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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — In a close New Jersey gubernatorial race, Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican former state legislator Jack Ciattarelli met for their second and final debate, ...
President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting on the ninth day of a federal government shutdown. PolitiFact fact-checked his statements about ending seven wars, protests in Portland, pregnant women ...
There is no mention of Coca-Cola as a sponsor on the NFL players union website. Instead, Coca-Cola’s chief competitor, PepsiCo, is on the list. PepsiCo sponsored the Super Bowl halftime shows from ...
"Yesterday we learned that the FBI tapped my phone … tapped Lindsey Graham’s phone, tapped Marsha Blackburn’s phone, tapped five other phones of United States senators," Hawley said Oct. 7 during a ...
Forty states and Washington, D.C., expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, making adults ages 19 to 64, without dependent children and with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level, ...
Democrats also are not seeking funding for free abortions. Federal law prohibits federal funds to be used for abortions except in cases or rape, incest or to save the life of the pregnant woman. The ...
President Donald Trump appears poised to put his image on both sides of a commemorative $1 coin issued by the United States Mint.
"Portland is burning to the ground, it’s insurrectionists all over the place," Trump told reporters Oct. 5 before heading to a celebration of the U.S. Navy, echoing his previous statements. "It’s ...
Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the ...
Washington, D.C., has 41 homicides per 100,000 people, “No. 1 that we can find anywhere in the world.” ...
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