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Intelligence Memo Undercuts Trump's Immigration Argument

5 days ago | factcheck.org | Robert Farley

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino.
The Possible Source of Trump's False $2 Gasoline Claim

6 days ago | factcheck.org | D'Angelo Gore

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline is still over $3, and no state has an average price below $2.60. But since mid-April, President Donald Trump has falsely claimed, repeatedly, that gasoline prices “hit $1.98 a gallon” in multiple states. Now we may know his source.
Bondi Far Overstates the Impact of Fentanyl Seizures on American Lives

1 week ago | factcheck.org | Saranac Hale Spencer

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In the April 30 meeting of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, which followed his 100th day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi praised the president’s progress so far and highlighted efforts to curb the flow of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. But Bondi overstated the impact of drug seizures, claiming that they had saved the lives of more than half of all Americans.
RFK Jr. Misleads About Safety of COVID-19 Vaccine in Children

1 week ago | factcheck.org | Catalina Jaramillo

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In recent interviews, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has minimized the risk COVID-19 poses to kids and exaggerated the risk of the vaccine, incorrectly claiming that the shot poses a “profound risk” to children. While serious side effects can occur, they are rare, and have not been shown to outweigh the benefits of the vaccine in protecting against COVID-19.
Trump's Stock Market Blame-Shifting

1 week ago | factcheck.org | D'Angelo Gore |Robert Farley |Ben Cohen

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. On the eve of his inauguration on Jan. 19, Donald Trump took a bow for the then surging stock market. “Everyone is calling it the — I don’t want to say this, it’s too braggadocious, but we’ll say it anyway — the Trump effect. It’s you. You’re the effect. Since the election, the stock market has surged,” Trump said. But in the ensuing three months, the stock market has faltered.
Trump's 100th Day Spin

1 week ago | factcheck.org | Robert Farley |D'Angelo Gore |Saranac Hale Spencer |Lori Robertson

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. To commemorate his first 100 days in office this term, President Donald Trump gave a speech in Michigan and granted interviews to several news outlets.
Tracking Trump's Promises at the 100-Day Mark

2 weeks ago | factcheck.org | Robert Farley |D'Angelo Gore |Alan Jaffe |Lori Robertson

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. On the 2024 campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to launch a massive overhaul of the federal government if reelected president, and, he said, change would come fast. To be sure, Trump’s first 100 days have seen a frenetic pace of change.
Graphic Cites FactCheck.org in Misleading Biden, Trump Economy Comparison

2 weeks ago | factcheck.org | D'Angelo Gore

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. A graphic circulating on social media compares Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s economic records as president and cites FactCheck.org as the source. But two of its figures are way off, and others are out of date— creating a more unfavorable comparison for Trump. The graphic also doesn’t mention that Trump’s numbers, for his first term, were negatively affected by the economic decline caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due Process and the Abrego Garcia Case

3 weeks ago | factcheck.org | Saranac Hale Spencer

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The Supreme Court ruled on the evening of April 10 that the Trump administration must comply with a lower court’s order to “facilitate” the release from custody of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an immigrant who was deported without a hearing to a mega prison in El Salvador. The case underscores the issue of due process and what legal protections are afforded to noncitizens.
Biden's Social Security Spin

3 weeks ago | factcheck.org | Lori Robertson

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In his first speech since leaving office, former President Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration’s staffing cuts and other changes at the Social Security Administration, but he made several misleading claims in the process. Biden made the misleading claim that during his presidency some Republicans “wanted to let Social Security expire every five years … unless reauthorized by the Congress.” A 2022 proposal from Sen.