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Exploring the Legality Questions About Venezuela Military Strike

Trump’s Native-Born Job-Creation Claim Based on Questionable Figures

Trump, FDA Make Misleading International Vaccine Schedule Comparisons

FactChecking Trump’s Rapid-Fire Prime-Time Address

The Whoppers of 2025

Politicians Reach Different Conclusions on Minnesota Shooting Video

January 9, 2026

The Trump administration and some Democrats have drawn divergent conclusions from bystander video of the fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. How can one side say the agent was “recklessly using power” and the other determine he “fired defensive shots”? Experts told us it’s common for people to view the same video differently, and that the early evidence isn’t enough to reach definitive conclusions.

Trump Waters Down Colorado’s Population Trend

January 8, 2026

In criticizing Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and vetoing a bill that would fund a water project in the state, President Donald Trump has claimed that people are leaving the state “in droves,” but that’s not what the available data show.

Exploring the Legality Questions About Venezuela Military Strike

January 6, 2026

Several Democrats have claimed that the Trump administration’s Jan. 3 military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, was “illegal,” violating both domestic and international law.

Makary, RFK Jr. Exaggerate Chronic Disease Benefits of Menopausal Hormone Therapy

December 24, 2025

Many doctors agree with the Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to remove the black box warnings on at least some forms of hormone therapy used to treat the symptoms of menopause. But in making the announcement, health officials misleadingly suggested that women could take the drugs for long-term benefits to the heart and brain. Menopausal hormone therapy is not currently recommended for those uses.

Trump’s Native-Born Job-Creation Claim Based on Questionable Figures

December 23, 2025

For months, President Donald Trump or members of his administration have used federal data showing a large increase in employment for U.S.-born workers and a decrease in employment among foreign-born workers to claim that “all net job creation” in his second term has been for citizens. And for months, multiple economists and labor experts have said that officials should not do that because these specific figures are misleading.

Sorting Out Competing Claims on Air Traffic Control

December 23, 2025

President Donald Trump and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg have sparred over the condition of the air traffic control system, which is complex and carries a history of planned upgrades and overhauls that stretches back decades.

Trump, FDA Make Misleading International Vaccine Schedule Comparisons

December 23, 2025

Echoing a longstanding anti-vaccine trope, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the American vaccine schedule “long required” babies to get “far more” vaccines than are given in “any other” country, and he directed health officials to better “align” practices with those of other countries. The recommended schedule in the U.S. is quite similar to that of other high-income nations, and it isn’t a federal mandate.