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COVID-19 pandemic

A global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, resulting in millions of deaths and widespread public-health responses.

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Jan 23, 2026
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What court filings and outcomes exist for lawsuits naming eStCru and its principals, and what do those filings allege about investor communications?

Two sets of public documents and reporting link to eStCru and to businesses tied to ’s husband: reporting says investors accused eStCru principals of defrauding investors and at least one state-court ...

Jan 14, 2026
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Economy under trump vs biden

The U.S. economy under Donald Trump and Joe Biden shows both continuity and contrast: growth and historically tight labor markets defined parts of both presidencies, while the timing of COVID-19, big ...

Jan 7, 2026
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Have there been instances of postponed or cancelled federal elections in US history?

No U.S. president has ever canceled or postponed a presidential election, and federal law and constitutional structure make unilateral deferral by the executive effectively impossible; even during the...

Jan 26, 2026

what did trump mean when he told us to drink bleach to fight covid

did not, in the literal sense, publish a how‑to telling Americans to —but during an April 23, 2020 briefing he openly speculated about whether disinfectants or UV light could be used inside the human ...

Jan 12, 2026

Did President Trump's doctor quit and was it because he didn't want to sign off on Trump's health report

The available reporting does not show a clear, documented instance in which "President Trump's doctor quit because he refused to sign off on Trump's health report." Coverage identifies multiple physic...

Jan 15, 2026

Did president Biden make people take the covid shot or else they would lose their jobs?

President Biden and his administration issued and supported several vaccine requirements during the COVID‑19 pandemic that made vaccination—or in some cases regular testing and other accommodations—th...

Jan 19, 2026

Minnesota donations supporting protesters

In the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, Minnesota-focused relief and bail organizations—most visibly the Minnesota Freedom Fund—received a tidal wave of small and large donations driven ...

Jan 16, 2026

How often have ERs treated patients for horse ivermectin exposure in the last decade?

Emergency departments treated multiple documented cases of human ivermectin exposure tied to veterinary ("horse") formulations during the COVID-19 era, with poison centers and hospitals reporting an u...

Jan 20, 2026

What are past examples of U.S. swap lines with emerging markets and how did those operations perform?

The Federal Reserve has on several occasions extended dollar swap lines to emerging-market central banks—most notably in the crisis response of 2007–10 when lines were opened to Brazil, Korea, Mexico ...

Jan 8, 2026

Which ICE agents have died in the line of duty since the agency's founding and what were the circumstances?

The official tally on ICE’s own “Wall of Honor” and reporting by researchers shows that 29 ICE officers have died in the line of duty since the agency was created after the September 11, 2001 attacks ...

Jan 13, 2026

Were mortality rates already low before vaccines became available

Mortality for some infectious diseases did fall before vaccines became available largely because of better nutrition, sanitation, and clinical care, but that trend was uneven across diseases, places, ...

Jan 12, 2026

How did ICE detention numbers change year-by-year from 2019 through 2025, and what factors explain those trends?

ICE detention levels fell sharply during the COVID-19 period and then climbed unevenly from 2019 through 2025: a 2019 peak near 50,500 was followed by pandemic-era reductions, a gradual rise through F...

Jan 28, 2026

Did pope Francis abolish confessions to priests

has not abolished confession to priests; across multiple public addresses and documents he has repeatedly affirmed the sacrament of reconciliation and urged priests to make it accessible and merciful ...

Jan 17, 2026

Were masks mandated under Trump?

The materials provided contain no reporting that the Trump administration imposed a nationwide federal mask mandate; among the supplied sources, "mask" appears only in isolated anecdotes or cultural r...

Jan 16, 2026

How have Ilhan Omar and her legal team responded to claims about a $250 million fraud?

Ilhan Omar has consistently rejected any suggestion that she personally participated in or benefited from the Minnesota pandemic-era fraud tied to Feeding Our Future, while defending the public purpos...

Jan 12, 2026

shedding vaccine

The supplied reporting documents a major federal overhaul of the U.S. childhood immunization schedule in early January 2026 that reduces the number of routinely recommended childhood vaccines and recl...

Jan 23, 2026

What are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030 and where can the official texts be read?

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals () are the centerpiece of the ’s — a universal plan adopted by all UN member states in 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all . The ...

Jan 16, 2026

Which Trump statements have received 'Pants on Fire' or equivalent ratings from major fact‑checkers since 2024?

Since 2024, multiple statements by Donald Trump have been rated the fact-checkers’ most severe verdicts — PolitiFact’s “Pants on Fire” and equivalent labels from other organizations — for claims rangi...

Jan 28, 2026

Which ICE facilities have had the highest number of deaths since 2020 and what patterns emerge in causes of death?

Reporting and publicly available analyses do not provide a single, authoritative, facility-by-facility ranking of , but multiple sources identify clusters and repeat problem sites—most prominently , ,...

Jan 26, 2026

What do ICE’s individual detainee death reports (FY2018–present) show about causes of death and facility locations?

’s publicly posted “Detainee Death Reports” and agency statements from FY2018 to the present show a mix of medical causes (heart-related illness, and other disease), suicides or alleged self-harm, and...