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Hits and Misses in RFK Jr.’s Comments on Food Dyes
In recent weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that "very, very strong studies" link ...
Trump Uses Questionable Figure for U.S. ‘Plants and Factories’ Lost Since NAFTA
When President Donald Trump has talked about the need for higher tariffs on imports of foreign goods because of a decline in American manufacturing, he has often made the claim that "90,000 plants and ...
Independent Analyses Contradict Navarro’s $6 Trillion-Plus Tariff Revenue Estimate
Before President Donald Trump paused some new tariffs that he unveiled on April 2, several economic groups estimated that ...
Democrats Question Social Security Administration Changes in Misleading Terms
Abrupt changes in staffing and some procedures at the Social Security Administration, coupled with false and misleading ...
Legal Scholars Dispute Constitutional ‘Loophole’ for a Third Trump Term
President Donald Trump said in a March 30 interview that "there are methods" for him to serve a third term in the White House ...
What Are the ID Verification Changes for Social Security?
Q: Is it true the rumor that all Social Security beneficiaries will have to go to a location to verify their identity to ...
No Sign of Texas Measles Outbreak Slowing, Contrary to RFK Jr.’s Claims
On four separate occasions, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, has suggested that the measles outbreak in Texas, which is now over 500 cases, is beginning to subside and ...
Trump’s Misleading Tariff Chart
In his Rose Garden announcement of sweeping new "reciprocal tariffs," President Donald Trump held aloft a misleading chart ...
Trump Misleads on Transgender Issues
We fact-check various aspects of two of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting transgender people.