{ "schema_version": 1, "site": "https://rerunwire.com", "stories": [ { "slug": "trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks", "title": "The recurring Trump remarks about deserving the Nobel Peace Prize", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/", "summary": "Since 2019, Donald Trump has repeatedly said he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize or that the committee won't give it to him. He has said this at news conferences, campaign rallies, the 2025 UN General Assembly and on Truth Social, and has often compared himself with Barack Obama's 2009 prize. He has also promoted nominations made public by Norwegian and Swedish lawmakers in 2020 and by Israel's prime minister and Pakistan's government in 2025, though the Nobel Committee keeps nominations secret for 50 years and says a nomination is not an endorsement. In 2020, FactCheck.org reported that he had conflated being nominated with winning, and that he was wrong to say the media made Obama's 2009 nomination a big story. After he did not win in 2025 and 2026, he turned his complaints toward Norway, writing to its prime minister that \"your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize\" and telling an October 2026 rally that \"Norway sucks.\" Norway's prime minister has said the prize is awarded by an independent committee, not the Norwegian government.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-nobel-nonsense/", "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-norway-sucks-nobel-peace-prize-12616935" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2019-02-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2019-02-15", "start": "2019-02-15", "end": "2019-02-18", "title": "Trump says Abe nominated him", "why_it_fits": "On Feb 15, 2019, Trump argued at a news conference that he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on North Korea and Syria, and said he would probably never get it. He said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had given him \"the most beautiful copy\" of a five-page letter nominating him for opening talks and easing tensions with North Korea. He compared himself with Obama's 2009 prize. That makes the episode an example of three parts of the thread: complaining he hasn't won, comparing himself with Obama, and promoting a nomination made on his behalf.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/4966451/trump-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/18/japans-abe-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize-on-us-request-asahi.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/barack-obama/japan-nominated-trump-nobel-peace-prize-after-white-house-asked-n972661", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-nobel-nonsense/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/4966451/trump-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "They gave it to Obama. He didn't even know what he got it for. He was there for about 15 seconds and he got the Nobel Prize.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/18/japans-abe-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize-on-us-request-asahi.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "The U.S. government had sounded Abe out over the Nobel Peace Prize nomination after Trump's summit in June last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/barack-obama/japan-nominated-trump-nobel-peace-prize-after-white-house-asked-n972661", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "I'm not saying it's not true.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPEkyurWgaY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-09-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2019-09-23", "start": "2019-09-23", "end": "2019-09-24", "title": "A Nobel Prize for a lot of things", "why_it_fits": "On Sept 23, 2019, Trump met Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. He said he was \"ready, willing and able\" to mediate between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. A Pakistani journalist then told him that solving Kashmir would make him \"deserving a Nobel Prize.\" Trump answered, \"I think I'm going to get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things, if they gave it out fairly, which they don't.\" He also referred to Barack Obama's 2009 prize, saying Obama \"had no idea why he got it\" (Washington Post).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-is-worthy-of-a-nobel-prize-for-a-lot-of-things--but-isnt-treated-fairly/2019/09/23/e715baa2-de2c-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-obama-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/5684482/trump-nobel-prize-un/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-says-he-is-worthy-of-a-nobel-prize-for-a-lot-of-things/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "seattletimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-is-worthy-of-a-nobel-prize-for-a-lot-of-things--but-isnt-treated-fairly/2019/09/23/e715baa2-de2c-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "I think I'm going to get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things, if they gave it out fairly, which they don't,\" Trump said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-is-worthy-of-a-nobel-prize-for-a-lot-of-things--but-isnt-treated-fairly/2019/09/23/e715baa2-de2c-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "They gave one to Obama immediately after his ascent to the presidency, and he had no idea why he got it,\" Trump told reporters in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-obama-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "President Trump said he would get a Nobel Prize \"for a lot of things\" if the committee awarded prizes fairly.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWfpq_RoTiw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "I think I'm going to get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things, if they gave it out fairly, which they don't.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-01-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2020-01-09", "start": "2020-01-09", "end": "2020-01-14", "title": "Toledo rally remark that he \"saved a country\" whose leader was getting the Nobel Peace Prize", "why_it_fits": "At a political rally in Toledo, Ohio, on Jan. 9, 2020, Trump said, as quoted by VOA, \"I made a deal, I saved a country, and I just heard that the head of that country is now getting the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the country. I said, 'what? Did I have something to do with it?'\" The Week's version of the remarks goes on: \"Yeah, but you know, that's the way it is.\" Trump did not name the country or the deal. VOA reported that he appeared to be referring to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose 2019 prize was announced in October. AP, in a story carried by Courthouse News, reported that Abiy accepted it in December. The Norwegian Nobel Committee's announcement says the prize went to Abiy \"for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.\" Which deal Trump meant comes from other people's readings of his words. VOA reported that observers believe he was referring to White House efforts to mediate talks among Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over water from the Nile and Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam. VOA said those talks were deadlocked. A senior official in Ethiopia's foreign ministry told AP, on condition of anonymity, that the remarks referred to preventing further tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over the dam. The official named only those two countries and did not describe American mediation. According to AP, the official said Egypt's president had lobbied Trump over the dam, which led to American involvement in the discussions. The Week's headline said Trump \"laments he didn't get\" the prize, and VOA wrote that he \"implied he should have been given\" it. In the remarks as quoted, he says he had something to do with it but does not say the prize was owed to him. At a press conference in South Africa on Jan. 12, Abiy said, \"if President Trump complained, it must go to Oslo, not to Ethiopia.\" VOA reported that the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Twitter account said Abiy won the prize for peace efforts in the Horn of Africa, \"not stalled negotiations about a new dam on the Nile.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://theweek.com/speedreads/888643/trump-tells-toledo-rally-saved-ethiopia-laments-didnt-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "theweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/puzzlement-in-ethiopia-as-trump-claims-hand-in-nobel-prize/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "courthousenews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_ethiopia-pm-sidesteps-trumps-head-scratching-nobel-prize-comments/6182556.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2019/press-release", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nobelprize.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://theweek.com/speedreads/888643/trump-tells-toledo-rally-saved-ethiopia-laments-didnt-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "theweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "\"I'm going to tell you about the Nobel Peace Prize,\" President Trump said at his political rally in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday evening.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/puzzlement-in-ethiopia-as-trump-claims-hand-in-nobel-prize/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "courthousenews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed accepted the prize in December for making peace with longtime rival Eritrea and other reforms.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_ethiopia-pm-sidesteps-trumps-head-scratching-nobel-prize-comments/6182556.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "voanews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "\"I made a deal, I saved a country, and I just heard that the head of that country is now getting the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the country.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2020-09-09", "start": "2020-09-09", "end": "2020-09-23", "title": "Trump promotes Nobel nominations during the 2020 campaign", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 9, 2020, Norwegian MP Christian Tybring-Gjedde said he had nominated Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize over the Israel–UAE normalization deal. National lawmakers are allowed to nominate, but the Feb. 1 deadline for the 2020 prize had already passed. Two days later, Swedish lawmaker Magnus Jacobsson said he had made a nomination over the White House economic agreement between Kosovo and Serbia. FactCheck.org reported that Jacobsson nominated Trump along with the two governments. FactCheck.org also reported that Trump retweeted about a dozen messages about the nomination, that a campaign TV ad said \"President Trump, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize,\" and that he raised it at at least six rallies. At a Sept. 19 rally in Fayetteville, he said he had been nominated \"not for one, but for two Nobel prizes,\" and at rallies he said the media had covered Obama's 2009 nomination far more. FactCheck.org found that claim about Obama's coverage was wrong.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-nobel-nonsense/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/09/16/trump-nobel-peace-prize/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/norwegian-lawmaker-nominates-trump-nobel-peace-prize-200909134551370.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://6abc.com/president-trump-nobel-peace-prize-middle-east-norwegian-lawmaker/6415298/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "6abc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-nobel-nonsense/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Can you believe it, in one week they nominated me, not for one, but for two Nobel prizes.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Trump retweets (about a dozen)": 12, "Rally mentions (at least)": 6 } }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/09/16/trump-nobel-peace-prize/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "They nominated your president, twice last week, on two different subjects, for a Nobel prize.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Facebook and Instagram ads, Sept. 10-14": 48 } }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/norwegian-lawmaker-nominates-trump-nobel-peace-prize-200909134551370.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "No matter how Trump acts at home and what he says at press conferences, he has absolutely a chance at getting the Nobel Peace Prize.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2025-06-20", "start": "2025-06-20", "end": "2025-06-23", "title": "Pakistan's nomination and \"I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize\"", "why_it_fits": "Pakistan's government said it \"has decided to formally recommend President Donald J. Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis\". It credited Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio with \"facilitating a ceasefire agreement on May 10\". The same day, Trump cited the Congo–Rwanda deal on Truth Social, wrote that he wouldn't get the prize for it, and listed other conflicts he said he had stopped, such as \"stopping the War between Serbia and Kosovo\" and \"keeping Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia.\" Al Jazeera reported that his list also included India and Pakistan and the so-called Abraham Accords. India disputes the US role it was being honored for: India says it was a bilateral agreement between the two militaries, and Modi told Trump that \"India does not and will never accept mediation\", according to the Indian government.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/doald-trump-nobel-peace-prize-rwanda-2088736", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/21/pakistan-to-nominate-genuine-peacemaker-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2551875/pakistan-nominates-trump-for-2026-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "tribune.com.pk", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/doald-trump-nobel-peace-prize-rwanda-2088736", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "No, I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that's all that matters to me", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2551875/pakistan-nominates-trump-for-2026-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "tribune.com.pk", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "President Trump's leadership during the 2025 Pakistan–India crisis manifestly showcases the continuation of his legacy of pragmatic diplomacy and effective peace-building.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/21/pakistan-to-nominate-genuine-peacemaker-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "There was no immediate response from Washington, DC, or New Delhi.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2025-07-07", "start": "2025-07-07", "end": "2025-07-08", "title": "Netanyahu hands Trump a Nobel nomination letter", "why_it_fits": "On July 7, 2025, Netanyahu stood up during the dinner and handed Trump a letter he said he had sent to the Nobel Committee nominating him. He said \"It's well deserved, and you should get it.\" Trump replied, \"Wow… Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful\" (Times of Israel). Ynet reported that the letter cited the Abraham Accords and was sent to the committee on July 1, after the 2025 nominations had closed in January. It also reported that Netanyahu's office released the letter at the same time. Earlier that year Trump had said \"They'll never give me the Nobel Peace Prize… I deserved it\" (February), and in June he posted on Truth Social \"I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize… no matter what I do\" (both as quoted by Ynet and TIME).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bku2skjbgl", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ynetnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/netanyahu-surprises-trump-formal-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-historic-white-house-meeting", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-gives-trump-letter-he-sent-to-nobel-committee-recommending-him-for-peace-prize/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "'Wow,' Trump says. 'Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/7300791/trump-nobel-peace-prize-netanyahu-nominations-obama-flattery-history-explainer/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "'Wow,' Trump responded, holding the paper Netanyahu presented him. 'Coming from you, in particular, this is very meaningful. Thank you very much Bibi.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/prime-minister-netanyahu-nominates-president-trump-for-noble-peace-prize/5167109", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2025-08-14", "start": "2025-08-14", "end": null, "title": "Reported Trump call to Norway's finance minister Jens Stoltenberg about the Nobel Prize", "why_it_fits": "On August 14, 2025, Norway's business daily Dagens Næringsliv reported, citing unnamed sources, that when Trump called Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg in late July about trade tariffs, he also raised the Nobel Peace Prize. In a Reuters report, the paper was cited as saying this was not the first time Trump had brought up the prize with Stoltenberg. Stoltenberg said the call was about tariffs and economic cooperation ahead of Trump's call with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Asked whether Trump made the prize an issue, he said he would \"not go further into the content of the conversation.\" Reuters noted that Israel, Pakistan and Cambodia had nominated Trump and that he has said he deserves the prize. Reuters also reported that the White House, Norway's finance ministry and the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not immediately reply to requests for comment.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11334351/trump-stoltenberg-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/trump-norway-call-nobel-peace-prize-tariff-talks-125081500524_1.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "business-standard.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11334351/trump-stoltenberg-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "He wanted the Nobel Prize – and to discuss tariffs.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/trump-norway-call-nobel-peace-prize-tariff-talks-125081500524_1.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "business-standard.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper said the call took place in late July while Stoltenberg was in Oslo.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2025-09-23", "start": "2025-09-23", "end": "2025-10-01", "title": "UN General Assembly speech and Quantico remarks", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 23, 2025, in his UN General Assembly speech in New York, Trump said he had \"ended seven un-endable wars.\" He added: \"Everyone says that I should get the Nobel peace prize for each of these achievements\" (Newsweek). The seven conflicts he listed were Cambodia–Thailand, Kosovo–Serbia, DRC–Rwanda, Pakistan–India, Israel–Iran, Egypt–Ethiopia and Armenia–Azerbaijan (PolitiFact). PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly False and said the talking point \"remains misleading.\" On Sept. 30, the day after he announced a peace plan for Gaza, Trump told military leaders at Quantico, Virginia, that the prize would go to \"some guy that didn't do a damn thing\" and that this would \"be a big insult to our country\" (official transcript; AFP via GMA). The 2025 prize was due to be announced on Oct. 10 (AFP via GMA).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2025/sep/23/donald-trump/trump-ended-seven-wars-un-general-assembly/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/at-un-trump-renews-his-case-for-nobel-peace-prize-10476586", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/world/960850/trump-says-it-would-be-insult-to-us-if-he-doesn-t-win-nobel-peace-prize/story/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gmanetwork.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-department-defense-quantico-virginia", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/at-un-trump-renews-his-case-for-nobel-peace-prize-10476586", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "\"Everyone says that I should get the Nobel peace prize for each of these achievements,\" the president added.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-department-defense-quantico-virginia", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "\"Will you get the Nobel Prize?\" Absolutely not. They'll give it—[laughter]—they'll give it to some guy that didn't do a damn thing.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2025/sep/23/donald-trump/trump-ended-seven-wars-un-general-assembly/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "\"I have ended seven unendable wars,\" Trump said Sept. 23 in New York.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw9foqNRpyE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2025-10-09", "start": "2025-10-09", "end": "2025-10-10", "title": "Trump dismisses Obama's prize on the eve of the 2025 award, and the White House faults the committee after Machado wins", "why_it_fits": "On October 9, 2025, hours before the 2025 laureate was announced, Trump spoke in the Oval Office. According to Newsweek, he criticized Barack Obama's 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, saying, \"He got a prize for doing nothing,\" and claimed his own record was far stronger. He again took credit for ending eight global conflicts, including the Israel-Hamas ceasefire confirmed that week. Newsweek also reports that Trump said he \"didn't do it for that\" but took credit for saving lives through his foreign policy. The conflicts he cited in 2025 include flare-ups between Israel and Iran, Thailand and Cambodia, and India and Pakistan. On October 10, the Norwegian Nobel Committee gave the prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for her \"tireless work promoting democratic rights.\" White House spokesman Steven Cheung responded on X that \"the Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.\" Asked whether Trump's public campaign for the prize affected the decision, committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes said the committee bases its decision \"only\" on \"the work and the will of Alfred Nobel.\" Machado dedicated the prize partly to Trump. According to Lead Stories (republished by Yahoo), nominations for the 2025 prize closed on January 31, 2025, one week into Trump's current term, so the achievements he and his supporters cite came after that deadline. Newsweek likewise reports that many of the nominations made on his behalf came after the deadline.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2025-donald-trump-live-updates-10858264", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/white-house-accuses-nobel-committee-of-being-political-after-trump-misses-out-on-peace-prize/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-nobel-peace-prize-winner-courage-integrity/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thewrap.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-nobel-chair-did-233259768.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2025-donald-trump-live-updates-10858264", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "He got a prize for doing nothing.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/white-house-accuses-nobel-committee-of-being-political-after-trump-misses-out-on-peace-prize/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-nobel-peace-prize-winner-courage-integrity/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thewrap.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "This committee sits in a room filled with the portraits of old laureates, and that room is filled with both courage and integrity. So we base only our decision on the work and the will of Alfred Nobel.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2026-01-08", "start": "2026-01-08", "end": "2026-01-16", "title": "Machado gives Trump her Nobel medal", "why_it_fits": "On Fox News' \"Hannity\" (aired Jan. 8, 2026), Hannity asked Trump whether he would meet Machado and accept her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize if she offered it. Trump answered that it \"would be a great honor\" (USA Today). In a stance USA Today reported as following that interview, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said a Nobel Prize \"can neither be revoked, shared, nor transferred to others.\" After Machado gave him the medal at the White House on Jan. 15, Trump wrote on Truth Social: \"Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done\" (Anadolu). Anadolu set this against the record, noting that \"Trump had repeatedly suggested he deserved the honor\" before the prize went to Machado.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nobel-institute-says-machados-peace-225213740.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/machado-gives-trump-her-nobel-peace-prize-as-nobel-institute-says-prize-title-cannot-be-transferred/3800825", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aa.com.tr", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nobel-institute-says-machados-peace-225213740.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "I understand she's coming in next week sometime and I look forward to saying hello to her and I've heard that she wants to do that. That would be a great honor,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/machado-gives-trump-her-nobel-peace-prize-as-nobel-institute-says-prize-title-cannot-be-transferred/3800825", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aa.com.tr", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much. Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Maria!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nobel-institute-says-machados-peace-225213740.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Nobel Prize can neither be revoked, shared, nor transferred to others. Once the announcement has been made, the decision stands for all time.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2026-01-19", "start": "2026-01-19", "end": "2026-01-20", "title": "Trump's Nobel Peace Prize message to Norway's prime minister tied to Greenland", "why_it_fits": "In a text message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, sent Jan. 18 and released Jan. 19, Trump complained that Norway \"decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize.\" He named the achievement he credits himself with, \"having stopped 8 Wars PLUS,\" and tied the complaint to his Greenland policy, writing that he no longer felt \"an obligation to think purely of Peace.\" The White House confirmed the message was authentic. Støre answered that \"the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian Government.\" A spokesperson for the Norwegian Nobel Institute told PolitiFact the committee is an independent body with no government influence over its decisions. At a Jan. 20 press conference, Trump repeated the idea that Norway controls the prize. PolitiFact called the claim that Norway \"decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize\" \"inaccurate\" and called the \"stopped 8 Wars\" claim \"exaggerated.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/norwegian-leader-says-he-received-trump-message-that-reportedly-ties-greenland-to-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/europe/trump-norway-nobel-prize-snub-intl", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/19/nx-s1-5682038/trump-greenland-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/jan/20/Trump-Greenland-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Norway-NATO/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/norwegian-leader-says-he-received-trump-message-that-reportedly-ties-greenland-to-nobel-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/jan/20/Trump-Greenland-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Norway-NATO/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Don’t let anyone tell you that Norway doesn’t control the shots, OK? It’s in Norway!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-nobel-peace-prize-remarks/#2026-10-25", "start": "2026-10-25", "end": null, "title": "\"Norway sucks.\"", "why_it_fits": "At a campaign rally in Michigan on Oct. 25, 2026, Trump again complained about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. He cited his claim that \"I settled eight wars and I got two more coming.\" He said the 2026 prize \"was gotten by a woman that nobody ever heard of.\" Newsweek identifies her as South African jurist Navi Pillay, whose award the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Oct. 9. Trump then said, \"Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country, actually.\" This follows his Oct. 9 Syracuse rally remark, where he called the winner \"a mystery person\" and the decision \"an indelible stain\" on Norway, and an Oct. 10 Truth Social post: \"Yet, with all of that I, or the United States of America, did not get the Noble Peace Prize. WOW!\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-norway-sucks-nobel-peace-prize-12616935", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/politics/norway-sucks-trump-adds-tiny-euro-nation-to-his-list-of-shthouse-countries-over-nobel-prize-beef/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-nobel-peace-prize-winner-as-mystery-person-in-new-york-rally-12550228", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-norway-sucks-nobel-peace-prize-12616935", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "\"I said, so I'm not in love with Norway,\" Trump continued Sunday. \"Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country, actually.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/politics/norway-sucks-trump-adds-tiny-euro-nation-to-his-list-of-shthouse-countries-over-nobel-prize-beef/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "\"I'm not in love with Norway. Frankly, Norway sucks,\" Trump said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-remarks-about-common-words", "title": "The recurring Trump remarks about common words: who coined them, what they mean and how they're spelled", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/", "summary": "In a May 2017 interview with The Economist, Donald Trump used the phrase \"prime the pump,\" asked whether the interviewers had heard the expression, and said, \"I came up with it a couple of days ago.\" ABC reported that he had used the phrase in a Time interview the year before, and that in its economic sense the phrase originated during President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression. In an October 2017 interview with Mike Huckabee on the Christian TV network TBN, Trump said, \"I think one of the greatest of all terms I've come up with is 'fake',\" adding, \"I guess other people have used it perhaps over the years, but I've never noticed it.\" ABC reported that Merriam-Webster said on Twitter that its research traces \"fake news\" \"back to at least 1890.\"", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-12/donald-trump-claims-he-coined-priming-the-pump-metaphor/8520292", "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-09/donald-trump-takes-credit-for-coining-fake-news/9029062" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-05-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2017-05-11", "start": "2017-05-11", "end": "2017-05-12", "title": "Prime the pump", "why_it_fits": "Coinage remark. In an interview with The Economist published May 11, 2017, Trump used the phrase \"prime the pump\" while defending tax cuts that could add to the deficit in the short term. He then asked whether the interviewers had heard the expression, said \"I haven't heard it,\" and said \"I came up with it a couple of days ago.\" That is a claim to have coined the phrase, not to have popularized it. According to a Merriam-Webster tweet embedded by The Hill, the phrase dates to the early 19th century. Time quoted a Merriam-Webster tweet saying that \"pump priming\" has referred to government investment expenditures \"since at least 1933.\" Time reported that Trump had used the phrase before: in a 2016 Time interview, in a December speech and on Fox News in April. ABC also noted the 2016 Time interview.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-12/donald-trump-claims-he-coined-priming-the-pump-metaphor/8520292", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc.net.au", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/4775731/merriam-webster-donald-trump-priming-the-pump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332889-trump-tells-economist-he-invented-the-phrase-priming-the-pump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-12/donald-trump-claims-he-coined-priming-the-pump-metaphor/8520292", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc.net.au", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven't heard it. I mean, I just ... I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good. It's what you have to do.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/4775731/merriam-webster-donald-trump-priming-the-pump/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "‘Pump priming’ has been used to refer to government investment expenditures since at least 1933", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332889-trump-tells-economist-he-invented-the-phrase-priming-the-pump/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The phrase 'priming the pump' dates to the early 19th century.— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 11, 2017", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-10-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2017-10-08", "start": "2017-10-08", "end": "2017-10-26", "title": "\"Fake\" / \"fake news\" (Oct. 2017)", "why_it_fits": "In an interview for Mike Huckabee's Trinity Broadcasting Network show, Trump called \"fake\" \"one of the greatest of all terms I've come up with,\" adding, \"I guess other people have used it perhaps over the years but I've never noticed it\" (CNN; ABC). Merriam-Webster replied on Twitter that its research traces \"fake news\" \"back to at least 1890\" (ABC). Its blog post cites an 1890 Cincinnati Commercial Tribune headline and use of \"false news\" going back to the 16th century (Merriam-Webster). On Oct. 25 Trump told Lou Dobbs on Fox Business, \"I've really started this whole fake news thing.\" The Hill described that as taking credit for \"branding the media as 'fake'\" (RealClearPolitics; The Hill).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-09/donald-trump-takes-credit-for-coining-fake-news/9029062", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc.net.au", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/politics/trump-huckabee-fake/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-real-story-of-fake-news", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "merriam-webster.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357225-trump-i-really-started-this-whole-fake-news-thing/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/politics/trump-huckabee-fake/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The media is really, the word, one of the greatest of all terms I've come up with, is 'fake,'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-09/donald-trump-takes-credit-for-coining-fake-news/9029062", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc.net.au", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Our research traces 'fake news' back to at least 1890. But we won't be adding the term to the dictionary… yet,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/10/25/full_lou_dobbs_interview_trump_asks_what_could_be_more_fake_than_cbs_nbc_abc_and_cnn.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "realclearpolitics.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I think one of the best names is -- you know, I've really started this whole fake news thing.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-08-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2019-08-13", "start": "2019-08-13", "end": null, "title": "\"Emoluments\" (meaning: word unfamiliar)", "why_it_fits": "In a speech on August 13, 2019, at a Shell plant in Monaca, PA, Trump said he had been sued \"on a thing called emoluments,\" asked whether listeners had heard the word, then said \"Nobody ever heard of it before\" and \"Nobody knows what it is.\" This is a meaning-type remark, a claim that people don't know a word or what it means; he did not define the word himself. According to The Hill, the lawsuits against him alleged violations of the Constitution's Emoluments Clause. Merriam-Webster defines \"emolument\" as \"the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites,\" dates its first known use to the 15th century, and notes that the U.S. Constitution includes two emoluments clauses.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457287-trump-rips-emolument-lawsuits-being-president-costing-me-a-fortune/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-american-energy-manufacturing-monaco-pa/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-being-president-it-s-probably-costing-me-3-5-n1042016", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emolument", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "merriam-webster.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457287-trump-rips-emolument-lawsuits-being-president-costing-me-a-fortune/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I got sued on a thing called emoluments. Emoluments. You ever hear of the word? Nobody ever heard of it before,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-american-energy-manufacturing-monaco-pa/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Emoluments. Nobody knows what it is.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?463437-1%2Fpresident-trump-delivers-remarks-us-energy-manufacturing=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-12-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2024-12-08", "start": "2024-12-08", "end": "2024-12-13", "title": "\"Groceries\" – Trump says he started using the word", "why_it_fits": "In a Meet the Press interview with Kristen Welker, published by NBC on Dec. 8, 2024, President-elect Trump said: \"Very simple word, groceries. Like almost — you know, who uses the word? I started using the word — the groceries.\" This is a \"new or coined\" remark. Trump said he started using the word and asked who uses it, but he did not say he coined it. Merriam-Webster dates the first known use of \"grocery\" to the 15th century and defines \"groceries\" as the food and supplies sold by a grocer. ABC News and PBS's Washington Week, both on Dec. 13, 2024, quoted the remark in stories about Trump backing off his promise to lower grocery prices, not about the word itself.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-interview-meet-press-kristen-welker-election-president-rcna182857", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-now-bringing-grocery-prices-promised-hard/story?id=116763207", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/video/2024/12/whats-behind-trumps-backpedaling-on-his-promises-to-lower-prices", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "merriam-webster.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-interview-meet-press-kristen-welker-election-president-rcna182857", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Very simple word, groceries. Like almost — you know, who uses the word? I started using the word — the groceries.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-now-bringing-grocery-prices-promised-hard/story?id=116763207", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I won on the border, and I won on groceries", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2025-03-25", "start": "2025-03-25", "end": "2025-04-04", "title": "\"Groceries\" as an \"old-fashioned\" word (Trump defines it)", "why_it_fits": "Kind: meaning. In his April 2, 2025 Rose Garden tariff speech, Trump \"zeroed in on the word \"groceries\" and provided his own definition\", according to People (syndicated by AOL). He said: \"It's such an old-fashioned term but a beautiful term: groceries… It sort of says a bag with different things in it.\" MS NOW reports that the week before, at another White House event, he said \"groceries\" is \"a beautiful word.\" Rolling Stone (syndicated by Yahoo) reports that at a women's event on March 26 he said: \"The cost of groceries, a word that I used a lot on the campaign… It's like an old-fashioned word, but it's a beautiful word, a very descriptive word.\" Rolling Stone also reports that a day earlier, at the White House, he said: \"I inherited a groceries situation… An old-fashioned word, it's a very descriptive word.\" MS NOW and Rolling Stone both report that on Newsmax he said the word is \"like an old-fashioned word, but really it's not,\" with MS NOW quoting: \"It's like an old-fashioned word, but really it's not. And people understand it.\" Merriam-Webster defines \"grocery\" as \"the food and supplies sold by a grocer\" and gives its first known use as the 15th century.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aol.com/trump-calls-groceries-old-fashioned-152823454.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/economic-tumult-trumps-weird-rhetoric-groceries-not-inspire-confidence-rcna199539", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ms.now", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/groceries-explains-trump-detachment-working-154943280.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "merriam-webster.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.aol.com/trump-calls-groceries-old-fashioned-152823454.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aol.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "It's such an old-fashioned term but a beautiful term: groceries… It sort of says a bag with different things in it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/economic-tumult-trumps-weird-rhetoric-groceries-not-inspire-confidence-rcna199539", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ms.now", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Trump has shifted his attention away from what happens inside grocery stores and toward the word \"groceries\" itself.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/groceries-explains-trump-detachment-working-154943280.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "It's like an old-fashioned word, but it's a beautiful word, a very descriptive word.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/event/white-house-event/president-trump-delivers-remarks-on-new-tariffs/432157", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "It's such an old-fashioned term but a beautiful term: groceries… It sort of says a bag with different things in it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2025-11-05", "start": "2025-11-05", "end": "2025-11-23", "title": "\"Affordability\" is a \"new word\"; \"groceries\" is an \"old-fashioned word\"", "why_it_fits": "Coinage remark. In a Fox News interview on Nov. 5, 2025, Trump said, \"They have this new word called 'affordability,'\" and that Republicans \"don't talk about it enough\" (HuffPost). HuffPost reported that the word isn't new, citing the Oxford English Dictionary, which it said traces the word to 1910. In an Oval Office exchange with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Trump again said \"the new word is 'affordability,'\" and called \"groceries\" \"sort of an old-fashioned word\" (Mediaite's transcript). TheGrio reported an earlier remark to a voter in which Trump called groceries \"an old-fashioned word, but... a beautiful word.\" In these remarks Trump presented a long-established word as new, which is this thread's coinage pattern.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/word-trump-makes-startlingly-weird-045339275.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-weirdly-calls-groceries-old-151426036.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-bizarrely-calls-groceries-old-111543021.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/word-trump-makes-startlingly-weird-045339275.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "\"They have this new word called 'affordability,'\" Trump explained during a Fox News interview. \"And they don't talk about it enough.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-weirdly-calls-groceries-old-151426036.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "But a big thing on costs, you know, the new word is \"affordability.\" Another word is just \"groceries.\" You know, it's sort of an old-fashioned word, but it's very accurate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-bizarrely-calls-groceries-old-111543021.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I think of groceries. You know, it's an old-fashioned word, but it's a beautiful word.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2026-05-22", "start": "2026-05-22", "end": "2026-06-01", "title": "\"Dumb\" has a B", "why_it_fits": "Kind: spelling. At a May 22, 2026 rally at Rockland Community College, held to support Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, Trump explained his \"Dumocrats\" nickname for Democrats. Atlanta Black Star quotes him: \"D-U-M — not the B. 'He's a dumb person.' It's enough. Most people don't know it has a B.\" In a Fox News interview with Lara Trump, he said, as HuffPost quotes it, \"I take the 'b' off because most people don't know that dumb ends with a 'b' but most people don't know.\" IBTimes UK says the interview was filmed on Friday, May 29, and HuffPost places the remark \"over the weekend.\" Both are claims that most people don't know how a common word is spelled, followed by Trump spelling it. According to IBTimes UK, \"the clip did the rounds within hours,\" and Atlanta Black Star called the rally moment \"a viral moment taking over the internet.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/05/23/trump-tries-to-shame-democrats-with-a-spelling-lesson-before-one-four-letter-word-makes-him-unravel-in-front-of-the-crowd/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "atlantablackstar.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dumb-spelling_n_6a1d05ace4b0ba317300984c", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/most-people-dont-know-trumps-061958902.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/donald-trump-dumocrats-insult-backlash-1799891", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ibtimes.co.uk", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2057921466172363044", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Trump: They called me dumb. DUM—not the B. Most people don't know it has a B.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dumb-spelling_n_6a1d05ace4b0ba317300984c", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "President Donald Trump over the weekend claimed that most people don't know how to spell a basic word as he explained his latest insult.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-06-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2026-06-17", "start": "2026-06-17", "end": "2026-07-23", "title": "\"Affordability\" called a \"fake word, made up by the Democrats\"", "why_it_fits": "Coinage remark. At a June 17, 2026 press conference at the G7 summit in France, Trump said \"affordability\" was \"a fake word made up by the Democrats.\" He said he first heard it when Democrats were \"screaming\" it at his first news conference (Senate Democrats' transcript; USA Today via Central Oregon Daily). On July 22, at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, he said \"affordability\" was \"made up by the Democrats\" and that his first press conference was the \"first time I heard it\" (Fortune). The Online Etymology Dictionary dates the noun \"affordability\" to 1910. Merriam-Webster's entry for \"affordability\" sits under \"affordable,\" whose first known use was 1647. Both dates are long before Trump's first press conference.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-holds-a-press-conference-at-the-g7-summit-in-france-61726", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "democrats.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/nation-world/fake-word-trump-democrats-needle-each-other-over-affordability/article_7a3e9050-ea7b-5c3b-a980-311616681fc2.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "centraloregondaily.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/23/trump-dismisses-affordability-democrats-made-up-word-oil-prices-100-barrel/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.etymonline.com/word/afford", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "etymonline.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affordability?show=0&t=1407339697", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "merriam-webster.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-holds-a-press-conference-at-the-g7-summit-in-france-61726", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "democrats.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Now, the word affordability. It's a fake word made up by the Democrats.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/nation-world/fake-word-trump-democrats-needle-each-other-over-affordability/article_7a3e9050-ea7b-5c3b-a980-311616681fc2.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "centraloregondaily.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The word 'affordability' is a fake word, made up by the Democrats,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/23/trump-dismisses-affordability-democrats-made-up-word-oil-prices-100-barrel/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "They used the word—first time I heard it. It was a word, you know, made up by the Democrats: affordability", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2026-08-05", "start": "2026-08-05", "end": "2026-08-06", "title": "\"Dumb\" spelling remark in Las Vegas", "why_it_fits": "Spelling remark. On Aug 5, 2026, in Las Vegas, Trump explained his nickname for Democrats: \"I call them 'Dumocrats' because their policies are so dumb. Dumb. You exchange the 'e' with the 'u.' And nobody knows that 'dumb' doesn't have a 'b.'\" He added: \"I can't imagine I didn't think about that 10 years ago when I started this whole situation.\" That wording is from the official transcript, \"Remarks in Las Vegas, Nevada\" (govinfo, DCPD-202600518). Merriam-Webster spells the word \"dumb\" and dates its first known use as an adjective to before the 12th century. The New Republic reported the remark on Aug 6 under the headline \"Trump, 80, Forgets How to Spell 'Dumb'.\" It also embedded a post by Aaron Rupar that said of the word: \"(Dear reader, it has a B).\" This fits the thread's spelling pattern: Trump said people don't know how a common word is spelled, then described the spelling himself.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202600518/pdf/DCPD-202600518.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/214054/donald-trump-misspells-dumb", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumb", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "merriam-webster.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202600518/pdf/DCPD-202600518.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Dumb. You exchange the \"e\" with the \"u.\" And nobody knows that \"dumb\" doesn't have a \"b.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/214054/donald-trump-misspells-dumb", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "“Nobody knows that ‘dumb’ doesn’t have a ‘b’,” Trump said sincerely", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumb", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "merriam-webster.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "The first known use of dumb was before the 12th century", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-remarks-about-common-words/#2026-10-25", "start": "2026-10-25", "end": null, "title": "Incumbent", "why_it_fits": "Kind: meaning. On October 25, 2026, Trump told reporters that \"a lot of people don't know what incumbent means.\" He said this while arguing that Alaska's Senate ballot confuses voters. The ballot lists Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, marked \"Incumbent,\" alongside a second candidate, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. (Newsweek). That is the thread's \"meaning\" pattern: a claim that many people don't know what a common word means. Merriam-Webster defines the noun \"incumbent\" in two senses: \"the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice\" and \"one that occupies a particular position or place.\" Its entry notes that \"in the modern American political system, incumbent typically refers to someone who is the current holder of a position during an election for that position.\" Its Word of the Day entry (Feb. 11, 2016) says the word was first used in English in the 15th century. Raw Story reported that journalist Aaron Rupar posted a clip of the remark on X. Newsweek, Raw Story, the Washington Examiner and The Daily Beast covered it. The Daily Beast reported that the remark \"sparked fresh questions about his vocabulary.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-alaska-election-incumbent-dan-sullivan-12617125", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-alaska-2678142615/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rawstory.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4779052/trump-alaska-incumbent-ballot-dan-sullivan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-roasted-over-his-baffling-vocabulary-lesson", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incumbent", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "merriam-webster.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/incumbent-2016-02-11", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "merriam-webster.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/atrupar/status/2114398280134041853", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views": 270400 } }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-alaska-election-incumbent-dan-sullivan-12617125", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "At least let them use the name Senator Dan Sullivan, as opposed to incumbent, because a lot of people don't know what incumbent means,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-roasted-over-his-baffling-vocabulary-lesson", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "President Donald Trump sparked fresh questions about his vocabulary after declaring that \"a lot of people\" don't know what \"incumbent\" means.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "gas-price-claims", "title": "The recurring claims about gas prices", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/", "summary": "Presidents, candidates and party leaders in both parties have repeatedly promised cheaper gas, taken credit for falling prices, and blamed rivals, foreign governments, OPEC or oil companies when prices rose. They have also pointed to particular policies as the fix: drilling, pipelines, Strategic Petroleum Reserve releases, fuel waivers and gas-tax holidays. EIA says crude oil is the largest component of the retail gasoline price, and fact-checkers have often attributed price swings to global crude markets and supply shocks such as wars.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.factcheck.org/issue/gas-prices/", "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387719/reduce-the-cost-of-gasoline-below-2-a-gallon/article/387723/", "https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/factors-affecting-gasoline-prices.php" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2018-04-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2018-04-20", "start": "2018-04-20", "end": "2018-04-27", "title": "Trump blames OPEC for \"artificially Very High\" oil prices", "why_it_fits": "On April 20, 2018, Trump tweeted: \"Looks like OPEC is at it again. With record amounts of Oil all over the place, including the fully loaded ships at sea, Oil prices are artificially Very High! No good and will not be accepted!\" His tweet came as OPEC representatives met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to discuss ways to hold down production and keep prices up (CBS). CNBC reported that WTI crude hit a three-year high above $69 a barrel that week. CNBC's year-end review of his OPEC tweets said \"Trump has blamed OPEC for higher oil prices, especially at times when his decision to restore sanctions on Iran was pushing up the cost of crude.\" EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail gasoline price was $2.747 for the week of April 16 and $2.798 for the week of April 23, 2018. EIA says retail gasoline prices \"tend to gradually rise in the spring and peak in late summer,\" and that summer-grade gasoline requires less evaporative but more expensive components.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/20/trump-says-opec-is-keeping-oil-prices-artificially-very-high-and-that-will-not-be-accepted.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tweet-hits-oil-market-saying-u-s-wont-accept-artificially-high-prices/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/04/an-annotated-guide-to-trumps-2018-opec-tweets.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/price-fluctuations.php", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/20/trump-says-opec-is-keeping-oil-prices-artificially-very-high-and-that-will-not-be-accepted.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Oil prices are artificially Very High! No good and will not be accepted!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tweet-hits-oil-market-saying-u-s-wont-accept-artificially-high-prices/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Oil prices dropped Friday from three-year highs after President Trump said in a tweet", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/04/an-annotated-guide-to-trumps-2018-opec-tweets.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump has blamed OPEC for higher oil prices, especially at times when his decision to restore sanctions on Iran was pushing up the cost of crude.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-11-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2021-11-19", "start": "2021-11-19", "end": "2021-12-01", "title": "Gas prices: Trump's \"$1.87\" claim, Biden's SPR release, and the Keystone XL post", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 23, 2021, the Biden administration announced a 50-million-barrel release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, coordinated with India, China, Japan, South Korea and the U.K. Energy Secretary Granholm said the action \"underscores the President's commitment to using the tools available to bring down costs for working families.\" CNBC reported AAA's national average at $3.409 a gallon on Nov. 22, up from $2.11 a year earlier. In Fox News interviews that aired Nov. 21 and Nov. 23, former President Trump said gas was $1.87 (later \"$1.83 or $1.86\") when he left office. CNN reported that AAA's national average for regular on Jan. 20, 2021, was $2.393. A Nov. 19 Facebook post blamed Biden's cancellation of Keystone XL for U.S. prices. PolitiFact rated it False, noting the pipeline was not operating.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/23/biden-says-us-will-tap-strategic-petroleum-reserve-as-gas-prices-hover-around-7-hear-high.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/fact-check-gas-prices-when-trump-left-office-were-much-higher-than-he-now-claims/20000700/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/01/facebook-posts/no-evidence-biden-canceling-oil-pipeline-caused-hi/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/fact-check-gas-prices-when-trump-left-office-were-much-higher-than-he-now-claims/20000700/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wral.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Look, when I left, gasoline was $1.87. That was a year ago. And now, it's I guess just hit $7.50 in California, the rest to follow...", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/23/biden-says-us-will-tap-strategic-petroleum-reserve-as-gas-prices-hover-around-7-hear-high.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In total the U.S. will release 50 million barrels from the SPR.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/01/facebook-posts/no-evidence-biden-canceling-oil-pipeline-caused-hi/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Gasoline in Russia $2.10, Kuwait 78 cents, Saudia (sic) Arabia 98 cents. Nobody shutting pipe lines down there.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-03-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2022-03-08", "start": "2022-03-08", "end": "2022-04-12", "title": "\"Putin's price hike\" and the 180-million-barrel SPR release", "why_it_fits": "On March 8, 2022, after announcing a ban on Russian energy imports, President Biden blamed rising pump prices on Russia. CNN reported that he \"repeatedly laid the blame for 'Putin's price hike' on Russia\" and cited a 75-cent rise in regular gasoline since the invasion. According to CNN, Republicans blamed the Keystone XL cancellation and pauses in oil and gas leasing on public lands, and Sen. Roy Blunt said Biden's policies had directly produced a record price of $4.17 per gallon. On March 31, Biden announced a release of 180 million barrels from the SPR over six months, which PBS called \"the largest release in U.S. history.\" On April 12 in Iowa, Biden again blamed \"Putin's Price Hike\" and announced an emergency waiver allowing E15 sales in the summer; the White House said the waiver would lower prices by 10 cents a gallon (ABC).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/politics/biden-gas-prices-democrats-2022/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/biden-taps-u-s-oil-reserves-to-counter-rising-gas-prices", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-blames-putins-price-hike-gas-prices-depend/story?id=84034646", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://usafacts.org/articles/did-releasing-oil-from-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-impact-gas-prices/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "usafacts.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/archive/2022/220316/includes/analysis_print.php", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=51758", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/politics/biden-gas-prices-democrats-2022/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The decision today is not without cost here at home. Putin's war is already hurting American families at the gas pump,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/biden-taps-u-s-oil-reserves-to-counter-rising-gas-prices", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "At one million barrels per day, that is the largest release in U.S. history.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-blames-putins-price-hike-gas-prices-depend/story?id=84034646", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Your family budget, your ability to fill up your tank, none of it should on hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide a half a world away,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-06-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2022-06-10", "start": "2022-06-10", "end": "2022-06-23", "title": "\"Exxon made more money than God,\" the refiner letter, and the gas-tax holiday", "why_it_fits": "On June 10, 2022, Biden blamed oil companies for high pump prices. He said at the Port of Los Angeles that \"Exxon made more money than God,\" after a report showed inflation at a 40-year high (Bloomberg; Dallas Morning News). AAA had the national average at $4.99 a gallon that day (Dallas Morning News). On June 15 he wrote to refiners that above-normal profit margins being passed on to families \"are not acceptable\" (NPR). On June 22 he asked Congress to suspend the federal gasoline tax for 90 days, which PolitiFact said would lower pump prices by the 18-cent federal tax. Members of Congress, including some Democrats, were skeptical of the proposal (Roll Call). EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail gasoline price was $4.876 for the week of June 6, $5.006 for the week of June 13 and $4.962 for the week of June 20, 2022. The wave covers two parts of the thread: who is to blame for high prices, and a policy said to bring them down.