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Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s address to joint session of Congress

By PolitiFact Staff • March 5, 2025, midnight

Verificando el discurso del presidente Donald Trump ante el Congreso

By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 5, 2025, midnight

What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 4, 2025, midnight

Is Donald Trump keeping his promises on immigration, tariffs and DOGE?

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 3, 2025, midnight

Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy's tense Oval Office meeting about Ukraine and Russia, fact-checked

By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman, Sara Swann• Feb. 28, 2025, midnight

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