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Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert News

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Fact-checking El-Sayed, McMorrow and Stevens in Michigan Senate debate

Fact-checking Michigan Democratic Senate debate

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Courage (sort of) and cowardice (definitely)

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Assessing Trump’s Claims on Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities

In discussing his reasoning for launching U.S. airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump said, “An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons...

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Legality of Latest Iran Attack in Question

Many Democrats have claimed that President Donald Trump didn’t have the legal authority to unilaterally order the Feb. 28 joint military airstrikes with Israel...

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FactChecking Trump’s State of the Union Address

Summary In the first State of the Union address of his second term, President Donald Trump proclaimed that “our nation is back, bigger, better, richer...

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A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about the economy, a topic that should feature prominently in his State...

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The Disagreement over Judicial and Administrative Warrants for ICE

One of the sticking points in the standoff between Democrats and Republicans over funding for the Department of Homeland Security has been the Trump...

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