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Democrats’ and Republicans’ Screwworm Blame Spin

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By Jessica McDonald Verified
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Politicians of both political parties have blamed either the Trump or the Biden administration for the arrival of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that affects the cattle industry, in the U.S. after decades of eradication. But experts say the reasons are different or more complicated than either side is saying — and that it’s no one administration’s fault.
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Trump’s Dubious Claim that Birthright Citizenship Could Still Be Overturned with Legislation

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By Robert Farley Verified
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After the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, the president called on Congress to end it through legislation, saying a “long and unwieldy” constitutional amendment was not necessary. But constitutional and immigration law experts disagree.
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Trump’s Unsupported Claims About Reflection Pool Vandalism

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By Kate Yandell Verified
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President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for damaging the new blue lining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is now peeling, as well as for algae in the water. But the administration has not provided evidence to back up the president’s claims. Experts say the pool’s ills have a variety of plausible explanations that do not involve intentional harm.
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How Trump’s Preliminary Deal with Iran Compares with His Rhetoric

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By D'Angelo Gore Verified, Saranac Hale Spencer Verified
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President Donald Trump signed a preliminary agreement to end the war with Iran on June 17. The 14-point memorandum of understanding outlines the conditions under which the U.S. and Iran have initially agreed, and gives them 60 days to negotiate additional terms. But some of what is included in the framework — or not — is at odds with what Trump said about a potential deal prior to approving the memorandum of understanding last week.
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No Evidence for Trump’s Right to Try Claim

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By Eugene Kiely
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As he has done for years, President Donald Trump claims – without evidence – that the federal Right to Try law he signed in 2018 has “saved thousands of lives.” But the White House provided no support for Trump’s claim about the law, which provides an alternative route for seriously ill patients to access unapproved drugs outside of clinical trials. Researchers who have long studied access to investigational drugs say the president is greatly exaggerating.
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The Shaky Assumptions Behind Trump’s Over $500 Billion in Projected Drug Savings

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By Kate Yandell Verified
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President Donald Trump has touted more than $500 billion in prescription drug savings over 10 years from his policies. But the savings are largely aspirational, and not based on the more limited actions the administration has taken so far. The administration’s most favored nation policy seeks to bring down drug prices to levels paid in other countries.
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Trump Makes Unsupported Claims About Drug Flows

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By D'Angelo Gore Verified
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President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that his administration has “cut” by 97% “the flow” of illegal drugs entering the U.S. “by water, by ocean and sea.” But available federal data do not support that claim. There is no comprehensive data on the total amount of drugs trafficked to the U.S., including how much authorities don’t capture. Without that information, drug policy experts have told us that it’s not possible to know if the president’s claim is accurate.
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Trump’s Inaccurate Anecdote on ‘Right to Repair’ Cars

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By Robert Farley Verified
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President Donald Trump waded into the contentious “right to repair” your own auto debate, but he recounted a wildly inaccurate anecdote to bolster his support for consumers. According to Trump, in remarks on June 4, “They gave a man seven years in jail, actually, because he fixed his own car.” The following day, at a roundtable on agriculture in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, the president again referenced the case.
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Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool Original

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By Saranac Hale Spencer Verified
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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool began filling with water on June 4 following maintenance work that President Donald Trump called a “big project.” In late May, Trump claimed that “the Biden administration and the Obama administration spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to get it to work, and they failed,” adding that his administration was spending “$10 million, maybe, $12 million.” But that exaggerates the amount spent by previous administrations.
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FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview

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By D'Angelo Gore Verified, Lori Robertson Verified, Robert Farley Verified
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President Donald Trump walked out of a sit-down interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” That happened after he made, or repeated, a number of false and unsupported claims — some of which Welker pushed back on. Trump seized on the slow vote-counting procedures in California to claim, without evidence, that its recent primary election was “rigged.” The president falsely claimed that he “didn’t guarantee” that he’d keep the U.S. out of “new wars” in his second term.
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Farley, Robert
Gore, D'Angelo
Jackson, Brooks
Jaramillo, Catalina
McDonald, Jessica
Robertson, Lori
Spencer, Saranac Hale
Yandell, Kate