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Reporting and social posts in November 2025 circulated a viral narrative that Sen. John Kennedy “executed” or stunned Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez (AOC) in a dramatic on‑camera showdown; multiple par...
Multiple fact-checks and official congressional records show no credible evidence that a Senate bill authored by Sen. John Kennedy called the “Born in America Act” passed the Senate or forced federal ...
Available reporting shows a swarm of viral posts in November 2025 claiming Sen. John Kennedy launched a dramatic on‑camera takedown of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez — stories that say he read an AOC t...
Available reporting shows a string of viral posts claiming Sen. John Kennedy publicly “read” and rebuked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez by reading a tweet thread and silencing a forum, but fact‑checks ...
Available reporting shows multiple viral claims that a “Born in America” or “Born in the USA” bill authored by Sen. John Kennedy passed the Senate by a 51–49 margin with a vice‑presidential tiebreaker...
Members of Congress continue to receive pay during federal government shutdowns because their salaries come from a permanent appropriation and the Constitution requires Congress to be paid; most membe...
Available reporting shows no verified on‑the‑record exchange between Sen. John Kennedy and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez on the Senate floor or in a live C‑SPAN clip as described in viral posts; fact‑...
Adam Schiff did not issue a direct, widely reported response to the specific allegations by Sen. John Kennedy in the materials provided; contemporary accounts show Kennedy criticizing Schiff’s Russia-...
Maya M. Berry is the executive director of the Arab American Institute (AAI) and a leading Arab American civil‑rights policy advocate who has expanded AAI’s work on hate‑crime prevention, data equity ...
The claim that U.S. Democrats sought to spend $3.6 million on “dance focus groups and cooking classes for male prostitutes in Haiti” is a distorted summary of political attacks and budget documents an...