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Dec 2, 2025
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the top 10 positive accomplishments of donald trump's second presidential term

Requests for a “top 10 positive accomplishments” of Donald Trump’s second presidential term must rely on partisan claims, executive actions, and early statutory wins rather than an authoritative, neut...

Dec 12, 2025
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Can a presidential pardon affect state-level convictions indirectly?

A presidential pardon applies only to federal offenses; it cannot directly nullify state criminal convictions . However, pardons can have indirect effects — procedural, political, and practical — that...

Nov 19, 2025
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How many lawsuits has Donald Trump won compared to losses?

Available reporting shows multiple, inconsistent tallies of Donald Trump’s litigation outcomes depending on scope (administration regulatory cases, state suits, private civil suits, settlements). For ...

Dec 20, 2025

How many House votes are required to impeach a president for the 2025-26 Congress?

The House of Representatives requires a simple majority vote to adopt articles of impeachment against a president—meaning more votes in favor than against among members voting when a quorum is present...

Dec 3, 2025

What is the current status of each criminal conviction against Donald Trump as of November 19, 2025?

As of November 19, 2025, available reporting shows Donald Trump had been convicted on 34 felony counts in the New York “hush‑money” case (May 30, 2024) and that the Georgia racketeering prosecution ha...

Jan 14, 2026

What criminal indictments — if any — against Donald Trump exist as of January 2026, and what are the typical timelines from indictment to possible imprisonment?

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...

Dec 5, 2025

how many lawsuits are against Donald trump right now

Counting “how many lawsuits are against Donald Trump right now” depends on definition: trackers of litigation targeting the Trump administration report figures ranging from about 186 suits by April 20...

Nov 22, 2025

How many legal cases has the Trump administration lost

Available trackers and reporting show hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration in 2025 — estimates range from roughly 186 adjudicated-or-pending suits in some snapshots to...

Jan 19, 2026

Did Renee good run into ice agent

Available public evidence and independent video analyses do not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good ran over or fatally struck the ICE agent before she was shot: synchronized footage and reportin...

Dec 13, 2025

How many lawsuits were filed against the Trump administration during its presidency?

Reporting trackers and outlets show a wide range: specialized trackers list between roughly 186 and 530 separate legal actions or suits connected to the Trump administration in 2025, while major news ...

Jan 23, 2026

Is Mar A Lago under receivership as of 1/22/2026?

is not under receivership as of January 22, 2026: contemporary reporting shows the club operating as a private venue, hosting events and property listings tied to the organization, and no source in th...

Nov 21, 2025

Has trump broken the law in office as president?

Courts and legal trackers show numerous lawsuits challenging President Trump’s actions and several lower-court rulings limiting his policies — notably on tariffs and domestic deployments — but availab...

Jan 18, 2026

Did Renee Good's car actually hit Jonathan Ross?

Video of the Jan. 7 Minneapolis encounter shows ICE agent Jonathan Ross firing into Renee Good’s SUV as the vehicle moves; multiple news analyses conclude the footage does not clearly show Ross being ...

Nov 15, 2025

how many times has trump been taken to court

Counting how many times Donald Trump has “been taken to court” depends on what you include: his personal and business legal history runs into the thousands (USA Today/Wikipedia counts over 4,000 suits...

Jan 23, 2026

how many laws has trump broken?

There is no single authoritative tally that answers “ broken”; publicly available reporting shows multiple criminal indictments, hundreds of civil and constitutional legal challenges to his actions, a...

Jan 26, 2026

How many lawsuits currently exist against Donald Trump

There is no single, authoritative count of “” because different organizations count different types of cases — state attorney general suits, civil defamation claims, criminal indictments, and administ...

Nov 21, 2025

Who controls the D.C. National Guard?

The District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) is uniquely structured: by statute it is under the president’s command rather than the mayor’s, and that presidential authority has been delegated throug...

Jan 28, 2026

were all of the rioters during january 6th riot at the capital pardoned by President Trump

used a sweeping on January 20, 2025 that pardoned or commuted the sentences of the vast majority of people charged in the , 2021, Capitol attack—reports variously place the number at roughly 1,200 to ...

Jan 27, 2026

Which specific Jan. 6 defendants were indicted or convicted for carrying firearms on Capitol grounds and what were the outcomes?

A discrete but consequential group of January 6 defendants were formally accused or found guilty of bringing ; among the named cases in public filings and reporting are , , , , and Timothy Hale‑Cusane...

Nov 24, 2025

How many civil lawsuits has Donald Trump been involved in total and what proportion were won, settled, or dismissed?

Available reporting shows widely differing tallies and no single authoritative total for “how many civil lawsuits Donald Trump has been involved in” or an agreed breakdown of outcomes; some sources ci...