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The Atlantic

Magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

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Dec 3, 2025
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What drugs are coming out of Venezuela?

Recent reporting and specialist analyses show Venezuela is primarily implicated as a transit and facilitation hub for cocaine and, to a contested extent, as part of routes for other drugs — while alle...

Dec 13, 2025
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How much fentanyl is estimated to originate from Venezuela annually as of 2025?

Available reporting and official U.S. documents through 2025 consistently state that Venezuela plays at most a minor role in the fentanyl trade; U.S. and independent analyses report “no proof” that fe...

Dec 5, 2025
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how much fentanyl and what other main drugs come from Venezuela?

Available reporting shows Venezuela is primarily cited as a transit route for cocaine and other drugs, not as a major producer of fentanyl destined for the United States; U.S. and independent analysts...

Dec 17, 2025

have any americans actually been deported

Yes — U.S. authorities have carried out large numbers of removals in 2024–2025: government and research counts put removals/deportations in the hundreds of thousands (ICE/MPI estimate ~340,000 for FY2...

Jan 11, 2026

whats the ice agents training?

ICE training is not a single, fixed course but a patchwork of programs that depend on job type: special agents typically complete inter-agency programs at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (...

Oct 22, 2025

How much has ice cost American tax payers.

The central, verifiable claim across recent analyses is that Congress approved an unprecedented package in mid‑2025 directing roughly toward immigration enforcement and detention, with major line item...

Nov 16, 2025

DID CONGRESS ASK TRUMP TO RESIGN

Available reporting in the provided search results shows multiple instances where members of Congress, state officials, and civic groups publicly urged President Trump or Trump administration official...

Jan 27, 2026

Was Greg Bovino fired

Reports from multiple outlets say Gregory “Greg” Bovino was removed or shifted out of his high-profile “commander at large” role amid backlash over in , but the publicly pushed back and said he has no...

Jan 31, 2026

Did trump canges the name ice to nice?

No — there is no reporting in the provided sources that officially changed the agency name “ICE” (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) to “NICE,” and the coverage instead documents aggressive enforcem...

Dec 2, 2025

Is there any truth to Trump allegedly raping a 13 yo girl provided by Epstein & maxwell

Available public records and recent reporting show no law-enforcement or court finding that Donald Trump raped a 13‑year‑old girl supplied by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell; multiple outlets no...

Dec 16, 2025

How have Jordan Peterson’s health struggles affected his public appearances and work since 2019?

Jordan Peterson’s health crises since 2019 have repeatedly forced him off the public stage: he entered rehab for benzodiazepine dependence in 2019 and withdrew from tours and events , later developed ...

Nov 18, 2025

Did Virginia Giuffre mentioned Obama?

Available reporting shows no sourced instance in which Virginia Giuffre publicly named Barack Obama as involved with Jeffrey Epstein; recent document releases and Giuffre’s posthumous memoir and past ...

Nov 21, 2025

Where have all the persons been deported to by nation

Available reporting shows the U.S. deportation picture is complex: federal agencies publish country-by-country removals and returns, and independent trackers report both hundreds of thousands of remov...

Dec 12, 2025

How many VAERS death reports after COVID-19 vaccines were confirmed as causally linked by CDC or FDA as of 2024?

Available reporting shows an internal FDA review of 96 pediatric death reports to VAERS from 2021–2024 concluded at least 10 of those reports met criteria for “likely, probable, or possible” causal li...

Jan 21, 2026

Which US media outlets are rated as left-leaning by bias trackers?

Major media‑bias trackers such as AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and newer aggregators like Biasly routinely place a set of mainstream U.S. outlets on the left/lean‑left part of their spectrum; examples co...

Dec 7, 2025

is Adam Schiff involved in accepting money from drug cartel in Venezuela

Available reporting and public records in the provided sources contain no allegation or evidence that Sen. Adam Schiff accepted money from a Venezuelan drug cartel; instead, the sources document Schif...

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...

Dec 6, 2025

what large retail chains have resisted Trump?

Several large retailers have publicly resisted or taken actions against aspects of President Trump’s agenda in 2025 — most visibly by joining lawsuits over his emergency tariffs (Costco among the larg...

Dec 7, 2025

is donald trump gay

There is no credible evidence in the provided reporting that Donald Trump is gay; recent items about the question are framed as rumors, opinion, polls or analyses of his record rather than factual rev...

Nov 25, 2025

Which major US TV networks are generally seen as left-leaning or right-leaning?

Major U.S. broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) are generally viewed as more centrist or left-leaning in audience trust and usage patterns, while cable networks show clearer partisan slants — Fox News t...