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President Donald Trump told North Carolina hurricane victims that under former President Joe Biden, the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed them in a time of crisis. Trump visited North ...

Cooper said North Carolina Republicans "took money out of western North Carolina" when they passed a Hurricane Helene relief bill last month. Legislators stripped the governor’s power to enhance ...

Since taking office Jan. 20, Trump has threatened still more tariffs, proposing 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada, an additional 10% on China and 25% on Colombia after that country initially refused ...

In her first-ever daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt characterized the freeze as "not a blanket pause" and said that assistance that goes directly to people, such as Social ...

Although scientists once theorized that all embryos start developing as females, recent research suggests that neither sex is "default." Legal experts told PolitiFact they see no basis for the claim ...

As he offered his thanks to the crowd during a Trump inaugural event, Musk put his right hand to his heart, then extended his hand to the crowd with his palm slightly raised. He turned around and made ...

“Elon Musk confirms he will spend a massive amount to acquire MSNBC, vows to fire Joy Reid to ‘end toxicity.’” Entrepreneur Elon Musk is forever threatening to take over MSNBC — at least in consistent ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s air transportation branch, ICE Air Operations, runs deportation flights. The agency uses commercial or charter planes to fly migrants internationally to their ...

As President Donald Trump’s administration increased deportation efforts in its first week in office, a Fox News host claimed that federal officials had already found up to 80,000 missing migrant ...

"Unfairly onerous payments" are cited in the executive order as a reason for WHO withdrawal. Countries’ dues are a percentage of their gross domestic product, meaning that as the world’s richest ...

PolitiFact found no news reports or statements that the basketball star called for a ban on pride flags. PolitiFact previously debunked other claims about Jordan, such as that he turned down a $100 ...