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Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published in the Spring 2026 issue of Extant, a publication of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. Philadelphia Macaroni Company Location: 780 South 11th Street Architect: Isadore W. Levin Built: 1933 The Italian Market broke ground in the 1880s along 9th Street, a still-thriving piazza that has given Philly much of its culinary character, including hoagies, water ice, soft pretzels, and cheesesteaks.
Unlisted Philadelphia: Mighty Mick’s Gym
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published in the Winter 2026 issue of Extant, a publication of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia.
FactChecking Trump's Rapid-Fire Prime-Time Address
President Donald Trump blitzed through a prime-time address to the nation on Dec. 17, but while short, Trump’s speech contained a number of inaccurate or misleading claims, many of which he has repeated in public speeches for months. Trump mentioned several items, such as cars and plane tickets, that he said experienced price increases under former President Joe Biden and price decreases during Trump’s own presidency.
Trump led Republicans to power in 2024. But 2026 could be a different story
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump successfully harnessed voter anxiety over the economy, immigration and crime last year to retake the White House — and lift plenty of other Republicans into office with him. But as the party tries to keep its grip on complete control in Washington, that strategy may be harder to replicate. Republicans have lost a series of elections over the past month, some resoundingly.
FactChecking Trump's Economic Speech
In a campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania on Dec. 9, President Donald Trump honed a message of “lower prices, bigger paychecks” ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Some of his talking points on the economy missed the mark. The president falsely claimed he had “inherited the worst inflation” in U.S. history and that it “stopped” since he returned to the White House. The worst inflation period occurred after World War I, and inflation was up 3% for the 12-month period ending in September.
Examining Trump's Pardon of Former Honduran President Convicted of Trafficking Drugs to U.S.
President Donald Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, on Dec. 1, claiming without evidence that his prosecution had been a “setup” by the Biden administration and that Hernández was targeted because he was president of a country where drug cartels operated. “If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life,” Trump said in explaining the pardon.
Sorting out the Facts on Epstein Claims
The House voted nearly unanimously on Nov. 18 to force the Department of Justice to release “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” related to the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein. After resisting the release for months, President Donald Trump threw his late support to the bill, which he signed shortly after the Senate also passed it by unanimous consent.
Trump Misrepresents Biden's Job Numbers, SNAP Data to Tout His Own Record
Addressing a meeting of McDonald’s restaurant owners, President Donald Trump distorted his predecessor’s record on employment, falsely claiming that government jobs were increasing while “real jobs” were declining. The number of private-sector jobs increased every year under former President Joe Biden’s term and was up about 12% by the time he left office. At the McDonald’s Impact Summit on Nov.
Addressing Trump's Claims About the Pardon of Binance Founder
In defending his Oct. 23 pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, President Donald Trump claimed that Zhao was the victim of a Biden administration “witch hunt.” The billionaire executive known as “CZ” pleaded guilty to allowing money-laundering through his cryptocurrency company. He was fined $50 million and served a four-month sentence in a low-security prison and halfway house. Trump’s comments came during a Nov.
FactChecking Trump's ‘60 Minutes’ Interview
In a lengthy “60 Minutes” interview, President Donald Trump made false and questionable claims about nuclear weapons testing, inflation and military strikes in the Caribbean Sea. He also repeated numerous misleading claims he has made before on a range of topics.
Assessing the Facts and Legal Questions About the U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats
At least 61 people have been killed in 14 U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since early September. President Donald Trump has said he is targeting “narcoterrorists” who threaten American lives with lethal substances, and the administration has told Congress the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels operating in South America. But Democratic Sen.
¿Hay conflicto de intereses o ilegalidad en las obras de Trump en la Casa Blanca?
El 31 de julio, la Casa Blanca anunció la construcción de un salón de baile de 90.000 pies cuadrados (8.300 metros cuadrados) para cenas de Estado y ocasiones especiales, con un coste de 200 millones de dólares, y que Trump y “otros donantes patriotas” financiarían la estructura. El presidente ha afirmado reiteradamente que él mismo financiaría el salón. A mediados de septiembre, también aumentó el presupuesto, declarando a la prensa: “Yo lo pago. El país no, y ese es un salón caro.
