Jake Horton

London

Journalist, BBC Verify at BBC

Journalist @BBCNews at #BBCVerify, formerly of @BBCRealityCheck. Previously @NBCNews

Articles

How to use mapping and research tools to plan out your spring bear hunt

1 week ago | gohunt.com | Jake Horton

Simple steps to put you in position to not only find a unit to hunt bears, but map out your area in e-scouting to find successRelatedUsing the GOHUNT Terrain Analysis Tool to help highlight spring bear spots. Spring bear season in the western Lower 48 is a favorite hunt for many hunters. As the winter lull ends, the days lengthen, and the mountains come alive with vegetation and new life, the Black Bear emerges from their den, hungry and ready to forage.
Fact-checking Trump's 100 days speech

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Jake Horton |Lucy Gilder

Border crossings, egg prices and jobs - Trump's 100 days speech fact-checkedJake Horton & Lucy GilderGetty ImagesPresident Trump used a rally in Michigan to mark what he claimed had been "the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, according to many, many people". He highlighted his efforts to tackle illegal immigration, to bring back jobs to the US and end what he called "the inflation nightmare".
Border crossings, egg prices and jobs - Trump's 100 days speech fact-checked

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jake Horton |Lucy Gilder

1 day agoTrump has focused on stopping immigration during his first 100 days. Border crossings are way down, but that makes deportations trickier. Randy and Carol Eiland are relieved they're no longer coming across migrants while horseback-riding near their New Mexico home. In New York, Ildayra Varona …
How much has Elon Musk's Doge cut from US government spending?

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Lucy Gilder |Jake Horton

How much has Elon Musk's Doge cut from US government spending? Lucy Gilder, Jake Horton and the Data Science teamBBCElon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) - set up to cut US government spending - claims to have saved, on average, more than $10bn a week since President Trump entered office. "We're talking about almost $200bn and rising fast," Trump told the BBC when talking about Mr Musk's cost-cutting drive on 23 April.
What is alleged and what we know

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Shayan Sardarizadeh |Merlyn Thomas |Jake Horton |Mike Wendling

What we know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia and MS-13 allegationsShayan Sardarizadeh, Merlyn Thomas, Jake Horton & Mike WendlingReutersThe case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia - a 29-year-old from El Salvador who was deported from the US in March - has prompted a legal showdown over the administration's immigration policy. Judges all the way up to the US Supreme Court have ruled that Mr Abrego Garcia was deported in error and that the US government should help "facilitate" his return to his home in Maryland.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and MS-13: What is alleged and what we know

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Shayan Sardarizadeh |Merlyn Thomas |Jake Horton |Mike Wendling

Mr Abrego Garcia has faced at least two other allegations of criminal activity, neither of which resulted in a conviction. Ms Vasquez Sura said in a statement on Wednesday that she had decided not to follow through with the court process at the time and that she and her husband "were able to work through this situation privately as a family, including by going to counseling". She described her husband as "a loving partner and father" and has repeatedly denied he is an MS-13 gang member.
British man's tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government document

1 month ago | bbc.com | Jake Horton

A tattoo belonging to a man from Derbyshire has appeared in a US government document used to identify members of a notorious Venezuelan gang - despite the man having no connection to the group. Pete Belton, 44, from Ilkeston says he was shocked to find his forearm featured in a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document used to help identify alleged members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a transnational criminal organisation. "I'm just an average middle-aged man from Derbyshire," he told BBC Verify.
Four key takeaways from newly released JFK files

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jake Horton |Shayan Sardarizadeh |Mike Wendling

Jake Horton - BBC Verify, Shayan Sardarizadeh - BBC Verify and Mike Wendling - BBC NewsThu, March 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM UTC6 min readMore than 2,000 newly released documents related to the investigation into President John F Kennedy's assassination are notable not just for what they contain - but for what is omitted.
Four key takeaways from newly released JFK files

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Jake Horton

8 hours agoThe final batch of files surrounding the assassination of John F Kennedy have been released under an executive order by US President Donald Trump. Thousands of pages of files related to the assassination were released by the US government, including conspiracies surrounding President Kennedy's November 22, 1963 assassination. President Trump filed the order in January stating that unredacted files relating to the former President’s murder were to be made public.
Four key takeaways from release of JFK files

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Jake Horton

19 hours agoThe final batch of files surrounding the assassination of John F Kennedy have been released under an executive order by US President Donald Trump. Thousands of pages of files related to the assassination were released by the US government, including conspiracies surrounding President Kennedy's November 22, 1963 assassination. President Trump filed the order in January stating that unredacted files relating to the former President’s murder were to be made public.