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Probing Trump’s Verbal Attack on Somalis
In a disparaging attack on Somalia in which he said he didn’t want people of Somali descent in the United States, President Donald Trump said Somalis “ripped off” Minnesota "every year" for “billions of dollars," an apparent reference to a fraud investigation, and suggested that “like 88%” of Somalis receive “welfare” benefits. But the White House didn’t provide us with evidence for either of those figures.
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Vance’s Misleading Claims on Housing Prices and Illegal Immigration
Vice President JD Vance has exaggerated the increase in home prices during President Joe Biden’s time in office and has misleadingly pointed to illegal immigration as a primary cause of a rise in prices.
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Vaccine Panel, Voting to Change Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns, Shares Misleading Information
Upending decades-old guidance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee voted to no longer issue a blanket recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Throughout the meeting, many panelists made misleading claims about the vaccine.
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Pentagon Inspector General Report Not ‘Total Exoneration’ for Hegseth
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that he received "total exoneration" in an investigative report by the Defense Department's Office of Inspector General regarding a Signal group chat about a military attack in Yemen. But the report contradicts that assessment, concluding that Hegseth's messages "created a risk to operational security that could have resulted in failed U.S. mission objectives and potential harm to U.S. pilots."
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Examining Trump’s Pardon of Former Honduran President Convicted of Trafficking Drugs to U.S.
President Donald Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, on Dec. 1, claiming without evidence that his prosecution had been a "setup" by the Biden administration and that Hernández was targeted because he was president of a country where drug cartels operated.
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