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Brookings Institution

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Nov 22, 2025
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Has crime in the US gone down since Trump

Available reporting shows violent crime and homicides that rose around 2020–2021 have fallen in 2023–2025, with several city- and national-level data series recording substantial declines (examples: m...

Dec 9, 2025
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How has the wealth of US politicians changed since 2010?

Since about 2010, available data and reporting show U.S. politicians — especially members of Congress — became substantially wealthier on average and in concentration: the median lawmaker was estimate...

Nov 9, 2025
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Which senators have commented on or would vote on an impeachment trial of Donald Trump in 2025?

Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia is the only senator identified in the assembled reporting as having publicly of President Donald Trump in 2025, saying Trump has “exceeded any prior standard for impeachm...

Jan 23, 2026

How many crossed us southern border under trump first term

Available reporting in the packet does not provide a single, authoritative total count of people who crossed the during ’s first term (Jan 2017–Jan 2021); instead, the sources describe trends — notabl...

Nov 16, 2025

What are the key controversies surrounding Charlie Kirk in 2023-2024?

Charlie Kirk drew intense controversy in 2023–2024 for repeated incendiary statements on race, gender and guns, for promoting disputed claims on elections and immigration, and for a high rate of demon...

Jan 14, 2026

What podcast did Charlie Kirk’s have

Charlie Kirk hosted a regularly released program called "The Charlie Kirk Show," presented as a daily news and opinion podcast and nationally syndicated radio talk show available on platforms includin...

Nov 16, 2025

What evidence did the Mueller Report provide on Russian election interference in 2016?

The Mueller Report concluded that the Russian government “interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion,” using two principal operations: a social‑media campaign run ...

Jan 18, 2026

What controversies have independent studies flagged about The Charlie Kirk Show’s factual accuracy?

Independent fact-checkers and academic analysts have repeatedly flagged The Charlie Kirk Show for spreading unsubstantiated, misleading, or false claims in episodes and social posts, particularly on t...

Jan 27, 2026

What are the arguments for and against providing public funds to undocumented immigrants?

The debate over whether should be extended to undocumented immigrants centers on competing legal limits, fiscal estimates, public-health and humanitarian arguments, and political incentives; several f...

Jan 24, 2026

How do the FEC certified national totals compare with independent trackers like Cook, Brookings, and Dave Leip’s Atlas?

’s Atlas is a long-standing, widely used compilation of that sells detailed datasets compiled from official sources and is cited by researchers and journalists . The FEC publishes official, certified ...

Jan 28, 2026

# of immigrants deported in 2025

The question “” does not have a single authoritative answer in public reporting: official political releases present far larger tallies that mix deportations with voluntary “self‑deportations,” while ...

Jan 11, 2026

How do neighborhood conditions, education, and employment influence racial differences in crime rates?

Racial differences in crime rates in the United States are not reducible to innate traits or simple causation; instead, a large body of research finds that neighborhood conditions, unequal access to q...

Jan 5, 2026

Which specific Charlie Kirk podcast episodes led to public statements or retractions, and what did those statements say?

Two Charlie Kirk podcast episodes are explicitly tied in the available reporting to public responses: an October 2021 broadcast that drew social-media backlash and prompted Kirk to publish a clarifyin...

Jan 4, 2026

How many deportations occurred during Trump's first term in office compared to 2025?

Official Department of Homeland Security statements for 2025 claim an extraordinary number of removals — more than 527,000 to 622,000 deportations in President Trump’s first year back in office — but ...

Nov 23, 2025

Which law professors wrote op-eds defending Trump's post-2020 election lawsuits as valid legal advocacy?

Coverage of law professors publicly defending the Trump campaign’s post-2020 election lawsuits as “valid legal advocacy” is sparse in the provided sources. Most items here record law professors critic...

Nov 22, 2025

What is the Republican plan for bring the price of fodd and goods down?

Republican proposals to lower prices broadly emphasize boosting domestic energy production, cutting regulations and some taxes, and repealing or rolling back parts of the Inflation Reduction Act — but...

Nov 15, 2025

the gop opposition to president obama

Republican leaders adopted a deliberate strategy of opposition to Barack Obama early in his presidency, with reporting describing private meetings at and around his 2009 inauguration where GOP figures...