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/2022/06/10/biden-calls-out-big-oil-exxon-made-more-money-than-god/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3519238-biden-bashes-big-oil-exxon-made-more-money-than-god-this-year/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2022/06/22/congress-skeptical-about-bidens-call-to-suspend-gas-tax/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2022/jun/23/pros-and-cons-gas-tax-holiday/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-10/-exxon-made-more-money-than-god-biden-scorns-rising-gas-prices", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We're going to make sure everyone knows Exxon's profits. Exxon made more money than God last year,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105138903/biden-is-under-pressure-on-gas-prices-so-hes-putting-pressure-on-oil-companies", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "At a time of war, refinery profit margins well above normal being passed directly onto American families are not acceptable,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2022/jun/23/pros-and-cons-gas-tax-holiday/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In remarks on June 22, Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for 90 days.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-10-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2022-10-19", "start": "2022-10-19", "end": "2022-10-28", "title": "The last pre-midterm oil-reserve release and Biden's \"down from over $5 when I took office\" claim", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 19, 2022, less than three weeks before the midterms, Biden announced a release of 15 million barrels from the SPR. CBS reported that this completed the release of 180 million barrels he authorized in March. Biden said: \"Gas prices have come down and they continue to come down again... But they're not falling fast enough.\" On Oct. 27 in Syracuse he said gas was \"down from over $5 when I took office.\" PolitiFact rated that False, and CNN called it false. AAA data cited by CNN showed a $2.39 national average on Inauguration Day and a mid-June 2022 peak of about $5.02. The wave covers two parts of the thread: a policy claim (an SPR release meant to lower prices) and a claim that prices had fallen.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/joe-biden/gas-prices-hit-5-gallon-more-year-after-joe-biden/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wthitv.com/news/fact-check-biden-falsely-claims-the-most-common-gas-price-was-over-5-when-he/article_45678737-97ea-5a85-972b-ab66739d9086.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wthitv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve-releasing-15-million-barrels/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/biden-announcing-steps-lower-gas-prices-including-oil/story?id=91709910", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/joe-biden/gas-prices-hit-5-gallon-more-year-after-joe-biden/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Today, the most common price of gas in America is $3.39, down from over $5 when I took office", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wthitv.com/news/fact-check-biden-falsely-claims-the-most-common-gas-price-was-over-5-when-he/article_45678737-97ea-5a85-972b-ab66739d9086.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wthitv.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Biden's claim that the most common gas price when he took office was more than $5 isn't even close to true.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/biden-announcing-steps-lower-gas-prices-including-oil/story?id=91709910", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "With my announcement today we're going to continue to stabilize markets and decrease the prices at a time when the actions of other countries have caused so much volatility", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf8_Ag4D9_E", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The most common price of gas in America is $3.39, down from over $5 when I took office.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-09-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2024-09-05", "start": "2024-09-05", "end": "2024-09-30", "title": "Trump's \"below $2 a gallon\" campaign promise", "why_it_fits": "Trump told the Economic Club of New York in September 2024: \"Energy is going to bring us back. That means we're going down and getting gasoline below $2 a gallon.\" A McClatchy article published September 26, 2024 reported this, quoting GasBuddy's Patrick De Haan: \"There's a zero percent chance a president can fulfill that promise.\" The article said the national average was $3.39 the previous month and had peaked at $4.93 in June 2022. It also cited EIA's estimate that crude oil was 56% of the July 2024 pump price, with taxes 15%, marketing 16% and refining 13%. EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail gasoline price was $3.289 for the week of Sept. 2 and $3.185 for the week of Sept. 23, 2024. PolitiFact later rated the promise \"Stalled.\" It reported the national average at $3.16 on the eve of the July 4, 2025 weekend, citing EIA. It also found that only 36 weeks since 2006 had sub-$2 gas, most of them during the 2008–09 recession and the early Covid pandemic.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://aol.com/news/trump-says-elected-president-ll-202724673.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-elected-president-ll-202724792.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387719/reduce-the-cost-of-gasoline-below-2-a-gallon/article/387722/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://aol.com/news/trump-says-elected-president-ll-202724673.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aol.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "That means we're going down and getting gasoline below $2 a gallon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-elected-president-ll-202724792.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "There's a zero percent chance a president can fulfill that promise", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2025-04-17", "start": "2025-04-17", "end": "2025-05-02", "title": "$1.98 in some states", "why_it_fits": "On April 17, 2025, Trump said at the White House: \"You have gasoline that hit $1.98 yesterday in a couple of states.\" CNN reported that on April 16, the day Trump cited, the lowest state averages were $2.70 (Mississippi and Tennessee, per AAA) and the national average was about $3.17. CNN also reported that GasBuddy found zero stations selling for under $2 that day, citing its analyst Patrick De Haan. EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail gasoline price was $3.168 for the week of April 14. Trump repeated the claim on April 22, saying it was because \"we opened up our wells, we opened up our drilling.\" PolitiFact reported EIA's national weekly average for regular gas as $3.14 for the week of April 21, with Texas the lowest state at $2.66. Analysts quoted by PolitiFact said the recent drop came from OPEC raising production and trade-related worries about the economy, not from U.S. drilling. On May 2, Trump posted, \"Gasoline just broke $1.98 a Gallon, lowest in years.\" CNN reported the AAA national average that day at about $3.18. This fits the thread's \"prices have fallen or hit lows\" and \"policy will bring prices down\" claims.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/archive/21965079/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/archive/21987050/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-grocery-prices-gas-consumers-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/gas-prices-trump-fact-check", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/politics/fact-check-trump-gas-prices-false-claims", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/archive/21965079/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wral.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "You have gasoline that hit $1.98 yesterday in a couple of states.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/archive/21987050/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wral.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I see that we had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-grocery-prices-gas-consumers-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "GasBuddy... told CBS News it had not found evidence of a gas station selling gas for $1.98 per gallon in April.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXtLFqtxdJ4", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "You have gasoline that hit $1.98 yesterday in a couple of states.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2025-07-01", "start": "2025-07-01", "end": "2025-07-03", "title": "$1.99 today in five states", "why_it_fits": "PolitiFact says Trump promised during the 2024 campaign that gas would fall below $2 a gallon if he were elected. On July 1, 2025, he said, \"Gasoline just hit $1.99 today in five states,\" and added, \"We just hit, in five states, $1.99, $1.98.\" AAA data cited by CNN put that day's lowest state average at about $2.71 (Mississippi) and the national average at about $3.18. The EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail price going into the July 4 weekend was $3.16, according to PolitiFact. PolitiFact rated the promise \"Stalled,\" saying the national average had stayed between $3.04 and $3.21 during his second term.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://ktvz.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2025/07/02/fact-check-trump-lies-again-about-gas-prices-falsely-claiming-five-states-are-at-1-99/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ktvz.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/politics/fact-check-trump-gas-prices", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387719/reduce-the-cost-of-gasoline-below-2-a-gallon/article/387722/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-are-gas-prices-four-year-low-donald-trump-claims-2093889", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.automotive-fleet.com/news/june-2025-fuel-update-prices-fall-ahead-of-the-holiday-weekend", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "automotive-fleet.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://ktvz.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2025/07/02/fact-check-trump-lies-again-about-gas-prices-falsely-claiming-five-states-are-at-1-99/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ktvz.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Gasoline just hit $1.99 today in five states – $1.99, isn't that a nice sound?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-are-gas-prices-four-year-low-donald-trump-claims-2093889", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Gas prices are at a 4 year low.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387719/reduce-the-cost-of-gasoline-below-2-a-gallon/article/387722/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Almost six months into his term, Trump has not managed to turn the clock back to $2 a gallon gasoline.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2025-12-17", "start": "2025-12-17", "end": "2025-12-18", "title": "Trump's year-end address: gasoline \"under $2.50 a gallon\"", "why_it_fits": "During the 2024 campaign, Trump pledged to bring gasoline prices below $2 a gallon (PolitiFact). In his Dec. 17, 2025 address, he said: \"Gasoline is now under $2.50 a gallon, and in much of the country, in some states, it by the way just hit $1.99 a gallon.\" He also said that under Biden \"gasoline rose 30 to 50%\" and that prices were now \"coming down fast\" (FactCheck.org). FactCheck.org reported that EIA's average for regular gasoline was $3.11 when he took office and $2.90 the week of Dec. 15. It also said AAA showed no state averaging $1.99 as of Dec. 18; the lowest was Oklahoma at $2.34. PolitiFact reported in January 2026 that the national average was $2.78 in the second week of January and rated the $2 promise \"Stalled.\" It also wrote that experts say one player's influence on the global crude market is limited, \"even if the player is the president of the United States.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/factchecking-trumps-rapid-fire-prime-time-address/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/fact-checking-trumps-presidential-address-claim-brought-gas/story?id=128506721", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387719/reduce-the-cost-of-gasoline-below-2-a-gallon/article/387723/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/factchecking-trumps-rapid-fire-prime-time-address/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Gasoline is now under $2.50 a gallon, and in much of the country, in some states, it by the way just hit $1.99 a gallon.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/fact-checking-trumps-presidential-address-claim-brought-gas/story?id=128506721", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I am bringing those high prices down and bringing them down very fast,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2026-02-28", "start": "2026-02-28", "end": "2026-03-12", "title": "Iran war begins; Trump predicts prices will drop after the war; 172-million-barrel SPR release", "why_it_fits": "In his late-February State of the Union, Trump pointed to falling gas prices. PolitiFact said he exaggerated how low U.S. gasoline prices are. It also reported that the national average had fallen to $2.92 a gallon, from $3.11 at his January 2025 inauguration. After the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran on Feb. 28, Trump said on March 3 that there would be \"a little high oil prices for a little while, but as soon as this ends, those prices are going to drop, I believe, lower than even before\" (PolitiFact). In a March 4 article on a possible reserve release, PolitiFact noted that Trump had criticized Biden for releasing SPR oil and had promised as a candidate to refill the reserve. On March 11, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced a 172-million-barrel release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which the Energy Department said Trump authorized. In an interview with Cincinnati broadcaster WKRC reported by CNBC that day, Trump said: \"I filled it up once, and I'll fill it up again, but right now, we'll reduce it a little bit, and that brings the prices down.\" CNBC reported AAA's national average at about $3.58 a gallon, up from about $2.94 a month earlier, as the war disrupted global oil supplies. EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail gasoline price was $2.937 for the week of Feb. 23 and $3.502 for the week of March 9, 2026.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2026/mar/04/gasoline-prices-iran-war-trump-hormuz/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/iran-war-trump-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/united-states-release-172-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "energy.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2026/mar/04/gasoline-prices-iran-war-trump-hormuz/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "a little high oil prices for a little while, but as soon as this ends, those prices are going to drop, I believe, lower than even before.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/united-states-release-172-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "energy.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Trump authorized the Department of Energy to release 172 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, beginning next week.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/iran-war-trump-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I filled it up once, and I'll fill it up again, but right now, we'll reduce it a little bit, and that brings the prices down,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2026-03-31", "start": "2026-03-31", "end": "2026-04-02", "title": "National average tops $4; Democrats blame \"Trump's Iran war\"", "why_it_fits": "On March 31, 2026, the national average for regular gas reached $4.02, according to AP and CBS. AAA said the national average exceeded $4 that week for the first time since August 2022. CBS reported that gas was up more than $1 from a month earlier, and AP said it was over a dollar more than before the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran on Feb. 28. Democratic leaders blamed President Trump for the rise: DCCC chair Rep. Suzan DelBene called it \"another broken promise\" by Trump and congressional Republicans (Fox News), and a Senate Democratic leadership press release said Trump \"chose to illegally initiate a war with Iran and American families are paying for it — at the gas pump.\" The White House said the rise was temporary. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said prices \"will plummet back to the multi-year lows American drivers enjoyed before these short-term disruptions\" once Operation Epic Fury ends (CBS). EIA said that on March 30, 2026, the U.S. average retail gasoline price was $3.99 per gallon, the highest in real terms in over two years. EIA tied the first-quarter rise to \"military action in the Middle East on February 28 and the subsequent de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz.\" AP described crude as \"the main ingredient in gasoline,\" trading above $100 a barrel, up from about $70 before the war.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/national-average-for-gas-tops-4-a-gallon-the-highest-since-2022", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-prices-hit-4-a-gallon-iran-war-highest-since-2022/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67424", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-pounce-4-gallon-gas-blame-trumps-iran-war-broken-promise", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Democrats pounce on $4 a gallon gas, blame Trump’s Iran war for 'broken promise'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/as-trump-sends-gas-prices-surging-across-the-us-americans-bear-the-costs-of-his-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "democrats.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the national average price of gas has jumped from $2.93 to $4.01 per gallon in just one month", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://newsroom.aaa.com/2026/04/for-the-first-time-in-four-years-national-average-exceeds-4-gallon/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "newsroom.aaa.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The national average for a gallon of regular exceeded $4/gallon this week for the first time since August 2022.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2026-05-07", "start": "2026-05-07", "end": "2026-05-20", "title": "\"Come down very substantially,\" the gas-tax holiday, and \"peanuts\"", "why_it_fits": "On May 7, 2026, a reporter asked President Trump about the national average passing $4.50 a gallon. He replied, \"They've come down very substantially today.\" PolitiFact rated this False. It said AAA's national average rose every day from May 4 to May 7 ($4.457 to $4.558), then fell about 1.2 cents on May 8. NPR reported that Trump called for a temporary waiver of the 18.4-cent federal gas tax, which would need an act of Congress. On May 18, asked about further steps on fuel costs, Trump said \"This is peanuts.\" AAA put the national average at $4.55, up from $2.98 when the Iran war began in late February (TIME).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://api.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/may/08/donald-trump/gasoline-prices-falling-crude-oil/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/democrats-criticize-trump-dismissing-soaring-gas-prices-iran-war-fallout/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5835634/gasoline-tax-holiday-trump-potholes", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://api.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/may/08/donald-trump/gasoline-prices-falling-crude-oil/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Gas prices have come down today. Have you looked? They've come down very substantially today.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5835634/gasoline-tax-holiday-trump-potholes", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Trump has called for a temporary waiver of the federal gas tax, which costs drivers 18.4 cents per gallon.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/democrats-criticize-trump-dismissing-soaring-gas-prices-iran-war-fallout/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"This is peanuts,\" Trump said of the spike. \"I appreciate everybody putting up with it for a little while. It won't be much longer.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2026-09-07", "start": "2026-09-07", "end": "2026-09-20", "title": "\"Below Two Dollars\" after victory; \"very inexpensive price to pay\"", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 7, 2026, Trump wrote on Truth Social that \"Oil prices will drop precipitously ... when we WIN the war with Iran,\" adding \"Three Dollars a gallon, but ultimately, below Two Dollars a gallon.\" Iran International reported that he said the decline would happen quickly. That day, Labor Day, AAA put the national average for regular at $4.15, a record for the holiday; the previous record was $3.82, on Sept. 3, 2012 (CNBC). AAA spokesperson Brittany Moye told CNBC that \"this year's elevated crude oil costs have offset\" the usual post-summer decline. EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail gasoline price was $4.157 for the week of Sept. 7, $4.319 for the week of Sept. 14 and $4.478 for the week of Sept. 21. Campaigning in North Carolina later that month, Trump said of the war, \"You have a little higher. It's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done,\" according to an AP report published by Fortune on Sept. 20.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.iranintl.com/en/202609089782", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "iranintl.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/20/gas-prices-groceries-inflation-trump-iran-war-inexpensive-price-to-pay-midterms/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/07/gas-prices-labor-day-record-high-road-trip.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.iranintl.com/en/202609089782", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "iranintl.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Three Dollars a gallon, but ultimately, below Two Dollars a gallon.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/20/gas-prices-groceries-inflation-trump-iran-war-inexpensive-price-to-pay-midterms/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "You have a little higher. It's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/07/gas-prices-labor-day-record-high-road-trip.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $4.15 on Monday, a record high for the holiday, according to AAA.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2026-09-30", "start": "2026-09-30", "end": "2026-10-19", "title": "\"Lower than when Biden was president\"", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 12, 2026, President Trump told an Ohio rally, \"Remember, your prices – your gas prices – are lower than when Biden was president.\" CNN reported that he made versions of the claim on Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and Oct. 3. He made a similar claim on June 9, saying gas was \"lower than during the Biden administration,\" when CNN put the AAA national average at $4.16. CNN found that the AAA national average on Oct. 12, about $4.36, was higher than on all but 76 of Biden's 1,460 full days in office, and about 39% above the $3.12 average on Jan. 20, 2025. Biden's peak average was about $5.02 on June 14, 2022, per CNN. EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail gasoline price was $4.354 for the week of Oct. 5, $4.331 for the week of Oct. 12 and $4.284 for the week of Oct. 19. This fits the thread as a claim that pump prices are low, made by comparison with a predecessor.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/13/politics/fact-check-trump-gas-prices-under-biden", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://keyt.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/10/13/fact-check-breaking-down-trumps-rosy-comparison-to-gas-prices-under-biden/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "keyt.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/politics/fact-check-gas-prices-trump-biden", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/13/politics/fact-check-trump-gas-prices-under-biden", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The national average was higher than that on only 76 of Biden’s 1,460 full days as president.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/politics/fact-check-gas-prices-trump-biden", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "If you notice, the price is not very high, relatively speaking. I mean, it’s lower than during the Biden administration.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2026-10-12", "start": "2026-10-12", "end": "2026-10-13", "title": "\"Lower than when Biden was president\" (Youngstown rally)", "why_it_fits": "At a campaign rally at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, on October 12, 2026, President Trump told supporters, \"Remember, your prices – your gas prices – are lower than when Biden was president,\" according to a CNN fact-check by Daniel Dale published the next day. CNN said Trump had repeated the claim \"multiple times in the last month\" and that it was \"only true about a small fraction of Joe Biden's presidency.\" Citing AAA, CNN put the October 12 national average at about $4.36 a gallon. It said the average was higher than that on only 76 of Biden's 1,460 full days as president, all in May, June or July of 2022. EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail gasoline price for the week of October 12, 2026, was $4.331 a gallon. In an October 15 release, AAA put the national average at $4.33. It said prices were holding steady because crude oil prices were still high, close to $100 a barrel, and that the national average had been above $4 since late July.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fact-check-breaking-down-trump-161038018.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://keyt.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/10/13/fact-check-breaking-down-trumps-rosy-comparison-to-gas-prices-under-biden/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "keyt.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://newsroom.aaa.com/2026/10/gas-prices-not-budging-much-as-crude-oil-remains-high/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsroom.aaa.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fact-check-breaking-down-trump-161038018.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "His claim about gas prices, which he has repeated multiple times in the last month, is only true about a small fraction of Joe Biden's presidency.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2026-10-14", "start": "2026-10-14", "end": "2026-10-16", "title": "\"We're making a fortune\" (Bullhead City, AZ)", "why_it_fits": "On October 14, 2026, with under three weeks left in the midterm campaign according to an AP report published by PBS, President Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Bullhead City, AZ. The Source quoted him there: \"Our country is making more money than it’s ever made, because of the fact that oil is so high… because of the price of oil, Texas and Oklahoma, North Dakota, and all these places, we’re making a fortune.\" The Source reported that Trump has linked high energy prices to the U.S. conflict with Iran. EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail gasoline price for the week of October 12, 2026 was $4.331 a gallon. For the West Coast (PADD 5) region it was $5.639. EIA estimated that crude oil made up 52% of the retail price of regular gasoline in May 2026. He made a similar argument in March 2026. PBS published an AP report that he said on his social media site, \"The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.\" That report said that a month earlier, in his State of the Union address, he had bragged about gas prices at $2.30 a gallon. AP attributed the price spike to the Iran war and described the Strait of Hormuz as \"the bottleneck causing the price spike.\" The fit with the thread is partial: this is not a promise of cheap gas, a claim that prices fell, or a blame claim. It is an argument that high prices benefit the nation.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://thesource.com/2026/10/15/trump-says-america-is-making-a-fortune-from-high-oil-prices-is-he-really-serious/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thesource.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-speaks-at-rally-along-arizona-nevada-border", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-suggests-high-oil-prices-are-a-positive-after-bragging-about-low-gas-prices-last-month", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thesource.com/2026/10/15/trump-says-america-is-making-a-fortune-from-high-oil-prices-is-he-really-serious/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thesource.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "\"Our country is making more money than it’s ever made, because of the fact that oil is so high… because of the price of oil, Texas and Oklahoma, North Dakota, and all these places, we’re making a fortune.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/gas-price-claims/#2026-10-24", "start": "2026-10-24", "end": "2026-10-24", "title": "\"Hundreds of billions\" and \"I don't give a damn\" at the Perry rally", "why_it_fits": "At an October 24 rally in Georgia, Trump said \"The United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars\" (HuffPost). Newsweek reports that he said advisers warned \"people are paying a little higher,\" and that he added that he expected gas prices to fall. Newsweek also reports that he said Americans were \"paying lower than Biden and Obama.\" According to Newsweek, citing govargus.com, the national average peaked at $3.93 under Obama (May 2011) and $5.06 under Biden (June 2022). EIA's weekly U.S. regular retail price for the week of October 19, 2026 was $4.284, down $0.047 from the week before and up $1.265 from a year earlier; the Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) region, which includes Georgia, averaged $3.860. AAA said in its October 22 release that a weekly drop in the national average was \"fueled by the transition to winter-blend gasoline,\" while \"high crude oil prices are preventing steep declines at the pump,\" with crude nearing $100 a barrel \"amid instability in the Strait of Hormuz.\" HuffPost reported that Trump \"has made a habit\" of this line, including at an October 14 rally in Arizona.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-he-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-gas-prices-as-us-making-fortune-12615894", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trump-brags-u-making-fortune-030001811.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://newsroom.aaa.com/2026/10/national-average-falls-6-cents-but-crude-oil-nears-100-barrel/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsroom.aaa.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-he-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-gas-prices-as-us-making-fortune-12615894", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "But I said, ‘I don't give a damn, I'm gonna say it: We're making a frickin fortune,’", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trump-brags-u-making-fortune-030001811.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-he-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-gas-prices-as-us-making-fortune-12615894", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "paying lower than Biden and Obama and they don't have nuclear weapons", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit", "title": "The recurring remark about Trump's uncle at MIT", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/", "summary": "Donald Trump has repeatedly brought up his late uncle, John G. Trump, who taught electrical engineering at MIT. He has used him as evidence of his own intelligence and of his grasp of technical subjects such as nuclear issues. Examples include a January 2024 rally in Nevada, where he said the uncle was the longest-serving professor in MIT's history, and a July 2025 event in Pittsburgh, where he said \"Kaczynski was one of his students.\" Newsweek cited an MIT spokesperson who said John Trump became an assistant professor in 1936, was a full professor until 1973 and was a senior lecturer/professor emeritus until his death in 1985. Newsweek rated the \"longest serving professor\" claim False because at least 10 people have been MIT professors for at least 53 years. ABC News reported that an MIT spokesperson said the school has \"no enrollment record or information that Ted Kaczynski ever attended MIT,\" and noted that Kaczynski earned degrees at Harvard and the University of Michigan.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-trump-claims-uncle-longest-serving-professor-mit-1864991", "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-claims-uncle-taught-unabomber-offers-evidence-support/story?id=123833782" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-08-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2016-08-09", "start": "2016-08-09", "end": "2016-08-22", "title": "August 2016 – the July 2015 \"Look, having nuclear — my uncle…\" clip recirculates", "why_it_fits": "In a July 21, 2015 speech in Sun City, S.C., Trump named \"Dr. John Trump at MIT\" as \"a great professor and scientist and engineer.\" He followed this with \"good genes, very good genes\" and his own credentials. Later in the same passage he said his uncle had explained the power of nuclear \"many, many years ago.\" That is the thread's pattern: Trump uses the uncle to vouch for his own intelligence and cites him on nuclear power. In August 2016 the passage went around social media again. Snopes said it \"amused and stunned social media users,\" although Snopes dates the speech to July 2016 rather than July 2015. That recirculation is the wave.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/07/31/donald_trump_this_run_on_sentence_from_a_speech_in_sun_city_south_carolina.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "slate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-sentence/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/9/1558359/-This-is-an-actual-Trump-sentence", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dailykos.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-uncle-mit-professor/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/9/1558359/-This-is-an-actual-Trump-sentence", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dailykos.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I saw this pop up in my Twitter feed and decided to share with the class.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Comments": 592 } }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-sentence/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A rambling, jumbled portion of a Donald Trump speech from July 2016 amused and stunned social media users.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://academeblog.org/2016/08/22/quotation-of-the-day-2/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "academeblog.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-06-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2018-06-12", "start": "2018-06-12", "end": "2018-06-13", "title": "Singapore summit press conference: \"I used to discuss nuclear with him all the time\"", "why_it_fits": "At his press conference after meeting Kim Jong Un on June 12, 2018, Trump was asked how long denuclearization would take. In a follow-up answer on the timing, he cited his late uncle, Dr. John Trump of MIT, saying \"I used to discuss nuclear with him all the time.\" He called him \"a great, brilliant genius\" and said \"I think he was there 40 years.\" This is the thread's usual pattern: he points to the uncle's MIT career to back his own understanding of nuclear issues. Newsweek, writing that day, said the professor \"never directly dealt with nuclear weapons.\" It also said he earned a doctorate in electrical engineering from MIT in 1933 and died of cancer in 1985 at age 78.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-sentosa-island-singapore", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/press-conference-president-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/who-uncle-john-trump-president-genius-professor-972899", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-sentosa-island-singapore", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I had an uncle who was a great professor for, I believe, 40 years at MIT. And I used to discuss nuclear with him all the time. He was a great expert. He was a great, brilliant genius, Dr. John Trump at MIT. I think he was there 40 years, I was told. In fact, the head of MIT sent me a book on my uncle.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/who-uncle-john-trump-president-genius-professor-972899", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Trump the professor never directly dealt with nuclear weapons but, as his nephew has repeated in several interviews, he obviously held a negative opinion of them.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?446895-1%2Fpresident-trump-news-conference-us-north-korea-summit=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-10-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2018-10-16", "start": "2018-10-16", "end": "2018-10-18", "title": "Trump cites uncle John Trump, an MIT professor, and his \"natural instinct for science\" on climate change", "why_it_fits": "Asked by AP reporters whether climate change was nearing an irreversible point, Trump brought up his uncle, \"Dr. John Trump,\" as \"a great professor at MIT for many years.\" He then said he had \"a natural instinct for science\" (Axios, CBS, Washington Post). That fits the thread: he used his uncle to vouch for his own grasp of a scientific subject. \"Many years\" matches the record. Physics Today says John Trump became an MIT assistant professor of electrical engineering in 1936 and directed MIT's High-Voltage Research Laboratory until he retired in 1980. Trump also said he \"didn't talk to him about this particular subject.\" The Post noted the uncle was an electrical engineer, not a climate scientist, and died in 1985.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2018/10/17/trump-touts-instinct-science-denying-climate-change", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-defends-stance-on-climate-change-i-have-a-natural-instinct-for-science/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/17/lets-quickly-note-how-bad-trumps-current-climate-change-argument-is/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/30972/A-profile-of-John-Trump-Donald-s-oft-mentioned", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pubs.aip.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2018/10/17/trump-touts-instinct-science-denying-climate-change", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "My uncle was a great professor at MIT for many years. Dr. John Trump. And I didn't talk to him about this particular subject, but I have a natural instinct for science, and I will say that you have scientists on both sides of the picture.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-defends-stance-on-climate-change-i-have-a-natural-instinct-for-science/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Mr. Trump suggested he understands climate science because he possesses a \"natural instinct for science.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/17/lets-quickly-note-how-bad-trumps-current-climate-change-argument-is/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "John Trump was an electrical engineer, not a climate scientist, so it's not clear what insights he would have had on climate change, particularly since he died in 1985.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOaWhF-QVYw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-03-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2020-03-06", "start": "2020-03-06", "end": "2020-03-09", "title": "CDC visit, Atlanta: \"super genius… Maybe I have a natural ability\"", "why_it_fits": "At the CDC in Atlanta on March 6, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak, President Trump said of his uncle: \"He was at MIT. He taught at MIT for, I think, like a record number of years. He was a great super genius. Dr. John Trump.\" In the same exchange he said of the coronavirus: \"Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for President.\" The transcript puts the uncle passage alongside his remarks about his own understanding of the virus. The Washington Post covered the remark, and late-night hosts, as reported by The Week and HuffPost, read it as linking his uncle to his own ability. How the details compare with the record: Matches: He did teach at MIT. The National Academy of Engineering memorial tribute says he earned an MIT doctorate in 1933 and became a research associate there that year, an assistant professor in 1936 and a professor in 1952. It also says he worked on microwave radar at the MIT Radiation Lab during World War II, formally retired in 1973, continued research as professor emeritus until 1980, and died February 21, 1985. Not borne out: \"Record number of years.\" In a January 2024 fact-check of a similar claim (that he was MIT's \"longest serving professor\"), Newsweek reported that an MIT spokesperson said he was not the longest-serving faculty member, because at least 10 people have been MIT professors for at least 53 years. The spokesperson also called him \"among the longest-serving faculty.\" Newsweek rated that 2024 claim False.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-tour-centers-disease-control-prevention-atlanta-ga/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/maybe-i-have-a-natural-ability-trump-plays-medical-expert-on-coronavirus-by-second-guessing-the-professionals/2020/03/06/3ee0574c-5ffb-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://theweek.com/speedreads/901080/late-night-hosts-are-increasingly-convinced-trump-part-coronavirus-problem", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "theweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trevor-noah-trump-coronavirus_n_5e670ffbc5b68d6164597595", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nae.edu/File.aspx?id=189331", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nae.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-trump-claims-uncle-longest-serving-professor-mit-1864991", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-tour-centers-disease-control-prevention-atlanta-ga/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "You know, my uncle was a great person. He was at MIT. He taught at MIT for, I think, like a record number of years. He was a great super genius. Dr. John Trump.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/maybe-i-have-a-natural-ability-trump-plays-medical-expert-on-coronavirus-by-second-guessing-the-professionals/2020/03/06/3ee0574c-5ffb-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Every one of these doctors said, 'How do you know so much about this?' Maybe I have a natural ability.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://theweek.com/speedreads/901080/late-night-hosts-are-increasingly-convinced-trump-part-coronavirus-problem", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "theweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Epidemiology is not genetic!\" Colbert said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-01-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2024-01-27", "start": "2024-01-27", "end": "2024-01-30", "title": "Las Vegas rally: \"longest serving professor… we're like racehorses\"", "why_it_fits": "At a January 27, 2024 campaign rally in Las Vegas, Trump said his uncle, John Trump, was the longest-serving professor in MIT's history. He used that to back up his own intelligence (\"same genes\"). Newsweek reported the remark came while Trump was defending his mental competency, amid claims he was not fit to run, and rated the \"longest serving professor\" claim False. Snopes said it is \"unclear\" whether John Trump was ever considered MIT's longest-serving faculty member. Snopes rated \"True\" the claim that Trump's uncle was an MIT professor. Snopes also noted Trump had used the talking point before, at a June 17, 2015 rally in New Hampshire and in a July 19, 2016 speech in South Carolina. According to an MIT spokesperson quoted by Newsweek, John Trump became a research associate after his 1933 doctorate, an assistant professor of electrical engineering in 1936 and a full professor until 1973. After that he was a senior lecturer/professor emeritus until his death in 1985. Newsweek added that the National Academy of Engineering obituary dates his promotion to full professor to 1952. The spokesperson said that, based on records kept since 1990, at least 10 people have been MIT professors for at least 53 years. So John Trump would not be the longest-serving, though he was \"among the longest-serving faculty.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-trump-claims-uncle-longest-serving-professor-mit-1864991", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-uncle-mit-professor/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-donald-trump-says-235800572.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-trump-claims-uncle-longest-serving-professor-mit-1864991", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "\"He's the longest serving professor, Doctor John Trump, in the history of MIT\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-uncle-mit-professor/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "\"I had an uncle — he's the longest-serving professor, Dr. John Trump — in the history of MIT. Same genes. … We're smart people. … We're like racehorses, too.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2025-07-15", "start": "2025-07-15", "end": "2025-07-18", "title": "Pittsburgh energy summit: \"Kaczynski was one of his students\"", "why_it_fits": "At the Pennsylvania Energy & Innovation Summit on July 15, 2025, Trump brought up his uncle while talking about AI. He said: \"my uncle was at MIT, one of the great professors, 51 years, whatever. Longest-serving professor in the history of MIT,\" and \"Kaczynski was one of his students\" (HuffPost). This repeats the thread's Kaczynski claim and its tenure claim. On the record: an MIT spokesperson told ABC the school has \"no enrollment record or information that Ted Kaczynski ever attended MIT.\" ABC reported that Kaczynski earned degrees at Harvard and the University of Michigan, that John Trump taught electrical engineering at MIT for 37 years, and that John Trump died in 1985, \"long before Kaczynski was identified as the Unabomber.\" Citing Newsweek, HuffPost reported that an MIT spokesperson said \"at least 10 people\" had taught there longer than John Trump.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-claims-uncle-taught-unabomber-offers-evidence-support/story?id=123833782", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-uncle-taught-unabomber-ted-kaczynski-mit_n_68777bf6e4b05557ffd2e01f", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/leavitt-lashes-out-when-confronted-over-trumps-impossible-unabomber-claim/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-uncle-taught-unabomber-ted-kaczynski-mit_n_68777bf6e4b05557ffd2e01f", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Kaczynski was one of his students — do you know who Kaczynski was? There's very little difference between a madman and a genius,\" he added.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-claims-uncle-taught-unabomber-offers-evidence-support/story?id=123833782", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about Trump's claims during a news briefing Thursday, but she did not answer. Instead, she touted John Trump's tenure at MIT and took another question.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/leavitt-lashes-out-when-confronted-over-trumps-impossible-unabomber-claim/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Leavitt scolded *The Independent*'s Andrew Feinberg on Thursday when the D.C. correspondent brought up Trump's \"impossible story\" about his uncle", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2026-03-11", "start": "2026-03-11", "end": "2026-03-12", "title": "Hebron, Kentucky: \"much better blood\"", "why_it_fits": "On March 11, 2026, at the Verst Logistics facility in Hebron, Kentucky, Trump said his uncle had been \"the longest serving professor in the history of\" MIT for \"41 years,\" and that this meant \"I have much better blood\" (Rev transcript). He said it right after saying Rep. Thomas Massie \"went to a good college\" (Rev). A clip posted by Acyn and embedded by LGBTQ Nation has him adding that he went to \"the Wharton school of finance, that means I'm real smart.\" He has used the uncle this way before. At a January 27, 2024 Nevada rally he called his uncle \"the longest serving professor, Doctor John Trump, in the history of MIT,\" and Newsweek's fact check rated that claim False. For that fact check, an MIT spokesperson told Newsweek that at least 10 people have been MIT professors for at least 53 years, and called John Trump \"among the longest-serving faculty.\" Newsweek reported, citing MIT, that he became an assistant professor of electrical engineering in 1936 and was a full professor until 1973. The \"41 years\" figure does not match the tenure numbers Newsweek gives (Newsweek).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-rally-in-kentucky", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/quick-hit-donald-says-he-has-better-than-others-in-creepy-rant/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "lgbtqnation.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-trump-claims-uncle-longest-serving-professor-mit-1864991", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2031847728914071594", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "My uncle was the longest serving professor at MIT. That means I have much better blood.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/quick-hit-donald-says-he-has-better-than-others-in-creepy-rant/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "lgbtqnation.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Donald Trump recently told a crowd that he has 'much better blood' because his uncle taught at MIT.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-06-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2026-06-22", "start": "2026-06-22", "end": "2026-06-23", "title": "Oval Office quantum executive orders: \"Did you know of my uncle at all?\"", "why_it_fits": "At a June 22, 2026 Oval Office signing of two quantum-technology executive orders, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, \"President Trump's uncle, John Trump, was a pioneer in applying light radiation and the reflections of it to develop radar at the MIT Radiation Lab—critical in D-day, critical in the end in winning World War II.\" Later in the event, Trump asked Nobel physicist John Martinis, \"Did you know of my uncle at all?\" Martinis replied, \"No. No, I didn't.\" Trump said, \"Too bad. You missed a good man.\" After Martinis said, \"I'm at Berkeley. Berkeley and MIT——\", Trump began a reply about MIT that the official transcript marks as partly inaudible. The Daily Beast and AOL covered the exchange. AOL noted that John Trump \"did teach at MIT, but his field was electrical engineering, not physics.\" Trump made no factual claim himself about his uncle's record. Wright's radar description broadly matches the National Academy of Engineering memorial tribute, which says John Trump worked \"on microwave radar in the MIT Radiation Lab.\" The tribute says he was later posted to the lab's British branch and was named its director in 1944.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202600415/pdf/DCPD-202600415.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-executive-orders-quantum-technologies-and-exchange-with-reporters", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/confused-trump-80-asks-professor-did-you-know-my-uncle/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trump-quantum-event-takes-063749000.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nae.edu/File.aspx?id=189331", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nae.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202600415/pdf/DCPD-202600415.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Did you know of my uncle at all? / Mr. Martinis. No. No, I didn't.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/confused-trump-80-asks-professor-did-you-know-my-uncle/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "randomly asked an internationally renowned physicist if he happened to know his uncle", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trump-quantum-event-takes-063749000.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aol.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "John did teach at MIT, but his field was electrical engineering, not physics.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/pres-trump-signs-executive-orders-on-quantum-technologies/681536", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Did you know of my uncle at all?\" Martinis: \"No. No, I didn't.\" Trump: \"Too bad. You missed a good man.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2026-10-01", "start": "2026-10-01", "end": "2026-10-07", "title": "TIME interview, \"I have the highest of IQs\"", "why_it_fits": "In a TIME interview published Oct. 1, 2026, Trump brought up his late uncle John G. Trump's MIT career while talking about his own intelligence. IBTimes UK reported that he was answering a question about AI and whether he trusted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. As quoted by The Daily Beast and HuffPost (via Yahoo), he said, \"my uncle was at MIT for 41 years, and you know, I'm a—I believe in genetics, frankly, and I understand.\" That matches the thread's \"good genes\" pattern: citing the uncle to vouch for his own intellect. IBTimes UK tied the remark to Trump's earlier, disputed claim, made at a July event, that his uncle taught Theodore Kaczynski at MIT. HuffPost writer Lee Moran said Trump \"revived his familiar brag,\" and The Daily Beast called it a \"frequent brag.\" Both outlets reported on Oct. 6 that Seth Meyers read the answer aloud on \"Late Night.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-highest-iq-claim-disputed-mit-kaczynski-1823439", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ibtimes.co.uk", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/seth-meyers-deadpan-delivery-donald-120357669.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/seth-meyers-dares-genius-president-to-complete-basic-test", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/seth-meyers-dares-genius-president-to-complete-basic-test", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "my uncle was at MIT for 41 years, and you know, I’m a—I believe in genetics, frankly, and I understand.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-highest-iq-claim-disputed-mit-kaczynski-1823439", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ibtimes.co.uk", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Trump claimed his uncle had spent 41 years at MIT and his belief in genetics.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/seth-meyers-deadpan-delivery-donald-120357669.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Meyers noted how Trump revived his familiar brag about his uncle, John Trump, during an interview with Time magazine last week.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2026-10-19", "start": "2026-10-19", "end": "2026-10-21", "title": "Kansas rally, \"the smartest scientist in the history of MIT\"", "why_it_fits": "At his Oct 19 rally in Park City, Kansas, Trump described an arithmetic question he said was on a cognitive test. He said \"I got it,\" then said his uncle \"was the smartest scientist in the history of MIT,\" as transcribed in an @Acyn clip that IBTimes UK embedded. IBTimes UK names the uncle as John G. Trump, an MIT electrical engineering professor, and places the remark within Trump's defense of his cognitive-test scores. SoapCentral wrote that Trump \"linked his math skills to his family\" through the uncle. Bringing up the uncle at MIT right after describing his own test answer matches the thread's pattern of citing the uncle alongside claims about his own ability. The sources do not say what Trump meant by the remark. IBTimes UK called the \"smartest scientist\" line \"a personal assessment, not an established ranking.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-perfect-cognitive-test-scores-kansas-rally-1827021", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ibtimes.co.uk", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/got-donald-trump-claims-paperless-103010000.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.soapcentral.com/entertainment/i-got-it-donald-trump-claims-paperless-math-solving-skills-says-uncle-the-smartest-mit-scientist", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "soapcentral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/Acyn/status/2112351615500108099", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "One of the questions is like 49 triple it. Divide by 3. Double that. Subtract 400. Add 293. And divide by 7. What's your number now? I got it. My uncle was the smartest scientist in the history of MIT.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-perfect-cognitive-test-scores-kansas-rally-1827021", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ibtimes.co.uk", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Trump's claim that he was MIT's smartest scientist was a personal assessment, not an established ranking.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/got-donald-trump-claims-paperless-103010000.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aol.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Now how many people will get that? I got it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/remark-about-trumps-uncle-at-mit/#2026-10-24", "start": "2026-10-24", "end": "2026-10-25", "title": "Trump says his uncle invented radar", "why_it_fits": "On Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, Trump spoke with reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, shortly after casting his early ballot and before traveling to a rally in Georgia. Inshorts reported that he said his uncle John Trump invented radar, adding, \"Can you believe it? I mean he will probably be angry at me that I knocked out Iran's radar.\" The remark fits the thread's pattern of citing John G. Trump's career, this time while talking about strikes on Iran's radar. Raw Story and Atlanta Black Star covered it as part of a gaggle where several topics came up, citing Aaron Rupar's summary that Trump \"claimed his uncle invented radar.\" Inshorts noted that John Trump, who died in 1985, was an MIT professor who researched radar for the Allies during World War II. The MIT professorship and the wartime radar work match his documented record. None of the coverage reviewed describes him as the inventor of radar.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2678140233/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rawstory.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/10/25/trumps-two-week-rally-run-finally-catches-up-with-him-as-he-gripes-about-wasting-time-on-the-road/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "atlantablackstar.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://inshorts.com/en/news/my-uncle-invented-radar--he-might-be-angry-at-me-over-iran-radar-strikes--trump-1792899190992", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inshorts.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://x.com/atrupar/status/2114099441997058115", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "x.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://inshorts.com/en/news/my-uncle-invented-radar--he-might-be-angry-at-me-over-iran-radar-strikes--trump-1792899190992", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inshorts.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "US President Donald Trump claimed his uncle John Trump invented radar, saying, \"Can you believe it? I mean he will probably be angry at me that I knocked out Iran's radar.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2678140233/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rawstory.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Trump spoke with reporters Saturday moments after casting his early ballot in Palm Beach, Florida", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/10/25/trumps-two-week-rally-run-finally-catches-up-with-him-as-he-gripes-about-wasting-time-on-the-road/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "atlantablackstar.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "According to Rupar, Trump claimed his uncle invented radar.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "migrant-caravan-election-coverage", "title": "Migrant caravan coverage timed to election season", "type": "timed_coverage", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/", "summary": "Since 2018, US news outlets and political figures have repeatedly highlighted \"migrant caravans,\" large groups of mostly Central American migrants traveling together through Mexico. This attention has often come in the weeks before US elections or around major political events. Before the 2018 midterms, President Trump called a Honduran caravan an \"invasion,\" and monitoring data showed cable mentions of \"caravan\" falling sharply after Election Day. Critics have said the pattern repeated before the 2026 midterms.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.thewrap.com/migrant-caravan-coverage-drops-sharply-after-midterms/", "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-migrant-caravan-midterms-1235633779/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2018-04-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2018-04-01", "start": "2018-04-01", "end": "2018-04-06", "title": "Trump's April 2018 'Caravans' tweets and border troop deployment", "why_it_fits": "On April 1, 2018, Trump tweeted \"'Caravans' coming\" and linked it to his call to end any DACA deal. ABC and CNN reported this came shortly after Fox & Friends described the group as an \"army of migrants marching to America.\" PolitiFact rated the claim Half True. It found one caravan of 1,200 to 1,500 people, about 900 miles from the Rio Grande, and noted that an organizer expected most participants to stay in Mexico. Within the week Trump announced a plan to send the military to the border and signed a memo calling for National Guard troops. By then organizers expected only about 200 people to continue to the US.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/International/trump-warns-migrant-caravan-fox-news-report-organizers/story?id=54162057", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-caravans-people-coming-through-m", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/02/americas/mexico-migrant-caravan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/06/politics/trump-border-from-tweets-to-troops/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980443810529533952?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Getting more dangerous. 'Caravans' coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/International/trump-warns-migrant-caravan-fox-news-report-organizers/story?id=54162057", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "About an hour after the second segment ran, Trump -- who is reportedly a frequent 'Fox and Friends' viewer -- tweeted", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/06/politics/trump-border-from-tweets-to-troops/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "By Tuesday, he'd kicked things up a notch, making a surprise announcement at a luncheon: He planned to send the military to guard the border.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-10-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2018-10-13", "start": "2018-10-13", "end": "2018-11-06", "title": "Honduran caravan before the 2018 midterms", "why_it_fits": "A caravan of Central American migrants left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Oct. 13, 2018 (Quartz). On Oct. 29, eight days before the midterms, President Trump tweeted that the caravan was \"an invasion of our Country\" (Roll Call). The same day, the Pentagon said it would send 5,200 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border (NBC News). Grabien data reported by TheWrap counted \"caravan\" 1,202 times on Fox News, 834 on CNN and 586 on MSNBC from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5, falling to 203, 75 and 110 from Nov. 7 to 13. Media Matters counted 84 New York Times and Washington Post print news stories mentioning the caravan in the eight days before the election and 39 in the eight days after.