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Inflation has eased somewhat during Trump’s second term, but "plummeting" is an exaggeration. The year-over-year rise in prices for January 2026 was about 2.4%. That’s lower than the year-over-year ...

In a move that reflected the party’s divisions, Democrats offered a range of responses to President Donald Trump’s Feb. 24 State of the Union address. Some skipped Trump’s s ...

For the "Trump accounts," babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028, will receive $1,000 from the federal government. Parents can make additional deposits but aren’t required to. RELATED: ...

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, delivering the Democratic response, said the opposite. "Since this president took office last year, his reckless trade policies have forced American families to pay ...

Page also referred PolitiFact to an article by The Assembly, which described him this way: "No North Carolina law enforcement official has cheered President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda as ...

PolitiFact live fact-checked President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress Feb. 24. See our fact-checks in reverse chronological order below or read our roundu ...

President Donald Trump inflated his administration’s success in reducing inflation at his Feb. 24 State of the Union address, falsely claiming he inherited "record levels" from President Joe Biden.

"I've kept all my promises, and much more," he told a Detroit audience in January. Trump fulfilled a decent chunk of his domestic agenda in his first year — enforcing hardline immigration policies, ...

For years, President Donald Trump and other Republicans have criticized teachers unions, whose procedures protect tenured educators from unjust firings. During his 2024 campaign, Trump promised he ...

President Donald Trump called the U.S. men’s hockey team to offer congratulations on their gold medal at the Winter Olympics and invite them to the State of the Union. In a brief chat punctuated by ...

This viral image doesn’t show Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after the killing of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.