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PolitiFact | Fact-checking claim about immigrants, eligibility for ...
WEBJan 23, 2022 · In some instances, adults may benefit from assistance granted to their U.S.-born children who meet citizenship requirements. Also, states can set eligibility rules requirements for some programs ...
PolitiFact | How Donald Trump performed on 11 key promises
WEBJan 19, 2021 · Since Trump’s inauguration in 2017, PolitiFact has tracked 102 pledges Trump made to voters during the 2016 campaign. As he leaves office, our final report on the Trump-O-Meter shows he kept 25 ...
Ask PolitiFact: What is antifa, and why is it all over my timeline?
WEBJul 2, 2020 · Antifa stands for “anti-fascist.”. It’s a broad, loosely affiliated coalition of left-wing activists that’s been around for decades, but has had a resurgence since the election of ...
Fact-checking false claims about the 2020 election - PolitiFact
WEBNov 20, 2020 · Since Election Day, PolitiFact has fact-checked more than 80 misleading or false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election. Federal agencies, state election officials and technology experts ...
What is a MAGA Republican? - PolitiFact
WEBJan 6, 2021 · MAGA is the Trump brand, from campaign slogan, to red hats emblazoned with the letters, to the closing line of his stump speeches. "A MAGA Republican is first and foremost a Trump supporter, no ...
Fact-checks | PolitiFact
WEBAug 15, 2024 · By Ciara O'Rourke • September 20, 2024. Wisco Project. stated on September 16, 2024 in Social media ads: “If you make less than $100,000, Trump is about to raise your taxes. Currently, you ...
PolitiFact | What does it mean to be ‘woke’?
WEBMar 7, 2023 · British lexicographer and linguist Tony Thorne said he construes "woke" to mean "alert to and aware of issues of social justice." Since the 2000s, he told PolitiFact, it’s meant something like ...
Fact-checking claims that NATO, US broke agreement against …
WEBFeb 28, 2022 · No binding, legal agreement ever codified the terms that Putin’s camp — and Owens — now say were violated. "Such an agreement was never made," NATO says in a fact page on its website, one of ...
No, there wasn’t an attempted assassination against Trump
WEBJan 30, 2021 · A blog post that’s been shared widely on social media paints a dramatic, early morning scene — and all of it is bogus. Around 3 a.m. on Jan. 26, according to a site called Real Raw News, a ...