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/migrant-caravan-coverage-drops-sharply-after-midterms/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thewrap.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/pentagon-send-5-200-troops-u-s-mexico-border-operation-n925866", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://qz.com/1467663/the-media-coverage-of-the-migrant-caravan-nearly-stopped-after-the-us-midterms", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "qz.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/study-ny-times-wash-post-coverage-caravan-plummets-after-midterms", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2018/10/29/trump-warns-of-invasion-approaching-us-mexico-border/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/pentagon-send-5-200-troops-u-s-mexico-border-operation-n925866", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Pentagon announced Monday it will deploy 5,200 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/411575-trump-threatens-to-cut-off-aid-to-honduras-over-immigrant-caravan/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "no more money or aid will be given to Honduras, effective immediately!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-11-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2018-11-25", "start": "2018-11-25", "end": "2018-11-27", "title": "Caravan at Tijuana, San Ysidro closed, US agents fire tear gas", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 25, 2018, U.S. authorities fired tear gas at members of the Central American caravan who rushed the border fence. They also closed the San Ysidro crossing, which the Post called \"the busiest crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border\" (Washington Post; NPR also reported the closure and the tear gas). The next day, Trump defended the tear gas, saying \"Nobody's coming into our country unless they come in legally.\" He also threatened in a Twitter post to \"close the border permanently if need be\" (ABC). This came almost three weeks after the midterms. Grabien data reported by TheWrap shows mentions of \"caravan\" falling from 1,202 on Fox News, 834 on CNN and 586 on MSNBC in the week before Election Day to 203, 75 and 110 in the week after. This rerun came after that post-election drop and was set off by events at the border.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-closes-major-crossing-as-caravan-migrants-mass-at-border-in-mexico/2018/11/25/f94aabe0-f0ea-11e8-99c2-cfca6fcf610c_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/11/25/670687806/u-s-agents-spray-tear-gas-at-migrants-briefly-close-tijuana-border-entry", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/trump-defends-tear-gas-migrants-attempting-breach-us/story?id=59417559", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/migrant-caravan-coverage-drops-sharply-after-midterms/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thewrap.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-closes-major-crossing-as-caravan-migrants-mass-at-border-in-mexico/2018/11/25/f94aabe0-f0ea-11e8-99c2-cfca6fcf610c_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "U.S. authorities used tear gas to repel them, a tactic rarely used by border officials.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/trump-defends-tear-gas-migrants-attempting-breach-us/story?id=59417559", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They had to be used because they were being rushed by some very tough people,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/5464560/caravan-mexico-border-iconic-photo/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "a single photo became a widely shared symbol of the crisis.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed NPR as a source for the \"busiest crossing\" quote, which appears only in the Washington Post, and softened the description of this wave as a return of coverage, since no source measures coverage after mid-November." } ] }, { "anchor": "2019-01-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2019-01-15", "start": "2019-01-15", "end": "2019-01-16", "title": "New Honduran caravan during the government shutdown", "why_it_fits": "An estimated 2,000 migrants left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on January 14–15, 2019, during a partial government shutdown caused by a dispute over wall funding (Washington Post). On January 15, the 25th day of the shutdown, Trump tweeted that \"a big new Caravan\" was heading for the border and told Pelosi and Schumer that \"Only a Wall will work\" (VOA, NPR, Fox News). NPR reported that the earlier caravan \"became a pivotal issue in the midterm elections\" and that Trump used the new one as another reason to fund the wall. The Washington Post reported that Trump \"has used similar rhetoric with the new caravan\" as he did with the October 2018 caravan.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/new-migrant-caravan-forming-in-honduras-justifies-need-for-border-wall/4743740.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/i-have-to-try-new-migrant-caravan-leaves-honduras-and-heads-for-the-united-states/2019/01/15/db7240c8-183c-11e9-b8e6-567190c2fd08_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/685768698/honduran-caravan-crosses-guatemala-on-its-way-to-u-s", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-drone-flying-around-will-not-stop-new-migrant-caravan-only-a-wall", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1085154110108848128", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A big new Caravan is heading up to our Southern Border from Honduras. Tell Nancy and Chuck that a drone flying around will not stop them. Only a Wall will work.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/i-have-to-try-new-migrant-caravan-leaves-honduras-and-heads-for-the-united-states/2019/01/15/db7240c8-183c-11e9-b8e6-567190c2fd08_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He has used similar rhetoric with the new caravan.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/685768698/honduran-caravan-crosses-guatemala-on-its-way-to-u-s", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump seized on news of the caravan as another reason to fund his proposed border wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-10-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2020-10-01", "start": "2020-10-01", "end": "2020-10-05", "title": "Honduran migrant caravan forms about a month before the 2020 election and is broken up by Guatemala", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 1, 2020, CBS/AP reported that hundreds of migrants had left San Pedro Sula for the US. Calls for the caravan had circulated on social media for weeks. The same article compared it to the larger 2018 caravan that formed \"shortly before U.S. midterm elections\" and \"became a hot issue in the campaign.\" On Oct. 2, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the caravan was \"linked to the US election.\" Al Jazeera noted he gave no evidence; the Washington Post/AP version quoted him adding, \"I don't have all the elements.\" On Oct. 4, Giammattei said Guatemala had sent back almost 3,500 Hondurans, citing COVID-19, so the caravan broke up before the election.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-caravan-sets-off-honduras-guatamala-mexico-eyes-on-us-border-immigration/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/2/guatemala-vows-to-break-up-migrant-caravan-heading-to-us", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/many-in-migrant-caravan-bused-back-to-honduran-border/2020/10/03/0b8d3518-05dc-11eb-b92e-029676f9ebec_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-caravan-guatemala-us-bound-migrants-from-honduras-stopped-covid-19/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-caravan-sets-off-honduras-guatamala-mexico-eyes-on-us-border-immigration/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Calls for a new migrant caravan to leave from the San Pedro Sula bus station October 1 had been circulating on social media for weeks.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/2/guatemala-vows-to-break-up-migrant-caravan-heading-to-us", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's a matter that I believe is linked to the US election", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-caravan-guatemala-us-bound-migrants-from-honduras-stopped-covid-19/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Guatemala has sent back almost 3,500 Honduran migrants from a caravan that was heading to the United States over concerns they might spread COVID-19", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-01-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2021-01-15", "start": "2021-01-15", "end": "2021-01-20", "title": "Caravan just before Biden's inauguration", "why_it_fits": "A caravan of Hondurans left on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, five days before Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20. Guatemalan officials said as many as 9,000 people had entered Guatemala by Jan. 16, and security forces clashed with the group that day (Al Jazeera). On Sunday, Jan. 17, police fired tear gas and used batons (NPR). A senior Biden transition official told NBC News that \"now is not the time to make the journey.\" NBC added that migration had risen around past US elections and transitions of power, including the 2018 midterm caravans. Snopes rated \"Mixture\" the claim that the caravan was heading north because of Biden's policies. It also said AP journalists reported on Jan. 19 that the caravan had \"dissipated.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/16/thousands-hondurans-advance-on-foot-us-bound-caravan", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/incoming-biden-administration-migrant-caravan-don-t-come-you-won-n1254550", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/958092745/migrant-caravan-thousands-move-into-guatemala-hoping-to-reach-u-s", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/border-wall-migrant-caravan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/incoming-biden-administration-migrant-caravan-don-t-come-you-won-n1254550", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There's help on the way, but now is not the time to make the journey", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/16/thousands-hondurans-advance-on-foot-us-bound-caravan", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Guatemalan security forces have clashed with hundreds of Honduran migrants and asylum seekers travelling in a caravan bound for the United States.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/border-wall-migrant-caravan/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Biden's critics were quick to conflate immigration policies and misrepresent facts about a caravan of Honduras migrants.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-10-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2021-10-23", "start": "2021-10-23", "end": "2021-10-31", "title": "Tapachula caravan quoted saying \"Tell Biden we are coming\"", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 23, 2021, a caravan that Reuters estimated at about 3,000 people left Tapachula, near the Guatemala border. One organizer said the group was heading to Mexico City to protest a lack of government help in the south. On Oct. 25, Fox News called it \"the largest and most organized of its kind this year.\" Fox said participants registered by QR code and quoted a migrant from El Salvador saying \"Tell Biden we are coming.\" On Oct. 23, Rep. Mary Miller tweeted that the \"Biden-Harris caravan\" was \"the population of Minneapolis.\" PolitiFact rated that \"Pants on Fire\": the highest estimate it found was 4,000, less than 1% of Minneapolis's roughly 430,000 people.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-caravan-travels-mexico-towards-us-border-tell-biden", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20211023-new-migrant-caravan-breaks-through-police-blockade-in-mexico-heads-north", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "france24.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/31/mary-miller/no-migrant-caravan-tapachula-mexico-not-population/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/migrant-march-dwindles-in-southern-mexico-as-group-heading-to-us-border/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsnationnow.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-caravan-travels-mexico-towards-us-border-tell-biden", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Tell Biden we are coming,\" one migrant named William from El Salvador told Fox News.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/31/mary-miller/no-migrant-caravan-tapachula-mexico-not-population/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Biden-Harris caravan is the population of Minneapolis and will enter our country with no vetting, no criminal background checks, no COVID testing, and no vaccine requirements", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-06-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2022-06-03", "start": "2022-06-03", "end": "2022-06-12", "title": "The caravan during the Summit of the Americas", "why_it_fits": "The Post's caption count shows Fox News mentions of \"caravan\" rising from 1 on June 3, 2022 to 58 on June 6, the day a caravan left Tapachula, Mexico. Fox said the caravan \"could be the largest ever.\" The Post called this the fifth Fox caravan spike since 2018 and said earlier spikes had \"often correlated to elections and policy proposals.\" For this one, though, it named the Title 42 fight as the likely trigger, not an election. Newsweek predicted the issue would be \"a hot topic ahead of the November midterm elections.\" On June 11, Mexico's INM said it had dissolved the caravan by issuing migration documents.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/08/fox-news-must-humbly-inform-you-that-caravans-are-back/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/6/us-bound-migrant-caravan-leaves-southern-mexico", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abc7.com/post/mexico-border-migrant-caravan-dissolved-tapachula-city/11951328/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc7.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-migrant-caravan-gathering-mexico-us-southern-border-immigration-1713337", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/world/migrant-largest-caravan-biden-promise-asylum", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "taking part in what could be the largest ever migrant caravan", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmeade/fox-friends-fearmongers-largest-ever-migrant-caravan-gathering-mexico", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "there's over 10,000 illegal immigrants set to storm our borders", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-caravan-disbands-mexico-travel-permits-migrants", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "has now broken up as Mexican officials have offered temporary visas to migrants", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/video/6307357069112", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "there's over 10,000 illegal immigrants set to storm our borders", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-12-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2023-12-24", "start": "2023-12-24", "end": "2024-01-03", "title": "Christmas Eve caravan before Blinken's Mexico City meeting", "why_it_fits": "A caravan of about 6,000 people left Tapachula, Mexico, on Dec. 24, 2023. The AP called it the largest since a similar group left the same city in June 2022. US coverage connected it to US politics. The AP noted it set out \"a few days before U.S. officials are to meet with their Mexican counterparts\" about stemming migration at the border. NBC put it alongside record Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encounters and House Speaker Mike Johnson's letter blaming President Biden for the \"border crisis.\" An article on abc27.com called it \"a political headache for both President Biden and López Obrador.\" Coverage dropped off after the caravan partly broke up on Jan. 2, 2024, when hundreds of members began accepting Mexican immigration processing.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/caravan-of-migrants-in-southern-mexico-marks-christmas-day-by-trudging-onward-under-hot-sun", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/migrant-caravan-heads-us-southern-border-ahead-blinkens-trip-mexico-rcna131192", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.abc27.com/hill-politics/what-to-know-about-the-migrant-caravan-heading-to-the-us/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc27.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/migrant-caravan-partially-disbands-in-chiapas/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mexiconewsdaily.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/migrant-caravan-heads-us-southern-border-ahead-blinkens-trip-mexico-rcna131192", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "About 8,000 people are estimated to be part of the massive group, organizers of the migrant caravan told Telemundo on Wednesday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/caravan-of-migrants-in-southern-mexico-marks-christmas-day-by-trudging-onward-under-hot-sun", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "At around 6,000 people, the migrant caravan that set out Sunday was the largest one since June 2022, when a similarly sized group departed Tapachula.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.abc27.com/hill-politics/what-to-know-about-the-migrant-caravan-heading-to-the-us/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc27.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The new Christmas caravan promises to be a political headache for both President Biden and López Obrador", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected \"Border Patrol\" to \"Customs and Border Protection,\" as NBC reported. Attributed the \"political headache\" quote to the abc27.com article it appears in, since the page does not name The Hill. Changed \"many members accepted\" to \"hundreds of members began accepting\" to match the Jan. 2 report." } ] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2024-10-13", "start": "2024-10-13", "end": "2024-11-05", "title": "Several migrant caravans before the 2024 U.S. presidential election", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 20, 2024, a group of about 2,000 migrants left Tapachula, in southern Mexico, heading for the U.S. AP said this came \"weeks before the U.S. presidential election, in which immigration has been a key issue.\" Groups of 800 and 600 had left earlier in October. Newsweek reported on an earlier group of about 1,000 that left Oct. 13, under the headline \"New Migrant Caravan Approaching US-Mexico Border.\" Newsweek tied the story to polls on the election and immigration. On Nov. 5, Election Day, Reuters reported that about 3,000 migrants set out from Tapachula and said immigration had been a key campaign issue.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/immigration/2000-migrant-caravan-departs-southern-mexico-for-the-us-weeks-before-election/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "borderreport.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/immigration-migrant-caravan-us-mexico-border-1969867", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/migrant-caravan-of-3-000-heads-north-in-mexico/7852819.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/activists-mexico-breaks-up-2-migrant-caravans-heading-to-us-/7882905.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/immigration-migrant-caravan-us-mexico-border-1969867", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The group, which left on October 13, is headed from Tapachula, Chiapas, on Mexico's southern border, to Mexico City.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/immigration/2000-migrant-caravan-departs-southern-mexico-for-the-us-weeks-before-election/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "borderreport.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The development comes weeks before the U.S. presidential election, in which immigration has been a key issue.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/migrant-caravan-of-3-000-heads-north-in-mexico/7852819.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "voanews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Immigration has been a key issue in the U.S. election campaign.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-11-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2024-11-20", "start": "2024-11-20", "end": null, "title": "Caravans trying to arrive before Trump's inauguration", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 20, 2024, AP (carried by VOA) reported that about 1,500 migrants formed a caravan in Tapachula, Mexico. It said some hoped to reach the US before Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration. Fox News ran the story on Nov. 21. It said Trump was \"expected to clamp down heavily on illegal crossings which have soared under the Biden-Harris administration.\" On Nov. 30, AP reported that Mexico had broken up two caravans a week after Trump threatened 25% tariffs on Mexican goods. AP said the first of those caravans had left Tapachula on Nov. 5, the day Trump was elected. Ahead of the inauguration, Newsweek reported a new caravan, which it called the 10th from the area since October.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/about-1-500-migrants-form-us-bound-caravan-in-mexico/7871284.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/caravan-1500-migrants-forms-mexico", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-break-up-migrant-caravans-trump-presidency/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mexiconewsdaily.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/migrant-caravans-heading-border-before-trump-inauguration-2011022", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/about-1-500-migrants-form-us-bound-caravan-in-mexico/7871284.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "voanews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "About 1,500 migrants, mainly from Central and South America, formed a caravan Wednesday in southern Mexico, hoping to walk or catch rides to the U.S. border.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/activists-mexico-breaks-up-2-migrant-caravans-heading-to-us-/7882905.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "voanews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/migrant-caravans-heading-border-before-trump-inauguration-2011022", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This marks the 10th caravan to form in the southern municipality since October.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z3xlp7UGFw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "a new caravan of about 1,500 migrants left southern Mexico in the early hours of Wednesday, trying to enter the US before Trump takes office", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed the \"early January 2025\" date for the Newsweek report, which the article does not state; it says only that more caravans were expected ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration." } ] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2026-09-27", "start": "2026-09-27", "end": "2026-10-01", "title": "\"Fe y Esperanza\" caravan before the 2026 midterms", "why_it_fits": "The caravan left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Sept. 20. EFE reported that by Sept. 28 it had grown to more than 600 people leaving Tapachula, Mexico (Newsweek, Fox News). On Sept. 28 Fox News Digital published a DHS statement that the border \"has been SEALED SHUT,\" and Laura Ingraham covered the caravan that night with border czar Tom Homan. On Sept. 29 a Fox & Friends guest said \"We saw this play out in 2018, we saw this play out again in 2020.\" Writing about five weeks before the midterms, Media Matters said Fox was running the same play it ran in October 2018, and Jezebel said Republicans were fearmongering about the caravan. Newsweek noted the group was still \"hundreds of miles from the U.S. border.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/migrant-caravan-honduras-heads-toward-us-border-12495091", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-send-ominous-warning-migrant-caravan-heads-toward-us-mexico-border-from-honduras", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-running-its-midterms-migrant-caravan-playbook-again", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.jezebel.com/migrant-caravan-season-republicans-fearmonger-border-midterm-elections", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "jezebel.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-send-ominous-warning-migrant-caravan-heads-toward-us-mexico-border-from-honduras", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Biden’s disastrous open border policy has been SEALED SHUT", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-running-its-midterms-migrant-caravan-playbook-again", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "hundreds of migrants have now organized themselves into a new caravan and are heading through Mexico toward the U.S. border", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-running-its-midterms-migrant-caravan-playbook-again", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S. southern border in several years, why now?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the 2018 comparison to attribute it to Media Matters only; the Jezebel article does not mention 2018." } ] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/migrant-caravan-election-coverage/#2026-10-20", "start": "2026-10-20", "end": null, "title": "Second caravan before the midterms", "why_it_fits": "AP reported that a caravan of more than 600 people, mostly Hondurans, left Tapachula on Tuesday, Oct. 20. AP said they left partly because they believe the November US midterms could change conditions for them. That was two weeks before the Nov. 3 election. On Oct. 21, DHS replied on X to Reuters footage of the group, saying there was \"absolutely ZERO chance\" it would be let into the US. The Daily Wire compared the caravan to the ones that became \"a major political flashpoint during the 2018 midterms.\" AP reported that about 20 earlier groups had left Tapachula over the past two years and all were broken up between Chiapas and Oaxaca.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2026/10/20/centroamericanos-salen-en-caravana-desde-chiapas-decididos-a-llegar-a-eu-382262.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "proceso.com.mx", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/dhs-says-absolutely-zero-chance-migrant-caravan-will-be-allowed-to-enter-us-6107518", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "theepochtimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.dailywire.com/news/dhs-says-zero-chance-new-migrant-caravan-gets-into-u-s-as-group-heads-north-through-mexico", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dailywire.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/10/21/new-migrant-caravan-leaves-southern-mexico-many-hoping-for-democrat-win-in-midterms/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "breitbart.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.dailywire.com/news/dhs-says-zero-chance-new-migrant-caravan-gets-into-u-s-as-group-heads-north-through-mexico", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dailywire.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There is absolutely ZERO chance this caravan will be allowed into the United States", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/10/21/new-migrant-caravan-leaves-southern-mexico-many-hoping-for-democrat-win-in-midterms/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "breitbart.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Many in the group, according to some reports, intend to posture near the U.S.-Mexico border in hopes that a Democratic win in the midterms might signal a return to a less secure border.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2026/10/20/centroamericanos-salen-en-caravana-desde-chiapas-decididos-a-llegar-a-eu-382262.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "proceso.com.mx", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "porque creen que las elecciones intermedias de noviembre podrían cambiar las condiciones para ellos", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "pardons-of-allies-and-donors", "title": "The recurring pardons of political allies and donors", "type": "recurring_scandal", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/", "summary": "Presidents have repeatedly pardoned or commuted the sentences of people tied to them: political allies, former aides and campaign advisers, early endorsers, relatives, donors, and people whose relatives gave to the president's political committees or did business with his family. Each grant has brought reporting on the recipient's relationship to the president, any documented donations or paid lobbying, and the official reason given. Most cases in this archive come from Trump's two terms; Biden's pardon of his son drew comparisons, in AP's reporting, to Clinton's pardon of his brother Roger and Trump's pardon of Charles Kushner. In May 2026 CBS reported that Senate and House Democrats had opened an investigation into whether Trump's pardons and commutations were driven by \"pay-to-play dynamics\"; the White House denied any impropriety. The pattern predates 2016: ABC News recalled that Clinton, on his last day in office, pardoned \"financier and major Democratic donor Marc Rich.\"", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-broke-a-promise-pardoning-his-son-hunter-raising-questions-about-his-legacy", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-recipients-democrats-congressional-investigation-pay-to-play/", "https://abcnews.com/Politics/family-texas-man-trump-pardoned-dished-donations-reelection/story?id=69070481" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-08-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2017-08-25", "start": "2017-08-25", "end": "2017-08-29", "title": "Trump pardons former Sheriff Joe Arpaio", "why_it_fits": "On Friday night, August 25, 2017, President Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Arpaio had been found guilty of criminal contempt the month before for disregarding a court order in a racial profiling case. His sentencing had been set for October 5, and VOA reported he could have faced up to six months in jail (CNN; VOA). CNN described Arpaio as \"an early Trump supporter.\" Newsweek reported that he endorsed Trump in 2016, spoke at the Republican National Convention and was mentioned as a possible head of Homeland Security. Newsweek also reported that Arpaio announced a \"cold case posse\" in 2011 to investigate the \"birther\" theory about President Obama, and that Trump praised the move in a letter to Arpaio. The White House said that after \"more than fifty years of admirable service to our Nation, he is a worthy candidate for a Presidential pardon\" (VOA).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-facing-criticism-after-pardon-of-convicted-arizona-sheriff/4002531.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/joe-arpaio-pardoned-concentration-camps-obama-birther-squad-and-other-655581", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-facing-criticism-after-pardon-of-convicted-arizona-sheriff/4002531.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "voanews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Sheriff Joe Arpaio is now eighty-five years old, and after more than fifty years of admirable service to our Nation, he is a worthy candidate for a Presidential pardon.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I won't do it tonight because I don't want to cause any controversy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-facing-criticism-after-pardon-of-convicted-arizona-sheriff/4002531.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "voanews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Both Republican Senators from Arizona, John McCain and Jeff Flake, also were critcal of the move.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-05-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2018-05-31", "start": "2018-05-31", "end": "2018-06-01", "title": "Pardon of Dinesh D'Souza", "why_it_fits": "On May 31, 2018, Trump said he was giving a full pardon to Dinesh D'Souza. D'Souza is a conservative author and filmmaker who pleaded guilty in 2014 to reimbursing two associates after causing them to give $10,000 each to Wendy Long's 2012 Senate campaign (CNBC). The White House statement said D'Souza was, \"in the President's opinion, a victim of selective prosecution\" (ABC News). CNN reported that a source said Sen. Ted Cruz, among others, lobbied Trump personally, and that a Justice Department spokesperson confirmed the pardon did not go through the Office of the Pardon Attorney. On June 1, Cruz said he raised the pardon with Trump while they rode together in Dallas on May 4. The Texas Tribune noted this conflicted with Trump's statement that \"nobody asked me to do it.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/31/politics/trump-dinesh-dsouza-pardon/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-pardons-conservative-commentator-dinesh-dsouza-treated-unfairly/story?id=55560055", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/01/cruz-details-dinesh-dsouza-pardon-donald-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "texastribune.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/31/trump-will-pardon-conservative-pundit-dinesh-dsouza-who-was-convicted-for.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/31/politics/trump-dinesh-dsouza-pardon/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D'Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-pardons-conservative-commentator-dinesh-dsouza-treated-unfairly/story?id=55560055", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Mr. D'Souza was, in the President's opinion, a victim of selective prosecution for violations of campaign finance laws.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/01/cruz-details-dinesh-dsouza-pardon-donald-trump/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "texastribune.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Cruz's account is at odds with what Trump and the White House have said about how the pardon came about.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-02-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2020-02-18", "start": "2020-02-18", "end": "2020-02-20", "title": "Trump's February 2020 clemency batch: Blagojevich, Kerik, Milken, DeBartolo and Pogue", "why_it_fits": "On Feb 18, 2020, Trump commuted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year corruption sentence. He also pardoned former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, financier Michael Milken, former 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. and others; ABC and CNBC counted 11 acts of clemency (pardons and commutations) that day. Kerik was appointed police commissioner in 2000 by then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who by 2020 was Trump's personal lawyer (Washington Times). ABC News described Kerik as \"a frequent defender of the president on Fox News\" and said Blagojevich had defended Trump against impeachment. ABC News also reported, citing FEC filings, that the son and daughter-in-law of another person pardoned that day, construction executive Paul Pogue, gave $238,541 to Trump Victory between August and October 2019. ABC added that DeBartolo co-hosted a party in Washington before the inauguration.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/family-texas-man-trump-pardoned-dished-donations-reelection/story?id=69070481", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/18/rod-blagojevich-have-sentenced-commuted-trump-pres/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/trump-pardons-michael-milken-face-of-1980s-financial-scandals.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483491-trump-pardons-ex-nypd-commissioner-kerik-financier-milken/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/family-texas-man-trump-pardoned-dished-donations-reelection/story?id=69070481", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Paul Pogue's son, Ben Pogue, who now leads the family construction company, and his wife, Ashleigh Pogue, together gave a total of $238,541 between August and October 2019 to Trump Victory", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/18/rod-blagojevich-have-sentenced-commuted-trump-pres/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Kerik was appointed police commissioner in 2000 by then-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, now the president's personal lawyer.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-07-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2020-07-10", "start": "2020-07-10", "end": "2020-07-14", "title": "Roger Stone's sentence commuted", "why_it_fits": "On July 10, 2020, President Trump commuted the 40-month prison sentence of Roger Stone. CNBC called Stone Trump's \"longtime ally\"; the AP called him a \"longtime Trump friend and informal adviser.\" Stone had been convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction in connection with the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. He was the sixth Trump aide or adviser convicted on charges from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation (AP). In its statement, the White House called Stone \"a victim of the Russia Hoax.\" CNBC reported that the announcement also said Stone \"would be put at serious medical risk\" from the coronavirus if imprisoned. NPR reported that Sen. Mitt Romney was \"the only prominent Republican to break with the president\" as of the next day; Romney called the commutation \"unprecedented, historic corruption.\" Months earlier, after Stone's February sentencing, Rep. Adam Schiff (D) had warned that a pardon would be \"a breathtaking act of corruption\" (AP, via CBC).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grant-clemency-roger-stone-jr/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/07/10/trump-will-commute-ally-roger-stones-prison-sentence-source-tells-nbc-news.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.5646065", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbc.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wunc.org/2020-07-11/unprecedented-historic-corruption-romney-joins-critics-of-stones-commutation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wunc.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grant-clemency-roger-stone-jr/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/07/10/trump-will-commute-ally-roger-stones-prison-sentence-source-tells-nbc-news.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Donald Trump on Friday fully commuted the criminal sentence of his longtime ally Roger Stone, just four days before the Republican operative was due to begin a 40-month prison term.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wunc.org/2020-07-11/unprecedented-historic-corruption-romney-joins-critics-of-stones-commutation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wunc.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "As of midday Saturday, Romney was the only prominent Republican to break with the president.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-11-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2020-11-25", "start": "2020-11-25", "end": "2020-11-30", "title": "Pardon of Michael Flynn", "why_it_fits": "Flynn was a prominent adviser to Trump's 2016 campaign and then Trump's first national security adviser. He resigned after less than four weeks. In 2017 he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, and he later tried, with the Justice Department, to undo that plea. On Nov. 25, 2020, the White House press secretary said Trump had pardoned Flynn \"because he should never have been prosecuted.\" The pardon released on Nov. 30 also covers his admitted 2016 lobbying for Turkey and \"any other possible related crimes,\" according to CNN. The Washington Post reported that Flynn was the second Trump associate caught up in the Mueller probe to receive clemency, after the July 2020 commutation of Roger Stone's sentence.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardons-michael-flynn-who-twice-pleaded-guilty-lying-fbi-n1249031", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-flynn-trump-pardon/2020/11/25/3cd79198-2e65-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grant-clemency-general-michael-t-flynn/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/michael-flynn-pardon-filing/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-flynn-trump-pardon/2020/11/25/3cd79198-2e65-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grant-clemency-general-michael-t-flynn/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The President has pardoned General Flynn because he should never have been prosecuted.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/michael-flynn-pardon-filing/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The specifics of Trump's pardon for Flynn are written very broadly.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-12-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2020-12-22", "start": "2020-12-22", "end": "2020-12-24", "title": "Trump's pre-Christmas clemency batches (Hunter, Collins, Stockman, Papadopoulos, Manafort, Stone, Charles Kushner)", "why_it_fits": "On December 22, 2020, President Trump pardoned former Republican Reps. Duncan Hunter (who pleaded guilty in a campaign-funds case) and Chris Collins (securities fraud conspiracy and false statements to the FBI). Roll Call reported that both \"were also among the first in Congress to endorse Trump.\" The White House said the pardons came \"at the request of many Members of Congress.\" The same day he pardoned George Papadopoulos, a onetime Trump foreign policy adviser who served 12 days in jail in 2018 for lying to the FBI, and commuted the remaining prison sentence of former Texas GOP Rep. Steve Stockman, convicted in 2018 of 23 felony charges related to misusing charitable contributions (Roll Call). The next day he pardoned his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his \"longtime friend and political confidant\" Roger Stone (NPR's words), whose sentence he had commuted in July. He also pardoned Charles Kushner, father of senior adviser Jared Kushner, who had pleaded guilty to tax evasion, retaliating against a federal witness and lying to the FEC. The White House statement gave reasons for each grant: for Manafort, \"blatant prosecutorial overreach\" and the Mueller investigation; for Stone, what it called prosecutorial misconduct by Mueller's team; and for Kushner, his philanthropy and the support of backers it named, including Brett Tolman.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2020/12/22/trump-pardons-ex-reps-duncan-hunter-chris-collins/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2020/12/23/949820820/trump-pardons-roger-stone-paul-manafort-and-charles-kushner", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-122320/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2020/12/22/trump-pardons-ex-reps-duncan-hunter-chris-collins/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The two Republicans were also among the first in Congress to endorse Trump when he ran for president.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-122320/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This record of reform and charity overshadows Mr. Kushner's conviction and 2 year sentence for preparing false tax returns, witness retaliation, and making false statements to the FEC.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2020/12/23/949820820/trump-pardons-roger-stone-paul-manafort-and-charles-kushner", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Trump issued dozens more pardons on Wednesday evening to many wealthy and well-connected convicts with ties to his innermost circles", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-01-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2021-01-17", "start": "2021-01-17", "end": "2021-01-21", "title": "Paid pardon lobbying reports, then the final-night batch (Bannon, Broidy)", "why_it_fits": "On Jan 17, 2021, reporting attributed by ABC to The New York Times (and published the same day by The Boston Globe) said that \"some of his allies\" were \"collecting fees from wealthy felons or their associates to push the White House for clemency.\" The Globe reported that Brett Tolman, a former federal prosecutor who had been advising the White House on pardons, filed lobbying disclosures showing payments for clemency work, including at least $10,000 from former Sen. Tim Hutchinson to seek a pardon for his son, and that a onetime top Trump campaign adviser was paid $50,000 to help seek a pardon for John Kiriakou. ABC reported, citing the Times, that William T. Walters, one of the final-night recipients, sought the help of Trump's former personal lawyer John Dowd, who \"marketed himself\" as able to use his White House access; Dowd denied using his access to lobby for pardons. On Jan 19–20, Trump pardoned 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70 others. Among them were Steve Bannon, his former White House chief strategist, who had been charged over the \"We Build the Wall\" crowdfunding campaign, and Elliott Broidy, whom NBC called \"a top fundraiser for Trump and the Republican Party.\" Broidy had pleaded guilty in October 2020 to conspiring to violate foreign lobbying laws. The White House statement said Bannon's charges stemmed \"from his involvement in a political project.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardons-steve-bannon-along-dozens-others-final-hours-office-n1254754", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/trump-pardons-bannon-allies-final-night-office/story?id=75360429", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-012021/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/17/nation/prospect-pardons-final-days-fuels-market-buy-access-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardons-steve-bannon-along-dozens-others-final-hours-office-n1254754", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Broidy was a top fundraiser for Trump and the Republican Party who pleaded guilty in October to conspiring to violate foreign lobbying laws.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/trump-pardons-bannon-allies-final-night-office/story?id=75360429", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Mr. Bannon has been an important leader in the conservative movement and is known for his political acumen", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/17/nation/prospect-pardons-final-days-fuels-market-buy-access-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A onetime top adviser to the Trump campaign was paid $50,000 to help seek a pardon for John Kiriakou", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk53et_eLuE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-12-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2024-12-01", "start": "2024-12-01", "end": "2024-12-03", "title": "Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden", "why_it_fits": "On December 1, 2024, President Biden gave his son, Robert Hunter Biden, a \"full and unconditional pardon.\" It covers federal offenses from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024, and names the gun case in Delaware and the tax case in California brought by special counsel David Weiss (DOJ warrant). Hunter Biden was due to be sentenced on December 12 (gun convictions) and December 16 (tax charges) (CBS). In his statement, Biden said his son had been \"selectively and unfairly prosecuted\" and \"singled out only because he is my son.\" This came after Biden and his press secretary had repeatedly said he would not pardon him (CBS; AP via PBS). CBS and AP both compared it to Clinton's pardon of his brother Roger (CBS: half-brother) and Trump's pardon of Charles Kushner. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) called it \"a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents,\" and President-elect Trump called it \"such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice\" (AP via PBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-pardon/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-broke-a-promise-pardoning-his-son-hunter-raising-questions-about-his-legacy", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-12/biden_warrant.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-presidential-pardon-for-r-hunter-biden", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-presidential-pardon-for-r-hunter-biden", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I have watched my son being selectively and unfairly prosecuted.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-12/biden_warrant.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL PARDON FOR THOSE OFFENSES against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-broke-a-promise-pardoning-his-son-hunter-raising-questions-about-his-legacy", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I abide by the jury decision. I will do that and I will not pardon him.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2025-01-20", "start": "2025-01-20", "end": null, "title": "Biden's preemptive pardons of family members and officials", "why_it_fits": "On January 20, 2025, President Biden announced preemptive pardons for his brothers James B. Biden and Francis W. Biden, his sister Valerie Biden Owens, and two spouses, Sara Jones Biden and John T. Owens. The pardons were announced about 20 minutes before power passed to President Trump. Earlier that morning he had announced preemptive pardons for Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and the members and staff of the House Jan. 6 committee. The family warrant, signed January 19, grants \"A FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL PARDON\" for any nonviolent federal offenses committed from January 1, 2014, through the date of the pardon. Biden said his family had faced \"unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me\" and that the pardons \"should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that they engaged in any wrongdoing.\" House Oversight Chair James Comer said the family pardons were \"a confession of their corruption.\" Comer had earlier sent a criminal referral for James Biden to the Justice Department.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-january-6-committee/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-grant-clemency-james-b-biden-sara-jones-biden-valerie-biden-owens-john-t-owens", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-january-6-committee/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Just 20 minutes before handing over power to Mr. Trump, Mr. Biden also announced he was preemptively pardoning his brothers, sister-in-law, sister and brother-in-law.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "That is why I am exercising my power under the Constitution to pardon James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens, and Francis W. Biden", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-grant-clemency-james-b-biden-sara-jones-biden-valerie-biden-owens-john-t-owens", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "FOR ANY NONVIOLENT OFFENSES against the United States which they may have committed or taken part in during the period from January I, 2014, through the date of this pardon.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-20-january-6-pardons-and-commutations", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2025-01-20-january-6-pardons-and-commutations", "start": "2025-01-20", "end": "2025-01-22", "title": "January 6 pardons and commutations", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 20, 2025, Trump signed a proclamation that commuted to time served the sentences of 14 people, all Oath Keepers or Proud Boys members (the list includes Rhodes); gave a \"full, complete and unconditional pardon\" to everyone else convicted of offenses tied to Jan. 6, 2021; and told the Attorney General to seek dismissal of all pending Jan. 6 indictments. CBS describes the Jan. 6 crowd as \"a mob of his supporters.\" As a candidate, Trump had called those imprisoned \"the J6 hostages, not prisoners\" (Houston, November 2023). NBC also reported that in June 2023 he spoke at a fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants at his Bedminster golf club and promised to contribute to their legal fund. The proclamation's stated reason is that it \"ends a grave national injustice… and begins a process of national reconciliation.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-jan-6-pardons/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trumps-jan-6-clemency-releases-former-proud-boys-leader-oath-keepers-founder-from-lengthy-sentences", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/trump-calls-people-charged-convicted-jan-6-riots-hostages-rcna123617", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of national reconciliation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-jan-6-pardons/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "These are the hostages, approximately 1,500 for a pardon, full pardon,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trumps-jan-6-clemency-releases-former-proud-boys-leader-oath-keepers-founder-from-lengthy-sentences", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The former leader of the Proud Boys and the founder of the Oath Keepers have been released from prison", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2025-03-27", "start": "2025-03-27", "end": "2025-03-31", "title": "Pardon of Trevor Milton", "why_it_fits": "On March 28, 2025, Axios reported that President Trump had pardoned Trevor Milton, the founder of the now-bankrupt truck maker Nikola. Milton was convicted in 2022 of securities and wire fraud and sentenced to four years in prison in late 2023. He was free on bond while he appealed. The Justice Department's clemency list dates the pardon March 27. Axios cited federal records showing that Milton and his wife together made contributions totaling more than $1.8 million to Trump's reelection effort in October 2024. Axios also noted that Milton's trial lawyer, Brad Bondi, is the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi. It quoted the Financial Times, which said a person close to the situation reported he had not been involved in the pardon. Axios, citing CNBC, said the pardon came two weeks after prosecutors asked the court to order about $680 million in restitution to Nikola shareholders. Because of the pardon, the judge could not order any restitution.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardons-nikola-founder-trevor-milton", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardons-nikola-founder-trevor-milton", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Milton and his wife together made contributions last October to President Trump's reelection effort totaling over $1.8 million, federal records show.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/nikolatrevor/status/1905412785661772107", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This pardon is not just about me—it's about every American who has been railroaded by the government, and unfortunately, that's a lot of people", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2025-05-26", "start": "2025-05-26", "end": "2025-05-30", "title": "Walczak pardon reporting and the late-May clemency batch", "why_it_fits": "Trump pardoned Paul Walczak on April 23, 2025 (DOJ). He had been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution for tax crimes. In a May 28 roundup, Axios, citing the New York Times, reported that his mother, GOP donor Elizabeth Fago, had recently attended a $1-million-per-person fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago. In a statement quoted by Axios, White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said Walczak was \"targeted by the Biden administration over his family's conservative politics.\" That week Trump pardoned former Virginia sheriff Scott Jenkins (May 27), whom CBS described as a longstanding supporter, and former Republican Rep. Michael Grimm (May 28). On May 28 he also commuted the 12-year sentence of Imaad Zuberi, whom AP (via The Week) described as a top donor to Trump's first inaugural committee. The Justice Department lists Zuberi's offenses as Foreign Agents Registration Act violations, tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering (obstruction of justice).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/trump-pardons-chrisley-walczak-jenkins", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-pardons-fraudsters-white-collar-criminals/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/international/2025/05/30/fes35-us-trump-fundraiser.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "theweek.in", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-trumps-controversial-pardons-for-political-allies-and-loyalists", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/trump-pardons-chrisley-walczak-jenkins", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the Biden IRS turned Walczak's civil case over outstanding tax obligations into a criminal matter and indicted him.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; tax evasion; foreign, conduit, and other illegal campaign contributions; tampering with a witness, victim or informant (obstruction of justice)", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2025-10-17", "start": "2025-10-17", "end": "2025-10-24", "title": "George Santos commutation and Changpeng Zhao pardon", "why_it_fits": "On October 17, 2025, Trump commuted the 87-month sentence of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who had pleaded guilty in 2024 to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft (NPR; DOJ). NPR described Santos as \"a fierce supporter of Trump.\" Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had pleaded guilty in 2023 to failing to maintain an effective anti-money-laundering program; the Justice Department dates the pardon October 21, and the White House confirmed it on October 23 (ABC; DOJ). ABC reported that the pardon came as Zhao \"made recent moves to boost\" World Liberty Financial, a crypto company launched by Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr. AP reported that World Liberty had announced that an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates would use $2 billion worth of its USD1 stablecoin to buy a stake in Binance (AP via PBS). Stated reasons: Leavitt said Zhao \"was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency\"; Trump said he acted \"at the request of a lot of very good people\"; for Santos, Trump said there are \"many rogues throughout our Country that aren't forced to serve seven years in prison.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5578304/trump-george-santos-prison-sentence-commuted", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-pardons-billionaire-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao/story?id=126803113", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-pardons-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5578304/trump-george-santos-prison-sentence-commuted", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "George Santos was somewhat of a 'rogue,' but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren't forced to serve seven years in prison,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-pardons-billionaire-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao/story?id=126803113", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The pardon comes as Zhao made recent moves to boost World Liberty Financial", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-pardons-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "World Liberty Financial also recently announced that an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates would be using $2 billion worth of USD1 to purchase a stake in Binance.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2025-11-09", "start": "2025-11-09", "end": "2025-11-12", "title": "Pardons of Giuliani, Meadows and the 2020 alternate electors", "why_it_fits": "The pardon document lists 77 people (NPR), who received \"full, complete, and unconditional\" pardons. They include Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former personal lawyer, and Mark Meadows, his chief of staff from March 2020 to January 2021 (CBS). Also named were John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Boris Epshteyn and the 2020 alternate electors (CBS). The document says it \"ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation.\" White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the recipients \"were persecuted and put through hell by the Biden Administration for challenging an election\" (CBS, NPR). The pardons cover federal charges only (WRDW). Prosecutors in Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona and Michigan had filed state charges, and a Michigan judge dismissed that state's charges in September 2025 (CBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardons-dozens-overturn-2020-election-results-false-electors/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/nx-s1-5604174/trump-pardons-2020-election", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3881399/trump-2020-alternate-electors-pardons-seek-derail-remaining-criminal-cases/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wrdw.com/2025/11/10/president-trump-pardons-gas-alternate-electors-election-interference-case/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wrdw.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardons-dozens-overturn-2020-election-results-false-electors/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "More than 70 people are named in the document as receiving pardons.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/nx-s1-5604174/trump-pardons-2020-election", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A proclamation published on Martin's personal X account late Sunday listed 77 people who received \"full, complete, and unconditional\" pardons", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/EagleEdMartin/status/1987730498374828252", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2026-01-15", "start": "2026-01-15", "end": "2026-01-17", "title": "Trump pardons ex-Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, banker Julio Herrera Velutini and Mark Rossini", "why_it_fits": "According to Bloomberg Law, prosecutors had accused Vázquez, who endorsed Trump in 2020, of accepting $300,000 in campaign contributions from Herrera Velutini in exchange for agreeing to fire a financial regulator who was investigating his business dealings. CBS reported that all three pleaded guilty to lesser corruption charges in August 2025 after the Justice Department cut a deal, and the Justice Department's clemency list dates the pardons January 15, 2026. CBS cited public records showing that Herrera Velutini's daughter gave $2.5 million in December 2024 and $1 million in July 2025 to the pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. A White House official told CBS the donations had nothing to do with the pardon. Defense lawyer Chris Kise, who once represented Trump in the classified-documents case, helped broker the plea deal (CBS). Bloomberg Law cited federal lobbying disclosures showing that Kise hired Brian Ballard to lobby for Herrera's bank. Stated reason: A White House official told CBS that \"Ms. Vázquez's pardon materials state that there was never any element of a quid pro quo deal and that her prosecution was politically motivated.\" CBS also reported that Trump officials believed the case was politically motivated because the investigation began in 2020, days after Vázquez endorsed Trump.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardoning-puerto-rico-former-governor-wanda-vazquez-officials-say/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-to-pardon-venezuelan-banker-ex-puerto-rico-governor-82", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardoning-puerto-rico-former-governor-wanda-vazquez-officials-say/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The plan to issue the pardons was first reported by CBS News.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-to-pardon-venezuelan-banker-ex-puerto-rico-governor-82", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the president's latest use of clemency power to nullify a long-running corruption case.