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Revised CDC Website About Autism and Vaccines Is Not Evidence-Based
Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine advocate who is now Health and Human Services secretary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its website to say that its previous statement that “vaccines do not cause autism” is “not an evidence-based claim.” But it’s the revised website that misleads about vaccines.
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Trump at Odds with CIA Assessment on Khashoggi Killing
President Donald Trump brushed aside a reporter's question to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the 2018 killing of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the crown prince "knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that." But Trump's claim is at odds with a CIA assessment.
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Parsing the Rhetoric on ACA Subsidies
In a social media post, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, for wrongly saying that Affordable Care Act premiums would at least double for "over 20 million Americans" if enhanced subsidies expire. They would more than double on average, not for all of those 20 million people. Johnson glossed over the higher out-of-pocket premiums, saying that the "subsidies will likely increase, not decrease."
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Experts Raise Doubts About Trump’s Dividend Payment Proposal
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.
FULL ANSWER
A bogus online post falsely claims that this month the federal government will issue “a $2,000 direct deposit payment for eligible U.S.
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Trump Serves a Misleading Thanksgiving Meal Statistic
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.
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