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Former President Barack Obama ordered multiple military strikes and sustained air campaigns without new, specific congressional authorizations — notably interventions in Libya and expanded airstrikes ...
Vladimir Putin and others have in which Russia or Soviet leaders purportedly explored joining NATO, but the historical record shows these were informal overtures or post-hoc claims rather than a docum...
has not been uniformly silent in the early months of ’s second term: he has delivered at least one direct public criticism tied to Trump-era policy in a recorded message to staff and his policy shop, ...
The term "Podesta Plan" circulates in online conspiracy communities as a supposed multi-stage Democratic strategy to delegitimize or remove Donald Trump; most of the items returned by the supplied sea...
David Baszucki has been the subject of online claims tying him to Jeffrey Epstein through a supposed appearance on an “Epstein list” and through associative loose links—membership in The Paley Council...
’s approval ratings during comparable points of his presidencies have trended lower than many recent when measured against modern -era benchmarks, and they stand out chiefly for extreme partisan polar...
Using consistent definitions that count both formal removals and returns, (1993–2000) and (2001–2008) administrations recorded the largest annual averages—roughly 1.54 million and 1.29 million per yea...
Across 2016–2025 reporting, numerous contractors and service providers sued Donald Trump or his businesses alleging unpaid bills; major compilations show hundreds of such claims over decades and speci...
Joe Biden’s approval ratings during and at the end of his presidency trended lower than most recent post‑World War II presidents, with multiple measures showing his averages among the lowest on record...
Under President Obama, removals (formal deportations) were high relative to prior administrations and focused increasingly on two groups: noncitizens with criminal convictions and recent unauthorized ...
Deportation totals vary by how “deportation” is counted: removals (formal orders) vs. returns/expulsions at the border. DHS and reporting cited here show Obama oversaw roughly 3 million formal removal...
The current White House under President Trump has installed new plaques and timelines that explicitly criticize and mock former presidents, including Barack Obama, framing parts of their tenures as “s...
Claims that “George W. Bush deported over 10 million” people are repeated in some reporting and analyses, but numbers depend on how “deportation” is defined — formal removals versus returns/expulsions...
The Obama administration used DHS and ICE definitions that distinguished as compulsory, formal departures based on an order of removal and as non‑order departures such as voluntary returns, voluntary ...
Presidents have repeatedly sent U.S. forces, including Marines, into combat or combat-like operations without a prior formal declaration of war by Congress; Justice Department and congressional-histor...
Joe Biden is not objectively "the worst president" on the record of U.S. presidencies, but public sentiment toward his term is predominantly negative: his average job approval ranks among the lowest i...
The question “How many riots during President Clinton’s term?” is ambiguous: available sources do not provide a single tally of “riots” during Bill Clinton’s presidency (1993–2001) and reporting inste...
The release of the Access Hollywood tape produced a measurable but limited electoral shock: researchers estimate a modest 2–3 point drop in Trump’s support immediately after the tape surfaced, concent...
Available reporting and released Epstein-related documents do not show court filings naming Rob Reiner; a 2024 Reuters fact check found a fabricated social-media post falsely attributing an Epstein-re...
Conservative outlets and social-media aligned actors circulated a range of allegations that John Podesta used his Clinton-era access and email correspondence to exert improper influence over media, po...