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2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Laura Doan |Julia Ingram

President Trump has argued his new tariffs will help reverse the long decline of U.S. manufacturing, pointing to the loss of "90,000 factories" since the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect in 1994. "Since the very beginning of NAFTA, our country lost 90,000 factories," Mr. Trump said during his Rose Garden speech on April 2, as he announced a host of tariff hikes. The president repeated the claim in his Monday remarks.

4 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Laura Doan |Julia Ingram

This week, President Trump signed the 100th executive order of his second term. Historical records show Mr. Trump has exercised his presidential pen at a pace that's unprecedented in modern U.S. history. More than a month before the 100-day mark, Mr. Trump has surpassed Franklin D. Roosevelt's record of 99 executive orders within his first 100 days.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Laura Doan

President Trump has made a number of inaccurate claims about Canada in the past week as he imposed new tariff hikes on the country and touted his plans for more. On Wednesday morning, Mr. Trump imposed a blanket 25% tariff on foreign steel and aluminum, significantly impacting Canada, the largest foreign supplier of these metals to the U.S. An additional 25% tariff on most Canadian goods is set to go into effect on April 2.

1 month ago | msn.com | Laura Doan

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1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Laura Doan |Camilo Montoya-Galvez

CBS News' Confirmed team is fact checking President Trump's 2025 joint address to Congress Tuesday night, his first speech to both chambers of Congress since he won the presidential election in November. He's expected to speak about his domestic and foreign policy agenda, the economy, his administration's efforts to contain illegal immigration, and his plans for foreign policy, including the Middle East and Ukraine-Russia war.