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LxWypVd5s0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2026-07-03", "start": "2026-07-03", "end": "2026-07-30", "title": "Pardon of Republican donor Adam Kidan (July 3 batch)", "why_it_fits": "On July 3, 2026, President Trump pardoned 11 people, according to a White House list reported by Fox 29 with the Associated Press. Nine faced charges related to Clean Air Act violations involving vehicle emissions systems. The others were ranch owner Jack Harvard and Adam Kidan, a former business partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The AP-based report said Kidan pleaded guilty in 2005 to fraud and conspiracy related to the purchase of a fleet of gambling boats and was sentenced in 2006 to nearly six years in prison; Bloomberg Law dates the guilty plea to 2006. Stated reason: the White House said that after his 2009 release Kidan worked for or led staffing companies that helped secure entry-level jobs for more than 250,000 people (Bloomberg Law). The report also noted that Newsday had reported in March that Kidan was among the hosts of a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for a Long Island Republican congressional candidate. On July 29, NOTUS reported, citing federal records, that Kidan gave about $270,000 to Trump-affiliated committees in the 2024 cycle and has hosted fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago. It also reported that FEC records show he gave $2,600 to Rep. Ryan Mackenzie's (R-Pa.) leadership PAC on June 30, three days before the pardon. Mackenzie's spokesperson said the congressman \"has never advocated for a pardon from the President on anyone's behalf.\" Jenna Kaufman, campaign manager for Mackenzie's Democratic challenger Bob Brooks, called the timing \"corruption in plain sight.\" After the NOTUS story ran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described a \"rigorous review process involving the Department of Justice and the White House Counsel's Office.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.fox29.com/news/donald-trump-emissions-pardons", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox29.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-pardons-abramoff-partner-adam-kidan-texan-jack-harvard", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/pennsylvania/donald-trump-pardon-adam-kidan-ryan-mackenzie", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "notus.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/07/adam-kidan-pardon-trump-ryan-mackenzie-house-bob-brooks-federal-government/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spotlightpa.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.fox29.com/news/donald-trump-emissions-pardons", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox29.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "On Friday, President Donald Trump granted pardons to 11 people, including a former business partner of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and nine individuals whom the White House said had assisted others in bypassing vehicle emissions control systems.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-pardons-abramoff-partner-adam-kidan-texan-jack-harvard", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "After he was released from prison in 2009, Kidan worked for or led multiple employment agencies or staffing companies that helped secure entry-level jobs for more than 250,000 people, the White House said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/pennsylvania/donald-trump-pardon-adam-kidan-ryan-mackenzie", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "notus.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The megadonor, Adam Kidan, donated $2,600 to Mackenzie's leadership PAC on June 30, according to Federal Election Commission records.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-pardons-megadonor-adam-kidan-days-after-gift-to-maga-rep-ryan-mackenzie/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump Pardons Megadonor Days After Gift to MAGA Congressman", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2026-09-13", "start": "2026-09-13", "end": "2026-09-15", "title": "60 Minutes report on pardon brokers and Democratic promises to investigate", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 13, 2026, 60 Minutes aired a CBS News investigation into paid \"pardon brokers.\" With hidden cameras, CBS recorded lobbyists Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl pitching Ammon Covino, a convicted felon working with CBS, on a $300,000 fee to seek a pardon. CBS reported, citing federal lobbying records, that Burkman's firm disclosed earning $960,000 from nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz months before Trump pardoned him in November 2025, and that the rapper Torence Hatch (Boosie Badazz) said he paid the pair $600,000 up front and is seeking a refund. A CBS analysis of Justice Department data found that about 70% of Trump's second-term clemency actions were not routed through the Justice Department. Burkman and Wohl said they are lobbyists acting within the law and rejected any suggestion of pay-to-play. Former pardon attorney Ed Martin told 60 Minutes he had never seen a quid pro quo. White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said anyone \"spending money to lobby for pardons is foolishly wasting their money,\" and White House Counsel Will Scharf said Trump \"performs his constitutional duties in an ethically sound manner.\" On Sept. 14, Rep. Jamie Raskin said Democrats are \"looking at everybody along the assembly line of clemency for cash.\" CBS noted that as the minority party, Democrats cannot compel documents or testimony. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said \"all of this will be investigated and, if necessary, prosecuted when Democrats retake Congress in November.\" Background: on May 7, Sen. Peter Welch and Reps. Dave Min and Raul Ruiz asked more than a dozen clemency recipients, including Changpeng Zhao, Schwartz and Trevor Milton, for records of contracts with lawyers, lobbyists and influencers and of donations to Trump or groups tied to him. On Aug. 21, House Judiciary Democrats released a staff report, \"Pardons, Inc.\" It says Burkman and Wohl reported $3.2 million in pardon-related lobbying revenue in 2025, and that Keith Schiller collected $1 million from Fred Daibes under a lobbying contract for \"executive relief.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-lobbyists-60-minutes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-pledge-investigation-trump-pardon-brokers/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-recipients-democrats-congressional-investigation-pay-to-play/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-08-hjc-dems-staff-report-pardons-inc.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "democrats-judiciary.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://min.house.gov/media/in-the-news/trump-pardon-recipients-face-congressional-investigation-over-pay-play-questions", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "min.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-lobbyists-60-minutes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "About 70% of Mr. Trump's clemency actions in his second term were not routed through the Justice Department", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-pledge-investigation-trump-pardon-brokers/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Senior Democratic lawmakers vowed Monday to investigate the new market that has sprung up around President Trump's pardons", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/new-judiciary-democrats-report-exposes-maga-s-cash-for-clemency-racket-which-gives-unrepentant-criminals-a-new-lease-on-life-and-leaves-victims-in-the-dust", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "democrats-judiciary.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "exposing the sprawling pay-to-play clemency industry that has emerged around Donald Trump’s White House", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pardons-of-allies-and-donors/#2026-10-20", "start": "2026-10-20", "end": "2026-10-24", "title": "Times reports that a pardoned banker's family company hired Alina Habba on a $50M-plus contract", "why_it_fits": "According to The New York Times (Oct. 20, 2026, as reprinted by GV Wire and dnyuz), weeks before President Trump pardoned Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini, a company set up by his daughter hired Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer for Trump, as its general counsel. The Times reported that Concord Partners was registered in Florida in late October 2025, that the deal guaranteed Habba more than $50 million over four years including bonuses, and that she formally began work on Jan. 1. The Justice Department's clemency list dates Herrera's pardon Jan. 15, 2026, with an amended pardon dated Jan. 20 that lists the offense as \"contribution by a foreign national.\" The Times reported that Herrera was charged in August 2022 over an alleged scheme to bribe Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez to dismiss a regulator investigating his bank, and that in August 2025 he pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor campaign finance charge. It also reported that his lawyer, Christopher Kise, had been on Trump's personal legal team, and that his daughter, Isabela Herrera, gave $3.5 million to a super PAC tied to Trump. People familiar with Habba's contract told the Times they believed she was brought in to help with Herrera's push for a pardon. Habba denied any role in the pardon. She said in a statement that any suggestion her employment had anything to do with securing a pardon \"is false,\" and the Times reported she said the job was disclosed to and approved by the Justice Department. The Justice Department said Habba \"did not speak to anyone about a pardon.\" A White House official said Habba \"had nothing to do with the pardon\" and that the administration follows a review process that includes the White House Counsel's Office and the Justice Department. When the pardon was first reported in January, a White House official told CBS News that the daughter's donations \"had nothing to do with the pardon.\" None of the news reports cited here accuses Habba of a crime.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://dnyuz.com/?p=306996", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dnyuz.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://gvwire.com/2026/10/21/a-billionaire-wanted-a-trump-pardon-his-family-gave-alina-habba-a-50-million-deal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gvwire.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/billionaire-received-pardon-after-family-company-hired-former-trump-lawyer-alina-habba", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abajournal.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardoning-puerto-rico-former-governor-wanda-vazquez-officials-say/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/21/headlines/nyt_billionaire_received_pardon_after_family_company_gave_alina_habba_50_million_deal", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "democracynow.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://dnyuz.com/?p=306996", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dnyuz.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "People familiar with Ms. Habba’s contract said they believed that she was brought in to help with Mr. Herrera’s push for a pardon and expressed surprise at the scale of the compensation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://gvwire.com/2026/10/21/a-billionaire-wanted-a-trump-pardon-his-family-gave-alina-habba-a-50-million-deal/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "gvwire.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In total, including bonuses, she was guaranteed more than $50 million over four years", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/billionaire-received-pardon-after-family-company-hired-former-trump-lawyer-alina-habba", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abajournal.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Any insinuation that my employment—all of which has been vetted and disclosed to the DOJ—had anything to do with securing a pardon is false", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-admiring-mens-bodies", "title": "The recurring Trump remarks admiring men's bodies", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-admiring-mens-bodies/", "summary": "Since 2024, Donald Trump has repeatedly made admiring public remarks about men's bodies, physiques and anatomy, mostly at campaign rallies. They include a story about golfer Arnold Palmer that the AP described as being about Palmer's genitalia, remarks about New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart's legs, and repeated descriptions in October 2026 of \"examining\" Sen. Jon Husted's body. The AP and The New York Times wrote about his focus on male candidates' and athletes' appearances.", "summary_sources": [], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2024-10-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-admiring-mens-bodies/#2024-10-19", "start": "2024-10-19", "end": "2024-10-22", "title": "Arnold Palmer story at the Latrobe, Pennsylvania rally", "why_it_fits": "On October 19, 2024, Trump opened a campaign rally in Latrobe, Palmer's hometown. He spoke about Palmer for about 12 minutes, by AP's count, and said Palmer \"was all man.\" He then said that when Palmer showered with other pros, they came out saying, \"Oh my God, that's unbelievable.\" AP's headline described this as Trump talking about Palmer's genitalia.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-campaign-rally-latrobe-pennsylvania", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-kicks-off-a-pennsylvania-rally-by-talking-about-arnold-palmers-genitalia", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/10/20/donald-trump-makes-crude-joke-about-arnold-palmer-at-pennsylvania-rally/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4946935-trump-comments-arnold-palmer/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-campaign-rally-latrobe-pennsylvania", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "when he took showers with the other pros, they came out there, they said, \"Oh my God, that's unbelievable.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/10/20/donald-trump-makes-crude-joke-about-arnold-palmer-at-pennsylvania-rally/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "forbes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "marking the latest bizarre move at a rally from Trump just weeks from Election Day", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-arnold-palmer-penis-size-calls-harris-shit-vp-pennsylvania-speech-1235138168/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump began his rally talking about the late golfer Arnold Palmer, for whom the airport where Trump was speaking was named", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/politics/donald-trump-full-speech-at-latrobe-pa-rally-oct-19-2024/287-1ed0e5c2-3e36-42d6-90e5-2f3efca23541", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "wfaa.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjshJVtAdcE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-admiring-mens-bodies/#2026-05-22", "start": "2026-05-22", "end": "2026-05-24", "title": "Remark about Giants QB Jaxson Dart's legs, Suffern, New York", "why_it_fits": "On Friday, May 22, 2026, Trump spoke at a rally in Suffern, New York, after New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart introduced him. During a section on the SAVE America Act and transgender athletes, Trump said of Dart: \"No, I'm looking at the legs. He's this beautiful guy. He's got legs like tree trunks! This is not a good thing for women\" (Mediaite's transcript). Mediaite wrote a story focused on his comments about Dart's body, and Pro Football Network's story covered those comments along with his praise of Dart as a future Hall of Famer. Months later, at a rally in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, Trump brought Dart up again without naming him, calling him a \"Young, handsome, big, strong guy.\" Mediaite described this as marveling at Dart's physique \"just as he did at the time.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/legs-tree-trunks-trump-fawns-211246765.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.profootballnetwork.com/donald-trump-jaxson-dart-future-hall-of-famer/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "profootballnetwork.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jaxson-dart-new-york-giants-rant_n_6a10eacee4b084c012e6ef5b/amp", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-giants-qb-introduced-011617598.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/legs-tree-trunks-trump-fawns-211246765.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "No, I'm looking at the legs. 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Mediaite reported that there Trump called Dart \"this beautiful guy\" with \"legs like tree trunks.\" A New York Times article, apparently reprinted by GV Wire on Oct. 21 under the headline \"Trump Can't Stop Praising Men's Bodies,\" listed this White House remark among its examples.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trump-again-lauds-handsome-jaxson-204526181.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-curse-resurfaces-after-quarterbacks-season-ending-injury/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://gvwire.com/2026/10/21/i-examined-his-ass-trump-cant-stop-praising-mens-bodies/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gvwire.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50013861/sources-jaxson-dart-season-ending-knee-surgery", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "espn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trump-again-lauds-handsome-jaxson-204526181.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"So, Jaxson Dart, who's a great, talented, very handsome guy. And he loved Trump,\" Trump said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-curse-resurfaces-after-quarterbacks-season-ending-injury/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Very handsome guy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-admiring-mens-bodies/#2026-10-12", "start": "2026-10-12", "end": "2026-10-15", "title": "First Husted remarks at the Youngstown, Ohio rally", "why_it_fits": "On October 12, 2026, Trump spoke at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio. During it he said he had begun \"examining\" the body of Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) because he didn't know Husted was a great athlete. He said he looked at Husted's \"ass\" and his hands, which he described as \"claws.\" Mediaite and The Advocate covered it within two days.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/donald-trump-jon-husted-rally", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "advocate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/jesse-watters-goes-off-trump-224836134.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/trump-jokes-about-candidates-physique-at-rally-digvid-vrtc", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.tvinsider.com/1297073/fox-news-jesse-watters-trump-mens-bodies/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "tvinsider.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/donald-trump-jon-husted-rally", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "advocate.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I don't do this with men very often. I started examining his body because I didn't know he was a great athlete,\" and \"Look at his hands. He's got these like claws, and I got it\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/jesse-watters-goes-off-trump-224836134.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump says a lot of stuff that we all think and we don't say and sometimes it sounds a little gay, but he can get away with it because he's straight.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2QaywTLZ0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I don't do this with men very often…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-admiring-mens-bodies/#2026-10-16", "start": "2026-10-16", "end": "2026-10-21", "title": "Trump praises the bodies and looks of male Republican candidates (Husted remarks)", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 17, 2026, at a rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky, Trump described looking over Ohio Sen. Jon Husted's body. He said, \"I examined his ass,\" and listed his shoulders, feet, hand and jawline. At an Oct. 16 rally in Dalton, Georgia, he said Rep. Mike Collins \"is a good-looking man, and he's all man.\" He called Georgia governor nominee Rick Jackson a \"very handsome, distinguished, beautiful-looking guy.\" The AP wrote that Trump \"has a new pitch for Republican candidates.\" The NYT wrote that at some recent rallies Trump had started \"effusing about the physical appearances of other men.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-new-pitch-for-republican-candidates-theyre-really-good-looking", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://gvwire.com/2026/10/21/i-examined-his-ass-trump-cant-stop-praising-mens-bodies/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gvwire.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/18/politics/trump-body-comments-jon-husted-ohio", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/politics/trump-stumps-for-montana-delegation-president-talks-wildlife-gaining-weight-handsome-guys-dumbocrat-competition-and/article_dd8084cc-9ae3-4425-b698-bdae49da04d8.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bozemandailychronicle.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-new-pitch-for-republican-candidates-theyre-really-good-looking", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I examined his ass,\" said Trump, eliciting laughter. \"I never did that with a man before.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://gvwire.com/2026/10/21/i-examined-his-ass-trump-cant-stop-praising-mens-bodies/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "gvwire.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I actually think Mike Collins is a good-looking man — and he's all man. He's all man. I'm not sure about Ossoff.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/18/politics/trump-body-comments-jon-husted-ohio", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I know the president's been talking about me as a football player and a few other things these days.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIOBlpfhgzQ", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I examined his ass", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-admiring-mens-bodies/#2026-10-20", "start": "2026-10-20", "end": null, "title": "\"Pile of muscle,\" Greenville, North Carolina", "why_it_fits": "At the Oct. 20 Greenville rally, Trump described \"studying\" the body of Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), commenting on his buttocks, legs, feet and shoulders (Newsweek). Newsweek reported that he had also admired Husted's physique at an Oct. 12 rally in Youngstown, Ohio.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-gushes-over-jon-husted-body-again-ohio-senate-race-midterms-12597420", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/jd-vance-roasts-trump-male-175747312.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6161958-trump-on-remarks-about-gop-senators-a-this-guys-a-monster/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-midterm-rally-north-carolina-2026-election-congress-live-updates-rcna604465", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-gushes-over-jon-husted-body-again-ohio-senate-race-midterms-12597420", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump has gushed over Republican Senator Jon Husted's body for a second time, saying he is a 'pile of muscle.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/jd-vance-roasts-trump-male-175747312.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Don't worry, I'm not talking about Jon Huston's a*s. I'm not talking about it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/video/anderson-cooper-on-trump-senator-body-comments-vrtc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "CNN's Anderson Cooper looks at President Trump's effusive praise of Ohio Senator Jon Husted's physique", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g-DJiZ7-dxk", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's like a pile of muscle", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-third-term-talk", "title": "The recurring talk of a Trump third term", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/", "summary": "Since 2018, Donald Trump has repeatedly said he might serve more than two terms. He has done this in jokes at rallies and dinners, in posts, in interviews (in March 2025 he said he was \"not joking\" and that \"there are methods\"), and by selling and wearing \"Trump 2028\" hats. At other times he has said the Constitution doesn't allow it. Allies such as Steve Bannon and Rep. Andy Ogles have pushed the idea. Legal experts say the 22nd Amendment (\"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice\") rules out a third election.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/is-trump-eligible-run-third-term-constitution/", "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-still-suggests-he-may-seek-a-3rd-term-but-hes-now-talking-more-about-post-presidency-life" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2018-03-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2018-03-03", "start": "2018-03-03", "end": "2018-03-08", "title": "Trump praises Xi's \"president for life\" change: \"Maybe we'll give that a shot some day\"", "why_it_fits": "At a closed-door lunch and fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago on March 3, 2018, CNN obtained a recording of Trump praising China's Xi Jinping. Trump said: \"He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great… I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day.\" AP reported the remarks \"were met with laughter and applause.\" Reuters noted it was \"not clear if Trump, 71, was making the comment about extending presidential service in jest.\" It also said the White House had not responded to a request for comment late Saturday. CNN's March 8 analysis called it \"a joke because it would violate the Constitution.\" It linked the remark to Trump telling departing adviser Gary Cohn, \"We'll be here another seven years, hopefully,\" and noted that the 22nd Amendment bars anyone from being elected president more than twice.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trump-says-maybe-u-s-will-have-a-president-for-life-someday", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/3/4/is-trump-aiming-to-be-a-us-president-for-life", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/08/politics/trump-talking-how-long-in-office/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great,\" Trump said. \"And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trump-says-maybe-u-s-will-have-a-president-for-life-someday", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump's remarks were met with laughter and applause during a luncheon for Republican donors Saturday at his South Florida estate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/08/politics/trump-talking-how-long-in-office/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's a joke because it would violate the Constitution, but here it's exhibit #1.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ZCJnf-qMw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-06-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2019-06-16", "start": "2019-06-16", "end": "2019-06-18", "title": "\"Demand that I stay longer\" tweet", "why_it_fits": "On June 16, 2019, while calling The New York Times and The Washington Post \"the Enemy of the People,\" Trump tweeted that \"at the end of 6 years… I leave the beautiful White House (do you think the people would demand that I stay longer? KEEP AMERICA GREAT).\" The Post reported that he \"floated the possibility of staying in office longer than two terms.\" It noted that \"The 22nd Amendment of the Constitution limits the presidency to two terms,\" and that he had \"previously joked\" about it, including saying in April 2019 that he might stay \"at least for 10 or 14 years.\" The remark was a question inside parentheses, not a stated plan. A June 18, 2019 CNN piece by Chris Cillizza, cited by the Columbia Law Review, was titled \"Donald Trump Just Keeps 'Joking' About Serving More than 2 Terms as President.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/trump-says-supporters-might-demand-that-he-serve-more-than-two-terms-as-president-20190617.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inquirer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-loves-to-say-he-may-not-leave-office-848799/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://columbialawreview.org/content/the-law-and-politics-of-presidential-term-limit-evasion/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "columbialawreview.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1140252529428717568", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "(do you think the people would demand that I stay longer? KEEP AMERICA GREAT)", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-supporters-might-demand-that-he-serve-more-than-two-terms-as-president/2019/06/16/4b6b9ae2-9041-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump on Sunday floated the possibility of staying in office longer than two terms, suggesting in a morning tweet that his supporters might 'demand that I stay longer.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-08-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2020-08-17", "start": "2020-08-17", "end": "2020-08-19", "title": "\"Redo of four years\" remarks at the Oshkosh, Wis., and Yuma, Ariz., rallies", "why_it_fits": "At an Aug. 17, 2020 rally in Oshkosh, Wis., Trump, then running for a second term, said: \"We are going to win four more years, and then after that, we'll go for another four years because you know what? They spied on my campaign. We should get a redo of four years.\" (FOX 13/AP). The next day in Yuma, Ariz., a Vox reporter's posted clip, as embedded by Snopes, shows him saying \"we'll probably be entitled to another four more years.\" FOX 13 and Rolling Stone both set the remark against the 22nd Amendment, quoting its text: \"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.\" Snopes said the comment \"was widely interpreted to mean the president might seek a third term.\" It added that Trump had said in earlier cases that such comments were jokes. None of the sources describes a stated plan or concrete steps toward a third term.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-say-redo-4-more-years/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.fox5dc.com/news/trump-claims-the-only-way-hell-lose-is-if-election-is-rigged-says-he-should-be-able-to-run-for-3rd-term", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox5dc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://au.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-third-term-because-they-spied-on-him-15844", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "au.rollingstone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wbir.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-november-election/507-ae05a9c5-99e0-48f1-b4d6-5da1e500ce10", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wbir.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.fox5dc.com/news/trump-claims-the-only-way-hell-lose-is-if-election-is-rigged-says-he-should-be-able-to-run-for-3rd-term", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox5dc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We should get a redo of four years.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-say-redo-4-more-years/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump brought the issue up again on Aug. 18, 2020, at campaign event in Yuma, Arizona:", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://au.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-third-term-because-they-spied-on-him-15844", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "au.rollingstone.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We should get a redo of four years.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2020/president-trump-remarks-in-oshkosh-wisconsin/551241", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-05-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2024-05-18", "start": "2024-05-18", "end": "2024-05-20", "title": "\"Three-term or two-term?\" at the NRA convention", "why_it_fits": "Speaking at the NRA's annual meeting in Dallas on May 18, 2024, the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump said FDR served \"almost 16 years.\" He then asked, \"are we going to be considered three-term or two-term? You tell me,\" and added, \"Are we three-term or two-term if we win?\" The Boston Globe reported that some in the crowd shouted \"three.\" The Globe also noted that the 22nd Amendment bars anyone from being elected president more than twice, and that Trump had made similar remarks in 2019 and 2020. In April, Trump had told Time magazine he \"wouldn't be in favor of\" challenging the 22nd Amendment, and that \"I intend to serve four years\" (reported by Salon and the Globe).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/20/nation/trump-third-term-nra-convention/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.salon.com/2024/05/19/teases-nra-convention-attendees-with-the-idea-of-a-third-term/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "salon.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-nra-leadership-forum-dallas-may-18-2024/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-speaks-at-nra-convention", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "FDR, 16 years, almost 16 years, he was four-term. I don't know, are we going to be considered three-term or two-term? You tell me. Ronny, what do you think? Are we three-term or two-term if we win?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/20/nation/trump-third-term-nra-convention/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Some in the crowd could be heard shouting \"three\" in response", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.salon.com/2024/05/19/teases-nra-convention-attendees-with-the-idea-of-a-third-term/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "salon.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "One takeaway: he proposed the idea of a third term, which he directly spoke against during an interview with Time magazine back in April.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/former-president-trump-speaks-at-nra-leadership-forum/642459", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "questioned whether he would be a two-term or three-term president", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-11-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2024-11-13", "start": "2024-11-13", "end": "2024-11-15", "title": "Remark to House Republicans", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 13, 2024, President-elect Trump told House Republicans: \"I suspect I won't be running again, unless you say, 'He's so good, we've got to figure something else out.'\" Newsweek reported that the remark \"sparked Democratic outrage, though others said his comment was simply a joke.\" On Nov. 14, Rep. Dan Goldman said he was introducing a resolution stating that the 22nd Amendment \"applies to President-elect Trump.\" It listed 15 examples, 14 of them statements by Trump. On Nov. 15, FactCheck.org wrote that Trump had \"recently reignited a constitutional debate\" and asked constitutional law scholars about the 22nd Amendment.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-quips-third-term-1985265", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/politics/2024/11/14/dan-goldman-resolution-trump-3rd-term-22nd-amendment", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spectrumlocalnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2024/11/can-trump-serve-a-third-term/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/politics/2024/11/14/dan-goldman-resolution-trump-3rd-term-22nd-amendment", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "spectrumlocalnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"This is his MO,\" Goldman told reporters Thursday. \"He will drop in something outlandish, claim he's joking, but then he starts to repeat it more and more, and it starts to become normalized.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2024/11/can-trump-serve-a-third-term/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I don't think there's any realistic possibility that the 22nd Amendment could be repealed,\" Kermit Roosevelt, a constitutional law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, told FactCheck.org.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2025-01-23", "start": "2025-01-23", "end": "2025-02-07", "title": "Ogles amendment and \"Am I allowed to run again, Mike?\"", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 23, 2025, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) introduced a joint resolution to amend the 22nd Amendment. It reads: \"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms.\" His release said: \"This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms.\" Two days later in Las Vegas, Trump said it would be an honor \"to serve, not once but twice—or three times or four times.\" He then added: \"no, it will be to serve twice.\" On Jan. 27 he asked Speaker Mike Johnson: \"Am I allowed to run again, Mike?\" The Ogles resolution was a formal proposal by an ally. In Las Vegas Trump corrected himself to \"twice,\" and none of the remarks described a plan.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/01/24/house-republican-proposes-change-to-constitution-to-allow-trump-to-serve-a-third-term-andy-ogles", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ny1.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7222820/trump-third-term-president-explainer-pathways-constitution-courts-legal-experts/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "ogles.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500185/pdf/DCPD-202500185.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Am I allowed to run again, Mike?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://boingboing.net/2025/01/28/planting-the-seeds-donald-trump-asks-mike-johnson-if-hes-allowed-to-run-a-3rd-term-video.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "boingboing.net", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I've raised a lot of money for the next race that I assume I can't use for myself, but I'm not 100% sure… I think I'm not allowed to run again. Am I allowed to run again? Mike, I better not get you involved in that.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2025-03-30", "start": "2025-03-30", "end": "2025-04-07", "title": "\"Not joking\" and \"there are methods\"", "why_it_fits": "In a phone interview with NBC News' Kristen Welker on March 30, 2025, Trump said \"I'm not joking\" about a third term. He said \"There are methods which you could do it.\" Asked about Vice President JD Vance running in 2028 and then passing the office to him, he said \"Well, that's one. But there are others too,\" and declined to say more (CNN). The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, says \"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice\" (CNN; FactCheck.org). A Daily Mail story on March 29 had revived a \"loophole\" argument based on a 1999 Minnesota Law Review article. Legal scholars told FactCheck.org that argument is \"implausible.\" On April 6, Bondi told Fox News a third-term attempt \"would be a heavy lift\" (Forbes). Trump said explicitly that he was not joking, and he said \"methods\" exist. He declined to detail methods other than the Vance scenario and added \"It is far too early to think about it\" (CNN). By contrast, CNN described his January 2025 Nevada rally remark about serving \"three times or four times\" as \"apparently joking,\" and said he \"later clarified\" it.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/politics/trump-third-term-methods", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/legal-scholars-dispute-constitutional-loophole-for-a-third-trump-term/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/04/06/trumps-attorney-general-says-he-probably-cant-serve-third-term-what-to-know/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/politics/trump-third-term-methods", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"There are methods which you could do it,\" the president said when asked whether there are strategies on the table to allow him to seek another term.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/04/06/trumps-attorney-general-says-he-probably-cant-serve-third-term-what-to-know/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "forbes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Bondi told Fox News she thinks Trump is \"going to be finished probably after this term,\" adding if Trump wanted to run again, \"We'd have to look at the Constitution\" and \"it would be a heavy lift.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIStf8l264M", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'm not joking", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2025-04-24", "start": "2025-04-24", "end": "2025-04-25", "title": "Trump Store sells \"Trump 2028\" hats", "why_it_fits": "On April 24, 2025, the Trump Organization's online store started selling a $50 \"Trump 2028\" hat (ABC, Axios, Forbes). This came weeks after Trump told NBC News on March 30, 2025 that he was \"not joking\" about a third term and that \"there are methods which you could do it\" (Forbes, ABC). That day, Eric Trump, the president's son and a Trump Organization executive, posted an Instagram story of himself wearing the hat (Forbes). Trump's political operation's X account also posted that he was \"rocking the new Trump 2028 hat\" (Axios). ABC quoted Hamline University constitutional-law professor David Schultz saying the 22nd Amendment rules out a third term. This wave is about merchandise, not a stated plan. Forbes noted the store's product description gives no direct sign of whether the hat is meant to support a third term \"or have some other meaning, like the candidacy of one of his family members.\" The coverage leaned on Trump's March \"not joking\" remarks for context. Trump himself made no new statement about a third term in these articles.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-store-offers-trump-2028-hat-amid-tease/story?id=121137005", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/trump-2028-hats-sale-official-store", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/04/24/trump-store-selling-trump-2028-hats-weeks-after-trump-says-hes-not-joking-about-potential-third-term/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-2028-shirt-goes-sale-trump-store-rewrite-rules-2064011", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-store-offers-trump-2028-hat-amid-tease/story?id=121137005", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The hat, which appeared on the site on Thursday, is being sold for $50, and the website adds that the hats are \"Made in America.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/04/24/trump-store-selling-trump-2028-hats-weeks-after-trump-says-hes-not-joking-about-potential-third-term/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "forbes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Eric Trump, one of the president's sons and vice president of the Trump Organization, posted an Instagram story Thursday morning wearing the hat and linking to the website.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/trump-2028-hats-sale-official-store", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump's political operations account on X Thursday said Eric Trump was \"rocking the new Trump 2028 hat\" as it showed the president's son wearing the new merchandise.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2025-10-23", "start": "2025-10-23", "end": "2025-10-29", "title": "The recurring talk of a Trump third term", "why_it_fits": "Bannon, an ally with no official role in the administration, told The Economist that Trump is \"going to get a third term.\" He said a \"plan\" would be unveiled \"at the appropriate time\" (PolitiFact). On Oct. 27 Trump said \"I would love to do it.\" He said running as vice president would be \"allowed\" but he would rule it out as \"too cute\" (PolitiFact, Fox News). On Oct. 29 he said \"I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad.\" In a separate remark he said \"So we'll see what happens\" (PBS/AP). The pattern is a stated claim of a plan from an ally, then the president expressing interest, then the president acknowledging the constitutional limit while leaving it slightly open.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/oct/27/trump-bannon-third-term-constitution/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-its-too-bad-he-cant-run-for-a-third-term", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-answers-whether-he-would-run-vice-presidential-candidate-2028", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/oct/27/trump-bannon-third-term-constitution/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "he's going to get a third term … People ought to just get accommodated with that.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-answers-whether-he-would-run-vice-presidential-candidate-2028", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"You'd be allowed to do that, but I wouldn't do that. I think it's too cute,\" Trump responded.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-its-too-bad-he-cant-run-for-a-third-term", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"If you read it, it's pretty clear,\" Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One enroute from Japan to South Korea. \"I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6-G6f-YBTk", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2026-07-24", "start": "2026-07-24", "end": "2026-08-19", "title": "Correspondents' dinner hat, AI images, \"the law is very strong\"", "why_it_fits": "At the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner on July 24, Trump said he intended \"to run for a fourth term as president,\" said \"I won, I won three times. Now I'm gonna do it again,\" and wore a red \"Trump 2028\" cap (Roll Call). Roll Call noted the line implied he had won the 2020 race against Joe Biden, which it called false. He also said \"the third time will be better yet. I'm only kidding\" (Fox). Trump posted AI-generated \"Trump 2028\" images on Truth Social on July 26 and Aug. 15; one Aug. 15 image carried the words \"We are going to win\" (Newsweek). On Aug. 11, asked whether he was serious, he said \"I'd love to run, but the law is very strong.\" Roll Call reported he did not answer when asked whether that meant \"no.\" Roll Call also said the 22nd Amendment bars anyone from being elected president more than twice and that Trump was elected in 2016 and 2024.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2026/08/19/trump-keeps-2028-door-cracked-while-calling-law-very-strong-prohibiting-third-term/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/list-donald-trump-joke-running-2028-12243915", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-brushes-off-reporter-question-running-third-term-2028-law-very-strong", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-seemingly-harmless-2028-election-213601000.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2026/08/19/trump-keeps-2028-door-cracked-while-calling-law-very-strong-prohibiting-third-term/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I won, I won three times. Now I'm gonna do it again", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-brushes-off-reporter-question-running-third-term-2028-law-very-strong", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'd love to run, but the law is very strong.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/list-donald-trump-joke-running-2028-12243915", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Another depicted Trump wearing a dark \"Trump 2028\" cap alongside the words: \"We are going to win.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/president-trump-jokes-about-running-for-a-fourth-term/5203535", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I won three times, now I'm gonna do it again.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-third-term-talk/#2026-10-20", "start": "2026-10-20", "end": null, "title": "\"Right to run again\" at an Iowa rally", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 20, at a White House event about a new Justice Department anti-fraud program, Trump referred to \"my second term, or third term, depending on the way you want to define it.\" At an Iowa midterm rally on Oct. 22 he said, \"I think the law says that I'm not allowed to run again\" and \"There's not a lot of wiggle room.\" He then said, \"I think I have the right to run again because they cheated,\" which refers to his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Euronews said those allegations \"have not been substantiated,\" and Newsweek said there is no evidence that fraud changed the 2020 result. Newsweek noted that the 22nd Amendment says \"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,\" and that Trump won in 2016 and 2024. The reports did not describe any campaign, filing or legal strategy.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-wants-to-run-for-third-term-12608607", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/216870/trump-third-term", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/23/trump-says-he-has-the-right-to-seek-a-third-presidential-term", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "euronews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-wants-to-run-for-third-term-12608607", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They cheated us on the second one because we won it three times, so I think I have the right to run again. I think I have the right to run again because they cheated.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/216870/trump-third-term", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's been that way since the very beginning of my second term, or third term, depending on the way you want to define it, and I don't want the results of this; I'd like the third term but I don't want the results of the second term.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/23/trump-says-he-has-the-right-to-seek-a-third-presidential-term", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "euronews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "US President Donald Trump has again suggested he could seek a third term in 2028, despite the US Constitution limiting presidents to two elected terms.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "mexico-pays-for-wall", "title": "The recurring promise that Mexico will pay for the wall", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/", "summary": "Starting with his June 2015 campaign launch, Donald Trump promised many times that Mexico would pay for a wall on the southern border. Mexican leaders refused every time. Over the years, Trump said Mexico would pay back the cost, then that it would pay \"indirectly\" through trade, troops or tariffs. Fact-checkers found that U.S. taxpayers paid for the wall: NBC put the first-term cost at about $15 billion and CNN at more than $16 billion, and Mexico paid nothing directly. The Washington Post had counted 212 times Trump made the promise by January 2019.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-mexico-never-paid-it-what-about-trump-s-n1253983", "https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/politics/fact-check-christie-trump-border-wall" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-02-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2016-02-25", "start": "2016-02-25", "end": "2016-02-27", "title": "Former Mexican president Fox refuses to pay; Trump hits back", "why_it_fits": "The Washington Post reported that former president Vicente Fox said in a Fusion interview posted on 2016-02-25 that he was \"not going to pay for that f------ wall,\" and that Trump \"should pay for it.\" At that night's Houston debate, ABC reported that Trump blasted Fox \"for rebutting the idea that Mexico would pay for the wall.\" Trump said \"The wall just got 10 feet taller\" and put the wall's cost at \"$10 billion to $12 billion, if I do it.\" Trump was still a candidate, and ABC noted he \"has not released any specific plans for funding or building the wall.\" TPM reported that sitting president Enrique Peña Nieto had also said Mexico would not pay.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/25/former-mexican-president-says-he-will-not-pay-for-donald-trumps-f-wall/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/vincente-fox-to-trump-not-paying-for-wall", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "talkingpointsmemo.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/donald-trump-warns-mexican-president-wall-10-feet/story?id=37207947", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/25/former-mexican-president-says-he-will-not-pay-for-donald-trumps-f-wall/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I'm not going to pay for that f------ wall,\" Fox said in an interview with Fusion's Jorge Ramos", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/702953023736250369", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "FMR PRES of Mexico, Vicente Fox horribly used the F word when discussing the wall. He must apologize! If I did that there would be a uproar!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/donald-trump-warns-mexican-president-wall-10-feet/story?id=37207947", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"The wall just got 10 feet taller, believe me,\" Trump said at tonight's Republican debate in Houston.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y6kAwm7uIs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'm not going to pay for that f------ wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-04-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2016-04-05", "start": "2016-04-05", "end": "2016-04-07", "title": "Trump memo proposes blocking money transfers to Mexico", "why_it_fits": "On April 5, 2016, Donald Trump's campaign released a two-page memo titled \"Compelling Mexico to Pay for the Wall.\" It said that as president he would threaten to use a rule under the Patriot Act to cut off remittances (money migrants send home) unless Mexico made \"a one-time payment of $5-10 billion\" for the wall (CNBC; CBS). CNBC called it the first time Trump had explained in detail how he would keep his promise that Mexico would pay. A 2015 campaign position paper had already proposed to \"impound all remittance payments derived from illegal wages\" (Texas Tribune/WaPo; FactCheck.org). At this point Trump was a candidate, the Republican front-runner, and CBS and CNBC reported that current and former Mexican officials had rejected the idea that Mexico would pay.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/05/trump-ill-block-money-transfers-to-force-mexico-to-pay-for-wall.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-on-donald-trumps-wall-proposal-good-luck-with-that/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/04/05/trumps-plan-to-make-mexico-pay-for-the-wall", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kpbs.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/trump-revises-history-on-mexicos-wall-payment", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/05/trump-reveals-how-he-would-force-mexico-pay-border/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "texastribune.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"It's an easy decision for Mexico,\" Trump said in the memo", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-on-donald-trumps-wall-proposal-good-luck-with-that/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The notion that we're going to track every Western Union bit of money that's being sent to Mexico, you know, good luck with that", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/04/05/trumps-plan-to-make-mexico-pay-for-the-wall", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kpbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexico will immediately protest", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SwJkge58W4", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-08-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2016-08-31", "start": "2016-08-31", "end": "2016-09-01", "title": "Mexico City meeting and Phoenix speech", "why_it_fits": "On Aug 31, 2016, Republican nominee Donald Trump met Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City. Afterward Trump told reporters that they discussed the wall but not who would pay for it, and that payment would be \"for a later date\" (NBC, CNN). About two hours after the joint appearance, Peña Nieto tweeted that he had told Trump at the start of their talk that Mexico would not pay for the wall (NPR). That night in Phoenix, Trump said Mexico would pay \"100 percent\" and that \"they don't know it yet\" (CNBC). Trump was a candidate at the time. None of these sources reports any payment or funding commitment from Mexico, and Mexico's president had just publicly refused to pay.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2016/08/31/492132967/in-mexico-trump-reaffirms-u-s-right-to-protect-its-borders", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-meets-mexican-president-skips-border-wall-negotiations-n640856", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/31/trump-mexico-doesnt-know-it-yet-but-its-paying-for-the-border-wall.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/30/politics/donald-trump-enrique-pea-nieto-mexico/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-meets-mexican-president-skips-border-wall-negotiations-n640856", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We did discuss the wall; we didn’t discuss payment of the wall,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2016/08/31/492132967/in-mexico-trump-reaffirms-u-s-right-to-protect-its-borders", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "about two hours after the joint appearance, Peña Nieto tweeted", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/31/trump-mexico-doesnt-know-it-yet-but-its-paying-for-the-border-wall.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexico will pay for the wall, 100 percent. They don't know it yet", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?414590-1%2Fdonald-trump-mexican-president-deliver-joint-statement=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-01-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2017-01-25", "start": "2017-01-25", "end": "2017-01-26", "title": "Wall executive order and a cancelled summit", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 25, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13767. It told the Homeland Security secretary to plan and build a wall on the southern border and to \"identify and, to the extent permitted by law, allocate all sources of Federal funds\" for it. The same day, he told ABC News that U.S. taxpayer money would be used to start building and that Mexico would pay the U.S. back \"100 percent.\" That night, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said in a video, \"I have repeatedly said, 'Mexico will not pay for a wall.'\" On Jan. 26, Trump tweeted that if Mexico would not pay, the meeting should be cancelled, and Peña Nieto called off his trip to Washington. Mexico had not agreed to pay, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan said they were planning legislation to designate $12 billion to $15 billion for the project.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/26/511806548/mexicos-president-cancels-planned-d-c-trip-to-meet-with-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-tells-abc-news-david-muir-construction/story?id=45007943", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/spicer-tax-imports-mexico-border-wall", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "talkingpointsmemo.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-13767-border-security-and-immigration-enforcement-improvements", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/26/511806548/mexicos-president-cancels-planned-d-c-trip-to-meet-with-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "if Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-tells-abc-news-david-muir-construction/story?id=45007943", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'm just telling you there will be a payment. It will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/donald-trump-mexico-import-tax-border-wall/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "By doing it that we can do $10 billion a year and easily pay for the wall just through that mechanism alone.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=505IxTmpIFc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-08-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2017-08-03", "start": "2017-08-03", "end": "2017-08-04", "title": "Leaked transcript of the Trump–Peña Nieto call", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 3, 2017, the Washington Post published a transcript of a 53-minute call between President Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Jan. 27, 2017. The call took place a day after Peña Nieto cancelled a planned Washington visit. In the call, Trump said \"I have to have Mexico pay for the wall — I have to.\" He also asked Peña Nieto to stop saying publicly that Mexico would not pay. Peña Nieto said Mexico \"cannot pay for that wall.\" By the time the transcript came out, Mexico had paid nothing toward the wall. The only money moving was US taxpayer money: the House had tentatively approved a $1.6 billion down payment, attached to defense spending legislation, which still had to clear the Senate.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-call-transcript-shows-trump-pushed-mexican-president-to-end-public-outcry-over-border-wall/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-trump-asked-pena-nieto-not-tell-press-mexico-wouldnt-pay-border-wall-transcript-shows", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-04/donald-trump-pena-nieto-mexico-wall-leaked-call-transcript/8773814", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc.net.au", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-pena-nieto-wall-transcript", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "talkingpointsmemo.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-04/donald-trump-pena-nieto-mexico-wall-leaked-call-transcript/8773814", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc.net.au", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But you cannot say that to the press. The press is going to go with that and I cannot live with that.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-pena-nieto-wall-transcript", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "talkingpointsmemo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But my position has been and will continue to be very firm saying that Mexico cannot pay for that wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "comments": 185 } }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-call-transcript-shows-trump-pushed-mexican-president-to-end-public-outcry-over-border-wall/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I have to have Mexico pay for the wall -- I have to,\" he pressed.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-12-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2018-12-13", "start": "2018-12-13", "end": "2019-01-11", "title": "\"Indirectly\" through USMCA, and \"never meant … write out a check\"", "why_it_fits": "On Dec. 13, 2018, Trump tweeted that \"MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL!\" through savings from the new USMCA trade deal. Two days earlier he had threatened a government shutdown unless Congress included $5 billion for the wall (FactCheck.org). FactCheck.org reported that none of his campaign's proposed ways to make Mexico pay \"came to pass.\" Instead, he had asked Congress to fund the wall. The USMCA had been signed on Nov. 30 but not ratified, and the economists FactCheck.org interviewed said the deal could not pay for the wall. On Jan. 10, 2019, during a partial shutdown, Trump said he \"never meant\" Mexico would \"write out a check.\" PolitiFact rated that False, citing a campaign memo that called for \"a one-time payment of $5-10 billion.\" By then, according to a Washington Post tally cited by Snopes, Trump had said 212 times that Mexico would pay.