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Are the White House projects under Trump and Obama similar?

President Donald Trump demolished the White House’s East Wing and intends to build a new structure. None of the work has approval from Congress or the agency that approves construction and renovations of federal buildings.

The renovation started once President Barack Obama was in office. The changes mainly affected the building’s interior and included replacing electrical wiring and cooling systems.

Congress approved a White House renovation in 2008 under President George W. Bush, after a gove...
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Sí, este video muestra una operación de ICE en Hoffman Estat

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PolitiFact encontró dos señales de tráfico (Morton Street y Glendale Lane) en la intersección que se ve en el video. Google Maps muestra que la intersección donde se llevó a cabo el arresto se encuentra en Hoffman Estates, Illinois, no en la ciudad de Chicago. El Departamento de Policía de Hoffman Estates dijo que el 10 de octubre se realizó una operación de ICE en la zona.

Un video viral muestra a un agente sacando a rastras a una joven de un automóvil, inmovilizándola contra...
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Fact-checking Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz statements

President Donald Trump toured Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility in the Everglades ahead of its first expected detainees.

"It's known as Alligator Alcatraz, which is very appropriate because I looked outside and that's not a place I want to go hiking," Trump told the press during a July 1 livestreamed event. "But very soon, this facility will house some of the most menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet."

Trump campaigned on several promises to ta...
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FEMA funding and ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know

Noem referred to FEMA’s Shelter and Services program, which previously gave money to state and local governments and nonprofit organizations to provide migrants with temporary shelter, food and transportation.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Florida’s "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention facility will use some Federal Emergency Management Agency funding, but not disaster relief funds that are used for hurricanes.

Florida and federal officials announced the...
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Estados Unidos no ha dicho que va invadir a Venezuela

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Los departamentos de Defensa de EE.UU. y de Estado le dijeron a PolitiFact que esta declaración es falsa.

El Presidente Joe Biden pidió transparencia en los resultados de las elecciones de Venezuela. Pero él no ha dicho que Estados Unidos invadirá a Venezuela.

Las autoridades electorales en Venezuela declararon a Nicolás Maduro como el ganador de las elecciones presidenciale...
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Lo que Trump dijo a NABJ sobre inmigrantes, Kamala Harris

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El expresidente Donald Trump participó el 31 de julio en una entrevista en vivo en la Convención de la Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Negros (NABJ, por sus siglas en inglés) en Chicago.

Rachel Scott, una corresponsal senior de ABC News que reporta sobre el Congreso, Harris Faulkner, presentadora de FOX News, y Kadia Goba, periodista de Semafor, moderaron la entrevista.

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Video doesn’t show ballot boxes being stolen in Venezuela

A viral social media video claiming to show men stealing ballot boxes is wrong. The men are carrying air conditioning window units, not boxes of ballots.

Venezuela’s electoral authorities on July 29 declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the nation’s 2024 presidential election. The opposition is questioning the results.

Venezuela’s electoral authorities declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the country’s presidential elections, but opposition candidates have questioned the integrity of the resu...
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No, la ivermectina no cura el cáncer

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Expertos médicos también nos dijeron que no hay evidencia científica que diga que el fármaco cura el cáncer.

Una vocera de la FDA le dijo a PolitiFact que la ivermectina actualmente no está aprobada para el tratamiento del cáncer en humanos.

La ivermectina es un fármaco que está aprobado para los seres humanos, en dosis específicas, para tratar algunos gusanos parásitos, seg...
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The Antisemitism Act won’t eliminate part of the Bible

They also said that prohibiting the Bible would be going against the freedom of expression and religion under the First Amendment.

Experts also confirmed that the bill doesn’t propose to eliminate parts of the book.

PolitiFact didn’t find any text in the Antisemitism Awareness Act that mentions eliminating parts of the Bible.

The Antisemitism Awareness Act, a bill that was voted on during a surge in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses against the Israel-Hamas war, has sparked claims...
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No, the Sydney mall attacker wasn’t Jewish or Muslim

Police identified the attacker as Joel Cauchi, 40, from Queensland. Authorities said he suffered from mental illness.

The New South Wales Police in Australia reported there isn’t evidence that the attack was driven by a particular motivation or ideology.

An April 13 knife attack at a mall in Sydney, Australia, unleashed misleading claims about the attacker and his motives.

Speaking into a camera, a man in an April 13 Instagram reel said people would be seeing claims that the incident was an "...
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Fact-checking influencer’s claim about squatters’ rights

In many states, to claim possession, a person must live in the property for a set amount of years, submit documentation and pay property taxes.

On TikTok and Instagram, viral videos show a man telling people that there’s a legal way for them to invade an abandoned house.

"I found out that there is a law that says that if a house is not inhabited we can expropriate it," the influencer Leonel Moreno, who goes by "Leito Oficial" says in Spanish on a March 16 Instagram video.

Moreno is a Venezuel...
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