¿Hay conflicto de intereses o ilegalidad en las obras de Trump en la Casa Blanca?
El 31 de julio, la Casa Blanca anunció la construcción de un salón de baile de 90.000 pies cuadrados (8.300 metros cuadrados) para cenas de Estado y ocasiones especiales, con un coste de 200 millones de dólares, y que Trump y “otros donantes patriotas” financiarían la estructura. El presidente ha afirmado reiteradamente que él mismo financiaría el salón. A mediados de septiembre, también aumentó el presupuesto, declarando a la prensa: “Yo lo pago. El país no, y ese es un salón caro.
Trump's White House Ballroom Sparks Questions About Funding and Ethics
Q: Is President Donald Trump paying in full for the new ballroom at the White House, and what is the cost? A: The White House said Trump and “other patriot donors” would pay for the ballroom, which the president estimated would cost $250 million. So far, $200 million has been pledged, according to the White House, which did not say how much the president would donate. Democratic leaders and ethics experts have questioned the project and what influence donors would have on federal policies.
Appraising the Federal Indictment of Letitia James
The legal clashes between New York Attorney General Letitia James and President Donald Trump took a U-turn with a federal indictment on Oct. 9 charging James with mortgage fraud. The government says when James bought a house in Norfolk, Virginia, she told the mortgage broker it would be a second home in order to get a lower interest rate, but she then used it as a rental property.
Unlisted Philadelphia: Fairmount Park Welcome Center
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published in the Fall 2025 issue of Extant, a publication of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia.
The blame game is on at federal agencies, where political messages fault Democrats for the shutdown
NEW YORK — Army veteran Samuel Port couldn’t believe what he was reading in his latest weekly newsletter emailed from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It blamed Senate Democrats for the federal shutdown, saying they were blocking a stopgap bill to fund the government “due to unrelated policy demands.” It then listed various disruptions to veterans’ resources.
Factcheck: Lawmakers’ health care, government shutdown claims
FactCheck.org Democrats and Republicans have sparred over Democratic demands to address health care issues in a government funding bill, with the standoff leading to the first government shutdown since 2019. We’ll provide the facts on two talking points each side is using to blame the other for the shutdown.
Lawmakers' Health Care, Government Shutdown Claims
Democrats and Republicans have sparred over Democratic demands to address health care issues in a government funding bill, with the standoff leading to the first government shutdown since 2019. We’ll provide the facts on two talking points each side is using to blame the other for the shutdown. Democrats have repeatedly said that health care premiums will rise 75% without action from Republicans, a figure that needs context.
Trump Again Overstates Number of Drug Overdose Deaths in U.S.
Reviving an unfounded claim he has made for several years, President Donald Trump on Sept.
After Kirk's Death, a False Social Media Post on Partisan Reaction to Violence
After the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, social media claims offering political views of the assassination and the reaction to it quickly spread. One message falsely claimed that “not a single Republican condemned” the targeted shooting of a Democratic politician in Minnesota in June. Many Republicans, including President Donald Trump, condemned it.
Adding Context to Trump's Misleading Claims About Crime in Chicago
The Labor Day holiday became a violent weekend in the city of Chicago, as more than 50 people were shot and nine were killed from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2. Despite those grim statistics, President Donald Trump was wrong when he said on Truth Social on Sept. 2, “CHICAGO IS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!” That’s not the case, experts told us, and Chicago’s overall homicide rate declined more than 30% in the first six months of this year as compared with last year.
Addressing Trump’s Claims About Ending Multiple Wars
Q: Did President Donald Trump solve seven wars in seven months? A: Trump has claimed he “ended” six or seven wars since returning to the White House in January. Experts in international relations said the president has had a significant role in ending fighting in four conflicts, though officials in one country refute Trump’s claim. But some of the international disagreements Trump cites have not been wars, and some clashes have not ended, experts said.