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/is-mexico-paying-for-the-wall-through-usmca/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/10/donald-trump/trump-claims-he-never-meant-mexico-would-write-che/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/01/11/trump-mexico-wall-payment/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/trump-revises-history-on-mexicos-wall-payment/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075386058282545152", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexico is paying (indirectly) for the Wall through the new USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/is-mexico-paying-for-the-wall-through-usmca/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Economic and trade experts we interviewed said that's not possible.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/10/donald-trump/trump-claims-he-never-meant-mexico-would-write-che/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "obviously, I never said this, and I never meant they're going to write out a check", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-02-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2019-02-15", "start": "2019-02-15", "end": "2019-02-15", "title": "National emergency to move U.S. funds to the wall", "why_it_fits": "On Feb. 15, 2019, Trump announced he would declare a national emergency to get money for the border wall. NBC noted he had \"originally vow[ed] that Mexico would pay for it.\" Senior officials said the declaration would give him access to $8 billion in total, all from U.S. sources: $1.375 billion that Congress had approved for fencing in Texas; $600 million from a Treasury drug forfeiture fund; $2.5 billion from a Defense Department drug interdiction program; $3.5 billion from the military construction budget. In the same speech Trump said the USMCA was \"where the money is coming from, not directly but indirectly, for the wall.\" FactCheck.org reported that the White House had given no analysis to back this up, that trade experts said it wasn't possible, and that Congress had not yet approved the USMCA.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-declare-national-emergency-obtain-billions-border-wall-n972021", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/02/15/read-transcript-trump-rose-garden-speech/Sd5RoKOoHjF2jSzPxGyRaP/story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/factchecking-trumps-national-emergency-remarks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-approves-diversion-of-military-construction-funds-for-trumps-wall/2019/09/03/dcd35d7c-ce93-11e9-9031-519885a08a86_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/02/15/read-transcript-trump-rose-garden-speech/Sd5RoKOoHjF2jSzPxGyRaP/story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "that's where the money is coming from, not directly but indirectly, for the wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-declare-national-emergency-obtain-billions-border-wall-n972021", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "despite originally vowing that Mexico would pay for it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/factchecking-trumps-national-emergency-remarks/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the White House has provided no analysis to support the president's claim", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-on-border-security-and-government-funding/521746", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-02-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2020-02-10", "start": "2020-02-10", "end": "2020-02-15", "title": "The \"redemption money\" claim", "why_it_fits": "The promise: CNN reported that Trump ran for the presidency on a signature promise to make Mexico pay for a giant wall on its own border. Mexico has not paid. The new version: On Feb. 10, at a rally in New Hampshire, he said: \"You do know who's paying for the wall, don't you? Redemption from illegal aliens that are coming in,\" he said. \"The redemption money is paying for the wall.\" AP called this the latest iteration of his effort to convince the public that Mexico is covering the cost, just as he promised throughout his 2016 campaign and since. What had actually been paid by then: According to CNN, Trump is paying for the wall with a combination of US taxpayer money Congress has allocated to the project and funding he is diverting from the military. AP added that, three days after the rally, the Pentagon announced it is taking $3.8 billion approved by Congress for fighter aircraft, ships and other military programs and using the money to pay for the wall.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/politics/fact-check-trump-wall-mexico-redemption/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-trumps-wall-claim-is-beyond-redemption", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/15/ap-fact-check-trumps-wall-claim-is-beyond-redempti/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-makes-new-funding-source-wall-redemption-money-n1134751", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "msnbc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/politics/fact-check-trump-wall-mexico-redemption/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Experts on immigration policy told CNN they had no idea what the term \"redemption money\" means.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-trumps-wall-claim-is-beyond-redemption", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "U.S. taxpayers are paying for the wall, not Mexico, as has been the case from the start.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trump-falsely-claims-that-the-wall-is-being-paid-for-by-redemption-money-from-immigrants/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rawstory.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "At Monday night's rally in New Hampshire, President Donald Trump made a new claim about the border wall", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2020/president-trump-rally-in-manchester-new-hampshire/4854352", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "You do know who's paying for the wall, don't you? Redemption from illegal aliens that are coming in... The redemption money is paying for the wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-10-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2020-10-12", "start": "2020-10-12", "end": "2020-10-14", "title": "\"Mexico is paying\" at reelection rallies", "why_it_fits": "CNN reported that in 2016 Trump promised at campaign rallies that Mexico would pay for the border wall. At reelection rallies on Oct 12, 13 and 14, 2020, he said Mexico was already paying for it. CNN's fact-check said Mexico had not contributed any money and the U.S. government was paying for the wall. Some of that money came from Congress, and some was what CNN called \"billions of dollars Trump has controversially seized from other programs.\" At the rallies Trump said a \"charge\" on cars crossing the border would cover the cost. CNN said he had released no details of any such plan, and the White House declined to explain.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/fact-check-trump-mexico-paying-for-the-wall/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/fact-check-trump-rally-johnstown-pennsylvania/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-rally-des-moines-iowa-transcript-october-14", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-struggles-defend-lie-about-mexico-paying-wall-n1244269", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ms.now", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-campaign-rally-sanford-florida-transcript-october-12-first-rally-since-diagnosis", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "And by the way, Mexico is paying, they hate to say it", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-rally-johnstown-pa-transcript-october-13", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "And Mexico is paying for the wall by the way, you know that", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/fact-check-trump-mexico-paying-for-the-wall/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexico hasn’t contributed any money toward the construction of the border wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-01-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2021-01-12", "start": "2021-01-12", "end": "2021-01-12", "title": "Farewell visit to the wall in Alamo, Texas", "why_it_fits": "When Trump launched his campaign on June 16, 2015, he said: \"I will build a great great wall on our southern border and I'll have Mexico pay for that wall\" (Newsweek). On January 12, 2021, eight days before leaving office, he spoke at a new section of wall near Alamo, Texas. He said \"I kept my promises\" and marked \"the completion of the promised 450 miles of border wall\" (American Presidency Project transcript). Fact-checks published that day found that Mexico had not paid. NBC reported that about $15 billion had been allocated and that \"Taxpayers foot the bill.\" Newsweek cited a CBP estimate of $15 billion in U.S. funds. The Dallas Morning News reported that most of the money came from Pentagon funds. NBC also reported that only 47 of the 450 miles were wall built where no barrier had stood before.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-mexico-never-paid-it-what-about-trump-s-n1253983", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/01/12/trump-heads-to-south-texas-for-victory-lap-at-border-wall/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/12/trump-texas-border-wall/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "texastribune.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-president-trump-build-big-beautiful-border-wall-he-promised-1560942", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-border-wall-construction-and-immigration-reform-near-alamo-texas", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But unlike those who came before me, I kept my promises. And today we celebrate an extraordinary milestone: the completion of the promised 450 miles of border wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-mexico-never-paid-it-what-about-trump-s-n1253983", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexico did not pay for the wall; its leaders have refused since Trump first made his promise.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/01/12/trump-heads-to-south-texas-for-victory-lap-at-border-wall/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexico never chipped in, and Trump eventually dropped any pretense that it would, but bluster continued Tuesday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-visits-border-wall-in-texas/587495", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But unlike those who came before me, I kept my promises. And today we celebrate an extraordinary milestone: the completion of the promised 450 miles of border wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-07-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2023-07-15", "start": "2023-07-15", "end": "2023-07-19", "title": "Christie–Trump argument over who paid for the wall (Republican primary)", "why_it_fits": "In 2015 and 2016, Trump repeatedly promised that Mexico would pay for the whole wall. In July 2016 he said \"a hundred percent – 100%.\" On July 15–16, 2023, Christie said Mexico paid nothing. Trump answered that he had said Mexico would pay \"some way\" and that it did so by supplying \"28,000 soldiers free of charge.\" By then, according to CNN, the Trump administration had directed more than $16 billion of US money to the project, about $6 billion appropriated by Congress and about $10 billion moved from the Defense Department. Mexico spent nothing on it. CNN also reported 458 miles built, of which 85 were in places with no earlier barrier (52 primary plus 33 secondary).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/politics/fact-check-christie-trump-border-wall/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-trump-falsely-claims-he-d-promised-mexico-would-pay-for-a-piece-of-the-border-wall/21123361/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-donald-trump-get-28000-mexican-soldiers-police-border-1777950", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/politics/fact-check-christie-trump-border-wall/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexico didn’t pay for any of it. Not one damn peso.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-10-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2023-10-29", "start": "2023-10-29", "end": "2023-10-30", "title": "Trump says he promised Mexico would pay for \"a piece\" of the wall", "why_it_fits": "On October 29, 2023, at a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa, Trump said, \"I said, Mexico will pay for a piece of the wall,\" and added, \"there was no legal instrument to do that.\" He said he \"got much more money\" by getting Mexico \"to pay for 28,000 soldiers that guarded our border for years\" (Factba.se transcript). CNN's October 30 fact check rated the \"piece\" claim false. It cited 2015–2016 speeches in which Trump promised Mexico would pay \"100%,\" and said a search of Factba.se found no examples of him saying \"a piece\" during the 2016 campaign. By then, CNN reported, \"The wall was paid for by Americans,\" with the Trump administration putting more than $16 billion in federal money toward it. CNN said Mexico had agreed to deploy thousands of troops during his presidency, but it did not describe that as payment for the wall.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/politics/fact-check-trump-mexico-piece-border-wall/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-event-sioux-city-iowa-october-29-2023/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-event-sioux-city-iowa-october-29-2023/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "you remember I used to say Mexico will pay for the piece of the wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/politics/fact-check-trump-mexico-piece-border-wall/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The wall was paid for by Americans; the Trump administration directed more than $16 billion in federal money toward the project.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/mexico-pays-for-wall/#2026-10-17", "start": "2026-10-17", "end": "2026-10-19", "title": "Trump claims Mexico paid for the wall through tariffs at Highland Heights, Kentucky rally", "why_it_fits": "At a midterm rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky, on 17 October 2026, Donald Trump said \"Mexico did pay for that wall… because I charged them tariffs.\" He added that Mexico had paid \"many, many times over.\" This repeats his 2016 campaign promise that Mexico would pay, now framed as payment through tariffs. By then, the 2025 \"One Big Beautiful Bill\" (H.R. 1) had set aside $51.6 billion of U.S. money for the wall, CBP checkpoints and facilities, including $46.6 billion for wall construction. Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said in July 2025 that Mexico had put no money into the wall. PBS reports that U.S. importers pay tariffs to the U.S. Treasury and usually pass the cost on to their customers.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-highland-heights-kentucky-october-17-2026", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2026/10/17/donald-trump-insiste-que-mexico-ha-pagado-muchas-veces-el-muro-fronterizo-con-imposicion-de-aranceles/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "infobae.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/big-beautiful-bill-immigration-border-security/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "americanimmigrationcouncil.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/trump-favors-huge-new-tariffs-how-do-they-work", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-highland-heights-kentucky-october-17-2026", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexico did pay for that wall, just so you understand, because I charged them tariffs", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.univision.com/noticias/politica/mexico-pago-el-muro-con-aranceles-afirma-donald-trump-en-mitin", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "univision.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "México sí que pagó ese muro, para que lo sepan.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fckp6lm248s", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mexico Has Paid For That Wall Many, Many Times Over", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "halloween-candy-drugs", "title": "The recurring drug-laced Halloween candy scare", "type": "timed_coverage", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/", "summary": "Since at least 2010, police, officials and some politicians have warned each October that children's Halloween candy may contain drugs: first cannabis edibles and meth, then \"rainbow fentanyl\" after a DEA warning in August 2022. Fact-checkers and sociologist Joel Best, who studies candy-tampering legends, report no documented case of a stranger deliberately giving trick-or-treaters drugs. The documented incidents are a few isolated finds that harmed no child, field tests later overturned by lab tests, and seizures of look-alike products that had nothing to do with Halloween.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.snopes.com/articles/375420/halloween-marijuana-edibles/", "https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2023/10/31/1208459235/why-the-urban-legend-of-contaminated-halloween-candy-wont-disappear/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-10-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2016-10-31", "start": "2016-10-31", "end": "2016-11-11", "title": "Bureau County, Ill., sheriff's THC-candy alert, then retraction", "why_it_fits": "On October 31, 2016, the Bureau County Sheriff's Office said a parent in Manlius, Ill., had found a \"Crunch Choco Bar\" in a child's trick-or-treat candy. The office said the wrapper showed cannabis leaves and that the candy \"was field tested and was positive for containing cannabis.\" WQAD reported it as \"Marijuana laced candy found inside child's Halloween bag.\" A later sheriff's office release, as quoted by Reason, said the bars were imported from Japan. It said the wrapper design \"is actually a Japanese Maple Leaf, which closely resembles a cannabis leaf,\" and that the bars \"have been deemed safe for consumption.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://wqad.com/2016/10/31/marijuana-laced-candy-found-inside-childs-halloween-bag/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wqad.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2016/11/02/illinois-sheriff-passes-off-japanese-can/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reason.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2016/11/11/sheriff-admits-he-issued-a-false-alarm-a/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reason.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/10/5/22711280/trick-treat-halloween-marijuana-edibles-scare-jacob-sullum", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "chicago.suntimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://wqad.com/2016/10/31/marijuana-laced-candy-found-inside-childs-halloween-bag/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wqad.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Bureau County Sheriff's Department is investigating suspicious candy after a parent says they found marijuana laced candy inside their child's candy bag.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2016/11/02/illinois-sheriff-passes-off-japanese-can/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "reason.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Those \"small pictures of cannabis leaves\" are actually small pictures of maple leaves.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2016/11/11/sheriff-admits-he-issued-a-false-alarm-a/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "reason.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the design on the wrapper is actually a Japanese Maple Leaf, which closely resembles a cannabis leaf", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-10-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2017-10-24", "start": "2017-10-24", "end": "2017-11-01", "title": "Oct. 2017, marijuana-candy warnings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and the Wisconsin meth find", "why_it_fits": "New Jersey's attorney general's office shared a document before Halloween warning of a \"significant presence of marijuana candy\" and a risk that children \"may accidentally receive marijuana candy during Halloween.\" AP reported there was no apparent evidence this had ever happened. The office's spokeswoman declined to name any Halloween case, and the case the warning cited, a 10-year-old who got sick, had nothing to do with Halloween. Pennsylvania State Police issued a similar warning. Separately, Menominee Tribal Police in Wisconsin said a small packet of methamphetamine was found in a young child's trick-or-treat candy. The Washington Post set that case against national warnings it said were made \"despite the absence of documented cases\" of children poisoned by pot candy on Halloween.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/halloween-candy-marijuana-pot-warning-scare/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/10/31/a-child-went-trick-or-treating-and-brought-home-a-bag-of-meth/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/meth-found-childs-halloween-candy-looked-pop-rocks/story?id=50834055", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/verify/verify-is-marijuana-laced-halloween-candy-an-actual-concern/73-487791293", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "9news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/halloween-candy-marijuana-pot-warning-scare/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "New Jersey is warning parents to look out for people slipping their kids marijuana-laced candy while trick-or-treating.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/contests/state-police-warn-parents-to-check-kids-halloween-candy-citing-potential-marijuana-candy-risk/521-a9b65d61-5330-4603-91d8-f98eaf1f62ee", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox43.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Pennsylvania State Police are warning parents to be cautious after reports of marijuana-laced candy and other edible items surfaced in New Jersey and other nearby states.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/meth-found-childs-halloween-candy-looked-pop-rocks/story?id=50834055", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Menominee Tribal Police Chief Mark Waukau told ABC News the toddler's father found the questionable bag at a community event they were attending on Sunday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iuvsKbAQGM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-10-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2018-10-26", "start": "2018-10-26", "end": "2018-11-02", "title": "Meth that \"looked just like SweeTARTs,\" a DEA St. Louis advisory, and the Aloha, Oregon, Sour Patch Kids case", "why_it_fits": "Just before Halloween 2018, Dublin, Georgia, police chief Tim Chatman warned parents to check their children's candy. His department had recently seized drugs that \"looked just like SweeTARTs.\" KOMO reported the pills were seized in an Oct. 19 drug search of a local man's home and sent to the state crime lab after a field test. On Oct. 31 the DEA's St. Louis Division warned about marijuana- and meth-laced candy, but said it \"has not identified any specific threats.\" The one documented trick-or-treat case in this rerun was in Washington County, Oregon. Sour Patch Kids collected on Halloween field-tested positive for meth after the parents ate some and felt sick. No children ate the candy.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/parents-sickened-halloween-candy-tests-positive-meth-oregon/story?id=58919460", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2018/10/31/halloween-drug-laced-candy-alert", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dea.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/theres-meth-looks-halloween-candy-police-warn-trick-or-treaters-1190648", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/dublin-man-arrested-in-meth-candy-case-charged-on-multiple-counts", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "komonews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/theres-meth-looks-halloween-candy-police-warn-trick-or-treaters-1190648", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Just last week, we seized some drugs [methamphetamine] and it looked just like SweeTARTs,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2018/10/31/halloween-drug-laced-candy-alert", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "dea.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"The DEA St. Louis Division has not identified any specific threats but issues this as an advisory.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/parents-sickened-halloween-candy-tests-positive-meth-oregon/story?id=58919460", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Deputies conducted field tests on the gummy candy, which tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsX7SVtrS4o", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-10-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2019-10-10", "start": "2019-10-10", "end": "2019-11-01", "title": "2019 THC \"Nerds Rope\" warning, Johnstown, Pa.", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 10, 2019, Johnstown police posted on Facebook that officers found \"Nerds Rope edibles containing 400mg of THC\" while serving a search warrant in Stoneycreek Township. The post urged parents to check children's Halloween candy (CBS News). CBS News reported it on Oct. 13. A Johnstown police captain later told Rolling Stone there was \"absolutely no evidence\" the edibles were meant for trick-or-treaters. Slate quoted Joel Best, who has tracked \"Halloween sadism\" claims for three decades: \"I don't know of anybody who's been hurt from drugs in Halloween candy.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nerds-rope-thc-police-urge-parents-to-check-halloween-candy-after-thc-laced-nerds-rope-edibles-found/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://wjactv.com/news/local/police-warn-parents-of-drug-laced-nerds-ropes", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wjactv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/thc-edibles-halloween-candy-urban-legend-898517/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/halloween-candy-weed-risk-not-real-expensive.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "slate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/JohnstownPolice/posts/2518771761541690", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "facebook.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "During this Halloween, we urge parents to be ever vigilant in checking their children's candy before allowing them to consume those treats,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nerds-rope-thc-police-urge-parents-to-check-halloween-candy-after-thc-laced-nerds-rope-edibles-found/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This product is counterfeit and in no way associated with Ferrara Candy Company.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/thc-edibles-halloween-candy-urban-legend-898517/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Captain Chad Miller of the Johnstown Police Department tells Rolling Stone there was \"absolutely no evidence\" that the edibles were intended for distribution for trick-or-treaters.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-10-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2020-10-25", "start": "2020-10-25", "end": "2020-10-31", "title": "Indiana State Police \"medicated\" candy warning", "why_it_fits": "ISP posted on Facebook photos of seized \"Medicated\" Sour Skittles and Starburst Gummies, which contain THC, and told parents to check their children's Halloween candy (Yahoo Life; Fox News). WTHR, Fox News and Yahoo Life picked it up before Halloween. On the documented record: a state trooper seized the products in a police seizure, and none of the coverage reports one of the seized products being found in a child's trick-or-treat candy. ISP spokesman Capt. Ron Galaviz told Yahoo Life it was unlikely anyone would knowingly give the edibles to children; his concern was accidental mix-ups caused by look-alike packaging. On Oct 27, 2020, the Tennessee Poison Center quoted sociologist Joel Best: \"I have yet to find of a report of an incident where a child was killed or seriously injured by a contaminated treat picked up in the course of trick-or-treating.\" Peak attention was about Oct 26–29, 2020.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/beware-of-marijuana-edibles-in-your-kids-halloween-stash-police-warn-not-everything-is-as-it-seems-150735007.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/medicated-halloween-edibles-resembling-name-brand-candy-prompt-indiana-state-police-warning", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/indiana-state-police-warn-parents-of-medicated-candy-during-halloween/531-b38cc5cd-9207-40a9-96ad-e94a87ac4c1b", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wthr.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.vumc.org/poison-control/toxicology-question-week/oct-27-2020-trick-or-treat-halloween-candy-safe-eat", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "vumc.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/beware-of-marijuana-edibles-in-your-kids-halloween-stash-police-warn-not-everything-is-as-it-seems-150735007.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "While they are packaged and marketed to look like candy, they are not.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/medicated-halloween-edibles-resembling-name-brand-candy-prompt-indiana-state-police-warning", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "These are not official Mars products as they were not created nor supported by the company", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/indiana-state-police-warn-parents-of-medicated-candy-during-halloween/531-b38cc5cd-9207-40a9-96ad-e94a87ac4c1b", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wthr.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Troopers recently made a bust in northern Indiana that included marijuana edibles.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-10-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2021-10-26", "start": "2021-10-26", "end": "2021-10-31", "title": "State attorneys general warn about copycat cannabis snacks", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 26, 2021, attorneys general in Ohio, New York, Illinois, Connecticut and Arkansas put out statements warning about THC edibles packaged to look like brand-name snacks and candy. NPR described the statements as \"a part of a coordinated effort.\" Ohio AG Dave Yost's release told parents to be \"extra cautious, especially around Halloween, that these copycat products don't wind up in treat bags.\" New York AG Letitia James's release did not mention Halloween. It focused on accidental overdoses among children and online sales. Snopes searched for cases of marijuana edibles slipped into Halloween candy for every year since 2010. It said it found warnings but \"didn't find a single case of a person purposefully giving children marijuana edibles in an attempt to harm them.\" WGRZ later got records from the New York AG's office through a public-records (FOIL) request it filed in January; the records were provided in May. They showed one complaint, and it was about a dispensary selling stale medical marijuana, not about lookalike packaging.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049383496/state-attorneys-general-halloween-marijuana-snacks", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/halloween-candy-snacks-cannabis-edibles-warning/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/articles/375420/halloween-marijuana-edibles/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/health/remember-those-warnings-at-halloween-about-cannabis-candy-labels-the-state-only-received-one-complaint-about-it/71-49fb5c3c-7a8c-454f-87c5-c2898f8594d7", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wgrz.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/October-2021/Attorney-General-Yost-Issues-Warning-Illegal-Canna", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "ohioattorneygeneral.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Parents need to be extra cautious, especially around Halloween, that these copycat products don’t wind up in treat bags.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/consumer-alert-attorney-general-james-issues-alert-protect-children-deceptive", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "ag.ny.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "These unregulated and deceptive cannabis products will only confuse and harm New Yorkers, which is why they have no place in our state", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049383496/state-attorneys-general-halloween-marijuana-snacks", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Attorneys general in Ohio, New York, Illinois, Connecticut and Arkansas all released statements Tuesday, a part of a coordinated effort to advise parents about the dangers of marijuana edibles.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-09-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2022-09-20", "start": "2022-09-20", "end": "2022-10-31", "title": "\"Rainbow fentanyl\" Halloween scare, 2022", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 30, 2022, the DEA said brightly colored fentanyl had been seized in 18 states; it later updated its release, on Oct. 12, to raise the count to 26. It described the pills as a cartel method to sell fentanyl \"made to look like candy to children and young people.\" The release did not mention Halloween. That link was made starting Sept. 20, when RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, and later Sen. Chuck Schumer, raised the risk of the pills reaching children at Halloween. On Oct. 6, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and 12 other Republican senators released a video warning parents about \"rainbow fentanyl\" ahead of Halloween, and other House and Senate Republicans repeated the warning during October. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram told NBC News the agency had seen nothing to show the pills would be related to the holiday, and in late September told Fox News, \"We have not seen any connection to Halloween\" (as quoted by NPR and Spectrum News). On Oct. 26 the Washington Post reported that drug-policy experts doubted dealers were targeting children, and that Joel Best, a University of Delaware sociologist who has tracked cases of tampered trick-or-treat candy since the mid-1980s, had never found a confirmed case of a child seriously hurt or killed by one.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/10/26/rainbow-fentanyl-halloween-scare/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/10/11/1127168627/is-rainbow-fentanyl-a-threat-to-your-kids-this-halloween-experts-say-no", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/politics/2022/10/29/republicans-defend-warning-about-halloween-and--rainbow-fentanyl--", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spectrumnews1.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/us/fentanyl-candy-boxes-seized-lax", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/09/28/rainbow-fentanyl-scare-halloween/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/young-people-are-targeted-brightly-colored-rainbow-fentanyl-government-rcna49503", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2022/08/30/dea-warns-brightly-colored-fentanyl-used-target-young-americans", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "dea.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "this trend appears to be a new method used by drug cartels to sell highly addictive and potentially deadly fentanyl made to look like candy to children and young people.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/rnc-chair-scared-fentanyl-halloween-baskets/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thewrap.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "every mom in the country", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/young-people-are-targeted-brightly-colored-rainbow-fentanyl-government-rcna49503", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the agency has seen nothing that indicates that the pills will be related to the holiday", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.marshall.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/gop-senators-release-psa-warning-about-dangers-of-rainbow-fentanyl-ahead-of-halloween/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "marshall.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The powerful drug cartels are coming after your kids, your neighbors, your students, your family members, and your friends.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/us/fentanyl-candy-boxes-seized-lax", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "About 12,000 suspected fentanyl pills packaged in popular candy boxes were seized at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday, authorities said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHzv5T-R6lM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Hi, I'm Senator Dr. Roger Marshall. I come to you today not only as a U.S. Senator but as a fellow American concerned about the health of our nation's youth this Halloween.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-10-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2023-10-31", "start": "2023-10-31", "end": "2023-11-01", "title": "Rick Scott's Halloween \"rainbow fentanyl\" post, PolitiFact fact-check, and the Middletown, Ind., meth report", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 31, 2023, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) shared a video on X. In it he said \"fake pills laced with fentanyl are beginning to look like candy\" and urged families to be \"on high alert this Halloween.\" The same day, PolitiFact rated \"rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween\" as False. It cited DEA statements that the agency had seen no link between rainbow fentanyl and Halloween. Also that day, NPR aired a segment in which sociologist Joel Best said his data going back to 1958 show no child killed or seriously hurt by a treat picked up while trick-or-treating. On Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, police in Middletown, Ind., said a substance found in a 4-year-old's trick-or-treat bag tested positive for methamphetamine.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/rick-scott/rick-scott-warns-about-fentanyl-in-halloween-candy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2023/10/31/1208459235/why-urban-legend-contaminated-halloween-candy-wont-disappear-razor-blade-poison", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/police-pill-found-in-halloween-candy-in-middletown-tested-positive-for-methamphetamine/531-b1e50ae6-34ad-4a19-9adf-ac2a07072d45", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wthr.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fox59.com/news/police-pill-found-in-halloween-candy-bag-tested-for-methamphetamine/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox59.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/SenRickScott/status/1719358466974745008", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "PSA: Don't forget to talk with your kids and grandkids about these important safety tips to help them understand the dangers of rainbow fentanyl", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/rick-scott/rick-scott-warns-about-fentanyl-in-halloween-candy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Based on available information, we rate the claim that rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween False.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/police-pill-found-in-halloween-candy-in-middletown-tested-positive-for-methamphetamine/531-b1e50ae6-34ad-4a19-9adf-ac2a07072d45", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wthr.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "a substance found in a trick-or-treater's bag tested positive for methamphetamine", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2024-10-24", "start": "2024-10-24", "end": "2024-10-31", "title": "Late October 2024. Halloween warnings move from \"rainbow fentanyl\" to THC edibles", "why_it_fits": "In the days before Halloween 2024, outlets warned parents to check candy for drugs. KITV in Honolulu repeated the \"rainbow fentanyl\" warning while also saying no fentanyl-in-Halloween-candy cases had happened. Much of the coverage was about THC edibles instead. Reason's Jacob Sullum wrote on Oct. 31 that the warnings now focused on accidental mix-ups rather than strangers drugging children. The real case in the record was accidental, not deliberate tampering: College Station police called the Texas incident an accident.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.kitv.com/news/cautions-raised-about-halloween-candy-that-might-be-masked-as-drugs/article_71ae5fec-980f-11ef-9e2d-8b9c4621e19c.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kitv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wkyt.com/2024/10/25/kids-ate-halloween-candy-school-not-knowing-it-was-laced-with-thc-officials-say/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wkyt.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2024/10/31/the-story-about-thc-laced-halloween-candy-shifts-from-malevolent-strangers-to-careless-parents/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reason.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wkyt.com/2024/10/25/kids-ate-halloween-candy-school-not-knowing-it-was-laced-with-thc-officials-say/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wkyt.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "College Station police said officers determined it was an accident that the children consumed the candy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2024/10/31/the-story-about-thc-laced-halloween-candy-shifts-from-malevolent-strangers-to-careless-parents/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "reason.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The dearth of cases in which people deliberately tried to dose children on Halloween has led to a noticeable change in warnings from law enforcement agencies, public health officials, and news outlets.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kitv.com/news/cautions-raised-about-halloween-candy-that-might-be-masked-as-drugs/article_71ae5fec-980f-11ef-9e2d-8b9c4621e19c.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kitv.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "While there hasn't been any cases of fentanyl involved in Halloween candies so far, some parents are concerned that it will just take one.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2025-10-01", "start": "2025-10-01", "end": "2025-11-01", "title": "The recurring drug-laced Halloween candy scare", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 1, 2025, West Palm Beach police put out a Halloween warning saying a traffic stop had turned up \"Fentanyl disguised to look like candy.\" On Oct. 6 the city added an update: the items had field-tested positive, but \"Subsequent testing revealed no presence of narcotics.\" On Oct. 31, Lead Stories said the fentanyl claim was \"not true.\" It showed a screenshot of the original Oct. 1 warning as published on Florida's Poison Control Centers website. It also called the rumor that cartels or drug dealers give away expensive drugs in massive quantities for free every Halloween \"a recurring urban legend.\" In late October, police in Warren, Michigan, warned about lookalike candy and chips containing THC and psilocybin that they found while searching a home. ABC News and Fox News picked up the warning, and a Warren police spokesman told ABC there was no evidence the items were going to be given out on Halloween.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/10/fact-check-no-fentanyl-in-halloween-candy-mentioned-in-west-palm-beach-police-warning.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "leadstories.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-no-fentanyl-halloween-021130311.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://cbs12.com/news/local/never-seen-anything-like-it-fentanyl-disguised-gumballs-seized-in-west-palm-beach", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbs12.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wxyz.com/news/police-warn-families-of-lookalike-candy-chips-containing-thc-psilocybin-ahead-of-halloween", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wxyz.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/GMA/Food/police-warn-dangerous-alike-candy-ahead-halloween/story?id=126930797", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wpb.org/News-Folder/News-2025/rainbow-fentanyl", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "wpb.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Out of an abundance of caution and with Halloween approaching, this information was shared prior to the completion of confirmatory laboratory testing. Subsequent testing revealed no presence of narcotics.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/GMA/Food/police-warn-dangerous-alike-candy-ahead-halloween/story?id=126930797", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Gajewski added that police have no evidence the items found while executing the search warrant were going to be distributed on Halloween.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/drug-laced-candy-disguised-kids-treats-fuels-new-halloween-safety-warning-parents-police", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The nefarious treats were packaged in wrappers that were nearly identical to the authentic product, police said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/halloween-candy-drugs/#2026-10-16", "start": "2026-10-16", "end": null, "title": "Drug-laced candy warnings, October 2026", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 20, 2026, Fox21 News reported that the Colorado Springs Police Department said that, \"while rare,\" Halloween candy could contain THC or fentanyl. Department spokesman Derek Wilson named \"rainbow fentanyl\" and cannabis products whose packaging looks like Reese's or Sour Patch. Wilson called it \"something that every Halloween season we're mindful of.\" On Oct. 16, 2026, an Arizona Republic article reprinted on Yahoo News said fears were growing as Halloween approached and that health officials were urging parents to check candy for \"rainbow fentanyl.\" The same article says the DEA's rainbow fentanyl warning was about how the pills look and are marketed, \"not on evidence that traffickers were placing fentanyl in children's trick-or-treat candy.\" For comparison with documented cases: sociologist Joel Best told Atlas Obscura in an earlier piece that the number of US cases of fentanyl in Halloween candy in 2022 was zero.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.fox21news.com/news/colorado-springs-police-give-halloween-candy-safety-warning/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox21news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/rainbow-fentanyl-arizona-woman-idea-152156187.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/halloween-poison-candy", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "atlasobscura.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.fox21news.com/news/colorado-springs-police-give-halloween-candy-safety-warning/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox21news.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Colorado Springs Police said, while rare, candy could be contaminated with substances like THC or fentanyl", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/rainbow-fentanyl-arizona-woman-idea-152156187.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "With Halloween just around the corner, fears are growing.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials", "title": "The recurring misuse of license plate reader data by officials", "type": "recurring_scandal", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/", "summary": "Police officers and agencies have repeatedly been accused of using automated license plate reader systems beyond what law or policy allows. Some cases involve officers tracking partners or former partners. Others involve agencies sharing plate data outside their state despite state limits. In October 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the City of El Cajon, accusing its police department of repeatedly violating state law by sharing the data with law enforcement agencies in more than two dozen states; Mayor Bill Wells said the city was \"acting within the law.\" ABC News reported that a Washington Post investigation found at least 50 officers had been accused, charged or convicted of using Flock's system and other plate readers to spy on people, in many cases girlfriends or former partners. In August 2026 Flock announced it would require a criminal case number for every search and would automatically review searches for abnormal activity.", "summary_sources": [ "https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/flock-announces-security-amid-data-privacy-concerns/story?id=135619397", "https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/10/el-cajon-police-license-plate-data/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2020-02-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2020-02-13", "start": "2020-02-13", "end": "2020-02-14", "title": "California State Auditor's report on how police handled license plate reader data", "why_it_fits": "State Auditor Elaine Howle's report 2019-118 reviewed four agencies: LAPD, Fresno Police, the Marin County Sheriff's Office and the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. It found they \"did not always follow practices that adequately consider the individual's privacy\" when handling and keeping plate reader data. It also found that none had a usage and privacy policy meeting all the requirements of Senate Bill 34, the state law in effect since 2016; LAPD had no ALPR policy at all. State law allows sharing ALPR images only with public agencies. Three of the agencies shared their images with hundreds of entities across the U.S. but could not provide evidence that they had checked whether those entities had a right or need to see them. The auditor also found the agencies had done little or no auditing of searches and so had no assurance that misuse had not occurred. Fresno Police said in a statement that the audit found no incidents of the department misusing the system. State Sen. Scott Wiener requested the audit. He said some agencies were \"violating state law\" and that he would ask the attorney general to \"crack down.\" LAPD's police commission approved an ALPR usage and privacy policy in December 2020, and the auditor rated its recommendation on auditing the system fully implemented in October 2022.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://information.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2019-118/summary.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "information.auditor.ca.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/02/13/auditor-law-enforcement-not-protecting-data-collected-by-automatic-license-plate-readers/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "capradio.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://ktla.com/2020/02/13/lapd-automatic-license-plate-readers-pose-massive-privacy-risk-audit/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ktla.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kmph.com/news/local/state-audits-automated-license-plate-readers-fresno-police-included", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kmph.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://information.auditor.ca.gov/reports/responses/2019-118/25", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "information.auditor.ca.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://information.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2019-118/summary.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "information.auditor.ca.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "None of the agencies have an ALPR usage and privacy policy that implements all the legally mandated—since 2016—requirements.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/02/13/auditor-law-enforcement-not-protecting-data-collected-by-automatic-license-plate-readers/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "capradio.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "We are going to ask the attorney general to crack down on these agencies that are violating existing state law", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://ktla.com/2020/02/13/lapd-automatic-license-plate-readers-pose-massive-privacy-risk-audit/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ktla.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The audit found that 99.9% of the 320 million images the LAPD stored came from vehicles that were not on a list of those involved in criminal investigations", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-10-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2021-10-14", "start": "2021-10-14", "end": "2022-06-01", "title": "Lawsuit and settlement over the Marin County sheriff's out-of-state sharing of license plate reader data", "why_it_fits": "Marin County residents Lisa Bennett, Cesar S. Lagleva and Tara Evans sued the County of Marin and Sheriff Robert Doyle in Marin County Superior Court on Oct 14, 2021. They alleged that his office let hundreds of federal and out-of-state agencies, including ICE, query data from its automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras. They said this broke SB 34, which bars sharing that data outside California, and SB 54, the state's sanctuary law. ACLU affiliates, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and attorney Michael T. Risher represented them. In a settlement announced June 1, 2022, Doyle agreed to stop sharing the data with agencies outside California, and the agreement binds his successors. The case was resolved by that settlement. The plaintiffs and the EFF describe the sharing as illegal. According to the EFF, Doyle agreed in the settlement that California law prohibits sharing ALPR data with entities outside the state. This is agency-level data sharing that the plaintiffs alleged broke state law, not one officer's personal use of the system. On Oct 1, 2026, the EFF and the ACLU of Northern California sent the sheriff's office a demand letter. It cited a Point Reyes Light report and the office's November 2024 audit report. The two groups say these show the office shared Flock ALPR data with out-of-state and federal agencies in late 2024, which they call a violation of SB 34 and the 2022 settlement. As quoted in their letter, the office says it took deliberate steps to disable nationwide data access.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ktvu.com/news/marin-county-sheriff-sued-over-sharing-license-data-with-ice", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ktvu.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ktvu.com/news/marin-county-sheriff-wont-share-license-plate-data-with-agencies-outside-california", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ktvu.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/marin-county-sheriff-agrees-to-stop-sharing-data-with-feds/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "courthousenews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eff.org/press/releases/community-activists-reach-settlement-marin-county-sheriff-unlawfully-sharing-drivers", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eff.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/we-demand-more-information-how-marin-cops-illegally-shared-flock-alpr-data", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eff.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.ktvu.com/news/marin-county-sheriff-sued-over-sharing-license-data-with-ice", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ktvu.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Immigrant rights activists on Thursday sued the Marin County Sheriff for sharing millions of drivers' license plates and location data with federal and out-of-state agencies", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ktvu.com/news/marin-county-sheriff-wont-share-license-plate-data-with-agencies-outside-california", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ktvu.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Marin County's sheriff will stop sharing license plate and location information with agencies outside of California, including ICE, according to a legal settlement announced on Wednesday by the ACLU.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/marin-county-sheriff-agrees-to-stop-sharing-data-with-feds/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "courthousenews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The settlement is binding for future leaders of the sheriff's office.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sOWfa3dVRw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-10-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2022-10-30", "start": "2022-10-30", "end": "2023-04-30", "title": "Kechi, Kansas police lieutenant used Wichita's Flock system to track his estranged wife", "why_it_fits": "Kechi Police Lt. Victor Heiar used his position to get into the Wichita Police Department's (WPD) Flock license plate reader system without authorization. He used it to track where his estranged wife was. WPD arrested him on Oct. 26, 2022, and booked him on one count of stalking and one count of unlawful acts concerning computers. He was removed from the Kechi department. WPD then cut off the whole Kechi department's Flock access. Heiar pleaded guilty to misdemeanor computer crime and stalking. In April 2023 a Sedgwick County judge gave him a controlling term of 24 months in jail and granted him 18 months' probation instead.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.kwch.com/2022/10/31/kechi-police-lieutenant-arrested-using-police-technology-stalk-wife/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kwch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/04/kechi-police-lieutenants-arrest-puts-flock-technology-under-scrutiny/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kwch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kwch.com/2023/04/05/former-kechi-police-lieutenant-convicted-stalking-charges/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kwch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/former-kechi-police-lieutenant-sentenced-in-stalking-case/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ksn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kwch.com/2022/10/31/kechi-police-lieutenant-arrested-using-police-technology-stalk-wife/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kwch.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "unlawfully access WPD’s flock license plate reader technology to monitor where his estranged wife was located", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/04/kechi-police-lieutenants-arrest-puts-flock-technology-under-scrutiny/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kwch.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The Wichita Police Department has revoked access to its “Flock” license plate reading camera system to the entire Kechi Police Department", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kwch.com/2023/04/05/former-kechi-police-lieutenant-convicted-stalking-charges/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kwch.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The former lieutenant of the Kechi Police Department pled guilty to computer crime and stalking, both misdemeanors.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-08-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2024-08-13", "start": "2024-08-13", "end": "2024-08-25", "title": "August 2024 – Sedgwick, Kansas police chief used Flock cameras to track his ex-girlfriend", "why_it_fits": "Sedgwick's police chief, Lee Nygaard, used the city's Flock cameras to look up his ex-girlfriend's plate 164 times (June 24 – Oct. 5, 2023) and her new boyfriend's plate 64 times (Aug. 11 – Oct. 10, 2023). These figures come from the KSCPOST order that revoked his license, as reported by the Wichita Eagle and KAKE. In Flock he entered reasons such as \"missing child\" and \"drug investigation.\" The order says he first claimed drug concerns but \"ultimately admitted that jealousy was involved.\" He admitted the Flock misuse while being investigated for a separate misconduct case and resigned on Oct. 20, 2023. KSCPOST revoked his certification. The city administrator called the conduct a violation of the city's ethics policy and the standards of conduct for officers, but said it \"did not appear to be sufficient to warrant a criminal investigation.\" No charges were filed.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/kansas-police-chief-used-flock-093300946.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.kake.com/home/sedgwick-police-chief-tracked-ex-girlfriend-164-times-using-license-plate-cams/article_21fdfdba-5dc5-11ef-95c4-8be8baa3f10c.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kake.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/kansas-police-chief-used-flock-093300946.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Lee Nygaard admitted to misusing Flock while he was being investigated for an unrelated misconduct case, a Sedgwick official said. He then resigned.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kake.com/home/sedgwick-police-chief-tracked-ex-girlfriend-164-times-using-license-plate-cams/article_21fdfdba-5dc5-11ef-95c4-8be8baa3f10c.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kake.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Nygaard initially claimed he was following them due to drug-related issues, but later admitted jealousy was involved in his decisions.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2025-05-27", "start": "2025-05-27", "end": "2025-06-25", "title": "404 Media reported that local police were running Flock searches for ICE", "why_it_fits": "On May 27, 2025, 404 Media reported Flock search logs from the Danville, Illinois police department, obtained through a public records request. The logs showed more than 4,000 nationwide and statewide lookups by local and state police. 404 Media said these were done for the federal government, as \"informal\" favors, or with a possible immigration focus, even though Flock had no contract with ICE. Officers typed reasons such as \"immigration,\" \"ICE+ERO\" and \"ICE WARRANT.\" On June 12, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said Mount Prospect police had shared plate-reader data in violation of a state law that bars sharing for immigration enforcement or abortion tracking. His office said the system had been searched 262 times for immigration reasons between mid-January and the end of April. Mount Prospect officials denied wrongdoing, and the state opened an audit. On June 25, 404 Media reported that Flock had stopped agencies elsewhere from searching cameras in Illinois, California and Virginia.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "404media.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "404media.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/06/12/license-plate-readers-illinois-abortion-immigration", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "chicago.suntimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-06-12/illinois-license-plate-cameras-used-illegally-by-out-of-state-police-giannoulias-says", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nprillinois.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-license-plate-reader", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "commondreams.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "404media.co", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Local police around the country are performing lookups in Flock's AI-powered automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system for \"immigration\" related searches", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/06/12/license-plate-readers-illinois-abortion-immigration", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "chicago.suntimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Mount Prospect police have also shared license plate data in hundreds of immigration-related cases, in violation of a state law that took effect last year", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "404media.co", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Flock... has stopped agencies across the country from searching cameras inside Illinois, California, and Virginia", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2025-05-29", "start": "2025-05-29", "end": "2025-06-13", "title": "Johnson County, Texas sheriff's office Flock search tied to an abortion", "why_it_fits": "On May 9, 2025, a Johnson County Sheriff's Office sergeant ran two Flock searches with the logged reason \"had an abortion, search for female.