Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. After the deadly collision between a passenger plane and a U.S. Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., politicians and political commentators were quick to cast blame. President Donald Trump suggested diversity initiatives within the Federal Aviation Administration were at fault for […]
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What Does Biden’s ERA Statement Mean?
Q: Did former President Joe Biden issue a statement saying that he thought the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered part of the Constitution? A: Yes. On his last full day in office, Biden published a statement supporting the ERA, but it has no legal effect. Este artículo estará disponible […]
RFK Jr. Cites Flawed Paper Claiming Link Between Vaccines and Autism in HHS Confirmation Hearing
In his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, refused to say that vaccines do not cause autism — despite a large body of evidence showing there is no link. He also pointed to a […]
Trump Administration Makes Unsupported Claim About $50 Million for Condoms to Gaza
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take President Donald Trump said his administration blocked $50 million for condoms to be sent to Gaza through its pause on foreign aid. But it has provided no evidence that $50 million was ever directed toward condoms for Gaza. […]
Q&A on Trump’s Impending Exit from the World Health Organization
As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the nation’s exit from the World Health Organization, the U.N agency dedicated to improving the health of all people. Although it will be a year before the U.S. can formally […]
Kennedy Repeats False and Misleading Claims in Confirmation Hearing
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated claims we have written about before on vaccines and chronic disease. Known for spreading misinformation about vaccines, including […]
Trump Order Didn’t Reverse All of Biden’s Measures to Lower Drug Costs
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order issued by former President Joe Biden aimed at finding new models for lowering drug costs. Trump’s action didn’t affect the caps on seniors’ drug costs or Medicare price negotiations that Biden […]
Illegal Immigration and Fentanyl at the U.S. Northern and Southwest Borders
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In recent remarks to the press, President Donald Trump restated his intention to impose 25% tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico and Canada as early as Feb. 1. His reasoning: “vast” illegal immigration and “massive” amounts of fentanyl coming to […]
Trump Justifies J6 Pardons With Misinformation
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 granted clemency — either a pardon or commuted sentence — to all of the more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. […]
No Evidence Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Was Pardoned by Biden
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take In his final hours as president, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for House committee members who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and the police officers who testified before that committee. Online posts make an […]