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Social Media Posts Push False Claim of Trump Chopping Down 60 Cherry Trees
Q: Did the Trump administration have 60 cherry blossom trees cut down in D.C. to build a golf course?
A: In what the Department of Interior called “routine maintenance,” about 60 trees were removed from East Potomac Park, according to the Washington Post. But only one cherry tree removal was mentioned in that article, and an advocacy group opposed to major changes to the park told us it only knew “for certain” of one cherry tree being cut down.
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Rising Measles Cases Driven by Falling Vaccination, Not Illegal Immigration
Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who is running for governor, has blamed “rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration for measles outbreaks. But we found no link to illegal immigration in several recent large outbreaks, and infectious disease experts told us that the main driver of the cases is falling measles vaccination rates in the U.S.
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Trump Claims Credit for Drug Price Decline. Experts Say It’s More Complicated.
President Donald Trump and other administration officials are claiming credit for a recent drop in prescription drug prices, citing deals they’ve struck with drugmakers and the launch of the online direct-to-consumer platform TrumpRx. But experts are skeptical those measures have had much impact on prices overall, and they say other factors likely explain most of the decline.
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What We Know About Pennsylvania’s Two ‘Measles-Associated’ Deaths
After the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced two cases of measles-related deaths in one county, the local coroner appeared to contradict the account. And in an ongoing spat with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has alleged that a Shapiro staffer may have even “fabricated” the deaths. We’ll lay out what we know.
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Collins Ad Attacks Jackson on Education Using Questionable U.S. News Ranking for Maine
A Republican ad attacking Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson in Maine says under his "failed leadership” the state’s high schools “dropped to dead last” in the country, according to annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report. But that’s not the whole story.
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