\" The second covered 6,809 networks and 83,345 cameras, according to Flock search logs the EFF obtained. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said a suburban Illinois police department (Mount Prospect, per the Sun-Times headline) illegally shared license plate data with the Texas sheriff. Illinois law bars sharing this data with outside agencies tracking people for seeking an abortion. Sheriff Adam King called the search a welfare check and said the woman was not under investigation. Records the EFF later obtained describe a \"death investigation\" in which deputies asked the district attorney's office about charges and were told the state could not charge her.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2025/06/13/after-finding-fetal-remains-north-texas-cops-used-camera-network-to-search-for-woman/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eff.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/06/12/license-plate-readers-illinois-abortion-immigration", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "chicago.suntimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "404media.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "404media.co", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/06/12/license-plate-readers-illinois-abortion-immigration", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "chicago.suntimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A northwest suburban police department illegally shared automated license plate reader information with a Texas sheriff searching for a woman who got an abortion", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "eff.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "the State could not statutorily charge [her] for taking the pill to cause the abortion or miscarriage of the non-viable fetus.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2025-08-25", "start": "2025-08-25", "end": "2025-08-29", "title": "Illinois Secretary of State says Flock broke state law by giving CBP access to Illinois plate data", "why_it_fits": "On Aug 25, 2025, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said a sample audit of 12 Illinois law enforcement agencies found that the vendor Flock Safety lacked \"proper safeguards\" for data sharing. He said the company had let U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) access cameras on Illinois roads through a pilot program \"which Flock leadership was unaware of.\" He said this sharing violated Illinois law, and he ordered Flock to shut off CBP's access (NBC Chicago). Axios reported that a 2023 Illinois law bars sharing plate-reader data with police investigating out-of-state abortions or undocumented immigrants. Neither report says which provision of that law was breached. Axios also reported that Giannoulias' office confirmed 404 Media's May finding that CBP had asked local agencies to run immigration-related searches. That finding ties the case to local officials as well as to the vendor and the federal agency. In a statement quoted by Axios, Flock said that \"all ongoing federal pilots have been paused.\" The case involves plate-reader data shared by a vendor with a federal agency, which the Secretary of State said broke state law, based on an official audit.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/company-violated-illinois-law-by-sharing-license-plate-data-with-customs-and-border-protection-giannoulias/3814914/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcchicago.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/26/illinois-flock-safety-cbp-license-plate-data-violations", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/company-violated-illinois-law-by-sharing-license-plate-data-with-customs-and-border-protection-giannoulias/3814914/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcchicago.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "compounded by the fact that the company was running a pilot program with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which Flock leadership was unaware of", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/26/illinois-flock-safety-cbp-license-plate-data-violations", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "As of last week, all ongoing federal pilots have been paused", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2025-10-03", "start": "2025-10-03", "end": "2025-10-08", "title": "California Attorney General sues El Cajon over sharing license plate reader (ALPR) data out of state", "why_it_fits": "On Oct 3, 2025, California AG Rob Bonta sued the City of El Cajon. He alleged that its police department shared ALPR data with more than 100 out-of-state law enforcement agencies, which California law forbids. The AG's office says the law lets agencies that collect ALPR data share it only with California public agencies. It says El Cajon kept sharing after an October 2023 AG bulletin, contact with the police chief, and \"multiple warnings.\" El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells confirmed the city shares the data with other states. He said the city was \"acting within the law\" and that it does not share data with ICE. So far this is the AG's allegation in a lawsuit, which the city disputes. In a January 2026 motion in the case, the AG's office was still asking the San Diego County Superior Court to declare the practice unlawful.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/10/el-cajon-police-license-plate-data/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "calmatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "oag.ca.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-continues-legal-challenge-stop-el-cajon-illegally-sharing", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "oag.ca.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2025/10/03/ca-attorney-general-sues-el-cajon-over-license-plate-reader-data-following-kpbs-story", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kpbs.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/10/el-cajon-police-license-plate-data/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "calmatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Yet El Cajon has knowingly and repeatedly refused to comply with state law, jeopardizing the privacy and safety of individuals in its community.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "oag.ca.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Yet despite clear guidance and multiple warnings, the City of El Cajon Police Department continues to share this data with numerous out-of-state law enforcement agencies throughout the country.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voay1USauWY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2025-10-21", "start": "2025-10-21", "end": "2025-10-28", "title": "University of Washington report on Border Patrol access to Washington Flock data", "why_it_fits": "Using public records from 31 Flock-using Washington police and sheriff's agencies, UWCHR reported that at least eight agencies turned on direct sharing with U.S. Border Patrol in 2025. It also reported that Flock audit logs showed apparent \"back door\" Border Patrol access to at least ten more departments that hadn't authorized it, from at least May to August 2025. The report also found \"limited cases\" where Washington agencies ran Flock searches on behalf of ICE or Border Patrol. Washington's Keep Washington Working Act would bar such searches when they serve civil immigration enforcement. After researchers told them, Auburn and Renton police said they had made their data available to federal agencies \"unintentionally\" and changed their settings. The Seattle Times reported that Lakewood police also changed theirs. These are an academic center's findings plus agency statements, not an official ruling.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/2025/10/21/leaving-the-door-wide-open/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "jsis.washington.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/oct/22/border-patrol-ice-tapped-into-washington-police-su/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spokesman.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.khq.com/news/uw-study-claims-u-s-border-patrol-found-back-door-to-local-flock-safety-networks/article_8f6cf6e1-c873-49ee-bc8d-7e605002ee12.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "khq.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/04/think-out-loud-washington-immigration-agencies-license-plate/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "opb.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/2025/10/21/leaving-the-door-wide-open/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "jsis.washington.edu", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "apparent “back door” access by U.S. Border Patrol to the networks of at least ten Washington police departments", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/oct/22/border-patrol-ice-tapped-into-washington-police-su/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "spokesman.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "police were not aware their Flock networks were accessible to federal law enforcement until UW researchers notified them", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.khq.com/news/uw-study-claims-u-s-border-patrol-found-back-door-to-local-flock-safety-networks/article_8f6cf6e1-c873-49ee-bc8d-7e605002ee12.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "khq.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "many mischaracterizations and factual errors.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2025-11-19", "start": "2025-11-19", "end": "2025-12-05", "title": "Braselton, Georgia police chief arrested for misusing the plate reader system", "why_it_fits": "On November 19, 2025, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) arrested Braselton Police Chief Michael Steffman, 49. He was charged with violating his oath as a public officer, stalking, harassing communications, and several counts of misusing the automated license plate recognition system. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office had asked for the investigation. The GBI said it found that Steffman used the system \"to harass and stalk multiple individuals.\" WSB-TV quoted a Flock representative saying the GBI contacted the company about a tip and that Flock handed over the system's built-in audit log. Steffman resigned the same day; he had been chief since April 2025 and with the department since 2005. The GBI said the case file would go to the Piedmont Judicial Circuit for prosecution. In April 2026, FOX 5 Atlanta reported, citing a source, that Steffman had been found dead at a Braselton home while the charges were still pending; the outlet said authorities had not officially confirmed the identity or cause of death.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2025-11-19/gbi-arrests-braselton-police-chief-harassment-and-stalking", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gbi.georgia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/atlanta/news/georgia-police-chief-retires-then-is-arrested-on-stalking-and-misuse-of-license-plate-reader-charges", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/braselton-police-chief-resigns-announces-retirement-then-arrested-by-gbi/SX7XDOHNMVDGJFN4BZKUHWYBOI/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wsbtv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://lookout.co/georgia-police-chief-arrested-for-using-flock-cameras-for-stalking-and-harassment-searched-capitola-data-earlier-this-year/story", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "lookout.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gbi-investigating-death-braselton-home-east-lake-drive", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox5atlanta.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2025-11-19/gbi-arrests-braselton-police-chief-harassment-and-stalking", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "gbi.georgia.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The investigation revealed that Steffman misused the automated license plate recognition systems to harass and stalk multiple individuals.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/atlanta/news/georgia-police-chief-retires-then-is-arrested-on-stalking-and-misuse-of-license-plate-reader-charges", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "News of his arrest broke hours after he announced his retirement from the department he had served for over 20 years.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://lookout.co/georgia-police-chief-arrested-for-using-flock-cameras-for-stalking-and-harassment-searched-capitola-data-earlier-this-year/story", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "lookout.co", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Steffman had searched Capitola's data three times from Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, for the most-searched license plate of the three.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2026-01-30", "start": "2026-01-30", "end": "2026-02-04", "title": "Mountain View, California turns off its Flock cameras after an audit finds unauthorized access", "why_it_fits": "On Jan 30, 2026, Mountain View said an audit run by its police department found that a \"nationwide\" search setting had been turned on by Flock Safety for the city's first Flock camera, \"without MVPD’s permission or knowledge.\" From August to November 2024, federal agencies searched that camera's data. The city named ATF offices in Kentucky and Nashville, Langley Air Force Base, the GSA Office of Inspector General, Lake Mead National Recreation Area and an Ohio Air Force Base. The city said Flock did not keep records for that period, so it can't be determined whether any plate data was shared. The audit also found a \"statewide\" setting that let California agencies the police department had not approved reach 29 of the city's 30 cameras. The department turned that setting off on Jan 5. CBS News reported that California law bars sharing ALPR data with out-of-state or federal agencies without a court order or warrant from a California court. The city's own policy requires approval from the police chief or his designee before any agency gets access. The city called it \"a system failure on Flock Safety’s part.\" On Feb 2, Police Chief Mike Canfield turned off all the cameras. A Flock spokesperson told CBS News that the company was working through the city's concerns. On Feb 24 the city council voted unanimously to end the Flock contract.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/mountain-view-alpr-cameras-use-suspended-automated-license-plate-reader/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.kqed.org/news/12072077/as-california-cities-grow-wary-of-flock-safety-cameras-mountain-views-shuts-its-off", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kqed.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1203/284", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mountainview.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1205/284", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mountainview.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1211/284", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mountainview.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1203/284", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "mountainview.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "This is a system failure on Flock Safety’s part.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1205/284", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "mountainview.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Effective immediately, all Flock Safety ALPR cameras in Mountain View will be turned off.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/mountain-view-alpr-cameras-use-suspended-automated-license-plate-reader/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "We look forward to resuming our successful partnership following the upcoming Council meeting.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2026-08-02", "start": "2026-08-02", "end": "2026-08-30", "title": "Flock license plate reader misuse by police officers", "why_it_fits": "1. A Washington Post investigation reported that at least 50 officers had been accused, charged or convicted of using Flock's system and other license plate readers to spy on people, in many cases stalking girlfriends or former partners. After publication, the Post said it had confirmed more than a dozen more cases (as summarized by ABC News).\n2. On Aug. 13, Flock announced it would require law enforcement to label every search with a criminal case number and would automatically review searches for abnormal activity, which would trigger lockouts. ABC News reported that Flock's Audit Assistance tool, which flags abnormal activity, had been adopted by about a third of the company's customers and would become mandatory by year's end. Flock CEO Garrett Langley wrote that the tool had been associated with arrests of several officers accused of abusing the system.\n3. Spectrum News reported that a new AI-powered Flock audit tool flagged more than 2,000 searches that Shively, Kentucky, police officer Asad Zahir made between January and May for a woman he had a previous relationship with, who had an emergency protective order against him. According to police records, 241 of the searches were made while that order was active. After the arrest, Shively police updated their policy for auditing officer Flock searches, and Chief Andre Bottoms said earlier audits had not been properly documented.\n4. Zahir was arrested on Aug. 25 and faces 10 misdemeanor charges: five counts of first-degree official misconduct and five counts of unlawful access, as described in the arrest body camera video obtained by Spectrum News. Spectrum reported that he pleaded not guilty, was released on a personal recognizance bond, and was due in court on Oct. 7.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/flock-announces-security-amid-data-privacy-concerns/story?id=135619397", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2026/09/04/body-camera-video-of-shively-officer-arrest-released", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spectrumnews1.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/flock-announces-security-amid-data-privacy-concerns/story?id=135619397", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "at least 50 officers had been accused, charged or convicted of using Flock’s system and other license-plate readers", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2026/09/04/body-camera-video-of-shively-officer-arrest-released", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "spectrumnews1.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "They did five counts instead of 2,048,\" a Shively officer replied. \"They just did one for each month.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBzLgQoSZYM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2026-09-23", "start": "2026-09-23", "end": "2026-10-05", "title": "A run of criminal charges for Flock misuse, fall 2026", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 23, 2026, the Marion County prosecutor announced fraud and official-misconduct charges against five Indianapolis police officers. The charging documents allege they mostly used the Flock system to search for ex-partners and other people they knew. One officer, Jonathan Schultz, also faces two stalking counts (WFYI).\n\nOn Sept. 30, former Lufkin, Texas, officer Zachary Klein pleaded guilty to 100 counts of misuse of official information and was sentenced to five years. Prosecutors said he used police systems to gather information on his ex-girlfriend, her family members and people she had dated (KTRE).\n\nA DuPage County grand jury indicted two former officers on Sept. 29: Marisa Ciccola of Itasca and Gerardo Solis of West Chicago. The charges are official misconduct over unauthorized license-plate searches using Flock. Ciccola's searches also allegedly used the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) (DuPage County State's Attorney).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wfyi.org/wfyi-news/2026-09-24/five-indianapolis-police-officers-charged-for-misusing-flock-cameras", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wfyi.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ktre.com/2026/09/30/lufkin-officer-pleads-5-years-100-counts-related-flock-camera-misuse/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ktre.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.dailyherald.com/20261005/crime/two-former-suburban-officers-charged-with-misusing-flock-license-plate-cameras/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dailyherald.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wfyi.org/wfyi-news/2026-09-24/five-indianapolis-police-officers-charged-for-misusing-flock-cameras", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wfyi.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The charged officers are: Matthew Dane Binford, Abigail Cramer, Cassandra Crawley, Michael Rogers and Jonathan Schultz.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ktre.com/2026/09/30/lufkin-officer-pleads-5-years-100-counts-related-flock-camera-misuse/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ktre.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Klein was sentenced to five years in prison with credit for 42 days.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.dupagecounty.gov/state_s_attorney/former_itasca_and_west_chicago_police_officers_charged_1770.php", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "dupagecounty.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "a twenty-one count Indictment against Marisa Ciccola, 30, alleging thirteen counts of Official Misconduct (Class 3 Felony)", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH3LosglNUM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/misuse-of-license-plate-reader-data-by-officials/#2026-10-15", "start": "2026-10-15", "end": "2026-10-22", "title": "Savannah officer fired for sharing her Flock login with her ICE-agent husband", "why_it_fits": "The Savannah Police Department confirmed it fired officer Amber Harpe for giving her Flock login to her husband, an ICE agent. ICE does not have access to the department's Flock data. An internal audit found that between January and July her account was used for 983 searches on 97 license plates across six states. 788 of those searches were on South Carolina plates, and most of the vehicle owners were Hispanic. Investigators found a breach of department policy against letting unauthorized people into police software, not of Georgia's ALPR law. That law lets agencies share plate data with other law enforcement agencies, federal ones included. She was one of six Savannah police employees fired in August after Flock audits. The GBI arrested and charged four of the others with misuse of a license plate reader system, but did not charge Harpe.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wtoc.com/2026/10/15/savannah-officer-fired-sharing-flock-login-with-ice-agent-husband/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wtoc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kptv.com/2026/10/16/police-officer-fired-sharing-flock-login-with-husband-who-works-ice/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kptv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://gizmodo.com/cop-fired-for-letting-her-ice-agent-husband-use-her-flock-login-2000827428", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gizmodo.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2026-08-21/gbi-arrests-four-former-savannah-police-department-employees-misuse", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gbi.georgia.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kptv.com/2026/10/16/police-officer-fired-sharing-flock-login-with-husband-who-works-ice/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kptv.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Every name that I ever ran was an ICE target,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wtoc.com/2026/10/15/savannah-officer-fired-sharing-flock-login-with-ice-agent-husband/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wtoc.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed it is investigating the matter because of its agent's involvement.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://gizmodo.com/cop-fired-for-letting-her-ice-agent-husband-use-her-flock-login-2000827428", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "gizmodo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "It's important to note that investigators didn't find that Amber Harpe broke Georgia's ALPR law.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Comments": 48 } } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "blaming-the-last-president", "title": "The recurring claim that it's the last president's fault", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/", "summary": "Presidents have long blamed their predecessors for problems that carry into their own terms; a CNN analysis noted that Obama blamed George W. Bush for the financial crisis he took on in 2009. This story follows the pattern from 2017 to 2026 across both parties. In his first term, Trump said he \"inherited a mess\" from Obama and blamed Obama-era decisions for Syria, Russian election interference and slow COVID-19 testing. Biden blamed Trump for the vaccine rollout, border capacity and the Afghanistan withdrawal deal, and in 2024 said inflation \"was 9%\" when he took office. Back in office in 2025 and 2026, Trump and his officials blamed Biden for a midair collision, GDP figures, prices and inflation. Fact-checkers have reached mixed findings: some problems did exist when the new president took office, while in other cases they found the problem began or worsened later, or that the policy being blamed never took effect.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/trump-blame-biden-economy-ukraine", "https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/feb/17/did-donald-trump-inherit-mess/", "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/06/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-blames-obama-limits-coronavirus-test/", "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/15/joe-biden/joe-biden-wrong-that-he-inherited-9-inflatio/", "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/factchecking-trumps-economic-speech/", "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ap-fact-check-trump-lawmakers-saying-syria-jobs-supreme-court", "https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/587614043/fact-check-why-didnt-obama-stop-russia-s-election-interference-in-2016", "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/27/ron-klain/trump-vaccine-plan-left-logistics-states-it-did-ex/", "https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/factchecking-bidens-first-press-conference/", "https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/", "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jan/31/donald-trump/trump-faults-dei-hiring-in-plane-crash-and-falsely/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/trump-gdp-tariffs-biden-overhang.html" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-02-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2017-02-16", "start": "2017-02-16", "end": "2017-02-17", "title": "Trump: \"I inherited a mess.\"", "why_it_fits": "At a White House press conference on Feb. 16, 2017, less than a month into his first term (he spoke of \"the last four weeks since my inauguration\"), Trump said: \"As you know, our administration inherited many problems across government and across the economy. To be honest, I inherited a mess — it's a mess — at home and abroad.\" He went on to cite jobs leaving the country, low wages, the Middle East and North Korea. PolitiFact said he used the phrase four times that day; CNN counted three. The White House sent PolitiFact a supporting document titled \"Inheriting A Mess\" that listed slow growth in GDP and wages. What the record shows: PolitiFact said Obama handed Trump an economy with a 4.7 percent unemployment rate and 75 consecutive months of job growth, and concluded that \"Obama left the economy in much better shape than he inherited it.\" On foreign policy, PolitiFact said Trump \"may have a point that the world is a 'mess' today,\" but that \"it has almost always been thus.\" It gave no rating, calling \"a mess\" subjective. CNBC reported that the most recent jobs report showed 227,000 jobs added and unemployment at 4.8 percent, while GDP growth was \"slow by historical standards.\" The Boston Globe's fact check said that \"by almost every economic measure, President Barack Obama inherited a far worse situation,\" with unemployment peaking at 10 percent in Obama's first year.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/feb/17/did-donald-trump-inherit-mess/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/16/trumps-inherited-mess-hard-to-find-in-economic-data.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/02/16/fact-check-trump-said-inherited-mess-did-really/eVc3AArUZ3t7NZQFGaxENP/story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/16/media/media-bashing-donald-trump-press-conference/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-conference-2/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-conference-2/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "To be honest, I inherited a mess — it's a mess — at home and abroad. A mess.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/feb/17/did-donald-trump-inherit-mess/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He used the phrase four times in his marathon press conference on Feb. 16", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/16/media/media-bashing-donald-trump-press-conference/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"I inherited a mess,\" Trump said three times before listing his achievements", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-news-conference/470919", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "To be honest, I inherited a mess — it's a mess — at home and abroad. A mess.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-04-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2017-04-04", "start": "2017-04-04", "end": "2017-04-06", "title": "Trump blames the Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack on Obama's \"red line\"", "why_it_fits": "On April 4, 2017, about 11 weeks into his first term, a statement issued in Trump's name said the Assad government's chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun was \"a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution.\" It added that Obama said in 2012 that he would establish a \"red line\" against chemical weapons \"and then did nothing.\" Press Secretary Sean Spicer read the statement at that day's press gaggle, where a reporter asked him directly about blaming a predecessor (\"every President always blames the predecessor… why take the potshot at his predecessor?\"). Trump repeated the charge on April 5 at a press conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II. US missile strikes on a Syrian airbase followed on the evening of April 6. What the record shows: an AP fact check said that after the August 2013 Damascus-area attack, Obama signaled he would use military force, then asked Congress for authorization and could not win enough support. AP concluded it \"wasn't 'nothing,'\" but said the resulting deal did not remove Syria's chemical weapons threat. NBC and FactCheck.org noted that Trump had urged Obama at the time not to attack Syria; NBC dated those calls to 2013.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-white-house-pins-blame-syrian-attack-obama-n742581", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/syrias-suffering-families/trump-syrian-chemical-attack-affront-humanity-n742986", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ap-fact-check-trump-lawmakers-saying-syria-jobs-supreme-court", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2017/04/trumps-line-syria/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-donald-j-trump-3/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "These heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution. President Obama said in 2012 that he would establish a \"red line\" against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/press-gaggle-press-secretary-sean-spicer-040417/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I think it is very clear. I mean, we drew — what's the point of red lines? America's credibility was at stake, and I think the President wants to point out that there was a red line and they did cross it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/syrias-suffering-families/trump-syrian-chemical-attack-affront-humanity-n742986", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I think the Obama administration had a great opportunity to solve this crisis a long time ago when he said the red line in the sand.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-02-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2018-02-19", "start": "2018-02-19", "end": "2018-02-21", "title": "Trump on Obama: \"So why didn't he do something about Russian meddling?\"", "why_it_fits": "On Feb. 19, 2018, about 13 months into his first term, Trump tweeted: \"Obama was President up to, and beyond, the 2016 Election. So why didn't he do something about Russian meddling?\" On Feb. 20 he tweeted, \"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!\" (The Hill). The tweets came days after special counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities over interference in the 2016 election. VOA said \"It's been a common complaint from Trump.\" What the record shows: Obama imposed sanctions, expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian compounds (The Hill). NPR's fact-check said \"One basic notion that is false is the idea the Obama administration took no action — it did,\" and that the open question is why it did not do more. NPR reported that Obama told Putin directly not to interfere, and that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson formally blamed the Russian government in an official statement. Joe Biden said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would not join a bipartisan warning. Some Democrats, including Rep. Adam Schiff, have said the administration could have done more or acted sooner (The Hill, VOA).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374552-trump-why-didnt-obama-do-something-about-russia-election-interference/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374589-trump-hits-obama-over-alleged-inaction-on-russian-election-meddling/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/587614043/fact-check-why-didnt-obama-stop-russia-s-election-interference-in-2016", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/donald-trump-blames-barack-obama-russian-meddling/4261877.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374552-trump-why-didnt-obama-do-something-about-russia-election-interference/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Obama was President up to, and beyond, the 2016 Election. So why didn't he do something about Russian meddling?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374589-trump-hits-obama-over-alleged-inaction-on-russian-election-meddling/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/587614043/fact-check-why-didnt-obama-stop-russia-s-election-interference-in-2016", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "One basic notion that is false is the idea the Obama administration took no action — it did.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-03-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2020-03-04", "start": "2020-03-04", "end": "2020-03-13", "title": "Trump blames an Obama-era \"decision\" for slow COVID-19 testing", "why_it_fits": "At a Mar. 4, 2020 White House meeting with airline executives, about three years and six weeks into his first term, President Trump said, \"The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we're doing,\" and said his administration had \"undid that decision a few days ago.\" Asked at a Mar. 5 Fox News town hall whether he blamed Obama, he said he did not, then said his administration inherited \"some decisions which were not good decisions\" (FactCheck.org). On Mar. 13 he tweeted that \"President Obama made changes that only complicated things further,\" and when asked that day about the testing lag he said, \"No, I don't take responsibility at all.\" What the record shows: PolitiFact rated the claim False. It reported that the emergency-authorization framework comes from the Project BioShield Act of 2004, signed by George W. Bush, and that the Obama FDA's 2014 draft guidance for lab-developed tests, dropped in November 2016, \"never took effect.\" FactCheck.org said the draft was \"never finalized,\" and ABC News said it \"never became a regulation.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/06/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-blames-obama-limits-coronavirus-test/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/trumps-misplaced-blame-on-obama-for-coronavirus-tests/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-falsely-blames-obama-admin-hurting-rollout-coronavirus/story?id=69410162", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-trump-says-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all-for-lack-of-tests.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-falsely-blames-obama-admin-hurting-rollout-coronavirus/story?id=69410162", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we're doing,\" Trump said Wednesday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-trump-says-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all-for-lack-of-tests.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "No, I don't take responsibility at all. Because we were given a -- a set of circumstances, and we were given rules, regulations and specifications from a different time.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-01-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2021-01-21", "start": "2021-01-21", "end": "2021-01-27", "title": "Biden team says Trump's vaccine distribution plan was \"nonexistent\"", "why_it_fits": "On Biden's first full day in office, news reports alleged that Donald Trump's administration had failed to set up a plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, according to Snopes. Unnamed sources told CNN that Biden's team inherited \"no vaccine plan to speak of from the Trump administration.\" On Jan. 24, 2021, his fifth day in office, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said on NBC's \"Meet the Press\" that the process for distributing vaccines in the wider community \"did not really exist when we came into the White House.\" What the record shows: PolitiFact rated Klain's statement Mostly False, finding that the Trump plan did exist but left the logistics of distribution to the states. Snopes reported that Anthony Fauci said the new administration would incorporate parts of the existing plan. Trump allies and Republican lawmakers disputed the claim (Newsweek).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/27/ron-klain/trump-vaccine-plan-left-logistics-states-it-did-ex/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vaccine-biden-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-trump-allies-deny-biden-vaccine-plan-claims-1564195", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/ron-klain-100-million-vaccinations-100-days-just-start-n1255451", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/biden-covid-vaccination-trump/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"There is nothing for us to rework. We are going to have to build everything from scratch,\" one source said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/ron-klain-100-million-vaccinations-100-days-just-start-n1255451", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Klain doubled down on the Biden administration's criticism of its predecessors and said that a wider distribution plan \"did not really exist when we came into the White House.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-Z4U_fvks", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-03-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2021-03-25", "start": "2021-03-25", "end": "2021-03-26", "title": "Biden blames the Trump administration for border capacity at his first press conference", "why_it_fits": "At his first formal news conference on March 25, 2021, 64 days after his inauguration (FactCheck.org), Biden attributed the rise in migrants at the southern border partly to seasonal patterns and partly to his predecessor. CNBC summarized it as \"annual seasonal migratory patterns and a system dismantled by the Trump administration,\" and quoted Biden: \"We're building back the capacity that should have been maintained.\" The Dallas Morning News reported that Biden said his approach had been hampered because Trump dismantled much of the immigration system, reducing detention space and leaving shortages in personnel and facilities. It quoted him saying, \"I make no apologies for ending programs that did not exist before Trump became president.\" NBC News said Biden \"sought to cast blame on former President Donald Trump.\" What the record shows: FactCheck.org said Biden's claim that Trump \"eliminated\" more than $700 million in Central America aid \"didn't happen,\" though the Trump administration did reallocate some of the money and temporarily suspended other funding in 2019. It also cited Customs and Border Protection data showing a 63% rise in apprehensions of unaccompanied children from January to February 2021, and cited immigration experts who said that rise \"appears to be more than just a seasonal pattern.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/biden-press-conference-live-updates-and-stream.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/03/25/border-crisis-puts-biden-on-hot-seat-at-first-press-conference/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/factchecking-bidens-first-press-conference/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-biden-skews-figures-on-border-and-taxes", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/fact-checking-biden-migrant-surge-during-first-news-conference-n1262089", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/biden-press-conference-live-updates-and-stream.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We're building back the capacity that should have been maintained", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/03/25/border-crisis-puts-biden-on-hot-seat-at-first-press-conference/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I make no apologies for ending programs that did not exist before Trump became president", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_6BhfTDw4Q", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-08-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2021-08-16", "start": "2021-08-16", "end": "2021-08-31", "title": "Afghanistan: \"I inherited a deal that President Trump negotiated\"", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 16, 2021, nearly seven months into his term and a day after Kabul fell to the Taliban, Biden said in the East Room: \"When I came into office, I inherited a deal that President Trump negotiated with the Taliban. Under his agreement, U.S. forces would be out of Afghanistan by May 1, 2021.\" In the same speech he said, \"I am President of the United States of America, and the buck stops with me.\" In his Aug. 31 address marking the end of the war, he said, \"I take responsibility for the decision,\" and again pointed to \"the previous administration's agreement,\" which he said left him a choice between leaving and sending in more troops. Fox News described the Aug. 31 address as pinning partial blame on Trump. What the record shows: per FactCheck.org, Biden and Trump were both eager to withdraw U.S. troops. The February 2020 deal set a date certain of May 1, 2021, for the final withdrawal, and the Trump administration cut troops to 2,500. On April 14, 2021, Biden announced that all troops would be removed by Sept. 11. FactCheck.org wrote that Biden delayed the May 1 withdrawal date he inherited, but that his administration pushed ahead with a plan to withdraw by Aug. 31 despite signs that the Taliban was not complying with the agreement.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-taliban-decision/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/16/remarks-by-president-biden-on-afghanistan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/31/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-end-of-the-war-in-afghanistan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-afghanistan-points-fingers-blame-others", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/16/remarks-by-president-biden-on-afghanistan/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "When I came into office, I inherited a deal that President Trump negotiated with the Taliban.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-taliban-decision/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "inherited", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-pins-partial-blame-on-trump-during-first-address-to-nation-since-afghanistan-withdrawal", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The previous administration's agreement said that if we stuck to the May 1st deadline that they had signed on to leave by, the Taliban wouldn't attack any American forces", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-05-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2024-05-08", "start": "2024-05-08", "end": "2024-05-17", "title": "Biden: inflation \"was 9% when I came to office\"", "why_it_fits": "On May 8, 2024, about three years and four months into his term (1,204 days after his January 20, 2021 inauguration), Biden told CNN that inflation \"was 9% when I came to office, 9%.\" He said it again in a Yahoo Finance interview on May 14. That presents peak inflation as something he inherited. Asked about the remark, the White House said his point was that the causes of inflation, including the pandemic and supply-chain shortages, were already in place when he took office.\n\nWhat the record shows: year-over-year inflation (CPI) was about 1.4% in January 2021. It rose to 9.1% in June 2022, about 17 months into his term.\n- PolitiFact noted that supply-chain problems came before his term, but the American Rescue Plan (March 2021) and Russia's invasion of Ukraine (2022) did not.\n- FactCheck.org noted that two of the three rounds of stimulus checks were signed into law by Trump in 2020.\n\nPolitiFact rated the claim False, CNN called it false, and FactCheck.org said Biden \"falsely said\" he inherited 9% inflation.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/15/joe-biden/joe-biden-wrong-that-he-inherited-9-inflatio/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-biden-again-falsely-212038162.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/factchecking-biden-on-inflation-other-claims/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/biden-inflation-error-cnn-interview-20240517.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inquirer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/factchecking-biden-on-inflation-other-claims/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "But no president's had the run we've had in terms of creating jobs and bringing down inflation. It was 9% when I came to office, 9%,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-biden-again-falsely-212038162.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I think inflation has gone slightly up. It was at 9% when I came in, and it's now down around 3%.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/15/joe-biden/joe-biden-wrong-that-he-inherited-9-inflatio/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Still, 9% was not something Biden inherited, as he phrased it in both interviews.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2025-01-30", "start": "2025-01-30", "end": "2025-01-31", "title": "Trump links D.C. midair collision to Obama- and Biden-era FAA diversity hiring", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 30, 2025, 10 days after his second inauguration and the day after an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet collided near Washington's Reagan National Airport, Trump held his first press conference on the crash. PolitiFact said he blamed his predecessors' diversity hiring policies as a possible reason for the accident. He said: \"I changed the Obama policy, and we had a very good policy. And then Biden came in and he changed it.\" What the record shows: PolitiFact rated that claim False. It found that Trump's first administration expanded, rather than ended, an Obama-era effort to hire people with disabilities, and that Trump ended an Obama-era hiring assessment in 2018 that Biden never brought back. PolitiFact added that Trump gave no evidence the policies had anything to do with the crash. At its final meeting on Jan. 27, 2026, the NTSB found that systemic failures in airspace design, safety oversight and risk management by the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Army contributed to the collision.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-obama-biden-dei-dc-plane-crash-2023610", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jan/31/donald-trump/trump-faults-dei-hiring-in-plane-crash-and-falsely/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20260127.aspx", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ntsb.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2025/01/30/trump-democrats-dei-plane-crash/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5118891-trump-defends-dei-criticism/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-obama-biden-dei-dc-plane-crash-2023610", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I changed the Obama standards from very mediocre at best to extraordinary,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jan/31/donald-trump/trump-faults-dei-hiring-in-plane-crash-and-falsely/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump conflated policies, obfuscated about his role in them and misled about what they did.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-speaks-to-reporters-about-helicopter-jet-collision/655151", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I changed the Obama policy, and we had a very good policy. And then Biden came in and he changed it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2025-04-30", "start": "2025-04-30", "end": "2025-05-02", "title": "Trump: \"This is Biden's Stock Market, not Trump's\"", "why_it_fits": "On April 30, 2025, just past the 100-day mark of his second term, Trump blamed his predecessor for a stock-market slide and a GDP contraction. On Truth Social he wrote: \"This is Biden's Stock Market, not Trump's. I didn't take over until January 20th.\" He added that \"we have to get rid of the Biden 'Overhang.' This will take a while, has NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS, only that he left us with bad numbers.\" At a Cabinet meeting that day he said, \"And you could even say the next quarter is sort of Biden because it doesn't just happen on a daily or an hourly basis\" (CNBC). Asked why he was blaming Biden after earlier taking credit for the market, he said, \"I'm not taking credit or discredit for the stock market. I'm just saying we inherited a mess\" (NBC News). What the record shows: the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that real GDP decreased at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the first quarter, \"primarily reflecting an increase in imports\" and a decrease in government spending. CNBC said the import wave came as companies tried to get ahead of Trump's promised tariffs, and that the drop in government spending was driven largely by a cut in defense; it called Trump's claim that the results were due to Biden's policies inaccurate. BEA reported that real final sales to private domestic purchasers rose 3.0 percent, compared with 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. Axios, which pushed back on the claim in its coverage, reported that the S&P 500 was down 3.8% since just before the election, 6% for the year to date and nearly 10% since Inauguration Day.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/04/30/trump-stock-market-gdp-biden", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/trump-gdp-tariffs-biden-overhang.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pins-stock-market-struggles-biden-weeks-taking-credit-rcna203702", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/gross-domestic-product-1st-quarter-2025-advance-estimate", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bea.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/04/30/trump-stock-market-gdp-biden", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This is Biden's Stock Market, not Trump's. I didn't take over until January 20th.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/trump-gdp-tariffs-biden-overhang.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "And you could even say the next quarter is sort of Biden because it doesn't just happen on a daily or an hourly basis.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c_qVFY00wE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "not taking credit or discredit for the stock market", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2025-12-08", "start": "2025-12-08", "end": "2025-12-18", "title": "Trump: \"Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess\"", "why_it_fits": "Nearly 11 months into his second term, Trump blamed his predecessor for current conditions in three settings within ten days. On Dec. 8, 2025, he opened a White House roundtable on a $12 billion aid package for farmers by saying, \"We inherited a total mess from the Biden administration\" (CNN). A CNN analysis noted that the aid followed Trump's own tariff dispute with China, and cited a November Fox News poll in which 62% of Americans blamed Trump for current economic conditions and 32% blamed Biden. At a Dec. 9 rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, Trump said, \"We inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country.\" On Dec. 17 he opened a roughly 20-minute prime-time address from the White House with \"Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I am fixing it.\" NPR said the address restated the White House message \"that current economic problems can still be blamed on former President Joe Biden.\" What the record shows: FactCheck.org said Trump's Dec. 9 inflation claims were \"still false.\" It said the worst inflation in American history came after World War I (23.7% from June 1919 to June 1920), that inflation reached 9.1% in June 2022 under Biden, and that it was 3% for the 12 months ending January 2025, when Trump took office, and 3% for the 12 months ending September 2025. CNN's takeaways from the address said Biden's economic and inflation numbers were worse than Trump's, \"in large part due to the Covid-19 pandemic which caused economic turmoil and inflation to spike around the world.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/trump-blame-biden-economy-ukraine", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/factchecking-trumps-economic-speech/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/politics/takeaways-trump-national-address", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5646614/trump-address-the-nation-economy", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-address-nation-1st-year-office-2026-agenda/story?id=128498252", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/trump-blame-biden-economy-ukraine", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"We inherited a total mess from the Biden administration,\" Trump said Monday, opening a forum on his $12 billion bailout for farmers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/factchecking-trumps-economic-speech/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "inherited the highest prices ever and we're bringing them down. We inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5646614/trump-address-the-nation-economy", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I am fixing it,\" he said at the start of his speech.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2026-05-03", "start": "2026-05-03", "end": "2026-05-04", "title": "Bessent: Spirit Airlines collapse is \"more of the mess we inherited from the Biden administration\"", "why_it_fits": "On May 3, 2026, about 15 months into Trump's second term, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Fox News's \"Sunday Morning Futures\" of Spirit Airlines' shutdown: \"So, this is just more of the mess we inherited from the Biden administration.\" He blamed Sen. Elizabeth Warren, then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Biden administration for opposing JetBlue's $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit. Mediaite noted a resurfaced February 2025 clip in which Bessent said Trump would own the economy by 2026, and said \"Fourteen months have passed since that comment.\" What the record shows: Biden's Justice Department sued to block the merger, and a federal judge in Boston blocked it in January 2024 (CNBC). Spirit blamed a sharp rise in oil prices tied to the Iran war (Straight Arrow News, NPR) and said there was \"no additional funding available to the company\" (Straight Arrow News) after talks on a $500 million federal bailout failed (NPR). NPR reported that Spirit's problems \"ran deeper than that,\" including competition from larger airlines and two bankruptcy filings since 2024.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-official-blames-biden-admin-for-economic-mess-as-resurfaced-clip-shows-him-saying-trump-would-own-the-economy-by-2026/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.dailywire.com/news/scott-bessent-blames-elizabeth-warren-biden-admin-for-spirit-airlines-collapse", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dailywire.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-5807933/spirit-airlines-ceases-operations-folds", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/16/jetblue-spirit-merger-block-in-win-for-bidens-justice-department.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://san.com/cc/government-blames-biden-administration-for-spirit-shutdown/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "san.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-official-blames-biden-admin-for-economic-mess-as-resurfaced-clip-shows-him-saying-trump-would-own-the-economy-by-2026/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "So, this is just more of the mess we inherited from the Biden administration,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/SecScottBessent/status/2050985465138786771", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Had Spirit Airlines been allowed to merge with Jet Blue, it would have given them much more resiliency.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/treasury-goon-unveils-bizarre-excuse-for-spirit-airlines-failure/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has blamed a letter written by Sen. Elizabeth Warren almost four years ago for the abrupt closure of Spirit Airlines.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2026-09-14", "start": "2026-09-14", "end": "2026-09-14", "title": "Trump: price increases \"were caused by Sleepy Joe Biden\"", "why_it_fits": "On September 14, 2026, more than a year and a half into his second term, Trump said on Truth Social that US price increases \"were caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, not by 'TRUMP.'\" What the record shows: Newsweek reported that consumer prices rose 3.4% in August from a year earlier and that crude oil had climbed above $100 a barrel. Newsweek said Trump did inherit an overall price level that was already high compared with before the pandemic, but that this does not mean every price today can be blamed on Biden, \"particularly more than a year-and-a-half after Trump returned to office.\" It also noted that Trump ordered US strikes on Iran with Israel in February, setting off the conflict that disrupted energy supplies.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-blames-americas-high-prices-on-biden-what-the-data-shows-12441063", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-muses-on-oil-weapons-and-sleepy-joe-in-bizarre-social-media-storm/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/41718", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpstruth.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-price-increases-throughout-america-caused-by-sleepy-joe-biden/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "oann.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/41718", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "trumpstruth.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I hope everyone realizes that price increases throughout America were caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, not by \"TRUMP.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-blames-americas-high-prices-on-biden-what-the-data-shows-12441063", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Donald Trump is once again blaming his predecessor, Joe Biden, for Americans' higher prices.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/blaming-the-last-president/#2026-10-14", "start": "2026-10-14", "end": "2026-10-19", "title": "Blaming Biden again after a hot inflation report: \"636 days\"", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 14, 2026, about 21 months into his second term and hours after the Labor Department reported that consumer prices rose 3.7% from a year earlier, Trump told a campaign rally for Rep. Andy Biggs in Bullhead City, Arizona, that when asked about affordability he answers, \"Yeah, that was caused by Biden, who gave us the highest inflation in history\" (Washington Sun). Newsweek reported that he told reporters after the rally that his administration had inherited high inflation from Biden, and that earlier that week National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told Fox News voters' frustrations should be directed at \"the runaway inflation that Joe Biden gave us.\" On Oct. 18, on NBC's \"Meet the Press,\" Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, \"Why don't we revisit the Biden-era policies where the American people got smoked?\" Host Kristen Welker replied that Trump \"has been in office now for 636 days,\" and that \"inflation was at 3% when he took office. It's 3.7% now.\" Bessent answered, \"Well, we will own the economy\" (Mediaite). What the record shows: per Newsweek, the September CPI rise accelerated from 3.4% in August and was the highest 12-month rate since September 2023 outside of April and May; the Washington Sun reported that gasoline prices rose 9.1% in September and accounted for more than half of the month's increase. FactCheck.org had earlier put inflation at 3% for the 12 months ending January 2025.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/trump-blames-biden-for-high-prices-after-rising-inflation-news", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonsun.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-suffers-inflation-nightmare-just-weeks-before-midterms-12565361", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/scott-bessent-says-we-will-own-the-economy-after-kristen-welker-calls-him-out-for-blaming-biden-trumps-been-president-for-636-days/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/scott-bessent-says-own-economy-154806083.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/factchecking-trumps-economic-speech/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/trump-blames-biden-for-high-prices-after-rising-inflation-news", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonsun.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I said, 'Yeah, that was caused by Biden, who gave us the highest inflation in history.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/scott-bessent-says-own-economy-154806083.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I hear you blaming President Biden, but President Trump has been in office now for 636 days.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-suffers-inflation-nightmare-just-weeks-before-midterms-12565361", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the runaway inflation that Joe Biden gave us.