Fact Check
Major Driver of Worsening Canadian Wildfires Is Climate Change, Not Forest Mismanagement
President Donald Trump has blamed improper forest management for Canadian wildfires whose smoke drifted into the Midwestern and Northeastern U.S. earlier this month. But...
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Baseless claim Natalie Harp is Trump’s hospice nurse spreads online
President Donald Trump's executive assistant has been nicknamed "the human printer."
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One Big Beautiful Bill Not (Yet) Driving ACA, Medicaid Declines
Multiple Democratic lawmakers have claimed that 8 million Americans have lost healthcare coverage as a result of the Trump-backed budget reconciliation bill that passed...
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Do videos show Trump falling asleep during Lindsey Graham’s funeral? We examined footage
The U.S. president seemingly struggled to keep his eyes open during the service.
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Trump’s Numbers, July 2026 Update
Summary
Our latest update in this series provides economic and other metrics of President Donald Trump’s second term, so far.
Job growth remains slower, with a...
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DHS claimed 250K noncitizens are registered to vote across 4 states. Here’s the truth
Officials in California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania all disputed the allegation.
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National News
The other Dan Sullivan makes November ballot against Sen. Dan Sullivan
Alaska GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan can’t shake his same-name challenger. Retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan punched a ticket out of the state’s top-four, all-party primary early Wednesday morning. He could now play spoiler in a high-stakes Senate clash between the Republican senator and former…
National News
Trump’s Idiotic Trade War Is a Bigger Political Opening Than You Think
As a general matter, people who write about or strategize about politics greatly overestimate our collective ability to shape how an election will play out, the extent to which clever ideas can pivot the course of an election in any new direction. We’re more small…
National News
Meet Loui Ridi: Palestinian American Returns to West Bank Home Besieged by Israeli Settlers
Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American man who lives in...
Politics & Government
Program pays local cops to arrest immigrants
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a...
National News
Ukrainian Women’s Basketball Player Leaves LSU Just Days After Team Signed Russian Player
Gerald Herbert/AP A Ukrainian women’s college basketball player suddenly left LSU just days after the team signed another player from Russia. In a statement posted on social media, LSU coach Kim Mulkey commented on the departure of center Kate Koval, saying: Kate came to see…
