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American politician and businessman (born 1947)
Charlie Kirk was raised in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights by parents often identified as Robert (father) and Kathryn/Kimberly (mother); reporting describes his father as an architect and poli...
The provided reporting documents that seven Republican senators voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in February 2021, producing a 57–43 guilty vote that nonetheless fell shor...
Former US presidents and prominent former officials have publicly criticized President Donald Trump on multiple fronts, focusing on competence, rhetoric, and policy impacts; the available analyses hig...
Charlie Kirk’s parents are identified as (father) and (mother); reporting consistently describes his father as an architect with ties to projects associated with Trump Tower and his mother as a mental...
Yes. The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial over the January 6 Capitol attack: the final roll call was which fell short of the two‑thirds threshold required...
Seven Republican senators voted to convict Donald Trump in the February 2021 Senate impeachment vote on incitement of insurrection; five Republicans earlier voted to allow the Senate to proceed with a...
A broad but defined set of politicians — spanning former White House officials, establishment Republicans, and some sitting GOP lawmakers — have publicly opposed or criticized Donald Trump, ranging fr...
Barack Obama won re-election in 2012 with 332 electoral votes and a narrow popular-vote majority: roughly 51.1% of the vote (about 65.9 million votes) to Mitt Romney’s roughly 47.2% (about 60.1 millio...
Notable public figures repeatedly named in reporting and reference works as having avoided or deferred Vietnam-era service include Donald Trump (medical deferment for bone spurs), Mitt Romney (questio...
President Trump’s July 2020 commutation relieved Roger Stone of the 40‑month federal prison term he was about to begin but did not erase the jury’s seven felony convictions; Stone remained a convicted...
Seven Republican senators — Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse and Pat Toomey — who voted to convict Donald Trump in the second impeachment trial encount...
Scammers selling unproven health products most often impersonate high‑profile celebrities, media figures and respected health professionals—including names like Brad Pitt, Cristiano Ronaldo, George Cl...
Multiple well‑known public figures from the 1960s–70s era obtained more than one Selective Service deferment, most commonly student and medical postponements, but the public record and contemporary re...
Jeffrey Epstein made small direct political donations to some Republican figures in the 1990s and early 2000s and maintained business relationships with at least one major GOP donor; key, documented e...
Public reporting and trackers show several members of Congress held very large fortunes in 2023, with frequent mentions of Sen. Rick Scott, Sen. Mitt Romney, Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Re...
Liz Cheney has repeatedly warned that Donald Trump exhibits , citing his Jan. 6 behavior, falsehoods, and contempt for democratic norms, but she has not commonly framed her critique as a direct one-to...
Charlie Kirk’s parents are described in the source set as a politically moderate couple with professional backgrounds—his father an architect linked to Trump Tower projects and his mother a mental hea...
Three Presidents—Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump—have been impeached by the House; none were convicted by the Senate, while Richard Nixon resigned before the House completed impeachment ...
PolitiFact and FactCheck.org spent years scrutinizing Barack Obama’s campaign rhetoric, ads and speeches, producing hundreds of checks across prepared remarks, debates, TV spots and digital messages; ...
Seven Republican U.S. senators crossed party lines and voted to convict former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in February 2021: Richard Burr (N.C.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Susan C...