Trump’s Claims About Greenland
Prior to announcing on Jan. 21 that he has reached a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland with the secretary general of NATO, President Donald Trump had insisted that the United States needed to acquire Greenland for national security reasons. In this story, we'll present what the president has said and the facts.
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Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Come Close to Funding Everything He’s Proposed
President Donald Trump has said over the last year that money brought in from his increased tariffs would pay for at least half a dozen initiatives -- from reducing the national debt to providing dividend checks to "moderate income patriots" -- but the revenue raised so far can't deliver all of them.
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Trump’s Numbers, Second Term
At the one-year mark of Trump's second term, we launch our "numbers" series, providing various statistical measures of his presidency thus far.
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The Threat of the Insurrection Act in Minnesota
President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to send federal military forces to Minneapolis in response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the city. We'll explain what the law says about the president's authority to do so.
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The Facts on the Vaccines the CDC No Longer Recommends for All Kids
In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal vaccination against six diseases. In justifying the move, health officials made misleading claims about vaccine safety while downplaying or omitting benefits.
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