Assessing Claims About the Reliability of D.C. Crime Data
The Trump administration has accused the Washington, D.C., police department of reporting “phony crime stats” and “cooking the books,” citing the suspension of a police commander for allegedly altering crime data. The U.S. attorney’s office in the district reportedly opened an investigation into whether city officials had manipulated crime statistics.
FactChecking Trump’s Claims About Mail-In Ballots, Voting Machines and States’ Role
President Donald Trump launched his second-term assault on mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines on Aug. 18, firing off a series of unfounded claims while announcing an effort to do away with both.
Trump Distorts Violent Crime Statistics in Ordering Takeover and Troops to D.C. Original
President Donald Trump inaccurately claimed that the murder rate in Washington, D.C., “reached the highest rate probably ever” in 2023, and he ignored a decline in murders since then to justify a federal takeover of the city’s law enforcement. In declaring a “crime emergency” in Washington, Trump wrongly claimed at an Aug. 11 press conference, “Murders in 2023 reached the highest rate probably ever.
Trump Exaggerates Trade Deficit with Switzerland by Ignoring Surplus in Services
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. President Donald Trump has cited a $40 billion trade deficit with Switzerland to justify a new, high tariff on imported Swiss goods. But his figure ignores trade in services. The overall goods-and-services deficit is less than $9 billion.
FactCheck: Are prices up or down? Parsing misleading claims by Trump & Democrats
FactCheck.org About six months into the second term of President Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats are making conflicting and often misleading assessments of the Trump administration’s impact on inflation and prices. Both sides cherry-pick examples of consumer products to support their claims, while sometimes wrongly taking credit for lower prices or falsely casting blame for rising costs.
Fact check: Are prices up or down? Parsing misleading claims by Trump and Democrats
About six months into the second term of President Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats are making conflicting and often misleading assessments of the Trump administration’s impact on inflation and prices. Both sides cherry-pick examples of consumer products to support their claims, while sometimes wrongly taking credit for lower prices or falsely casting blame for rising costs.
Are Prices Up or Down? Parsing Misleading Claims by Trump and Democrats
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. About six months into the second term of President Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats are making conflicting and often misleading assessments of the Trump administration’s impact on inflation and prices. Both sides cherry-pick examples of consumer products to support their claims, while sometimes wrongly taking credit for lower prices or falsely casting blame for rising costs.
Unlisted Philadelphia: University Parking Garage
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published in the Summer 2025 issue of Extant, a publication of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. University Parking Garage Location: 3201 Walnut Street Architects: Mitchell/Giurgola Associates Built: 1963 Brutalism is having a moment. The Oscar-winning, Philadelphia-set film, The Brutalist, casts a spotlight on the mid-century architectural movement characterized by the use of poured, raw concrete. Some hate the style.
MAGA Ad Distorts How Massie Diverges from Trump
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. An attack ad by a super PAC called MAGA Kentucky targets Republican Rep. Thomas Massie — a longtime conservative foil of President Donald Trump — with claims that distort the congressman’s votes on some of Trump’s policy goals. The 30-second broadcast and digital ad, the first phase in a $1 million ad buy, according to Axios, began airing in late June in the northern Kentucky district where Massie is seeking reelection in 2026.
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Staffing Cuts at NWS and the Tragic Flooding in Texas
Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people. Those staffing cuts did not cause the high number of deaths in the flash floods on July 4, experts said. Local forecasting offices were sufficiently staffed and issued timely warnings.
FactCheck: A dedicated FEMA fund will pay for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
FactCheck.org Q: Are FEMA funds being used to construct an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades? A: Yes, the immigrant detention facility in Florida, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is being “funded largely” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services Program, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. The funding does not come from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund.
A Dedicated FEMA Fund Will Pay for 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Q: Are FEMA funds being used to construct an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades? A: Yes, the immigrant detention facility in Florida, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is being “funded largely” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services Program, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. The funding does not come from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund.
Questions Linger About Iran's Enriched Uranium Stockpile After U.S. Airstrikes
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The location of some enriched uranium is still in question after the U.S. bombed three key nuclear facilities in Iran, according to the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and experts on arms control and global security.
