After President Donald Trump’s administration admitted in court it had deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in "error," Trump described the 29-year-old deportee as a dangerous man.

Approaching 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, PolitiFact has been fact-checking a whole host of topics related to the new administration, significant policy changes and, in some cases, the ...

The highest figure we found for people with autism severe enough to pose significant challenges to daily living was about one-quarter of the autistic population. More frequently, academic estimates ...

Accidental deaths ranked No. 1 for people ages 18 to 25 in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Firearms were the "leading mechanism."  Firearms were also the leading ...

Be wary of social media posts claiming that long-running animated comedy "The Simpsons" made a correct prediction about Pope Francis in a "little-known" or "little-remembered" epi ...

Allowing the tax cuts to expire would result in the single most significant tax increase by dollar amount in history, an estimated $4.6 trillion revenue increase over a decade, from fiscal year 2025 ...

Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney wrote a viral letter to Democrats suggesting steps to take against the Trump administration. A letter attributed to former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., resonated with ...

Can voters use Real ID to satisfy SAVE Act voting rules, as Byron Daniels said? Not in 44 states. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, which has passed the U.S. House, would ...

A Fox News report misinterpreted what Arizona county election officials agreed to do as part of a legal settlement, sparking inaccurate claims that Arizona was removing 50,000 noncitizen voters from ...

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