Trump has justified his most far-reaching assertions of tariff power by citing the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which allows tariffs on all imports during an "unusual and ...

The United Nations’ World Food Program said July 27 that one-third of Palestinians in Gaza are not eating for days-long stretches. The World Health Organization reported 63 maln ...

Right after the shooting, social media users began sharing a video of a "witness" who said the gunman shouted "free Palestine" and wore a keffiyeh. Conservative activist Laura Loomer reshared the ...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign paid Beyoncé’s production company $165,000 for "campaign event production." There are no other Harris campaign payments to Beyoncé, her ...

In a July 27 interview on CNN’s "State of the Union ," U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., blamed Obama for the "sweetheart deal" given to Epstein, a sex offender who died in federal custody in 2019.

Russian interference in 2016 included hacking the Democratic National Committee and the campaign of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee who lost to Donald Trump, and spreading ...

The office of the U.S. Trade Representative purported a summertime scoop: "America had a trade surplus in ice cream in 2020 under President Trump's leadership, but that surplus turned into a trade ...

PolitiFact found three reports that showed Florida last or second-to-last nationally on mental health care — one from 2025 and two based on data that is at least a decade old. Other rankings put it in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and the first lady filed the lawsuit more than a year after Owens initially made headlines for promoting the false claim that Brigitte Macron was born a man named Jean ...

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