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No — the 25th Amendment has not been formally invoked to remove President Trump or to render him unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office under Section 4, and the mechanism for involunt...
Coverage shows Democrats and Democratic-aligned figures have at times compared Donald Trump or his actions to fascism, Hitler, or Nazis, and prominent Democrats including Vice President Kamala Harris ...
The 25th Amendment provides a constitutional path to transfer presidential power when a president is of the office, but it is not a broad removal-for-policy tool and has never been used to permanently...
A contested claim that children were zip-tied during a Chicago Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid has circulated widely; reporting and eyewitness accounts allege children were restrained a...
Several prominent Democrats have publicly invoked comparisons between former President Donald Trump (or his tactics) and Adolf Hitler or Nazi Germany, while other Democrats have framed concerns as par...
Coverage shows multiple Democrats and prominent Democratic-aligned figures have described Donald Trump’s behavior or agenda as “fascist,” “authoritarian,” or likened it to Nazi Germany — with some ind...
The President can federalize National Guard units under federal law, particularly statutes governing Title 10 activations and 10 U.S.C. § 12406, but that authority is legally constrained, politically ...
Illinois currently uses congressional maps that were adopted after the 2020 census and are in effect for the 2022–2026 congressional cycles; those maps establish and a delegation that is majority Demo...
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele donated roughly $2.7 million over their lifetimes to Democratic causes and candidates, including at least $100,000 to then‑President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign, accordin...
Reports and witness accounts say children were zip-tied during recent ICE/ federal raids in Chicago and other locales, prompting state probes and outraged responses from advocacy groups (witnesses and...
Eyewitnesses and local advocates reported that children were zip-tied during an October 2025 ICE raid in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, prompting an Illinois investigation and widespread condemna...
Prominent Democrats and Democratic-aligned figures have compared Donald Trump to Nazis or described his actions as “fascist” at multiple points since his 2015 campaign and especially during and after ...
The 25th Amendment has been repeatedly discussed as a route to remove Donald Trump, most prominently after the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack and again in 2025 after controversial remarks, but it has...
President Trump has deployed or sought to deploy National Guard and, at times, federalized troops to multiple Democratic-led cities this year — including Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Portland; Chica...
Eyewitnesses and multiple news reports claim that children were physically restrained with zip ties during a large Chicago ICE operation, while the Department of Homeland Security has publicly denied ...
The 25th Amendment allows the Vice President to assume the President’s powers when the President is of office, either through the President’s own written declaration or through a declaration by the Vi...
President Donald Trump commuted the federal sentence of Larry Hoover, founder of the Gangster Disciples, in late May 2025 — but Hoover remains subject to a roughly 200‑year Illinois state sentence and...
The claim that “Trump posted ‘fuck you’ online” is not supported by the available reporting: , and the items cited instead describe others using profanity toward or about Trump or Trump using the f-wo...
The core allegation is that during a recent ICE raid in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, federal agents , prompting state probes and widespread criticism. Reporting relies heavily on eyewitness acc...
The 25th Amendment became a focal point in October 2025 debates about President Trump’s cognitive fitness after a series of public statements led Democrats and some physicians to call for its invocati...