In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to levy tariffs on his own, blocking the primary tool he’s been ...

The 90% figure has roots in a 2017 report by the Rand Corp., a nonpartisan research organization. But one of the researchers told PolitiFact that the claim, as stated by Kennedy and RealFood.gov, didn ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made comments that could lead people to misinterpret her agency’s role in elections as she lobbied for legislation that would require photo ID to vote and ...

President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise to leave the global health agency, gave the one-year notice of withdrawal on his first day of his second term in office Jan. 20, 2025. The ...

New York is at the top, or in second place, of various rankings of individual tax burdens. The Tax Foundation analyzed data from 2022 and found that New York had the highest tax b ...

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The SAVE America Act would require people to provide documentary proof of citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate, when registering to vote. The bill would also accept a Real ID driver's ...

It was the latest in a string of baseless claims trying to connect DeGeneres to crimes involving children. PolitiFact found no files in the Justice Department’s Epstein Library that show evidence ...

Savannah Guthrie’s husband Michael Feldman is a communications consultant and North American co-chairman of FGS Global, an international public relations firm. Justice Department files don’t mention ...

One year after taking charge of the nation’s health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t held true to many of the promises he made while appealing to U.S.

President Donald Trump's campaign promise to revoke Temporary Protected Status for Haitians has hit a roadblock in court.

President Donald Trump said his immigration enforcement operation led to a crime drop in Minneapolis. In a pre-Super Bowl interview, NBC’s Tom Llamas asked Trump about immigration enforcement weeks ...