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Island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Recent, credible reporting shows that the simple claim "" is false as a blanket statement: a majority of the nation’s estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants live in states led by , and per‑capit...
Reporting since 2020 has identified a small number of named ICE-associated personnel whose ties to white‑supremacist or extremist networks were publicly alleged and—at least in some cases—triggered in...
The migrants were transported from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in 2022 in an operation that multiple sources describe as orchestrated by Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration and later characterized by...
The island did not call for an “open border” or invite indiscriminate illegal immigration as public policy; what happened on Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022 and afterward was a mix of emergency ho...
Counts of Barack Obama’s presidential “vacation” days vary by methodology: CBS’s Mark Knoller and outlets that use his tally count Obama as taking 235 days away on 29 vacation trips and 93 days at Cam...
A federal judge in Boston ruled that nearly 50 in 2022 may proceed with civil claims against the that transported them, while simultaneously dismissing and other state officials from that particular s...
Tafari Campbell was the Obamas’ longtime personal chef who died July 23, 2023 while paddleboarding on Martha’s Vineyard; Massachusetts authorities ruled his death an accidental drowning and the Obamas...
The arrival of 49 migrants to Martha's Vineyard in September 2022 reshaped local social dynamics by prompting an immediate community-led humanitarian response while also entangling the island in a bro...
The available records show for the cost of the flights that transported migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard; reporting ranges from about to per-migrant estimates between , with a separate $12 mil...
The available evidence shows that , centered on community groups and leaders helping affected individuals while reporting unease about ICE presence. The clearest, dated local reporting describes detai...
Outdoor tented ceremonies were a recurring feature of the Obama presidency, notably the November 24, 2009 State Dinner for India held in a tent on the South Lawn with about 300 guests , and multiple s...
Barack and Michelle Obama maintain a small portfolio of well‑documented U.S. residences: a primary home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C.; a long‑standing Chicago residence in the Kenwo...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis chartered two planes carrying roughly 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022, an action framed by Republican officials as a protest against f...
Taxpayers paid for the official components of ’s travel — notably presidential aircraft flights, protection, logistics and other support — and watchdogs and reporters have tallied specific trip bills ...
President Barack Obama played golf frequently between 2009 and 2017 and visited a wide but not exhaustively documented set of courses; public trackers and contemporary reporting list and identify scor...
Barack Obama’s presidency is documented as having between while in office, but the available sources do during his two terms. Contemporary trackers and news reports list many individual venues — inclu...
The claim that ; the items reviewed either discuss White House renovations paid personally by the Obamas or cover unrelated projects like the Obama Presidential Center funded by the Obama Foundation. ...
The claim asking “How many vacations did Kamala Harris take during her term as vice president?” cannot be confirmed from the supplied materials: the articles cite but do not provide a comprehensive co...
The arrival of roughly 49 Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022 had limited direct, long-term effects on island housing prices but sharpened attention on a chronic and the island’...
Federal courts and civil-rights groups have concluded that aspects of Florida’s migrant relocation operation raised serious , while some claims against Governor Ron DeSantis were dismissed on jurisdic...