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Vice president of the United States since 2025
No credible evidence shows was ; the story originated as a deliberately false joke on X and was widely debunked by multiple outlets . The viral claim referenced a fabricated passage in Vance’s memoir ...
A viral internet joke claimed that Senator JD Vance admitted in his memoir to a sexual act involving a couch; that claim is false but it exploded into memes, political zingers and fact‑check attention...
Available reporting presents conflicting claims: federal officials and some news outlets say the agent who shot was struck by her vehicle and suffered internal bleeding , while and independent reporti...
No — there is no reporting that Vice President J.D. Vance invoked Section 4 of the 25th Amendment against President Trump today; the available coverage discusses hypotheticals, legal mechanics and pub...
JD Vance enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after high school and served from 2003 to 2007 as an enlisted military journalist—commonly called a combat correspondent or public affairs/media relations sp...
Leaked audio reported by and subsequently covered by multiple outlets captures telling donors that he warned a would produce a “bloodbath” at the polls and leave the president “spend[ing] the next two...
A social-media meme that pairs an image of an unmasked ICE agent with the claim that he is a Proud Boys member is not supported by available evidence: the circulated images were created or altered wit...
The “JD Vance couch” story began as a social-media joke claiming a passage in Hillbilly Elegy described a sexual act involving a latex glove and couch cushions; multiple outlets and fact-checkers say ...
Social media in October–November 2025 circulated multiple claims that Erika Kirk had filed for divorce from her husband, Charlie Kirk, shortly before his fatal shooting; multiple fact-checking and new...
The “JD Vance couch sex” rumor began as a satirical X/Twitter post claiming his memoir Hillbilly Elegy described sex with “an inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions,” and that joke w...
was photographed standing next to in , and school officials say he and his father were taken into federal custody as they returned from preschool and later transported to . Local school leaders and th...
ICE does not conduct random, door‑to‑door sweeps of the general public as a routine enforcement practice; instead, federal records and reporting describe targeted enforcement operations and investigat...
The New York Times’ millisecond-by-millisecond synchronization of multiple videos concluded that the ICE agent who shot Renee Good was not in the path of her SUV when he fired, that the vehicle was tu...
Multiple major fact‑checks say many viral claims about Erika Kirk are unproven or false: Snopes and other outlets found no credible evidence that she had an affair with Vice President J.D. Vance, that...
Donald Trump cannot legally be elected to a third term under the Twenty‑second Amendment, but reporting shows he has floated the idea and remains politically influential—markets and commentators assig...
JD Vance served in the United States Marine Corps from 2003 until 2007, and a record of deployment to Iraq for roughly six months in 2005; his service is most commonly described as a rather than as an...
’s brief, dramatic rebellion against began with a 52-47 procedural vote to advance a war‑powers resolution that would constrain further strikes on and ended days later when Republican defections and a...
Two independent, multi-outlet investigations conclude that the most serious allegations against Erika Kirk — claims tying her charities to child trafficking and that she was banned or charged by Roman...
A number of high‑profile politicians and public figures have explicitly compared or likened to Nazis or , while others have used “Nazi” or “fascist” language more broadly to describe his rhetoric or p...
Photos and reporting show Tucker Carlson attended a December 2025 Christmas/holiday event in Nashville that included a mix of right‑wing commentators, activists and at least one international figure; ...