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Republican leaders want to put conditions on California wildfire aid. Is there precedent for that?
As President Donald Trump returned to office, many congressional Republicans and conservative pundits have mused about possibly forcing California leaders to change state policies to receive federal ...
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Biden’s False claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is in the Constitution ignores the legal debate
Some legal scholars argue that the amendment was properly ratified, but for Biden to definitively say it’s "the law of the land" ignores precedent and the reality that no federal government entity has ...
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No, Meta isn’t forcing users to follow Trump. Here’s how the social media power transfer works
Meta didn’t force users on Facebook, Instagram or Threads to follow Trump and Vance immediately after they assumed office. Users who noted this change likely followed the official U.S. government ...
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Fact-checking President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day speeches
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took his second oath of office Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, offering an agenda heavily foreshadowed by his campaign promises. Speaking from ...
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Trump didn’t admit to rigging the election during his pre-inauguration rally
Multiple social media users claimed that Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election, citing two of his remarks during his Jan. 19 preinauguration rally in Washington. One of Trump’s statements ...
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Russia-Ukraine war continues despite passage of Trump’s first 24 hours in office
Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022; fighting and airstrikes have led to more than 30,000 civilian casualties, while 3.7 million people are internally displaced, and 6.5 ...
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Los Angeles wildfires were worsened by climate change, despite claim to the contrary
Climate scientists PolitiFact spoke to disagreed with Trump Jr. and said climate change contributed to the Los Angeles fires’ size and destructiveness. Numerous studies have linked human-caused ...
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Donald Trump’s False claim that the US is the ‘only’ country with birthright citizenship
The United States is the only country with unrestricted birthright citizenship. Around three dozen countries and the U.S. offer automatic citizenship to children born within their borders, regardless ...
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Trump targets Biden’s electric vehicle sales goals
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump said, "I will ... terminate (Biden's) electric vehicle mandate. If you want to buy an electric car, that's fine, but you're going to be able to buy every ...
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Claims Whoopi Goldberg lost a Los Angeles mansion because of wildfire started as satire
Celebrities were among those who lost their homes in wildfires still burning in greater Los Angeles. But claims that ABC’s "The View" cohost Whoopi Goldberg’s house was destroyed originated on a ...
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Donald Trump issues order to pause TikTok ban for 75 days
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to pause the TikTok ban for 75 days. Trump's order says the attorney general "shall not take any action to enforce the Act" ...
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No, this video doesn’t show South African firefighters en route to help in greater Los Angeles
This video is from 2023, when firefighters in South Africa landed in Edmonton, Canada, to help fight wildfires in that country — not greater Los Angeles in 2025.