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-cognitive-test-remarks", "title": "The recurring Trump remarks about acing his cognitive test", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/", "summary": "Since January 2018, when the White House physician said Donald Trump scored 30 out of 30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Trump has repeatedly said he \"aced\" cognitive tests. He has described the questions in interviews, posts and rally speeches, and has challenged opponents to take one, including Biden, Harris, Ocasio-Cortez, Crockett, Newsom and Walz. Coverage often adds how outlets and experts describe the test. PolitiFact quotes its creator saying it checks that thinking is normal and isn't designed to measure intelligence. None of the sources show Trump talking about a cognitive test before the January 2018 MoCA disclosure.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/16/politics/ronny-jackson-health-donald-trump", "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jun/03/donald-trump/cognitive-test-montreal-intelligence/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2018-01-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2018-01-16", "start": "2018-01-16", "end": "2018-01-20", "title": "White House doctor reports a 30/30 MoCA score", "why_it_fits": "At a Jan. 16, 2018 White House briefing, Jackson said Trump's Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) \"was normal, with a score of 30 over 30.\" He said the test was done only because \"the President asked me to do it.\" The Washington Post said the announcement followed recent questions from critics about Trump's mental fitness, and Trump's tweet calling himself a \"very stable genius.\" The remark in this wave was Jackson's, not Trump's.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-and-dr-ronny-jackson-01162018/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-did-exceedingly-well-on-a-cognitive-test-top-white-house-doctor-says/2018/01/16/e8af8b8a-fadb-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.deseret.com/2018/1/16/20638379/aced-it-doc-says-trump-got-perfect-score-on-cognitive-test/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "deseret.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-s-mental-test-trump-took-n838176", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/16/measure-your-mental-fitness-compared-to-president-trump-test-results.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-and-dr-ronny-jackson-01162018/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A cognitive screening exam using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment was normal, with a score of 30 over 30.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-did-exceedingly-well-on-a-cognitive-test-top-white-house-doctor-says/2018/01/16/e8af8b8a-fadb-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The 10-minute exam is designed to detect mild cognitive impairment, such as dementia, generally in older patients.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.deseret.com/2018/1/16/20638379/aced-it-doc-says-trump-got-perfect-score-on-cognitive-test/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "deseret.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Presidents don't typically sit for cognitive assessments during their periodic physical exams.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/white-house-daily-briefing/495145", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "was normal, with a score of 30 over 30", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-07-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2020-07-09", "start": "2020-07-09", "end": "2020-07-21", "title": "\"I aced it\" and the Chris Wallace exchange", "why_it_fits": "In a radio interview with Sean Hannity on Thursday, July 9, 2020, Trump said he had \"very recently\" taken a cognitive test at Walter Reed and \"aced\" it. He also said Biden \"should take the same test.\" He did not say when he took the test (The Hill; Washington Post). On Fox News Sunday on July 19, Trump repeated the challenge: \"Let him take the same test that I took.\" Chris Wallace replied that he had taken the test himself and it was \"not the hardest test.\" Trump answered that the last questions \"get very hard\" and said, \"I answered all 35 questions correctly\" (Axios; Deadline). The Washington Post reported that it was unclear which test Trump meant. The last cognitive test he was publicly known to have taken was in January 2018, when the White House physician said he got a perfect score. That test was the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506724-trump-claims-he-recently-aced-a-cognitive-test-challenges-biden-to/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/10/trump-hannity-cognitive-test/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2020/07/19/trump-cognitive-test-questions", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2020/07/donald-trump-chris-wallace-fox-news-sunday-2-1202989272/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "deadline.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506724-trump-claims-he-recently-aced-a-cognitive-test-challenges-biden-to/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I proved I was all there because I aced it, I aced the test.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2020/07/19/trump-cognitive-test-questions", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the first few questions are easy, but I'll bet you couldn't even answer the last five questions.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2020/07/donald-trump-chris-wallace-fox-news-sunday-2-1202989272/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "deadline.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "And I answered all 35 questions correctly,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/watch-trump-gets-in-bizarre-exchange-with-chris-wallace-over-cognitive-test-he-took/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-07-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2020-07-22", "start": "2020-07-22", "end": "2020-07-24", "title": "\"Person, woman, man, camera, TV\"", "why_it_fits": "In a Fox News interview with Dr. Marc Siegel that aired July 22, 2020, Trump described the memory part of a cognitive test he said he had taken. He said: \"It's like, you'll go, 'Person, woman, man, camera, TV',\" and said the doctors told him \"'That's amazing… How did you do that?'\" (CBS News). In the same interview he said of Joe Biden, \"Honestly, he should take the test\" (CBS), and \"Now, Joe should take that test, because something's going on\" (BuzzFeed News). CBS reported that in January 2018 Trump took a test called the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), which the test's website calls \"a cognitive screening test designed to assist Health Professionals in the detection of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.\" CBS also said Trump \"didn't specify exactly which type of cognitive test he took, or when\" in the July 2020 interview.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cognitive-test-difficulty-claim/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/person-woman-man-camera-tv-trump-mocked-over-cognitive-test-boast-1.4312608", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "irishtimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/trump-person-woman-man-camera-tv-cognitive-dementia-test", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "buzzfeednews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-cognitive-test-person-woman-man-camera-tv-1033002/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/interview-with-dr-marc-siegel-for-fox-news", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They say, \"That's amazing. How did you do that?\" I do it because I have a good memory, because I'm cognitively there.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1286101530928611328", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Like a memory question. You'll go 'person, woman, man, camera, TV.' So they say -- 'can you repeat that?' … for me it was easy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://theweek.com/speedreads/927093/fox--friends-marvels-trump-repeating-person-woman-man-camera-tv", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "theweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Siegel said \"the interview was a cognitive test\" in its own right, and \"he is extremely sharp on every second.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3bY6zrkavc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-01-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2024-01-17", "start": "2024-01-17", "end": "2024-01-31", "title": "Cognitive-test claims at New Hampshire and Nevada rallies during the Trump–Haley primary", "why_it_fits": "At a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, Trump said he \"aced\" a cognitive test, according to Forbes. At a rally in Manchester, N.H., on Jan. 20, after Nikki Haley questioned his mental fitness, he said a doctor had given him a cognitive test \"a few months ago\" and \"I aced it\" (The Hill, via Yahoo). At a Las Vegas event the next weekend, ABC News reported, he said \"There's only about 2% in this room can do it.\" ABC said he \"was seemingly referring to\" the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and that he \"took one as part of a physical exam in 2018.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/nikki-haley-trump-mentally-fit-nancy-pelosi-rcna134887", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/01/21/1225880792/haley-questions-trumps-mental-fitness-as-he-seems-to-confuse-her-with-nancy-pelo", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/haley-accuses-confused-trump-boasts-acing-cognitive-test/story?id=106796964", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/01/18/trump-boasts-about-acing-hard-cognitive-test-heres-whats-on-those-tests/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/01/18/trump-boasts-about-acing-hard-cognitive-test-heres-whats-on-those-tests/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "forbes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "During a New Hampshire campaign stop Wednesday, Trump boasted about how he \"aced\" a cognitive test with questions including identifying animal shapes that progressively \"got harder,\" and included complex math problems.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/trump-pushes-back-claims-mental-035719496.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A few months ago I took a cognitive test my doctor gave me, I said give me a cognitive test just we can, you know, and I aced it. I also took one when I was in the White House.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/haley-accuses-confused-trump-boasts-acing-cognitive-test/story?id=106796964", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There's only about 2% in this room can do it, but I did it. I did it very easily.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-02-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2024-02-28", "start": "2024-02-28", "end": "2024-02-29", "title": "Crooked Joe Biden must take a Cognitive Test", "why_it_fits": "On Feb. 29, 2024, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Biden \"must take a Cognitive Test.\" He repeated that he had taken two such tests and \"ACED them both (no mistakes!),\" and said all presidents and candidates \"should mandatorily take this test.\" The post came a day after Biden's yearly physical at Walter Reed. The White House said that exam did not include a cognitive test. Forbes said Trump \"renewed his calls\" for Biden to take one, and that he \"has repeatedly claimed to have aced cognitive tests… but never formally released the results.\" Newsweek said the test he refers to is \"believed to be the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ultimatum-joe-biden-cognitive-test-1874703", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/02/29/heres-why-mandatory-cognitive-exams-for-presidents-are-unlikely-as-trump-demands-biden-undergo-test/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-must-take-a-cognitive-test-trump-says-after-presidents-physical", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4497059-trump-says-biden-must-take-cognitive-test/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ultimatum-joe-biden-cognitive-test-1874703", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Crooked Joe Biden must take a Cognitive Test. Maybe that way we would be able to find out why he makes such terrible decisions. I took two of them, and ACED them both (no mistakes!). All Presidents, or people wanting to become President, should mandatorily take this test!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-must-take-a-cognitive-test-trump-says-after-presidents-physical", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump made the remarks on Thursday via his proprietary social media platform, Truth Social.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-06-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2024-06-15", "start": "2024-06-15", "end": "2024-06-16", "title": "Doc Ronny Johnson", "why_it_fits": "At the Turning Point Action convention in Detroit on June 15, 2024, Trump said of Biden, \"I think he should take a cognitive test like I did\" (NPR, Newsweek). According to NBC and the Rev transcript, he said in the same passage that he had \"aced\" the test. Factba.se's transcript has him adding, \"I got every question right.\" NPR describes the test as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, which Trump took in 2018 at his own request, as Jackson told reporters at the time. The coverage focused on Trump naming his former White House doctor, Ronny Jackson, as \"Ronny Johnson\" (NPR, NBC, Newsweek).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/06/16/g-s1-4673/trump-challenges-biden-to-cognitive-test-but-confuses-name-of-doctor-who-tested-him", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-biden-challenges-cognitive-test-detroit-ronny-jackson-1913366", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-confuses-ronny-jacksons-name-bragging-taking-cognitive-test-rcna157432", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-turning-point-action-convention-detroit-june-15-2024/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-speaks-in-detroit-at-turning-point-event", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I took a cognitive test and I aced it. Doc Ronnie Johnson, does everyone know Ron Johnson, Congressman from Texas?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/HQNewsNow/status/1802110904789561617", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump: I think Biden should take a cognitive test. My doctor Ronny Johnson. Ronny Johnson, do you know him? (His name is Ronny Jackson)", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/06/16/g-s1-4673/trump-challenges-biden-to-cognitive-test-but-confuses-name-of-doctor-who-tested-him", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Doc Ronny Johnson. Does everyone know Ronny Johnson, congressman from Texas?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcynia8q2X4", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2024-10-13", "start": "2024-10-13", "end": "2024-10-31", "title": "Trump says Harris should \"pass a test on Cognitive Stamina and Agility\"; Harris says she'd take a test and challenges him to take the same one", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 12, 2024, Harris released a medical report and dared Trump to do the same (NPR). On Truth Social, Trump then wrote: \"I believe it is very important that Kamala Harris pass a test on Cognitive Stamina and Agility\" (Newsweek). In a CBS interview that aired Oct. 28, O'Donnell quoted Trump telling Joe Rogan that Harris \"needs to take a cognitive test.\" Asked whether she would take one, Harris said \"Sure\" and \"I would challenge him to take the same one\" (PolitiFact, CBS). This matches the thread's \"challenging opponents\" pattern.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-kamala-harris-mental-ability-retarded-test-insults-1968402", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/news/kamala-harris-interview-norah-odonnell-interview-cognitive-test", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/31/viral-image/harris-responded-to-question-about-cognitive-tests/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nhpr.org/2024-10-12/harris-releases-her-medical-report-and-uses-it-to-raise-questions-about-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nhpr.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-kamala-harris-mental-ability-retarded-test-insults-1968402", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I believe it is very important that Kamala Harris pass a test on Cognitive Stamina and Agility.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/news/kamala-harris-interview-norah-odonnell-interview-cognitive-test", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "would challenge him to take the same one", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/31/viral-image/harris-responded-to-question-about-cognitive-tests/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Would you take a cognitive test?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpX9SZQmhAA", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2025-04-11", "start": "2025-04-11", "end": "2025-04-17", "title": "First physical of the second term", "why_it_fits": "On April 11, 2025, speaking to reporters on Air Force One after the first physical of his second term, Trump said: \"I wanted to be a little different than Biden. I took a cognitive test, and I don't know what to tell you other than I got every answer right\" (Breitbart; ABC confirms the setting). On April 13, Axios reported that a memo from White House physician Capt. Sean Barbabella said Trump scored 30 out of 30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Axios described the test as one that screens for cognitive dysfunction. On April 14, according to BuzzFeed, Trump said at an Oval Office event that he \"got the highest mark.\" BuzzFeed also reported that he noted Biden and Obama had not taken the test and said he had taken it three times. This fits the thread: Trump says he aced a cognitive test and contrasts himself with an opponent.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trumps-health-undergoes-latest-physical/story?id=120712850", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/11/trump-takes-jab-at-biden-reveals-he-took-cognitive-test-got-every-answer-right/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "breitbart.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/04/13/trump-doctor-health-results", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/trump-cognitive-exam-reactions", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "buzzfeed.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/11/trump-takes-jab-at-biden-reveals-he-took-cognitive-test-got-every-answer-right/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "breitbart.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I wanted to be a little different than Biden. I took a cognitive test, and I don't know what to tell you other than I got every answer right.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/04/13/trump-doctor-health-results", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health and is fully fit to execute the duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/trump-cognitive-exam-reactions", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "buzzfeed.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I took my cognitive exam as part of my physical exam, and I got the highest mark,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XweGnDHPPJY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2025-07-15", "start": "2025-07-15", "end": "2025-07-16", "title": "Trump challenges Ocasio-Cortez and Crockett to an \"IQ test,\" says he \"aced\" his Walter Reed test", "why_it_fits": "On July 15, 2025, Trump told reporters, \"Between her and Crockett, we're going to give them both an IQ test to see who comes out best.\" He added, \"I took a real test at Walter Reed Medical Center, and I aced it. I got every one of all those questions right\" (Fox News). HuffPost reported that critics said he seemed to be referring to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), not an IQ test. HuffPost described the MoCA as a screening tool \"used to detect early signs of cognitive decline, not intelligence,\" and said Trump last took it at Walter Reed in April. Latin Times cited a White House physician's memo that called the April result \"normal with a score of 30 out of 30.\" This fits both parts of the thread: claiming he aced the test and challenging opponents to take one.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-challenges-aoc-jasmine-crockett-intelligence-test-after-calling-them-very-low-iq", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-taunts-aoc-jasmine-091457333.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.latintimes.com/trump-wants-aoc-jasmine-crockett-compete-iq-test-i-took-real-test-aced-it-586862", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "latintimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-makes-bonkers-new-threat-against-aoc-and-jasmine-crockett/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-challenges-aoc-jasmine-crockett-intelligence-test-after-calling-them-very-low-iq", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I took my test. I took a real test at Walter Reed Medical Center, and I aced it. I got every one of all those questions right.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1945180321353228599", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Between her and Crockett, we're gonna give 'em both an IQ test to see who comes out best. I took a real test at Walter Reed medical center and I aced it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-taunts-aoc-jasmine-091457333.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Now, I took my test. I took a real test at Walter Reed Medical Center and I aced it. I got every one of all those questions right. Now it's time for them to take a test.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2025-10-27", "start": "2025-10-27", "end": "2025-10-28", "title": "A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe", "why_it_fits": "On Air Force One on his way to Japan, Trump told reporters that the exams he took at Walter Reed were \"very hard\" and \"really aptitude tests, I guess, in a certain way,\" and that \"the first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe\" (The Hill; Axios). He said this while calling Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett \"low IQ\" and suggesting they could not pass such tests (Axios). In July 2025 he had already challenged the same two lawmakers to an \"IQ test\" and said he \"aced\" his test at Walter Reed (Fox News). In 2020 he made similar comments about the test's questions on Fox News (Axios). Axios described the Montreal Cognitive Assessment as \"a common test used to identify cognitive impairment\" that \"is not used to measure intelligence or IQ.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/10/27/trump-walter-reed-test-cognitive-results", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-confirms-secondary-physical-included-115956135.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-walter-reed-mri_n_68ff28c9e4b0049ce5fd7d2c", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-challenges-aoc-jasmine-crockett-intelligence-test-after-calling-them-very-low-iq", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/10/27/trump-walter-reed-test-cognitive-results", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe, you know.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/AOC/status/1982877388490060210", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Out of curiosity, did those doctors ask you to draw a clock by any chance? Was that part hard for you, too?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-confirms-secondary-physical-included-115956135.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I got an MRI, it was perfect,\" Trump told reporters on Air Force One while en route to Japan.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpwyrojDVuw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe, you know.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2026-01-02", "start": "2026-01-02", "end": "2026-01-03", "title": "Aced… for the third straight time", "why_it_fits": "In a Truth Social post on January 2, 2026, Trump wrote that White House doctors said he had \"'ACED' … for the third straight time, my Cognitive Examination, something which no other President, or previous Vice President, was willing to take\" (Fox News, People). In a postscript he said anyone running for President or Vice President \"should be mandatorily forced to take a strong, meaningful, and proven Cognitive Examination\" (Fox News). The post came one day after the Wall Street Journal published an interview about his health (People, via AOL). NPR, Fox and People covered it. People noted that he had made the same \"third\" claim on Dec. 9, and Fox and People said it was unclear whether the post referred to a new test. NPR noted that Trump has \"talked about those types of tests for years as evidence that he's still sharp.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-white-house-doctors-report-him-perfect-health-says-he-aced-third-straight-cognitive-exam", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/trump-brags-acing-third-straight-215512345.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.whqr.org/2026-01-02/naps-bruising-cognitive-tests-trump-addresses-aging-questions", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whqr.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-white-house-doctors-report-him-perfect-health-says-he-aced-third-straight-cognitive-exam", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Our great Country cannot be run by 'STUPID' or INCOMPETENT PEOPLE!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/trump-brags-acing-third-straight-215512345.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aol.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He made the same claim about taking a third cognitive test on Dec. 9 as well", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.whqr.org/2026-01-02/naps-bruising-cognitive-tests-trump-addresses-aging-questions", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "whqr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump, this morning, posted that he had aced a recent cognitive test.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2026-01-06", "start": "2026-01-06", "end": "2026-01-07", "title": "Trump says Harris, Walz and Newsom couldn't pass a cognitive test; Newsom challenges him", "why_it_fits": "On January 6, 2026, at the House Republican retreat at the Kennedy Center, Trump said \"I'm the only president that went for cognitives.\" He said every president and vice president \"should be forced to take cognitive exams.\" He asked whether Walz and Harris could pass, and said, \"I don't think Gavin could\" (Rev transcript; Fox News). Fox reported that the remarks came after a Truth Social post from the previous Friday. In that post Trump said he had \"ACED\" his \"Cognitive Examination\" \"for the third straight time.\" The same day as the speech, Newsom posted \"Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.\" and challenged Trump to name a time and place. The Chronicle described those words as the ones Trump said he remembered in 2020 on a test \"meant to screen for dementia.\" Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon was quoted saying \"Sure! Would be fun.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pitches-cognitive-tests-leaders-questions-harris-walz-newsom-could-pass", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/newsom-challenges-trump-live-tv-203258403.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/house-gop-retreat", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/house-gop-retreat", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I think every president and vice president should be forced to take cognitive exams, mental tests.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/governor.ca.gov/post/3mbrmy4ufec27", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "bsky.app", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. Donald Trump, if you're so confident, let's do it. Name your time and place.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "likes": 2771, "replies": 256, "reposts": 654 } }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/newsom-challenges-trump-live-tv-203258403.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Sure! Would be fun.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-meets-with-house-republicans-at-the-kennedy-center/671214", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2026-05-31", "start": "2026-05-31", "end": "2026-06-03", "title": "Considered 'extreme intelligence'", "why_it_fits": "The White House released a physician's memo on Trump's May 26, 2026 annual exam at Walter Reed. In a Truth Social post that PolitiFact dates May 31, Trump wrote that he \"scored a perfect 30 out of 30, considered 'extreme intelligence,'\" and that this was \"my fourth such test, all PERFECT\" (Fox News, PolitiFact). Fox News reported that the memo said he \"completed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, known as the MoCA, and scored 30 out of 30.\" In the same post he wrote that \"All people running for President and Vice President should be forced to take high difficulty Cognitive Tests.\" On June 3, PolitiFact rated the \"extreme intelligence\" claim False. It quoted MoCA creator Ziad Nasreddine saying the test \"was not designed to detect the genius level of cognitive performance.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-future-candidates-take-cognitive-exam-noting-perfect-score-latest-physical", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jun/03/donald-trump/cognitive-test-montreal-intelligence/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/05/31/trump-says-cognitive-test-proves-extreme-intelligence-doctors-disagree/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "salon.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116667326723211656", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I scored a perfect 30 out of 30, considered 'extreme intelligence.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-future-candidates-take-cognitive-exam-noting-perfect-score-latest-physical", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It said he completed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, known as the MoCA, and scored 30 out of 30.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jun/03/donald-trump/cognitive-test-montreal-intelligence/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But the test was not designed to detect the genius level of cognitive performance.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-cognitive-test-remarks/#2026-10-14", "start": "2026-10-14", "end": null, "title": "Midterm rally routine", "why_it_fits": "At a Bullhead City, Arizona rally on Oct. 14, 2026, Trump said of his cognitive tests, \"I took them every time, and I got them all right. I aced them.\" He added, \"There are few people in this audience that can.\" He recited five words (\"hat, hair, logo, white, black\") and ended with \"Because I'm a freaking genius, that why\" (Mediaite's transcript). At a Kansas rally for Sen. Roger Marshall on Oct. 19, he described being asked \"'Which one is the giraffe?'\" and said \"I got a perfect score.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-seems-suggest-few-people-144604333.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kansas-rally-2678109449/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rawstory.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-seems-suggest-few-people-144604333.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's a very standard test, but very tough. There are few people in this audience that can, once you get past the first question, which is quite easy", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kansas-rally-2678109449/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rawstory.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "None of those people back there could get a perfect score", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLP6gHcMfhc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials", "title": "The recurring abrupt firings and departures of Trump administration officials", "type": "recurring_scandal", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/", "summary": "Senior officials in both Trump administrations have been fired, pushed out or have resigned abruptly. The cases run from National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's resignation after 24 days in February 2017 to Attorney General Pam Bondi's removal in April 2026. Many departures were announced in posts on Twitter or Truth Social, including those of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown and BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, and some officials, including FBI Director James Comey, learned of their removal from news reports. In January 2025 at least 17 inspectors general were removed without the notice to Congress that a 2022 law requires, according to Lawfare, and in 2019 Axios reported that Trump's White House had record-breaking turnover.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.axios.com/2019/09/23/donald-trump-white-house-staff-turnover" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-02-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2017-02-13", "start": "2017-02-13", "end": "2017-02-16", "title": "National Security Adviser Michael Flynn forced to resign after 24 days", "why_it_fits": "Michael Flynn resigned as national security adviser on Feb. 13, 2017, about 24 days after President Trump took office. Roll Call reported that his 24 days were the shortest tenure ever in the job. On the day he left, White House officials gave mixed signals. Kellyanne Conway said on MSNBC that Flynn had Trump's full confidence, and about an hour later Spicer said the White House was reviewing his situation. A few hours after that, Flynn resigned. He wrote that he had given the vice president-elect \"incomplete information\" about his calls with the Russian ambassador. The next day Spicer said Trump had asked for the resignation because of \"a trust issue,\" not a legal one.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.govexec.com/defense/2017/02/flynn-resigns-national-security-adviser/135399/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govexec.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/319475-trump-asked-flynn-to-resign/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2017/02/14/flynns-tenure-as-national-security-adviser-historically-brief/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/16/trump-no-i-didnt-tell-flynn-to-talk-about-sanctions-with-russia.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/13/president-trumps-national-security-adviser-michael-flynn-has-resigned-nbc-news-has-learned.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/319475-trump-asked-flynn-to-resign/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "There is not a legal issue but rather a trust issue,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/16/trump-no-i-didnt-tell-flynn-to-talk-about-sanctions-with-russia.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I asked for his resignation. He respectfully gave it,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-05-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2017-05-09", "start": "2017-05-09", "end": null, "title": "FBI Director James Comey fired; learns from TV", "why_it_fits": "On May 9, 2017, press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement that Trump \"informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office.\" Trump's letter to Comey cited the need for \"new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence.\" Comey was speaking to bureau employees in Los Angeles when TV screens behind him began showing the news, and the letter reached FBI headquarters soon after (TheWrap, citing the New York Times). The reason the White House gave changed within two days. Its May 9 statement said Trump acted on recommendations from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Rosenstein's memo faulted Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation. But on May 11 Trump told NBC's Lester Holt he \"was going to fire Comey\" \"regardless of recommendation\" (FactCheck.org).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/james-comey-learned-fired-watching-tv-la-visit-report/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thewrap.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2017/05/trump-fire-comey", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1947641/james-comey-book-ex-fbi-director-describes-seeing-hed-been-fired-on-tv-while-speaking-to-bureau-employees/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/james-comey-learned-fired-watching-tv-la-visit-report/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thewrap.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "While Comey spoke, TV screens in the background started flashing the news.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2017/05/trump-fire-comey", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "regardless of recommendation I was going to fire Comey, knowing there was no good time to do it", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1947641/james-comey-book-ex-fbi-director-describes-seeing-hed-been-fired-on-tv-while-speaking-to-bureau-employees/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "no one from the White House or Department of Justice called him to tell him the news.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-07-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2017-07-27", "start": "2017-07-27", "end": "2017-08-01", "title": "Scaramucci out 11 days after being named, amid a West Wing shake-up", "why_it_fits": "Trump named Anthony Scaramucci White House communications director on July 21, 2017, over objections from Priebus and others. On Monday, July 31, he was removed from the job. The Washington Post reported that the move came at the request of new Chief of Staff John Kelly, who had been sworn in that morning. Al Jazeera described it as a removal after 11 days in the role. Variety reported that Scaramucci had not been scheduled to start officially until Aug. 15. The White House statement said Scaramucci \"felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate.\" The removal came days after the New Yorker interview and three days after Trump announced Priebus's exit on Twitter. Press Secretary Sean Spicer had already resigned the day Scaramucci was brought on.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/31/anthony-scaramucci-removed-as-white-house-communications-director/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/28/trump-names-homeland-security-secretary-john-kelly-as-white-house-chief-of-staff-ousting-reince-priebus/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/8/1/scaramucci-removed-as-white-house-communications-chief", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/anthony-scaramucci-fired-trump-1202511146/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "variety.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/31/anthony-scaramucci-removed-as-white-house-communications-director/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "a move made at the request of new White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, according to two people with knowledge of the decision", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/28/trump-names-homeland-security-secretary-john-kelly-as-white-house-chief-of-staff-ousting-reince-priebus/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "the president announced on Twitter Friday afternoon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/8/1/scaramucci-removed-as-white-house-communications-chief", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Not long after, Scaramucci, who shocked many with his profane outburst last week against then chief of staff Reince Priebus, was gone.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-03-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2018-03-13", "start": "2018-03-13", "end": "2018-03-14", "title": "Secretary of State Rex Tillerson fired by tweet", "why_it_fits": "On the morning of March 13, 2018, President Trump announced on Twitter that CIA Director Mike Pompeo would become secretary of state. The same tweet thanked Tillerson for his service. Tillerson had held the job since February 1, 2017, about 13½ months. NBC News, citing a senior State Department official, reported that he learned he had been fired from the tweet. A State Department statement said he \"did not speak to the President this morning and is unaware of the reason.\" Trump's stated reason was \"We disagreed on things.\" Hours later, Under Secretary Steve Goldstein, who had issued that statement, was also fired.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-replaces-secretary-state-tillerson-cia-director-n856091", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/tillerson-learned-he-was-fired-from-trumps-tweet.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pressherald.com/2018/03/13/trump-fires-secretary-of-state-rex-tillerson/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pressherald.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-tillerson-dismissed-pompeo-secretary-state-cia-haspel/29096498.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rferl.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/973540316656623616", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-replaces-secretary-state-tillerson-cia-director-n856091", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A senior State Department official told NBC earlier Tuesday that Tillerson had officially learned of his firing when Trump tweeted the news.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/tillerson-learned-he-was-fired-from-trumps-tweet.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The Secretary had every intention of remaining because of the tangible progress made on critical national security issues", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-11-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2018-11-07", "start": "2018-11-07", "end": "2018-11-14", "title": "Jeff Sessions forced out as attorney general", "why_it_fits": "On November 7, 2018, the day after the midterm elections, Attorney General Jeff Sessions submitted a resignation letter saying he was stepping down \"at your request\" (NPR via KGOU; CBS). A senior Justice Department official told CBS that White House chief of staff John Kelly called Sessions to ask for his resignation and that the president did not call him. Earlier that day, asked at a news conference whether Sessions would stay, Trump said only, \"We're looking at different people for different positions\" (CBS). Trump announced on Twitter that Sessions's chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, would be acting attorney general. Trump had criticized Sessions repeatedly since he recused himself from the Russia investigation in March 2017 (NPR via KGOU; Al Jazeera).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.kgou.org/politics-and-government/2018-11-07/jeff-sessions-forced-out-as-attorney-general-after-constant-criticism-from-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kgou.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-sessions-resigns-today-2018-jeff-sessions-resigns-forced-out-by-trump-matthew-g-whitaker-interim-attorney-general-live-updates/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/5451620/democrats-matthew-whitaker-mueller-probe/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/9/thousands-demand-mueller-protection-after-trump-fires-sessions", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kgou.org/politics-and-government/2018-11-07/jeff-sessions-forced-out-as-attorney-general-after-constant-criticism-from-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kgou.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Sessions noted in his resignation letter to the president that he was stepping down \"at your request.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-sessions-resigns-today-2018-jeff-sessions-resigns-forced-out-by-trump-matthew-g-whitaker-interim-attorney-general-live-updates/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A senior Justice Department official said White House chief of staff John Kelly called Sessions to request his resignation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/9/thousands-demand-mueller-protection-after-trump-fires-sessions", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The protests come a day after Trump effectively fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-12-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2018-12-20", "start": "2018-12-20", "end": "2018-12-24", "title": "Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigns over policy differences; Trump moves his exit up by two months", "why_it_fits": "Mattis announced his resignation in a Dec. 20, 2018 letter that cited differences with Trump over treating allies with respect and being clear-eyed about strategic competitors. He wrote that Trump \"has the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours,\" and set February 28, 2019 as his last day. Defense One reported that the announcement followed an internal dispute over Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Mattis had reportedly argued against the withdrawal. On Sunday, Dec. 23, Trump tweeted that Deputy Secretary Patrick Shanahan would become acting secretary on Jan. 1, 2019. That ended Mattis's tenure two months before the date he had planned and about 23 months after it began (TIME). TIME reported, citing unnamed administration officials, that the move followed anger in the West Wing over coverage of the letter.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2018/12/trump-mattis-retire/153739/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "defenseone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/678963123/read-defense-secretary-james-mattis-letter-announcing-his-retirement", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2018/12/trump-kicks-mattis-out-early-names-shanahan-acting-defense-secretary/153782/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "defenseone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/5487705/trump-pushes-mattis-out/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/678963123/read-defense-secretary-james-mattis-letter-announcing-his-retirement", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2018/12/trump-kicks-mattis-out-early-names-shanahan-acting-defense-secretary/153782/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "defenseone.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan will replace outgoing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Jan. 1, President Trump tweeted on Sunday, ending Mattis's tenure two months prior to his planned resignation date.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/5487705/trump-pushes-mattis-out/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Fed up with the negative media coverage over the past four days, President Donald Trump on Sunday expedited the departure of Defense Secretary James Mattis two months earlier than planned", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-09-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2019-09-10", "start": "2019-09-10", "end": "2019-09-12", "title": "National Security Adviser John Bolton out; accounts conflict", "why_it_fits": "Trump announced on Twitter on September 10, 2019 that he had told Bolton the night before \"that his services are no longer needed at the White House.\" He said he had asked Bolton to resign because he \"disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions\" (CNBC). The tweet went out about 90 minutes before Bolton was due at a White House press briefing that had been publicly announced (CNBC). Bolton replied on Twitter that he had offered to resign the night before (NPR). Deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley named Bolton's deputy, Charles Kupperman, acting national security adviser (NPR).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/trump-says-he-fired-national-security-advisor-john-bolton.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/724363700/trump-fires-john-bolton-in-final-break-after-months-of-policy-divisions", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-split-mr-tough-guy-bolton-big-mistakes/story?id=65544651", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/trump-says-he-fired-national-security-advisor-john-bolton.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/724363700/trump-fires-john-bolton-in-final-break-after-months-of-policy-divisions", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, \"Let's talk about it tomorrow.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-split-mr-tough-guy-bolton-big-mistakes/story?id=65544651", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "he made some very big mistakes when he talked about the Libyan model with Kim Jong Un.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-11-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2020-11-09", "start": "2020-11-09", "end": "2020-11-12", "title": "Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired by tweet after the 2020 election", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 9, 2020, Trump announced in tweets that Defense Secretary Mark Esper \"has been terminated.\" He named Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, acting secretary \"effective immediately\" (NBC, CNBC). A defense official told Foreign Policy that White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told Esper before Trump tweeted. Foreign Policy called it \"another Trump firing by tweet,\" following Rex Tillerson's removal. Esper had been defense secretary since July 2019 (NBC). NBC, CNBC and Foreign Policy reported earlier disagreements with Trump: Esper publicly opposed using active-duty troops against the June 2020 protests and invoking the Insurrection Act, and he supported removing Confederate names from military bases.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-tweets-defense-secretary-mark-esper-has-been-terminated-n1247138", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/09/trump-fires-esper-pentagon-defense-secretary/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foreignpolicy.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/trump-says-defense-secretary-mark-esper-has-been-fired.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-tweets-defense-secretary-mark-esper-has-been-terminated-n1247138", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/09/trump-fires-esper-pentagon-defense-secretary/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foreignpolicy.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The move marks another Trump firing by tweet", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2025-01-24", "start": "2025-01-24", "end": "2025-01-28", "title": "Inspectors general removed without notice to Congress", "why_it_fits": "On Friday night, Jan. 24, 2025, President Trump removed at least 17 inspectors general (Senate-confirmed agency watchdogs). The removals took effect immediately and were announced in emails from Sergio Gor, the White House Director of Presidential Personnel, which gave \"changing priorities\" as the reason (Lawfare). Lawfare says Trump did not give Congress the notice required by a 2022 law. EPI describes that requirement as 30 days' notice and a reason for dismissal. On Jan. 25 Trump defended the removals as \"a very common thing to do,\" and said that \"some people thought that some were unfair or were not doing the job\" (Lawfare, quoting CNN). Hannibal Ware, the Small Business Administration inspector general, chaired the inspectors general's council and was one of those removed. He wrote to Gor that the firings were not \"legally sufficient to dismiss\" Senate-confirmed inspectors general (Lawfare).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trump-fired-17-inspectors-general-was-it-legal", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "lawfaremedia.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.epi.org/policywatch/trump-fires-17-inspectors-general/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "epi.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trump-fired-17-inspectors-general-was-it-legal", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "lawfaremedia.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The removals are probably lawful even though Trump defied a 2022 law that required congressional notice of the terminations, which Trump did not give.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.epi.org/policywatch/trump-fires-17-inspectors-general/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "epi.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "On January 24, 2025, President Trump fired Inspectors General (IGs) from 17 different federal agencies, including the Department of Labor.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2025-02-21", "start": "2025-02-21", "end": "2025-02-23", "title": "Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown fired", "why_it_fits": "President Trump announced the firing of Gen. Charles \"CQ\" Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a Truth Social post on the night of Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. In the same post he thanked Brown for \"over 40 years of service\" and named retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as his pick to replace him. Brown had been chairman since October 2023, and his four-year term was due to end in 2027. Hours before Trump's post, Brown had posted images on his official X account of himself meeting troops at the U.S.-Mexico border. Military.com reported that neither Trump nor Hegseth explained the firings that night. Two days later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview on \"Fox News Sunday\" that Brown was \"an honorable man, not the right man for the moment.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-21/trump-fires-chairman-joint-chiefs-16914038.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "stripes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/21/fired-joint-chiefs-chairman-top-navy-leader-air-force-vice-chief-service-judge-advocates-general.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "military.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/booker-says-firing-joint-chiefs-chairman-sends-dangerous-message-rcna193363", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-21/trump-fires-chairman-joint-chiefs-16914038.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "stripes.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I want to thank General Charles 'CQ' Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/21/fired-joint-chiefs-chairman-top-navy-leader-air-force-vice-chief-service-judge-advocates-general.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "military.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Neither Trump nor Hegseth offered any explanation as to why any of the officers were being fired", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/booker-says-firing-joint-chiefs-chairman-sends-dangerous-message-rcna193363", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I have a lot of respect for CQ Brown. I got to know him over the course of a month. He’s an honorable man, not the right man for the moment", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2025-05-01", "start": "2025-05-01", "end": "2025-05-03", "title": "Mike Waltz removed as National Security Adviser and nominated as UN ambassador", "why_it_fits": "On May 1, 2025, a day after a Cabinet meeting where Waltz praised Trump's first 100 days, Trump announced on Truth Social that Waltz was leaving the National Security Adviser post. Trump would nominate him as UN ambassador, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would serve as interim adviser (Roll Call; CBS; PBS). CBS sources said Trump decided that morning, and the \"circle of people who knew\" was very small. The State Department spokesperson learned Rubio's new role from a reporter during a briefing (CBS). Waltz had been on Fox News that morning promoting a minerals deal with Ukraine (Roll Call; TIME). The move came more than five weeks after The Atlantic's Signal chat report (TIME). Roll Call called it the first West Wing shake-up of the second term.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mike-waltz-alex-wong/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2025/05/01/mike-waltz-trump-national-security-adviser/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/first-major-shakeup-of-trumps-second-term-as-national-security-adviser-mike-waltz-is-out", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7281981/mike-waltz-trump-ambassador/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114433942825461076", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/MikeWaltz47/status/1918015951410237608", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I'm deeply honored to continue my service to President Trump and our great nation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mike-waltz-alex-wong/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "It was a last-minute decision to nominate Waltz to be U.N. ambassador, sources told CBS News.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2025-08-01", "start": "2025-08-01", "end": "2025-08-06", "title": "BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer fired hours after a jobs report", "why_it_fits": "On August 1, 2025, Trump ordered the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer in a Truth Social post, writing \"We need accurate Jobs Numbers\" and that she \"will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified.\" The order came hours after BLS reported that the economy added 73,000 jobs in July and that revised May and June figures were lower than first announced by more than 200,000 jobs. In a later post Trump called the numbers \"RIGGED\"; NBC News reported that he cited no evidence for the claim. An administration official confirmed the firing to NBC News. McEntarfer, nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate 86–8 in January 2024, said in a post on X that leading the agency had been the \"honor of my life.\" Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said Deputy Commissioner Bill Wiatrowski would serve as acting chief during the search for a replacement. The abruptness rests on the firing being ordered by social post the same day as the report, about a year and a half into her tenure, rather than on a short tenure.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/business/trump-job-report-number-fire", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/trump-erika-mcentarfer-jobs-report-fired.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2025-08-27", "start": "2025-08-27", "end": "2025-09-17", "title": "CDC Director Susan Monarez ousted after 29 days", "why_it_fits": "Monarez was sworn in as CDC director on July 31, 2025. PBS/AP called her the shortest-serving director in the agency's 79-year history. HHS announced her removal in an X post on Aug. 27 without giving a reason. Her lawyers said she had \"neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she was fired.\" Hours later they said a White House personnel staffer had told her she was fired, and they called that \"legally deficient\" because only the President could fire her. White House spokesman Kush Desai said she was terminated because she \"refused to resign despite informing HHS leadership of her intent to do so.\" Her lawyers said she was targeted for refusing \"to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated public health experts.\" In testimony to the Senate HELP Committee on Sept. 17, 2025, Monarez said her tenure \"lasted 29 days.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-director-susan-monarez-ousted/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/susan-monarez-ousted-as-cdc-director-after-less-than-a-month-hhs-announces", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.help.senate.gov/download/09/17/2025/monarez-testimonypdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "help.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/susan-monarez-ousted-as-cdc-director-after-less-than-a-month-hhs-announces", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-director-susan-monarez-ousted/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "has neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she was fired", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2026-03-03", "start": "2026-03-03", "end": "2026-03-07", "title": "Kristi Noem removed as Homeland Security Secretary", "why_it_fits": "On March 5, 2026, Trump announced on social media that Sen. Markwayne Mullin would become Homeland Security Secretary effective March 31, 2026, and that Noem would move to a \"Special Envoy\" role. NPR, ABC News and Al Jazeera/Reuters reported it as a firing. The announcement came right after Noem spent two days being questioned by the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, about 13 months into the job. NPR called her the first Cabinet secretary to leave in Trump's second term. ABC reported, citing sources, that Trump had been privately frustrated by her Senate testimony on a $220 million DHS ad campaign and had called Republicans asking whether he should fire her.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5667546/kristi-noem-homeland-security-fired", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-privately-expresses-frustration-noem-after-senate-hearing/story?id=130794961", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/5/trump-says-he-will-replace-homeland-security-chief-kristi-noem", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/senate-set-vote-confirming-sen-markwayne-mullin-dhs/story?id=131327334", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5667546/kristi-noem-homeland-security-fired", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Noem is the first Cabinet secretary to leave the Trump administration in Trump's second term.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-privately-expresses-frustration-noem-after-senate-hearing/story?id=130794961", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The president had privately expressed deep frustration over Noem's testimony during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, sources with direct knowledge of the conversations said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N4PQKApSoc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-04-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2026-04-02", "start": "2026-04-02", "end": "2026-04-03", "title": "Attorney General Pam Bondi pushed out after about 14 months; Todd Blanche named acting AG", "why_it_fits": "On April 2, 2026, Trump said in a Truth Social post that Bondi would move to \"a much needed and important new job in the private sector.\" He also said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche would be acting attorney general. CBS and AP/PBS called it a firing, and NPR said Bondi was \"the second member of the president's Cabinet to be forced out,\" about a month after Kristi Noem was fired. CBS reported that Bondi tried that week to keep her job, and that she was in Florida on a previously scheduled trip when the news broke. She had been sworn in on February 5, 2025, so she served about 14 months. The sources named the Epstein files and Trump's frustration that the department hadn't won more cases against his rivals as background.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pam-bondi-attorney-general/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/g-s1-115077/trump-bondi-attorney-general-departure", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-fires-bondi-as-attorney-general", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116336247856387679", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector...", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/2039780681874841925", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "moving to an important private sector role I am thrilled about.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pam-bondi-attorney-general/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "When news of her firing broke, Bondi was in Florida on a previously scheduled trip.