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Nov 30, 2025
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Who won the 2024 U.S. presidential popular vote and what were the totals?

The available sources report that Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election and carried the Electoral College with 312 electoral votes to Kamala Harris’s 226 (National Archives; BBC) . Multiple ...

Dec 5, 2025
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How much illegal fentanyl in the US originates from China versus Mexico?

Law enforcement and analysts say the U.S. illicit-fentanyl supply chain is a two-country system: Chinese chemical manufacturers and brokers supply most precursor chemicals, while Mexican cartels have ...

Dec 21, 2025
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did trump sell weapons to Russia

There is no credible reporting in the provided sources that President Trump personally sold U.S. weapons to Russia; the mainstream record instead shows the Trump administration approving and accelerat...

Jan 13, 2026

What were the final popular vote totals and percentages in the 2024 presidential election?

Donald J. Trump won the 2024 national popular vote with roughly 77.3 million votes (about 49.8–49.9%), while Kamala Harris received roughly 75.0 million votes (about 48.3–48.4%), a margin of roughly 1...

Nov 27, 2025

How many illegals were allowed in during trumps first term

Available sources do not provide a single, definitive tally of how many people "were allowed in" during Donald Trump’s first term; reporting and government releases instead focus on enforcement action...

Dec 6, 2025

Are democrats going to take over in the 2026 elections?

Polls and forecasters currently show Democrats favored to make gains in 2026 but not an inevitable “takeover”: several models and polling snapshots project Democrats can win the House (some forecastin...

Dec 12, 2025

The bad things that Trump has done this year

This year the Trump administration pursued a sweeping agenda that critics say includes aggressive immigration enforcement, expansive executive orders (218 EOs in 2025), military actions in the Caribbe...

Dec 12, 2025

How many deportations occurred under the Trump administration compared to other administrations?

Available sources report widely different counts and definitions for removals under President Trump’s second term: DHS statements claim as many as “more than 605,000” deportations and “more than 2.5 m...

Jan 18, 2026

Has trump been invoked with the 25th amendment

No—there has never been a successful invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove or permanently displace Donald J. Trump from the presidency; what occurred instead were urgent discussions, public calls...

Dec 14, 2025

How many drone strikes occurred during the Obama administration

Sources differ but cluster around roughly 1,800–1,900 total U.S. “drone strikes” during Barack Obama’s eight years: the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s compiled figure cited by BBC is 1,878 strik...

Dec 11, 2025

Did Trump win the popular vote in the U.S. 2024 Presidential Election?

Donald Trump won the 2024 national popular vote by a narrow plurality — roughly 77.3 million votes (about 49.8%) to Kamala Harris’s roughly 75 million (about 48.3%) — a margin of about 1.5 percentage ...

Nov 15, 2025

Jews control the USA government

Claims that “Jews control the U.S. government” are a longstanding antisemitic trope; available reporting shows active Jewish participation in American politics and influential pro-Israel lobbying but ...

Nov 8, 2025

Why is Donald Trump allowed to break the law and violate the Constitution?

Donald Trump is not formally "allowed" to break the law, but a mix of recent legal doctrines, prosecutorial choices, and political dynamics explains why enforcement has been uneven. are the Supreme Co...

Dec 4, 2025

Do blacks have more gun crimes per capital than white

Available sources consistently show that Black Americans experience much higher rates of gun homicide and gun-related victimization than non‑Hispanic white Americans—for example, analyses report Black...

Dec 3, 2025

How many overseas military conflicts occurred under Barack Obama and how are they defined as wars?

Barack Obama inherited two large-scale U.S. wars (Iraq and Afghanistan) and during his presidency the United States was engaged militarily in at least five overseas conflicts — Afghanistan, Iraq (incl...

Dec 17, 2025

do white people commit the most crimes than black people

Arrest data show more white people are arrested in absolute numbers, but Black people are disproportionately represented in many serious crimes and in victimization rates. For example, FBI tables repo...

Jan 17, 2026

What were the key factors that led to Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win in 2009?

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize principally for what it called his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between pe...

Nov 26, 2025

Which party has been associated with the most violent incidents in 2024?

Available reporting and analyses indicate that most sources identify right-wing or far-right actors as responsible for the bulk of politically motivated, extremist violence in and around 2024; multipl...

Dec 3, 2025

How much did US tariff revenue total in 2025 year-to-date and full-year estimates?

The U.S. collected roughly $165–195 billion in tariff (customs duties) revenue in fiscal year 2025, with year‑to‑date calendar‑year or partial‑year tallies varying by source and cutoffs: Treasury and ...

Nov 28, 2025

Comparison of FBI arrest statistics by race for violent vs non-violent crimes 2023

FBI arrest counts for 2023 show more White than Black arrestees in absolute numbers for many violent offenses (e.g., BeautifyData reports 375,359 violent-crime arrests in 2023 with ~200.87K White and ...