Only US citizens can vote in federal elections. Having a Social Security number does not allow immigrants to register to vote ...

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Jordan Friedman is a New York-based freelance writer and journalist who specializes in history. His work has appeared in ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 2, 2025) — The world’s fact-checkers will convene in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Fundação ...

Until very recently, USAID was a longtime pipeline for the U.S. government to distribute foreign aid, including to ...

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The Trump administration has been targeting some permanent residents and visa holders with legal status and without criminal convictions ...

Known as TFCN Europe, the peer-to-peer fact-checking and media literacy initiative will now be operating in six European Union countries ...

April 2 is Intl. Fact-Checking Day and Trump’s ‘liberation day.’ PolitiFact’s editor explains why we dig into policy arguments in search of truth.

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