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Public records and multiple profiles consistently say Donald Trump attended Fordham University for two years (1964–1966) and graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a ...
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...
Ronald Reagan used an explicitly racist slur in a 1971 taped phone call with President Richard Nixon—calling African U.N. delegates “monkeys”—a passage restored to public release in 2019 and documente...
Public records and widely cited biographies consistently list Donald John Trump’s full name as Donald John Trump and his birthdate as June 14, 1946; most sources place his birthplace in Queens, New Yo...
Available reporting shows substantial disagreement over how to count “military operations” Obama authorized and how many civilians died; narrow tallies exist for specific programs (e.g., drone strikes...
Pete Hegseth served in the U.S. Army National Guard and rose to the rank of major; his public biographies and reference outlets record multiple deployments to Guantánamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan and ...
Yes — the man now known as Vice President JD Vance has legally and publicly used several different names over his life, moving from his birth name through at least two family surnames and altering his...
Donald Trump has five children spanning a 29-year range from his eldest, Donald Trump Jr. (born 1977), to his youngest, Barron (born 2006), with three different mothers: Ivana Trump, Marla Maples, and...
Available reporting and biographical materials state that Pete Hegseth received combat-related awards including two Bronze Star Medals and the Combat Infantryman Badge; several profiles and an officia...
Pete Hegseth’s public biography and interviews present him as an Army National Guard infantry officer who served in Guantánamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan, rose to the rank of major, and received combat...
Donald J. Trump’s presidency produced a mix of durable policy changes and high-profile controversies: his administration pushed large tax cuts, aggressive deregulation, reshaped the federal judiciary,...
Donald Trump’s rhetoric and conduct mark a clear break from many modern presidential norms: scholars and institutions say he routinely violated traditions and used confrontational, populist language, ...
Public reporting and official biographical materials repeatedly state that Pete Hegseth was awarded two Bronze Star Medals and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge (CIB), but the documents provided in the r...
There are multiple video recordings and transcripts of parts of Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021 remarks at the Ellipse and subsequent short statements, but the materials and how they have been used in ...
Public, contemporaneous civil records from New York City — specifically a Certificate of Birth Registration and a city “Certification of Birth” issued by the New York City Department of Health — are t...
Ronald Reagan used the line that “anyone…can come to live in America and become an American” in more than one public remark, and the phrase appears in Reagan Foundation quote collections, a speech at ...
Pete Hegseth served as an Army National Guard infantry officer with multiple deployments (Guantánamo Bay, Iraq, Afghanistan) and is credited in several profiles with two Bronze Stars and a Combat Infa...
Historians and political scientists divide over Trump’s domestic record: scholars note measurable deregulatory output and tax changes as tangible accomplishments, while critics emphasize institutional...
Pete Hegseth has repeatedly framed his military service as frontline, combat-proven experience — citing deployments to Guantánamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan and awards including two Bronze Stars and a ...
Most mainstream accounts say Melania Knauss and Donald Trump first met at a New York Fashion Week party in September 1998 — frequently identified as a Kit Kat Club event hosted by Paolo Zampolli — aft...