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Fact Check / PolitiFact
The facts behind Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s deportation
President Donald Trump’s April 14 public meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele centered on the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Trump administration officials and Bukele said Abrego Garcia would not be returned to the U.S, four days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return. …
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Fact Check / PolitiFact
Why is the bond market so important for the economy?
When a reporter asked President Donald Trump why he paused country-by-country tariffs only a week after unveiling them, Trump said “Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting yippy, you know? They were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid.” Trump’s April 9 explanation came…
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Fact Check / PolitiFact
Tim Walz is off on his claim about Americans’ savings levels
As President Donald Trump’s tariffs dominated headlines, former Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talked about his party’s messaging on the economy. Many Americans have a sense of economic angst that the Trump campaign tapped into before the 2024 election, Walz told CNN’s Jake Tapper on April 6. Democrats, he argued, need to…
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Fact Check / PolitiFact
Invoking Insurrection Act isn’t the same as martial law
Social media posts have warned for more than a month that President Donald Trump will declare martial law April 20, which typically means suspending civil law while the military takes control of civilian functions such as courts. But many of the posts appeared to conflate martial law with the potential invocation of the Insurrection Act…