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Trump’s transgender athlete order includes an immigration fraud penalty. Why?
President Donald Trump directed federal agency heads to provide guidance on barring transgender athletes from entering the U.S. The order referenced a part of the Immigration and Nationality Act that ...
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Michelle Obama skipping Washington events not evidence of power couple’s divorce
There is no public evidence that former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are divorcing. Unfounded rumors swirled after Barack Obama attended former President J ...
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Did Ukraine start its war with Russia, as President Donald Trump said? No, Russia invaded
Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, posted Feb. 19 on X, "Mr. President, Ukraine did not ‘start’ this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of ...
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An ICE van in Philadelphia wasn’t intentionally set on fire
After President Donald Trump ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across the U.S., a video of an ICE van engulfed in flames went viral. Some social media users claimed the van was ...
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum didn’t say the U.S. should ‘stop electing’ criminals
President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration, tariffs and renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America have caused tense relations with Mexico. Some social media users claimed ...
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Ask PolitiFact: Did JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives at Yale Law?
PolitiFact contacted the video’s creator, Thomas Burke, for comment. He named two specific DEI initiatives he said benefited him and Vance: programs to increase veteran enrollment and retention ...