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

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

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 Misrepresents Biden’s Job Numbers, SNAP Data to Tout His Own Record

Trump Misrepresents Biden’s Job Numbers, SNAP Data to Tout His Own Record
November 21, 2025

Addressing a meeting of McDonald’s restaurant owners, President Donald Trump distorted his predecessor’s record on employment, falsely claiming that government jobs were increasing while “real jobs” were declining. The number of private-sector jobs increased every year under former President Joe Biden’s term and was up about 12% by the time he left office.

Experts Raise Doubts About Trump’s Dividend Payment Proposal

Experts Raise Doubts About Trump’s Dividend Payment Proposal
November 14, 2025

Q: Will U.S. citizens receive stimulus or tariff-based checks of $2,000 in November?

A: No checks are being issued. President Donald Trump said he wants to use tariff revenue to give “dividend” payments of “at least $2,000” to “middle-income people and lower-income people.” But no formal plan has been finalized and approved by Congress. Fiscal policy experts say there’s not enough tariff revenue for that. 

Trump Serves a Misleading Thanksgiving Meal Statistic

Trump Serves a Misleading Thanksgiving Meal Statistic
November 13, 2025

Walmart’s 2025 Thanksgiving meal consisting of pre-selected products costs about one-quarter less than last year’s meal, but it also includes fewer grocery items and different food brands. Yet President Donald Trump has been misleadingly touting the decline in the price of this year’s meal without mentioning the reasons for the big decrease.

WIC Becomes a Political Football in Shutdown

WIC Becomes a Political Football in Shutdown
October 16, 2025

The Trump administration has said while the federal government is shut down, tariff revenue will be used to fund a key federal program that provides food aid and other services to nearly 7 million low-income women and young children. But as the shutdown entered its second week last week, Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for that program being in a financial bind.

Trump, Project 2025 and ‘Culture Wars’

Trump, Project 2025 and ‘Culture Wars’
October 3, 2025

In this story, which is the last in our five-part series on Project 2025, we look at how Trump implemented the document’s recommendations on divisive cultural issues, including reproductive rights, transgender protections, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

What We Know About Political Violence in America

What We Know About Political Violence in America
October 2, 2025

President Donald Trump and others in his circle have portrayed political violence as a problem exclusively or mostly on the left, which has then been used as justification for proposals that seek to crack down on left-leaning groups. While there is evidence of a rise in left-wing violence in recent years, data show that political violence in America spans the ideological spectrum.