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Experts said Trump is wrong to say that machine-conducted voting inevitably takes two weeks, and it’s inaccurate that using an entirely paper system would assure results on election night. More than ...
President Donald Trump will meet Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Aug. 18 at the White House to discuss a possible end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
About 45% of violent crime is not reported to the police, according to 2023 NCVS data. Reasons for not reporting include fear of retribution, belief that police won’t be able to help and not wanting ...
A report from a Swedish organization that advocates for democracy globally found that 34 countries or territories allow mail-in voting. Voting by mail does not look the same in each country. For ...
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Aug. 15 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss a possible end to the war in Ukraine. PolitiFact is ...
Republicans say latest US consumer price report is a boon. Democrats say it’s a bust. Which is it? Does the latest consumer price index report show that Americans are paying more or less for goods?
While running for office in 2016, Trump praised Putin and said Putin praised him. When they met in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018, Trump appeared to take Putin at his word when he falsely said he didn’t ...
After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.
Property taxes went up last year, partly because of the $325 per pupil increases in funding for schools. That trend is likely to continue in 2025, especially as school districts face the pressures of ...
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, it has come to control a majority — but not all of — the Donbas.  After its invasion, Russia held elections that election specialists criticized as illegitimate ...
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El video en redes sociales de la presidenta de México Claudia Sheinbaum diciendo que la muerte de Miguel Uribe Turbay, es "bueno para Colombia" fue manipulado. Expertos en inteligencia artificial nos ...