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Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut

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Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut - FactCheck.org Following an executive order from the Trump administration that promotes production of glyphosate, some Democrats have claimed that the herbicide causes cancer. The science, however, is nuanced. While there is some evidence linking glyphosate to cancers in lab animals or to the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma in agricultural workers, the findings have been inconsistent.

Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut

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The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’

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The U.S. Treasury Didn't Declare the Country 'Insolvent' - FactCheck.org Q: I read this on FB. Is it true? The U.S. Treasury just declared the U.S government is insolvent. A: No. That’s the conclusion of an opinion piece that cited a Treasury report showing the government...

The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’

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Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers

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Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers

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Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers - FactCheck.org In a speech to what he called "the single largest gathering of American farmers that the White House has ... ever had," President Donald Trump distorted the facts on the estate tax, soybean exports an...

In a speech to what he called “the single largest gathering of American farmers that the White House has … ever had,” President Donald Trump distorted the facts on the estate tax, soybean exports and more.

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FactChecking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Iran

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FactChecking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Iran

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FactChecking Trump's Prime-Time Address on Iran - FactCheck.org A month after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a prime-time speech on April 1, saying the military operation was "getting very close" to ...

FactChecking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Iran

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Who is Wong Kim Ark and why was his 1898 case repeatedly cited in arguments today before the Supreme Court over the issue of birthright citizenship? We'll explain.

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Trump Links Biden’s Ukraine Aid to Pentagon’s Iran War Funding Request

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We Could Win a Webby with Your Vote - FactCheck.org FactCheck.org is a nominee for the 30th Annual Webby Awards in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics. Now our loyal readers can help us win the Webby People’s Voice Award, which ...

This is not an April Fools’ Day joke! We are a nominee for the 30th Annual Webby Awards in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics.

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Trump Links Biden's Ukraine Aid to Pentagon's Iran War Funding Request - FactCheck.org With the Pentagon potentially seeking a $200 billion supplemental package to fund the ongoing war with Iran, President Donald Trump defended that figure in part by saying U.S. ammunition "was taken do...

Trump Links Biden’s Ukraine Aid to Pentagon’s Iran War Funding Request

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Flaws in Government Tool to ID Noncitizen Voters

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Flaws in Government Tool to ID Noncitizen Voters - FactCheck.org Republican Sen. Mike Lee said that he believes there are "at least tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands" of noncitizens illegally registered to vote in the U.S., adding that a federal too...

Flaws in Government Tool to ID Noncitizen Voters

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Q&A on the SAVE America Act

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Is the U.S. at ‘War’? Politicians Disagree

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Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters

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Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters - FactCheck.org Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the SAVE America Act "could disenfranchise over 20 million American citizens," while Republicans dispute that the voter registration and ID bill would blo...

Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters

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FactChecking Trump’s Repeated False Claim About Mail-In Voting

We first wrote about this claim back in August 2025. On March 23, Trump made the claim again.

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EPA’s Misleading Claim of $1.3 Trillion in Deregulatory ‘Savings’

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On March 17, the Senate began debate on the SAVE America Act, a Republican-backed voter identification and registration bill that passed the House last month. Here, we answer several questions about the legislation, many of them asked by our readers.

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Q&A on the SAVE America Act - FactCheck.org On March 17, the Senate began debate on the SAVE America Act, a Republican-backed voter identification and registration bill that passed the House last month. Here, we answer several questions about t...

On March 17, the Senate began debate on the SAVE America Act, a Republican-backed voter identification and registration bill that passed the House last month. Here, we answer several questions about the legislation, many of them asked by our readers.

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EPA’s Misleading Claim of $1.3 Trillion in Deregulatory ‘Savings’

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Trump’s bin Laden ‘Prediction’

We first wrote about this claim back in 2015 when Trump said something similar in an interview on the Alex Jones Radio Show.

On March 16, Trump made the claim again.

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EPA’s Misleading Claim of $1.3 Trillion in Deregulatory ‘Savings’ - FactCheck.org Trump administration officials have claimed that they are saving Americans over $1.3 trillion by ending regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. But the figure does not incorporate...

EPA’s Misleading Claim of $1.3 Trillion in Deregulatory ‘Savings’

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