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United States Senator from Illinois
Kristi Noem told reporters that Americans should be prepared to prove their citizenship during Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, a comment that has prompted immediate legal and political...
displayed a large, graphic image on floor that he presented as showing ’s final moments, but multiple news reports say the picture was AI‑altered and circulated widely online before . The use of that ...
As of 2025, the two U.S. Senators representing Illinois are and ; multiple state and national rosters list both as incumbent senators . Durbin has publicly announced he will not seek re-election in 20...
No public, verifiable evidence has been produced that specific January 6 defendants have been formally employed as ICE agents, but multiple congressional Democrats and Senate Democrats have opened inq...
Published reporting does not establish that has an explicit policy to hire white supremacists, but multiple outlets and experts warn that recent recruitment materials and lowered vetting standards are...
The available reporting shows that the Department of Homeland Security removed prior upper age caps for new ICE agent recruits in early August 2025, allowing applicants as young as with ; previously p...
An open U.S. Senate seat in Illinois after Sen. Dick Durbin’s April 2025 retirement has produced a crowded, well‑funded primary field; leading Democratic contenders include Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton a...
The evidence assembled from the provided analyses shows ; instead, reporting and congressional debate have focused on transparency and the potential contents of unredacted records. Multiple analyses n...
Yes — a substantial number of House Republicans voted to compel the Justice Department to release Jeffrey Epstein files: the House passed the bill 427–1 with nearly the entire Republican conference vo...
Donald Trump’s public record includes repeated statements, policy choices, and historical actions that critics and many scholars characterize as racist or racially exploitative, while defenders often ...
A clear, consistent fact emerges across the materials: the U.S. Senate seats — the senators whose six-year terms began with the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021 — expire on , and those seats are the ...
The claim traces to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s public statements that more than 10,000 “illegal migrants” have been arrested in the Minneapolis area and that thousands amo...
Multiple provided analyses show disagreement and partial information about who “voted to block” the release of Jeffrey Epstein files on November 12, 2025. The clearest specific claim in the dataset is...
executed an unprecedented recruitment blitz that more than doubled its frontline ranks—over 12,000 hires in under a year—accompanied by shortened academies, expanded eligibility and fast-tracked onboa...
As of the latest compiled reporting, at least seven U.S. senators have publicly announced they will not seek re-election in 2026: Democrats Tina Smith (MN), Gary Peters (MI), Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and D...
Eight incumbent U.S. senators announced they will not seek re-election in 2026, splitting evenly between the parties with ; these departures create multiple open seats that will shape the 2026 competi...
The Born in the USA Act was introduced by Senator Jacky Rosen and a slate of Senate Democrats to block implementation of President Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive order targeting birthright citizen...
— displayed on a widely circulated image purporting to show the fatal encounter that killed , and multiple news outlets and fact-checkers report that the image he used was AI-altered . Durbin’s office...
The term “Born in America” has been used in two separate contexts in 2025 reporting: a Democratic-sponsored Born in the USA Act (Senate S.646 / House H.R.3368 and related House cosponsor materials) th...
The claim asks which U.S. senators are up for re-election in 2026 whose terms end January 3, 2027 — in other words, which members of are on the 2026 ballot. Multiple analyses referenced here confirm t...