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Biden’s Numbers, 2024 Pre-Election Update
Stories by D'Angelo Gore
Staff Writer, FactCheck.org
Harris Makes Unsupported Claim About Fentanyl Flows
Federal data do not show that “the flow” or “intake” of illegal fentanyl into the United States has been cut “by half” during the Biden-Harris administration, as Vice President Kamala Harris claimed in television interviews.
Trump’s False Claim of Stolen Disaster Relief Funds
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said that no funds intended for disaster relief have been used to pay for programs that respond to illegal immigration. But former President Donald Trump has falsely claimed that the Biden administration “stole” money for hurricane recovery and spent it on housing for people in the U.S. illegally.
FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Despite a mostly civil debate between Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two disagreed repeatedly not just on policy, but also on the facts. We referee some of those competing claims, and other factual missteps by the vice presidential candidates.
Harris Misleadingly Cites Some Economic Analyses of Her Policies and Trump’s
In recent remarks, Vice President Kamala Harris has cited several economic analyses, claiming they found her plan would “strengthen the economy” and former President Donald Trump’s plan would “weaken it.” But that’s not exactly what some of those reports said.
Ad Misleads on Harris’ Fracking Position, Uses Debatable Figure for Fracking-Reliant Jobs in PA
Vice President Kamala Harris has said that she will not attempt to ban fracking if elected president, a reversal of a position that she took during her 2020 presidential campaign. But a TV ad from Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick claims that Harris “will make” hundreds of thousands of fracking-dependent jobs in Pennsylvania “disappear.”
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FactChecking the Harris-Trump Debate
The highly anticipated debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was a combative event in which facts were repeatedly trampled and distorted.
A Guide to Project 2025
Project 2025 provides a roadmap for “the next conservative President” to fundamentally change how the federal government works. Former President Donald Trump has claimed he knows nothing about it. Democrats call it “Trump’s Project 2025 agenda.” Here, we take a look at the plan: what’s in it, who wrote it and what the candidates have said about it.