Claim: As of January 2024, more than 7.2 million migrants had illegally crossed into the U.S. over the Southwest border during U.S. President Joe Biden‘s administration — a number higher than the individual populations of 36 states. Rating: Rating: True Context: The number specifically reflected border encounters with U.S. officials, not an increase of that […]
Israel’s assault in Gaza has killed more than 29,000 Palestinians since October 7, the territory’s Health Ministry said. It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the offensive until “total victory” against Hamas after the militants’ October 7 attack on Israeli communities. He and the military have said troops will move soon […]
The pilots of an American Airlines plane taxied across the wrong runway last year in New York — into the path of another jetliner that was taking off — after the captain became distracted and confused about takeoff instructions and the co-pilot lost track of their plane’s location, according to documents released Monday. Disaster was […]
Statement: “We have our government giving people who came into this country illegally $5,000 gift cards.” Lamb Mark Lamb, sheriff of Arizona’s Pinal County, has campaigned for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination on the promise to “secure the border.” He’s posted short videos on X, formerly Twitter, with what he calls “truth bombs,” mostly about immigration. When […]
WASHINGTON — Congressional hearings are frequently acrimonious, but they rarely descend into the kind of personal attack that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., waged against teachers’ union leader Randi Weingarten at a House hearing last week on pandemic-related school closures, an issue that continues to excite strong passions. Those passions were expressed in a “very […]