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How do U.S. deportation flights work, what happens when countries refuse to accept them?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s air transportation branch, ICE Air Operations, runs deportation flights. The agency uses commercial or charter planes to fly migrants internationally to their ...
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Yes, Wisconsin makes it harder to vote than most other U.S. states
Wisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation. Looking only at voter ID laws, Wisconsin’s is one of the strictest in the country, according to the ...
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No, Trump didn’t sign an executive order to eliminate income taxes
Trump’s executive memo did not nix the IRS or income taxes; it directed Cabinet officials to consider the feasibility of establishing an External Revenue Service to collect tariffs. Congressional ...
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What a US exit from the WHO means for global health
"Unfairly onerous payments" are cited in the executive order as a reason for WHO withdrawal. Countries’ dues are a percentage of their gross domestic product, meaning that as the world’s richest ...
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No, Michael Jordan did not call for a ban on pride flags in sports and schools
PolitiFact found no news reports or statements that the basketball star called for a ban on pride flags. PolitiFact previously debunked other claims about Jordan, such as that he turned down a $100 ...
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Google Maps images saying "help" in LA is handiwork of a trespasser, not linked to human trafficking
A set of coordinates are circulating social media and, as of Jan. 27, plugging them into Google Maps revealed a concerning image: an aerial view of the word "help" written more than a dozen times on ...
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No, this proposed constitutional amendment wouldn’t give former President Barack Obama a third term
According to the 22nd Amendment, "No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice, and no person who has held the office of president, or acted as president, for more than ...
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Trump’s anti-birthright citizenship effort doesn’t apply only to children of those ‘here illegally’
Trump’s order said the government would no longer recognize U.S. citizenship if a person was born in the U.S. "when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and ...
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Fact-checking President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day speeches
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took his second oath of office Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, offering an agenda heavily foreshadowed by his campaign promises. Speaking from ...
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No, the U.S. government hasn’t approved $1,000 stimulus checks upon Trump’s return to office
Since President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20, Congress has not approved a $1,000 stimulus card program for all Americans. Soon after President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20, social media users ...
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Trump’s early health moves signal intent to erase Biden’s legacy. What’s next is unclear.
A flurry of executive orders and other actions Trump issued on his first day back in office included rescinding directives by his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, that had promoted lowering ...
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What Trump's first week immigration orders mean in the short and long term
Trump signing the order on Day 1 is "testing the outer limits of executive branch power in the immigration sphere," Erin Corcoran, executive director of Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute for ...