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Scott Adams made statements in a 2023 livestream that many outlets and commentators characterized as racist—most notably saying Black people could be seen as a “hate group” and advising white people t...
Available reporting and public profiles show Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) met Charlie Kirk in 2018, married him in 2021 and — according to major outlets — has no reliably documented prior marriage; sever...
Published reporting and genealogical profiles describe Erika Kirk (born Erika Lane Frantzve) as having a mixed European and Middle Eastern background: sources say her father is of Swedish descent and ...
Erika Kirk’s maiden name is Frantzve; multiple profiles and news outlets identify her as Erika Lane Frantzve (now Erika Kirk) and report she was born in 1988 and raised in Arizona in a Catholic househ...
U.S. officials have repeatedly asserted that struck Venezuelan boats were carrying narcotics, and the White House and Pentagon say intelligence confirmed drugs aboard some vessels . Independent report...
Available reporting identifies Erika Kirk’s birth name as Erika Lane Frantzve and refers to her in public sources since marriage as Erika Kirk (née Frantzve). Sources state she married Charlie Kirk on...
Erika (née Frantzve) Kirk was born November 20, 1988, and grew up in metro Phoenix—specifically Scottsdale—raised primarily by her mother in a Catholic household after her parents’ divorce . She is a ...
Pete Hegseth served as a commissioned infantry officer in the Army National Guard and deployed to Afghanistan; military evaluations and reporting characterize him as a junior infantry officer with “ba...
The headline answer is this: official contemporaneous counts reported four people dead on January 6, 2021, with several additional law-enforcement officers dying in the days, weeks and months afterwar...
Candace Owens, the American right‑wing commentator, has in recent months been at the center of multiple public controversies: an Australian speaking tour was blocked by the Australian government and t...
Pete Hegseth’s basic service in the Army National Guard and his status as a commissioned infantry officer are corroborated by an official Department of Defense biography and by reference works such as...
No credible reporting indicates Erika Kirk is planning to remarry; major profiles and fact-checks that document her life after Charlie Kirk’s death make no mention of an engagement or wedding plans, a...
Available reporting describes Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) as born November 20, 1988, raised in a Catholic family in Arizona by her mother after her parents’ divorce, and of mixed European and Middle Eas...
Available reporting consistently states Erika Kirk married Charlie Kirk in 2021; several outlets give a specific date of May 8, 2021 . Claims that she was married previously or that she and Charlie fi...
As of January 2026, Donald Trump has been the subject of four major criminal prosecutions that originated in 2023 — a New York state case that resulted in a 2024 conviction later discharged, and three...
Available reporting consistently lists Erika Lane Kirk (née Frantzve) as born on November 20, 1988, and raised in Arizona, with several sources explicitly saying she was born in Ohio (Britannica) whil...
Coverage in the provided sources shows mixed signals: Ilhan Omar won her 2024 Democratic primary and November general easily in a liberal Minneapolis-centered district , while national polling and fav...
Four commercial airliners were hijacked on September 11, 2001: American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 struck the World Trade Center, American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon, a...
Erika Kirk earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from Arizona State University and a graduate law-related degree — a Juris Master / master’s in American legal stu...
The Nobel Prize medals awarded today are cast in 18‑carat "green gold" (an alloy of gold and silver) and since 1980 have been plated with 24‑carat gold; earlier medals were made of higher‑carat solid ...