Trump says the US secured at least $18 trillion worth of investments this year. That’s wrong Trump’s figure doubles the White House’s $9.6T tally, which includes long-term goals and unlikely foreign pledges that may never materialize December 12, 2025 Louis Jacobson
A popular video of a priest blocking ICE agents isn’t real The clip — shared across Instagram, TikTok and Facebook — was created with AI tools and shows telltale glitches December 9, 2025 Maria Briceño
Trump has no power to undo Biden’s autopen pardons Experts say pardons don’t require a president’s physical signature, and the Constitution offers no path to revoke them December 8, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Trump miscasts the case as he pardons a former Honduran president convicted of trafficking cocaine into the US Trump’s defense clashes with a broader federal crackdown on regional trafficking networks that Juan Orlando Hernández helped move drugs through December 3, 2025 Maria Briceño
Will new federal student loan caps affect nurses? Graduate students could feel the impact. A Trump-era law lowers federal loan caps for graduate degrees not deemed ‘professional,’ including nursing December 2, 2025 Madison Czopek
No, whooping cough isn’t just a cold. Cases are surging, and infants face the greatest danger. Vaccination gaps and waning immunity are driving a nationwide surge heading into the holidays December 1, 2025 Grace Abels
Trump says he’s never polled better. But poll averages put him near a historic low. Widely used polling averages contradict Trump’s boast, showing his approval sliding steadily since January and nearing his lowest levels on record November 26, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Turkey prices may be climbing, but your Thanksgiving bird is still safe to eat Rising cases of avian flu are nudging prices up, yet food safety rules and proper cooking mean your turkey dinner is still a safe bet November 25, 2025 Grace Abels
A 2017 Epstein email mentioned Trump, but records show they didn’t spend Thanksgiving together Newly released documents fueled speculation, but flight logs, photos and White House records show no evidence of a meeting November 20, 2025 Loreben Tuquero
The House just forced action on the Epstein files. Here’s what happens next. A bipartisan House push to force disclosure has cleared a key hurdle, but the bill still faces political and procedural roadblocks November 14, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Grokipedia touts AI-powered depth. The reality: heavily borrowed Wikipedia entries. Elon Musk’s AI encyclopedia promises more accuracy and depth, but it mostly replicates Wikipedia — minus the sources and reliability November 13, 2025 Loreben Tuquero
Will Americans really get $2,000 from Trump’s tariff ‘dividend’? Experts say don’t count on it Economists and tax policy experts say tariff revenue is far short of what’s needed to fund the payments, and legal challenges could shrink it further November 12, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Why efforts to revoke Zohran Mamdani’s US citizenship are unlikely to succeed Immigration law experts say attempts to challenge the New York City mayor-elect’s citizenship have little legal basis or precedent November 11, 2025 Samantha Putterman
Nancy Pelosi retires with a long record, and a long fact-checking trail to match The former House speaker leaves behind a record of legislative wins, political feuds and 56 trips to the Truth-O-Meter November 10, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Trump’s ‘rigged’ California vote claim misuses data and distorts facts Trump’s claim rests on one fraud case and bad data. Noncitizen voting is rare, and there’s no evidence of a statewide conspiracy. November 7, 2025 Grace Abels