Iranian Nuclear Program Damaged, Not 'Obliterated' by U.S. Attack
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The bombing of three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21 by American B-2 aircraft damaged the sites and set back Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, but didn’t completely destroy the sites or Iran’s nuclear capabilities, according to experts we spoke with and a classified U.S. intelligence report.
Factcheck: Dems, GOP fudge food stamp facts
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Lee, Others Spread Baseless Claims About Political Affiliation of Minnesota Gunman
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and others posted unfounded claims on social media about the political affiliation of the gunman arrested in the June 14 fatal shootings of a Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife. Lee and Sen.
Online Posts Make Baseless Claim Linking Protesters to Craigslist Ad
Q: Is there an ad in Craigslist to hire people to riot in L.A.? A: No, there has been no such ad on Craigslist. Some social media posts cited a Craigslist ad to falsely claim it showed that people protesting the immigration raids in Los Angeles were being paid for their actions. But a pair of podcasters told the Associated Press they placed the ad as a prank for their show, and it had nothing to do with the protests. Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino.
Walz and Johnson Make Misleading Claims About Bill’s Impact on SNAP
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Republican and Democratic leaders have either downplayed or overstated the estimated impact of the House reconciliation bill on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that due to work requirements in the bill, 3.2 million people would lose all of their SNAP benefits, which provide financial help to low-income people for groceries.
Checking the math on White House, GOP claims about ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ - Roll Call
Multiple independent analyses say the recently passed House reconciliation bill — even with its deep spending cuts in some areas — would add trillions of dollars to the federal deficit over 10 years. Those analyses contradict Republican lawmakers who have downplayed the net cost of the bill and White House claims that it wouldn’t increase the deficit at all. The House passed HR 1, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” on May 22 after an all-night session.
Checking the Math on White House, GOP Claims About 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Multiple independent analyses say the recently passed House reconciliation bill — even with its deep spending cuts in some areas — would add trillions of dollars to the federal deficit over 10 years. Those analyses contradict Republican lawmakers who have downplayed the net cost of the bill and White House claims that it wouldn’t increase the deficit at all.
Trump, allies spread unfounded claims about Biden's cancer diagnosis
Former President Joe Biden's office announced on May 18 that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer two days earlier, following the discovery of a prostate nodule. President Donald Trump and others have suggested, without evidence, that Biden's diagnosis had been known much earlier and hidden from the public.
U.S. formally accepts luxury jet from Qatar for Trump
WASHINGTON — The United States has accepted a 747 jetliner as a gift from the government of Qatar, and the Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to rapidly upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for President Donald Trump, a Defense Department spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. "The secretary of defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations," chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement.
FactCheck: Unwrapping Qatar’s $400 million winged gift to Trump
FactCheck.org Days before leaving on a diplomatic tour of the Middle East, news reports surfaced that President Donald Trump planned to accept a Boeing 747-8 jet from the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar to replace the aging Air Force One aircrafts currently used by the president. But the proposed gift has raised a maelstrom of legal questions from Democrats, who say the gift would need the approval of Congress or would otherwise be a violation of the Constitution.
Trump says the U.S. and Iran have ‘sort of’ agreed on the terms for a nuclear deal
DOHA, Qatar — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States and Iran have “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear deal, offering a measure of confidence that an accord is coming into sharper focus. Trump, in an exchange with reporters at a business roundtable in Doha, Qatar, described the talks between American envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as “very serious negotiations” for “long-term peace" and were continuing to progress.
Fact check: The legality of Qatar’s $400M gift of jet to Trump for use as Air Force One
Days before leaving on a diplomatic tour of the Middle East, news reports surfaced that President Donald Trump planned to accept a Boeing 747-8 jet from the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar to replace the aging Air Force One aircrafts currently used by the president. But the proposed gift has raised a maelstrom of legal questions from Democrats, who say the gift would need the approval of Congress or would otherwise be a violation of the Constitution.
Unwrapping Qatar's $400 Million Winged Gift to Trump
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Days before leaving on a diplomatic tour of the Middle East, news reports surfaced that President Donald Trump planned to accept a Boeing 747-8 jet from the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar to replace the aging Air Force One aircrafts currently used by the president.
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