.’ How are the issues linked? By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2025 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s speech in Israel on same day as hostage, prisoner releases By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2025 Fact-checking New Jersey’s second gubernatorial debate By Zach Blackburn • October 9, 2025 Can Donald Trump legally put his image on a U.S. Mint coin? Probably By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2025 Can James Comey use President Donald Trump’s rhetoric as a legal defense? By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2025 Fact-checking political talking points about the 2025 government shutdown By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2025 Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2025