Tag: Donald J. Trump
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FACT-CHECK: Trump’s Prime-Time Iran Address — April 1, 2026
FACT-CHECK: President Trump marked one month of Operation Epic Fury, declaring Iran’s military decimated — navy gone, air force destroyed, nuclear sites obliterated. He acknowledged 13 American deaths and warned Iran’s power grid faces strikes if no deal is reached.
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ANALYSIS: Trump Signs Elections Executive Order, Predicts Iran War Ends in Weeks
ANALYSIS: President Trump signed an executive order March 31, 2026, directing the Postal Service to barcode and verify mail-in ballots and requiring states to purge ineligible voters using federal data. Trump also said U.S. forces could leave Iran in two to three weeks.
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FACT-CHECK: Trump Elections Executive Order Signing — March 31, 2026
FACT-CHECK: President Trump signed an executive order March 31, 2026, directing the Postal Service to barcode and verify mail-in ballots and requiring states to purge ineligible voters using federal data. Trump also said U.S. forces could leave Iran in two to three weeks.
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Trump Signs Elections Executive Order, Predicts Iran War Ends in Weeks
President Trump signed an executive order March 31, 2026, directing the Postal Service to barcode and verify mail-in ballots and requiring states to purge ineligible voters using federal data. Trump also said U.S. forces could leave Iran in two to three weeks.
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Trump Cabinet Meeting on Iran War, New DHS Secretary, and Economy — March 26, 2026
President Trump’s March 26 Cabinet meeting offered the most detailed public briefing yet on Operation Epic Fury — the U.S. military campaign against Iran — with Trump, Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, and Witkoff declaring the operation ahead of schedule.
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Gabbard’s Senate Testimony on Iran: What the Intelligence Community Said — and Didn’t Say
On March 18, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment. Her testimony revealed a significant discrepancy between her prepared written statement and her oral remarks — and raised contested questions about the intelligence community’s role in threat assessment.
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FACT-CHECK: Trump–Martin Bilateral Meeting, March 17, 2026
Integrated fact-check of Trump’s claims made during the press availability following the St. Patrick’s Day bilateral meeting with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
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Trump and Irish Taoiseach Martin Meet at White House on St. Patrick’s Day — Iran Dominates Press Availability
President Trump and Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin met at the White House on St. Patrick’s Day, but the press availability quickly became a wide-ranging briefing on the U.S. military campaign against Iran — with Trump declaring Iran’s navy, air force, and radar “wiped out” and warning NATO allies who praised the mission but refused to…
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Trump Claims Iran “Obliterated,” Presses Allies on Strait of Hormuz at Kennedy Center Board Lunch — March 16, 2026
President Trump addressed reporters at a Kennedy Center board lunch March 16, delivering a sweeping update on U.S. military operations against Iran, diplomatic pressure on allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, and plans for a two-year Kennedy Center closure and full renovation.
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Fact-Check: Trump’s Fox News Radio Interview with Brian Kilmeade (March 13, 2026)
This interview contains accurate descriptions of two recent terror-related incidents alongside at least five demonstrably false or significantly misleading claims on immigration figures, border crossing statistics, mail-in voting, and Trump’s personal history. The most serious concern is Trump’s invocation of “genetics” to explain the violent behavior of Muslim immigrants — language scientists and ethicists associate…
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Fact-Check: Trump’s Kentucky Rally Claims on Inflation, Iran, Tax Cuts, and the $18 Trillion Investment Figure
Fact-check of President Trump’s March 11, 2026 rally at Verst Logistics in Hebron, Kentucky. We rate ten claims on inflation, the $18 trillion investment figure, the One Big Beautiful Bill, Iran, fentanyl, and the murder rate against primary government sources.
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Economy Nearly Stalls in Q4 2025, but a Government Shutdown Shares the Blame
GDP grew just 0.7% in the final quarter of 2025, a sharp drop from Q3’s 4.4%. But a federal government shutdown that ran through most of October accounts for roughly a full percentage point of that drag. Here’s what’s underneath the headline.