Jamie Leventhal

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Linda Qiu |Jamie Leventhal

The president's dizzying efforts to reconfigure the global economy, reshape the federal government and restrict immigration have been undergirded by a nonstop distortion of facts. President Trump, intent on enacting an expansive agenda, has moved at a dizzying pace in the first 100 days of his term, issuing a barrage of executive actions and seeking to expand the scope of his presidential power.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Linda Qiu |Jamie Leventhal

In fact, "substantial" tariffs remained in place throughout the 1920s, said Barry Eichengreen, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert on the Great Depression. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act of 1922, for example, raised tariffs to an average of 36.2 percent. From 1920 to 1929, the average rate on all imports was 13 percent and 35.1 percent on imports subject to duties.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Linda Qiu |Jamie Leventhal

WASHINGTON - Elon Musk, the billionaire leading a government efficiency initiative, has for weeks made broad and unsupported claims of rampant fraud in federal spending. In a series of interviews on conservative podcasts and television interviews, Musk has defended attempts by the Department of Government Efficiency to target popular entitlement programs like Social Security and access sensitive payment systems with a series of inaccurate claims.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Linda Qiu |Jamie Leventhal

Elon Musk, the billionaire leading a government efficiency initiative, has for weeks made broad and unsupported claims of rampant fraud in federal spending. In a series of interviews on conservative podcasts and television interviews, Mr. Musk has defended attempts by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to target popular entitlement programs like Social Security and access sensitive payment systems with a series of inaccurate claims.

Feb 6, 2025 | nytimes.com | Linda Qiu |Jamie Leventhal

President Trump, while issuing a rapid-fire series of executive orders and directives since taking office, has rationalized his initiatives with a series of false and misleading claims. In trying to deny automatic citizenship for some born in the United States, he falsely described other countries' laws. In rescinding climate policies, he mischaracterized obligations made by countries in the Paris climate agreement.