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w-VO_9nFIg", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/abrupt-firings-and-departures-of-trump-administration-officials/#2026-10-13", "start": "2026-10-13", "end": "2026-10-22", "title": "Katie Zacharia's exit as White House press secretary after five days", "why_it_fits": "Katie Zacharia started as White House press secretary on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, and was out by Friday, Oct. 16. Two U.S. officials told CBS she was being removed after just five days, and some White House staff learned of the change from news coverage. Earlier that Friday, Trump told reporters that if he were her, he would reconsider taking the job. Axios called her the shortest-tenured press secretary in modern history, and CBS compared the episode to Anthony Scaramucci's 11 days as communications director. Outlets described the departure in different ways: fired (Fox News), ousted (Axios), transitioning out of the role (AP, citing a person familiar with the matter) and stepped down (The Hill). The suggested label is forced out / removed.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-katie-zacharia-white-house-press-secretary/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-casts-doubt-on-press-secretary-katie-zacharias-future", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/10/16/trump-katie-zacharia-press-secretary", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/leavitt-zacharia-rapid-exit-job-170834368.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-katie-zacharia-white-house-press-secretary/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "is being removed from the role after just five days on the job, two U.S. officials told CBS News on Friday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/KatieZacharia/status/2111263907297788052", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "It was an honor to work for him.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-casts-doubt-new-press-secretarys-future-after-rocky-white-house-debut", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "President Donald Trump has fired Katie Zacharia after one week in the White House Press Secretary role.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe-3eb44G2g", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "is being removed from the role after just five days on the job, two U.S. officials told CBS News.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "omar-married-brother", "title": "The recurring claim that Ilhan Omar married her brother", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/", "summary": "Since 2016, a recurring claim has alleged that Rep. Ilhan Omar's second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (a British citizen she married in 2009), is her brother and that the marriage was immigration fraud. The claim began in an anonymous post on the Somali forum SomaliSpot and was picked up by the conservative blog Power Line in August 2016. Omar has repeatedly denied it, and Snopes rated it \"Unfounded.\" The Star Tribune and PolitiFact could not determine whether the two are related. The claim later came up in Donald Trump's remarks and rallies (2019 and again from late 2025) and in congressional subpoena attempts. In September 2026 it became a Department of Homeland Security investigation. No charges have been announced, and no court finding has been reported.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/12/02/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage/", "https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-ilhan-omar-marriage-smear-went-from-an-anonymous-post-on-an-obscure-forum-to-being-embraced-by-trump" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-08-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2016-08-14", "start": "2016-08-14", "end": "2016-08-22", "title": "Claim appears during Omar's Minnesota House race", "why_it_fits": "Ilhan Omar won a three-way DFL primary for Minnesota House District 60B on Aug. 9, 2016. Days later the conservative blog Power Line suggested she was married to both Ahmed Hirsi and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, and that Elmi could be her brother. MPR reported that the post suggested the marriage was a way to bring him to the U.S. illegally. Her campaign called the allegations \"categorically ridiculous and false.\" On Aug. 17 Omar said she had legally married Elmi, a British citizen, in 2009 and called \"absurd and offensive\" the suggestion that he was her brother. MinnPost reported that the Star Tribune's review of marriage records found no evidence that Elmi was her brother.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/marriage-discrepancy-clouds-ilhan-omar-s-historic-primary-victory/390247381", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/ilhan-omar-offers-answers-to-questions-about-her-marital-history/390512041", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/08/17/ilhan-omar-marriage-history", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mprnews.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2016/08/ilhan-omar-marriage-and-somali-culture-faq/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "minnpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/marriage-discrepancy-clouds-ilhan-omar-s-historic-primary-victory/390247381", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Power Line reported that Omar was married to two men at the same time, including to her brother.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/ilhan-omar-offers-answers-to-questions-about-her-marital-history/390512041", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://alphanews.org/investigation-suggests-omar-married-brother/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "alphanews.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "support the allegation MN State House of Representatives Candidate Ilhan Omar married her brother", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-10-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2018-10-10", "start": "2018-10-10", "end": null, "title": "2018 congressional race — the claim comes back during Omar's U.S. House campaign", "why_it_fits": "On 17 October 2018, the Associated Press reported that Omar, then a Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota's 5th District, called claims that she married her brother and committed immigration fraud \"disgusting lies.\" The AP said many of the allegations were first raised by conservative media in 2016. It also said 5th District Republicans had just launched a digital billboard campaign and website highlighting them. In October 2018 the Center for Immigration Studies wrote that she \"stands accused\" of marriage fraud and bigamy. On 27 October, the Star Tribune reported that local Republicans and conservative media were repeating the 2016 claims, and that Omar had tweeted that they came from \"fake journalists on bigoted blogs.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/on-the-edge-of-making-history-ilhan-omar-confronts-fresh-wave-of-scrutiny/498738831", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/minnesota-house-hopeful-calls-marriage-fraud-claims-lies.amp", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/omar-calls-claims-lies", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/minnesota-house-hopeful-calls-marriage-fraud-claims-lies.amp", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "has denounced claims that she married her brother and committed immigration fraud as \"disgusting lies,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://cis.org/North/SomaliaBorn-Candidate-Congress-Accused-ImmigrationMarriage-Fraud", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cis.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "stands accused of immigration/marriage fraud and bigamy", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/on-the-edge-of-making-history-ilhan-omar-confronts-fresh-wave-of-scrutiny/498738831", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Persistent claims she married a brother to help him gain citizenship, Omar tweeted this week, are the provenance of \"fake journalists on bigoted blogs.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-06-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2019-06-23", "start": "2019-06-23", "end": "2019-06-30", "title": "Star Tribune revisits the brother claim after a state campaign-finance probe", "why_it_fits": "On June 6, 2019, the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said Omar and Ahmed Hirsi had filed joint federal tax returns for 2014 and 2015. At that time she was still legally married to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (AP via MPR). On June 23, 2019, the Star Tribune wrote that new documents from a state agency had \"given fresh life to lingering questions\" about whether she \"once married a man — possibly her own brother — to skirt immigration laws.\" It added that its records search \"could neither conclusively confirm nor rebut the allegation that he is Omar's sibling\" (wording as quoted by NewsBusters and Mother Jones). Conservative outlets covered the story that day and the next. Mother Jones noted that the documents \"offered nothing to support the claim she had married her brother.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "http://politifact.com/article/2019/jul/18/did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-her-hometown-news/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage-smear/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "motherjones.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ilhan-omar-marry-brother/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/06/11/ap-rep-omar-filed-joint-tax-returns-before-she-married-husband", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mprnews.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/new-documents-revisit-questions-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marriage-history/511681362", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The search of records could neither conclusively confirm nor rebut the allegation that he is Omar's sibling.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Twitter mentions of the claim after the article ran (Guardians.ai analysis cited by Mother Jones; mentions of the claim, not shares of the article)": 2800 } }, { "url": "https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2019/06/24/course-networks-ignore-new-bombshells-about-ilhan-omars-bizarre", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsbusters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the major broadcast network newscasts were out to lunch between Sunday morning and Monday morning", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed a citation to a June 8 Star Tribune article that we could not confirm. The figure of 2,800 mentions on Twitter is attributed to Mother Jones." } ] }, { "anchor": "2019-07-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2019-07-17", "start": "2019-07-17", "end": "2019-07-19", "title": "Trump: \"a lot of talk\"", "why_it_fits": "On July 17, 2019, a reporter from One America News asked Trump about the claim on the White House South Lawn as he was boarding Marine One He answered: \"There's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother. I know nothing about it.\" He added that he was sure \"somebody\" would be looking at it (Star Tribune; Business Insider). The Star Tribune reported that this was the first time the president had publicly discussed the accusation, which Omar \"has vehemently denied.\" The paper's own June 2019 review of the records \"could neither conclusively confirm nor rebut\" the claim. Its politics editor told PolitiFact on July 18: \"whether they are family or not, we can't tell.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/trump-delves-into-accusation-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marital-history/512860652", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "http://politifact.com/article/2019/jul/18/did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-her-hometown-news/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage-smear/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "motherjones.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-ilhan-omar-marriage-smear-went-from-an-anonymous-post-on-an-obscure-forum-to-being-embraced-by-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/president-trump-weighs-in-on-allegation-rep-omar-was-married-to-her-brother/4808113", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/trump-delves-into-accusation-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marital-history/512860652", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump's remarks on the South Lawn of the White House were the first time he has discussed an unproven accusation", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "http://politifact.com/article/2019/jul/18/did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-her-hometown-news/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But whether they are family or not, we can't tell.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/17/trump_theres_a_lot_of_talk_about_ilhan_omar_marrying_her_brother_i_know_nothing_about_it.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "realclearpolitics.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother. I know nothing about it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed an unsupported detail that Trump was leaving for a rally in Greenville, N.C.; sources say only that he was boarding Marine One." } ] }, { "anchor": "2019-10-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2019-10-10", "start": "2019-10-10", "end": "2019-10-11", "title": "Trump rally in Minneapolis (Target Center)", "why_it_fits": "At a campaign rally in Minneapolis on Oct. 10, 2019, Trump cited Scott Johnson of Power Line, saying Johnson's sources had told him that \"Omar's legal husband was Omar's brother and that she had married him for fraudulent purposes,\" and added: \"You mean like coming into the United States, maybe?\" (presidency.ucsb.edu transcript). Omar has called the allegation \"disgusting lies\" (PolitiFact). PolitiFact had earlier reported that Trump raised the allegation on July 17, 2019, telling reporters \"There's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother\" (PolitiFact). The rally was therefore a repeat of the claim by the president, in Omar's own district.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-make-america-great-again-rally-minneapolis-minnesota", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/465339-trump-calls-omar-an-america-hating-socialist-at-minnesota-rally/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/10/donald-trump-rips-ilhan-omar-minneapolis-minnesota/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "http://politifact.com/article/2019/jul/18/did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-her-hometown-news/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-make-america-great-again-rally-minneapolis-minnesota", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Scott reports his sources told him that, quote, Omar's legal husband was Omar's brother and that she had married him for fraudulent purposes. You mean like coming into the United States, maybe?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/465339-trump-calls-omar-an-america-hating-socialist-at-minnesota-rally/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "shouted xenophobic conspiracy theories about me", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itZy4h6goGM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected how Trump presented the claim: he attributed it to Scott Johnson's sources rather than reading from Power Line. Replaced an unverified Washington Times quotation with PolitiFact's report of Omar's response." } ] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2025-11-27", "start": "2025-11-27", "end": "2025-12-12", "title": "Trump revives the claim in posts and speeches", "why_it_fits": "In a post on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, 2025, Trump wrote that Omar \"probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother.\" The White House's Rapid Response 47 account then wrote \"Why did you marry your brother.\" Newsweek reported that Omar's reply had more than 10.2 million views. At the Dec. 9 Pennsylvania speech, Trump said \"she married her brother to get in, therefore she's here illegally,\" and Al Jazeera reported the crowd chanted \"Send her back!\" Al Jazeera (Dec. 10) reported no verifiable evidence and noted that Omar gave the AP her marriage and divorce records in 2018.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/12/02/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omars-response-to-question-about-marrying-brother-goes-viral-11158020", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/12/10/fact-checking-trumps-pennsylvania-speech-and-his-politico-interview", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ilhan-omars-ex-appears-dirty-dandy-social-account-trump-revives-married-siblings-claim", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/12/02/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The claim resurfaced in November 2025, when Trump posted about it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omars-response-to-question-about-marrying-brother-goes-viral-11158020", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I didn't but is your President a pedophile?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views": 10200000 } }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/12/10/fact-checking-trumps-pennsylvania-speech-and-his-politico-interview", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "She married her brother in order to get in, right … she married her brother to get in, therefore she's here illegally.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the date of Trump's post from Nov. 28 to Nov. 27, 2025 (Thanksgiving), and removed an unsupported reference to the platforms it was posted on. Removed a Snopes citation we could not confirm." } ] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2026-01-07", "start": "2026-01-07", "end": "2026-01-10", "title": "Rep. Nancy Mace moves to subpoena Omar immigration records at House Oversight hearing", "why_it_fits": "At a January 7, 2026 House Oversight hearing titled \"Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I,\" Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) moved to subpoena immigration records for Rep. Ilhan Omar and what Mace called \"her brother/husband.\" During the hearing she asked a witness: \"if you marry your brother and you commit immigration fraud, should you be denaturalized and deported?\" The committee set the motion aside, or \"tabled\" it, after several members said the matter belonged to the House Ethics Committee. ANI said the claims Mace cited \"have not been proven.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/republican-congresswoman-nancy-mace-presses-oversight-committee-to-subpoena-ilhan-omar-immigration-records-over-marriage-allegations/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "tribuneindia.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aninews.in/news/world/us/republican-congresswoman-nancy-mace-presses-oversight-committee-to-subpoena-ilhan-omar-immigration-records-over-marriage-allegations20260108114420/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aninews.in", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/nancy-mace-pushes-oversight-committee-193706521.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-moves-subpoena-ilhan-omar-and-alleged-brotherhusband-minnesota", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mace.house.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-fraud-house-oversight-hearing/601558977", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2008956779498229804?s=20", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We just moved to subpoena Rep. Ilhan Omar and her brother/husband's immigration records in the Oversight Committee.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-moves-subpoena-ilhan-omar-and-alleged-brotherhusband-minnesota", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "mace.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The motion was tabled by both Democrats and Republicans on the Committee.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDijq5gnVFI", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed an attribution to the New York Post (\"unproven accusations\") that we could not confirm." } ] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2026-02-24", "start": "2026-02-24", "end": "2026-03-07", "title": "Online resurgence after the 2026 State of the Union", "why_it_fits": "Snopes reported on Feb 28, 2026 that the long-running rumor that Omar married her brother to help him enter the US came back online after the Feb 24 State of the Union, where Omar loudly protested. ABC News confirms that Omar heckled Trump during the speech and that Trump attacked her online the next day. According to Snopes, the rumor first appeared on the Somali forum SomaliSpot and has circulated since 2016 and spread through the conservative blog Power Line. Snopes says it found \"no credible evidence that Elmi and Omar were siblings in a fraudulent marriage.\" Omar's 2016 statement, which Snopes quotes, called such suggestions \"absurd and offensive.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/02/28/ilhan-omar-brother/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/baseless-rumor-claiming-ilhan-omar-140000626.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-omar-tlaib-institutionalized-shouting-state-union-address/story?id=130486313", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/ilhan-omars-state-of-the-union-guest-arrested-by-us-capitol-police-during-trumps-speech/601588569", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/baseless-rumor-claiming-ilhan-omar-140000626.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The claim resurfaced online in February 2026 after U.S. President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, where Omar loudly protested.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-omar-tlaib-institutionalized-shouting-state-union-address/story?id=130486313", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "In his social media post, Trump also said \"we should send them back from where they came -- as fast as possible.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0THcTRiOfmU", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2026-05-01", "start": "2026-05-01", "end": "2026-05-02", "title": "Trump repeats the claim in a speech at The Villages, Florida", "why_it_fits": "On May 1, 2026, in a speech at The Villages, Florida, President Trump said of Rep. Ilhan Omar, \"I believe she married her brother, which is totally illegal\" (RealClearPolitics transcript; Sinclair National News Desk). Open Magazine called it an unproven claim that \"has not been substantiated by verified evidence.\" Snopes says the rumor first appeared on the forum SomaliSpot and has circulated since 2016 and was picked up by the conservative blog Power Line. Snopes \"found no credible evidence that Elmi and Omar were siblings in a fraudulent marriage,\" and Omar called the claim \"absurd and offensive\" in 2016 (Snopes, via Yahoo).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/get-the-hell-out-trump-calls-omar-a-phony-says-she-married-her-brother-somalia-somali-immigrants-minnesota-democrats-republicans-politics-villages-charter-school-florida", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc3340.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/01/trump_ilhan_omar_comes_here_from_somalia_and_tells_us_how_to_run_the_country_get_the_hell_out.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "realclearpolitics.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://openthemagazine.com/world/get-the-hell-out-why-trump-targeted-ilhan-omar-in-fiery-speech", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "openthemagazine.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/baseless-rumor-claiming-ilhan-omar-140000626.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/01/trump_ilhan_omar_comes_here_from_somalia_and_tells_us_how_to_run_the_country_get_the_hell_out.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "realclearpolitics.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But I believe she married her brother, which is totally illegal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/get-the-hell-out-trump-calls-omar-a-phony-says-she-married-her-brother-somalia-somali-immigrants-minnesota-democrats-republicans-politics-villages-charter-school-florida", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc3340.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I believe she married her brother, which is totally illegal", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://openthemagazine.com/world/get-the-hell-out-why-trump-targeted-ilhan-omar-in-fiery-speech", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "openthemagazine.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This allegation has surfaced multiple times in US political discourse but has not been substantiated by verified evidence.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.fox13news.com/video/fmc-a30f3s2ebwdnzjso", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "fox13news.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-06-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2026-06-10", "start": "2026-06-10", "end": "2026-06-11", "title": "Mace and Omar exchange on X", "why_it_fits": "After placing fifth in South Carolina's June 2026 Republican primary for governor, Rep. Nancy Mace said on X that she was going back to the private sector. Rep. Ilhan Omar replied on June 10: \"One-way ticket to where you came from with your name on it, Nancy.\" Mace answered: \"Say what you want about me, but I would never marry my brother.\" Her official account, @RepNancyMace, posted a similar line that also included a remark about gender. MEAWW reported that the remark pointed to \"longstanding allegations surrounding Omar's 2009 marriage to Ahmed Elmi,\" which Omar has consistently denied. A Snopes fact-check found \"no credible evidence that Elmi and Omar were siblings in a fraudulent marriage.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dems-ilhan-omar-sarah-mcbride-mock-republican-nancy-mace-gubernatorial-primary-drubbing", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.meaww.com/nancy-mace-fires-back-at-ilhan-omar-with-a-brother-marriage-jab-in-explosive-social-media-clash", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.meaww.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/baseless-rumor-claiming-ilhan-omar-140000626.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/IlhanMN/status/2064722695288242182", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "One-way ticket to where you came from with your name on it, Nancy", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/NancyMace/status/2064851476258721991", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Say what you want about me, but I would never marry my brother.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2064754838676668596", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Say what you want about us, but at least we've never been confused about what gender we are, and we'd never marry our brother", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the description of the @RepNancyMace post, which was a different line from Mace's personal post, not the same one." } ] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2026-09-10", "start": "2026-09-10", "end": "2026-09-20", "title": "DHS Secretary Mullin says \"We know that she married her brother\"", "why_it_fits": "On September 10, 2026, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Benny Johnson, \"We know that she married her brother to try to bring him into the United States.\" He called it an \"ongoing investigation\" (Newsweek, The Bulwark). The claim is about Omar's 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Newsweek reported that it \"gained national attention in 2019\" and has never been proven in court, that no federal agency has released findings supporting it, and that Omar has repeatedly denied it. Newsweek also reported that Mullin \"did not provide documentary evidence supporting his assertion that Omar married her brother, nor did he identify any charges under consideration.\" A DHS spokesperson said the department does not comment on ongoing investigations.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-dhs-says-possible-illegal-activity-under-scrutiny-12433863", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thebulwark.com/p/latest-right-wing-revolt-against-dhs-secretary-markwayne-mullin-benny-johnson-ilhan-omar", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thebulwark.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-09-11-markwayne-mullin-claims-ilhan-omar-married-her-brother/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "iheart.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXSXyD2-whQ", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We know that she married her brother to try to bring him into the United States.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-dhs-says-possible-illegal-activity-under-scrutiny-12433863", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The secretary did not provide documentary evidence supporting his assertion that Omar married her brother, nor did he identify any charges under consideration.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thebulwark.com/p/latest-right-wing-revolt-against-dhs-secretary-markwayne-mullin-benny-johnson-ilhan-omar", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thebulwark.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Years of unsupported claims convinced MAGA that deporting Ilhan Omar would be easy. Now they're demanding the DHS secretary get it done.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/omar-married-brother/#2026-10-12", "start": "2026-10-12", "end": null, "title": "Ilhan Omar brother-marriage claim, Oct. 12, 2026 – ongoing", "why_it_fits": "Federal reports that DNA had been collected from Omar were described as an effort to show that her 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was fraudulent and that the two were siblings. That is the same claim conservatives made, without evidence, during her 2016 race for the Minnesota House. On Oct. 21, MS NOW host Chris Hayes asked Omar directly about the claim. She answered \"Not that I, not to my knowledge\" and, as IBTimes described it, called the allegation insane. On Oct. 22, Trump said at a rally that \"Ilhan Nur Said Elmi\" is her \"real name\" and that she should resign. Her spokesperson said, \"This is completely false. Ilhan Omar is her real name.\" No charges have been announced, and the brother allegation has not been publicly established.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ilhan-omar-denies-marriage-allegations-federal-search-1827317", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ibtimes.co.uk", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/feds-obtain-ilhan-omars-dna-174500000.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-calls-omar-resign-defends-ramaswamy-campaign-ad-iowa-rally", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsfromthestates.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/article-912591", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "jpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ilhan-omar-denies-marriage-allegations-federal-search-1827317", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ibtimes.co.uk", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Not that I, not to my knowledge.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/feds-obtain-ilhan-omars-dna-174500000.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aol.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Feds obtain Ilhan Omar's DNA 'in an attempt to prove claims she married her brother'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-calls-omar-resign-defends-ramaswamy-campaign-ad-iowa-rally", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsfromthestates.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "she used a fake name to be sworn in, I assume she must immediately have to resign from Congress", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed quotation marks that presented \"insane\" as Omar's own word; the description is IBTimes'." } ] } ] }, { "slug": "school-gender-surgery-claims", "title": "The recurring claim that children get gender surgery through their schools", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-gender-surgery-claims/", "summary": "Since August 2024, Donald Trump has said several times that U.S. schools perform, arrange or send children for gender-transition surgery without their parents knowing, first at a Moms for Liberty event, then at 2024 campaign rallies, on Fox & Friends and on Joe Rogan's podcast, and again at 2026 midterm rallies. CNN and Snopes rated the claim false, and PolitiFact rated it Pants on Fire. They reported finding no documented case, and CNN reported that the 2024 campaign and the White House in 2026 gave no example when asked. CNN reported that parental consent is required even where such surgery is legal for minors. When asked for evidence, the campaign and the White House pointed to school policies on social transitions and parental notification, which CNN and PolitiFact described as a separate issue from the surgery claim.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/donald-trump-fact-check-children-gender-affirming-surgery", "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2024/sep/05/donald-trump/trumps-pants-on-fire-claim-that-schools-are-perfor/", "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-children-surgeries-school/", "https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-children-gender-affirming-surgeries", "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/20/politics/fact-check-trump-gender-surgery-schools" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2024-08-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-gender-surgery-claims/#2024-08-30", "start": "2024-08-30", "end": "2024-09-05", "title": "Trump at the Moms for Liberty event", "why_it_fits": "PolitiFact reports that Donald Trump spoke with Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice at the group's Aug. 30, 2024 gathering in Washington, D.C. He said: \"The transgender thing is incredible. Think of it, your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what's going to happen with your child.\" NBC News reported that he was answering Justice's question about how he would address the \"explosion in the number of children who identify as transgender.\" CNN rated the claim false on Sept. 4, 2024, saying \"There is no evidence that US schools have sent children into gender-affirming surgeries without their parents knowing or performed gender-affirming surgeries on site.\" PolitiFact rated it Pants on Fire on Sept. 5, saying it \"could find no evidence of a situation like Trump described ever happening.\" Snopes and LGBTQ Nation rated it False. CNN reported that Justice herself said, \"Are kids getting surgery in school? No they're not,\" while saying she was thankful the remark drew attention to schools' handling of social transitions. Asked for evidence, campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt pointed PolitiFact to school policies on telling parents when a child identifies as transgender. PolitiFact said those policies \"have no bearing on whether a school is allowed to provide medical care,\" and CNN called the debate over disclosing social transitions to parents \"beside the point\" of the surgery claim.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2024/sep/05/donald-trump/trumps-pants-on-fire-claim-that-schools-are-perfor/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/donald-trump-fact-check-children-gender-affirming-surgery", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-schools-transgender-surgeries/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/09/fact-check-are-schools-performing-transition-surgeries-on-students-without-parental-consent/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "lgbtqnation.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-false-claims-schools-transgender-surgeries-rcna170217", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2024/sep/05/donald-trump/trumps-pants-on-fire-claim-that-schools-are-perfor/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "If a surgical procedure at school sounds far-fetched, that's because it is.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/donald-trump-fact-check-children-gender-affirming-surgery", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump's own presidential campaign could not provide a single example of this ever happening.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-false-claims-schools-transgender-surgeries-rcna170217", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "There is no evidence that a student has ever undergone gender-affirming surgery at a school in the U.S.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/former-president-trump-speaks-at-moms-for-liberty-conference/648395", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The transgender thing is incredible. Think of it, your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what's going to happen with your child.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-09-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-gender-surgery-claims/#2024-09-07", "start": "2024-09-07", "end": "2024-09-16", "title": "Rallies in Mosinee, Wisconsin and Tucson, Arizona", "why_it_fits": "At a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, Trump said: \"Can you imagine you're a parent and your son leaves the house and you say, 'Jimmy, I love you so much, go have a good day in school,' and your son comes back with a brutal operation?\" (NBC News, which dates the rally to Saturday; Snopes and one Advocate article give Sept. 9). At a rally in Tucson, Arizona on Sept. 12, he said: \"Can you imagine, your child goes to school and they don't even call you and they change the sex of your child\" (Advocate; Snopes). NBC News and Snopes both tied the Wisconsin remark to what he told the Moms for Liberty event on Aug. 30: \"Your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation.\" NBC News reported \"There is no evidence that a student has ever undergone gender-affirming surgery at a school in the U.S., nor is there evidence that a U.S. school has sent a student to receive such a procedure elsewhere.\" Citing the American Association of Medical Providers, NBC also reported that guidelines from several major medical associations require a parent or guardian's consent before a minor receives gender-affirming care, and that about half the states ban such surgery for minors. Snopes rated the claim False.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-false-claims-schools-transgender-surgeries-rcna170217", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-children-surgeries-school/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/politics/moms-for-liberty-thankful-for-trump-school-trans-lie", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "advocate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/election/donald-trump-transgender-lies-rally", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "advocate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-false-claims-schools-transgender-surgeries-rcna170217", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Can you even imagine this? What the hell is wrong with our country?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/politics/moms-for-liberty-thankful-for-trump-school-trans-lie", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "advocate.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "On Saturday afternoon, Donald Trump held a rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, where he repeated a claim he first made at an event", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/election/donald-trump-transgender-lies-rally", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "advocate.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Can you imagine, your child goes to school and they don't even call you and they change the sex of your child", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-children-surgeries-school/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "we uncovered no evidence of children going to school to receive any sort of sex-change operation or gender-affirming surgery.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-gender-surgery-claims/#2024-10-21", "start": "2024-10-21", "end": "2024-10-27", "title": "Fox & Friends barbershop segment and the Joe Rogan interview", "why_it_fits": "In a Fox & Friends segment filmed at a Bronx barbershop with host Lawrence Jones and aired Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, a local resident asked Trump what he would do to improve the schools (The New Republic). CNN quoted his answer: \"No transgender, no operations — you know, they take your kid — there are some places, your boy leaves for school, comes back a girl. Okay? Without parental consent.\" In his Friday, Oct. 25 interview with podcast host Joe Rogan, he said, per CNN: \"the transgender operations: where they're allowed to take your child when he goes to school and turn him into a male — to a female — without parental consent.\" CNN's Oct. 26 fact-check said the claim \"remains false,\" reporting \"There is no evidence that schools in any part of the United States have sent children for gender-affirming surgeries without their parents' approval.\" CNN reported that parental consent is required even in states where such surgery is legal for minors, and that the limited available data shows the vast majority of gender-affirming surgeries occur among adults. CNN's Oct. 27 fact-check of the Rogan interview listed the remark among 32 false claims.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-children-gender-affirming-surgeries", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/27/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-podcast", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/187360/trump-fix-schools-disturbing-answer", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-children-gender-affirming-surgeries", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump's claim remains false.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/187360/trump-fix-schools-disturbing-answer", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The former president visited a Bronx barbershop with Fox and Friends' Lawrence Jones in a segment that aired on Monday", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/27/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-podcast", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump repeated his false claim that schools are sending children for gender-affirming surgeries without parental consent", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-gender-surgery-claims/#2026-10-12", "start": "2026-10-12", "end": "2026-10-21", "title": "Trump revives the \"secret school gender surgery\" claim at midterm rallies", "why_it_fits": "CNN reported that Trump began repeating the claim at midterm rallies in Ohio on Oct. 12, 2026, Kentucky on Oct. 17 and Kansas on Oct. 19, in addition to the two speeches quoted below. At a Bullhead City, Arizona rally on Oct. 14, he said, \"They want to mutilate — cut — your children… Six states, I mean, they can do whatever they want — and they do… Your son leaves as 'Jimmy' and comes back home in three days as 'Janet,' and they don't even ask you… They can take your child out of school and do whatever the hell they want. These people are sick. Minnesota is one of those states that can do that\" (Roll Call). At a Dalton, Georgia rally on Oct. 16, he said \"we have five states where your child goes off to school as Tim and comes back as Tammy, three or four days later,\" and added, \"'Where's my son? My son is in the hospital.'… They don't even need approval\" (CNN). CNN described this as a revival of a claim Trump made in the final months of the 2024 campaign. It reported that \"There is no state in which schools would not need parental approval to send a child to a hospital for elective surgery,\" and that the White House could not give a single example. A Minnesota Department of Education spokesperson called the claim \"unequivocally false,\" per CNN. CNN reported that the White House instead sent cases of schools facilitating social transitions without parents' knowledge, which CNN called \"very different\" from the surgery claim.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2026/10/16/should-be-shot-trump-intensifies-midterms-messaging/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/20/politics/fact-check-trump-gender-surgery-schools", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kvia.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/10/20/fact-check-trump-brings-back-his-2024-lie-that-schools-are-secretly-sending-kids-to-hospitals-for-gender-surgery/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kvia.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-transgender-surgery/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rawstory.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://gomag.com/article/donald-trump-falsely-claims-six-states-force-gender-affirming-surgeries-on-children-in-arizona-speech/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gomag.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2026/10/16/should-be-shot-trump-intensifies-midterms-messaging/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Your son leaves as 'Jimmy' and comes back home in three days as 'Janet,' and they don't even ask you", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/20/politics/fact-check-trump-gender-surgery-schools", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "There is no state in which schools would not need parental approval to send a child to a hospital for elective surgery.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYNGuplWih4", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "end-ukraine-war-day-one", "title": "The recurring promise to end the Ukraine war \"in 24 hours\" / \"on day one\"", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/", "summary": "On the 2023–2024 campaign trail, Donald Trump said many times that he would end Russia's war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office, or before he took office. A CNN fact-check searching the Roll Call Factba.se database counted at least 53 such statements. After he returned to office in January 2025 the war continued. Trump later called the pledge \"sarcastic,\" \"an exaggeration\" and said \"in jest,\" and the target moved to 100 days, then to a series of deadlines. In February 2026 PolitiFact rated the promise \"Broken.\"", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war", "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-hes-kept-all-of-his-campaign-promises-politifacts-maga-meter-shows-otherwise" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2023-03-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2023-03-25", "start": "2023-03-25", "end": "2023-05-12", "title": "The pledge enters the campaign", "why_it_fits": "Former President Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war \"solved in 24 hours with Zelensky and with Putin.\" He said the negotiation would be \"very easy\" but declined to describe it. European Pravda reported (March 26) that he had made the same promise at his first campaign rally, in Texas, calling himself \"the only candidate to make that promise.\" At CNN's town hall in New Hampshire on May 10, he repeated that the war would be settled \"within 24 hours.\" He declined to say whether he wanted Ukraine or Russia to win. At the time Trump was a declared 2024 candidate with no government role, so nothing had been delivered. The war had begun in February 2022.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/international/3921574-trump-says-he-would-solve-war-in-ukraine-in-24-hours-if-reelected/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/itll-be-over-donald-trumps-election-promise-is-to-end-the-russia-ukraine-war-in-24-hours/i38oh4642", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sbs.com.au", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/03/26/7395145/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pravda.com.ua", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2023/05/donald-trump-cnn-town-hall-ratings-1235363575/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "deadline.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/international/3921574-trump-says-he-would-solve-war-in-ukraine-in-24-hours-if-reelected/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will have it solved within one day, a peace between them.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/itll-be-over-donald-trumps-election-promise-is-to-end-the-russia-ukraine-war-in-24-hours/i38oh4642", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "sbs.com.au", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'll meet with Putin. I'll meet with Zelensky. They both have weaknesses and they both have strengths. And within 24 hours, that war will be settled. It'll be over,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "average viewers, early Nielsen (Deadline; whole 70-minute broadcast)": 3120000, "viewers, TV plus streaming, per CNN (Deadline; whole 70-minute broadcast)": 3220000 } }, { "url": "https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/03/26/7395145/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pravda.com.ua", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will have a settlement within 24 hours. Standing before you today, I'm the only candidate to make that promise.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-07-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2023-07-16", "start": "2023-07-16", "end": "2023-07-29", "title": "How he would do it, and 'before I even arrive'", "why_it_fits": "On July 16, 2023, former President Trump, then a 2024 Republican candidate, appeared on Fox News' \"Sunday Morning Futures.\" He said he would tell Zelenskyy \"You got to make a deal\" and tell Putin that otherwise the US would give Ukraine \"more than they ever got,\" and that he would \"have the deal done in one day.\" CNN's 2025 fact-check, based on a search of the Roll Call Factba.se database, lists four more times he said it that month: Pickens, South Carolina (July 1); Council Bluffs, Iowa (July 7); West Palm Beach, Florida (July 15); and Erie, Pennsylvania (July 29), where he said the war would be \"settled\" \"before I even arrive at the Oval Office\" and \"done within 24 hours, you watch.\" Trump was not in office, so there was nothing he could have delivered yet. The war was still going on: in the interview, host Maria Bartiromo said his answer was \"not going to be enough for Putin to stop bombing.\" CNN's list shows he had already made the pledge at least nine times between March 4 and June 30, 2023.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-describes-how-he-could-solve-russia-ukraine-conflict-24-hours", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/22/trump-russia-ukraine-24-hours-fact-checker/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-describes-how-he-could-solve-russia-ukraine-conflict-24-hours", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I would tell Zelenskyy, no more. You got to make a deal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I know Zelensky, I know Putin, it'll be done within 24 hours, you watch.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-11-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2023-11-05", "start": "2023-11-05", "end": "2024-01-20", "title": "Zelensky's \"24 minutes\" invitation (Nov. 2023), with a Channel 4 echo (Jan. 2024)", "why_it_fits": "Trump told CNN in May 2023, \"If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.\" He repeated the claim on NBC's \"Meet the Press\" in September 2023, saying \"If I tell you exactly, I lose all my bargaining chips.\" On Nov. 5, 2023, Zelensky said on the same program that he would need \"24 minutes\" to explain to Trump that \"he can't manage this war,\" and invited him to Ukraine. Trump turned the invitation down in a statement to Newsmax. At that point Trump held no office, so the promise depended on his re-election. CNN reported that Ukraine had resisted the full-scale invasion for \"more than 20 months.\" Its top commander had called the war a \"stalemate,\" and Russia still occupied \"nearly one-fifth of Ukraine.\" On Jan. 19, 2024, Zelensky told Channel 4 News that Trump's claim was \"very dangerous.\" He invited Trump to Kyiv \"if you can stop the war during 24 hours.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/europe/ukraine-zelensky-trump-invitation-intl/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-turns-down-zelenskys-invitation-ukraine-1841342", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/20/europe/zelensky-trump-end-russia-ukraine-war-intl-hnk/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://amp.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-russia-1.7090119", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbc.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/zelenskyy-invites-trump-ukraine-says-just-needs-24-minutes-explain-can-rcna123713", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If he can come here, I will need 24 minutes — yes, 24 minutes. Not more.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-war/2023/11/05/id/1141054/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsmax.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I have great respect for President Zelenskyy, but think it would be inappropriate to go to Ukraine at this time", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/20/europe/zelensky-trump-end-russia-ukraine-war-intl-hnk/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Please, Donald Trump, I invite you to Ukraine, to Kyiv. If you can stop the war during 24 hours, I think it will be [reason] enough to come.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-09-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2024-09-10", "start": "2024-09-10", "end": "2024-09-27", "title": "The debate pledge and the Trump Tower meeting", "why_it_fits": "At the Sept. 10, 2024 ABC News debate, moderator David Muir told Trump, \"You have said you would solve this war in 24 hours,\" and asked how. Trump answered, \"I will get it settled before I even become president. If I win, when I'm President-Elect.\" Harris replied that Trump says the war \"would be over within 24 hours\" because \"he would just give it up.\" On Sept. 27, then-candidate Trump met Zelensky at Trump Tower and said, \"if we win, I think we're going to get it resolved very quickly.\" He was not in office, so nothing had been delivered. Muir noted the war was \"2 1/2 years\" old, and Zelensky said that day that Putin \"is in our territory.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/amp/Politics/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript/story?id=113560542", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-promises-to-settle-war-in-ukraine-if-elected", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-harris-debate-ukraine-us-presidential-election/33115528.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rferl.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-trump-tower-friday-morning-ukraine", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/amp/Politics/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript/story?id=113560542", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "That is a war that's dying to be settled. I will get it settled before I even become president.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-trump-tower-friday-morning-ukraine", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "And I think if we win, I think we're going to get it resolved very quickly.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113210767176129110", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If I'm elected President, the war with Russia and Ukraine will end quickly. If not, that war will never end, and will phase into WORLD WAR III", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?23234=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-11-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2024-11-07", "start": "2024-11-07", "end": "2024-12-17", "title": "Trump's promise to settle the Russia-Ukraine war before taking office is tested and toned down during the transition", "why_it_fits": "During the 2024 campaign, Trump said several times that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war settled before taking office. Examples are a June 22 rally in Philadelphia (\"Before I even arrive at the Oval Office… I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled\"), the Sept. 10 debate, and the Oct. 17 Al Smith dinner (USA Today). After Trump won, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that calling it an overnight fix was \"a kind of exaggeration\" (Newsweek, Nov. 8, 2024, citing Russian state media). At a Mar-a-Lago news conference on Dec. 16, Trump said a deal before he took office was still possible, said \"I'm going to try,\" and called the Russia-Ukraine situation \"more difficult\" than the Middle East (ABC News; Factba.se transcript). ABC noted the war had by then \"pressed on for more than 1,000 days.\" No settlement was reached by the inauguration. On Jan. 22, 2025, PolitiFact rated the 24-hour promise \"Promise Broken,\" \"for now.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-peskov-putin-trump-exaggeration-1982597", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/surprise-news-conference-trump-pushes-swift-end-wars/story?id=116842897", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-promised-hed-end-war-093153407.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/1641/end-the-russia-ukraine-war-within-24-hours/article/3135/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-peskov-putin-trump-exaggeration-1982597", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Of course it was a kind of exaggeration when he said he would do it overnight", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-mar-a-lago-december-16-2024/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're trying to get the war stopped, that horrible, horrible war that's going on in Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine. We're going to get a little progress.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-promised-hed-end-war-093153407.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump claimed to have made \"a little progress\" without offering even a scrap of detail to back that up.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2025-01-01", "start": "2025-01-01", "end": "2025-01-31", "title": "Moving the timeline, then the inauguration", "why_it_fits": "During his campaign, Trump said he would end the war \"in 24 hours\" after taking office, or even before his inauguration (NBC News; Newsweek dates the \"24 hours\" line to May 2023 and the before-inauguration claim to a June 2024 rally). At a Jan. 7, 2025 press conference, he said he didn't think it appropriate to meet Putin until after Jan. 20, and answered \"I hope to have -- six months.\" The next day, his pick for Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, told Fox News he hoped for a solution within 100 days of the inauguration. On Jan. 17, NBC reported that the war showed no sign of ending and that Trump's team hadn't outlined a peace proposal to Ukraine's leaders (citing two sources close to Ukraine's government and a former U.S. diplomat). On Jan. 23, Newsweek reported that Trump had missed his deadline of ending the war within a day of taking office.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/trump-wants-to-end-war-in-100-days-incoming-peace-envoy-tells-fox-news/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kyivindependent.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/trumps-promise-to-end-the-ukraine-war-in-a-day-meets-harsh-realities/6112180/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnewyork.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-trump-war-2-2018906", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-mar-a-lago-january-7-2025/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-mar-a-lago-january-7-2025/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I don't think it's appropriate that I meet until after the 20th", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/trump-wants-to-end-war-in-100-days-incoming-peace-envoy-tells-fox-news/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kyivindependent.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Let's set it at 100 days", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-trump-war-2-2018906", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "has missed his deadline for ending the war in Ukraine within a day of taking office", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/president-elect-trump-delivers-remarks-to-the-press/654093", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2025-03-14", "start": "2025-03-14", "end": "2025-03-17", "title": "A little bit sarcastic", "why_it_fits": "In an interview with Sharyl Attkisson for Sinclair's \"Full Measure,\" Trump was asked about his campaign promise to settle the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours. He said, \"I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that,\" and added that he would like to get it settled and thought he would succeed. AP noted that he had said at a May 2023 CNN town hall, \"I'll have that done in 24 hours.\" In his September 2024 debate he said he would settle it \"before I even become president.\" At the time of the interview, AP reported, his administration was still trying to broker a solution 54 days into his second term. His envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow that week for talks on a U.S.-proposed ceasefire that Ukraine had accepted. Trump said that if Putin refused a ceasefire it would be \"bad news for this world,\" but that he thought Putin would agree.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/trump-was-being-a-bit-sarcastic-when-he-promised-to-end-russia-ukraine-war-in-24-hours-wciv-abc-news-4-charleston-sc-south-carolina-full-measure-president-trump-zelenskyy-putin", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews4.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-says-promise-to-end-ukraine-war-in-24-hours-was-little-bit-sarcastic-/3510536", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aa.com.tr", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-being-little-bit-095433718.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/europe/timeline-trumps-pledge-to-end-ukraine-war/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/trump-was-being-a-bit-sarcastic-when-he-promised-to-end-russia-ukraine-war-in-24-hours-wciv-abc-news-4-charleston-sc-south-carolina-full-measure-president-trump-zelenskyy-putin", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews4.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "What I really mean is I'd like to get it settled and, I'll, I think, I think I'll be successful.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-sharyl-attkisson-full-measure-sinclair-march-16-2025/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that, what I really mean is I'd like to get it settled and I think I'll be successful.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-being-little-bit-095433718.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump has prioritized efforts to negotiate an end to the war, since entering the White House nearly two months ago, but the war remains ongoing.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvtBNv2wnt4", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2025-04-25", "start": "2025-04-25", "end": "2025-04-29", "title": "\"In jest\" at the 100-day mark", "why_it_fits": "As a candidate, Trump repeatedly promised to end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours. In a Time interview held April 22, 2025 and published April 25, he was asked about that promise. He answered that he had said it \"figuratively\" and \"as an exaggeration,\" and that \"it was said in jest, but it was also said that it will be ended.\" By then, more than 2,300 hours into his term, there was still no peace deal, and PolitiFact kept its rating of the promise at \"Promise Broken\" (April 29). Near the 100-day mark, NBC reported that Russian forces were still attacking Ukraine. NBC also quoted Trump telling reporters on Sunday (April 27), \"We have the confines of a deal, I believe.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7280114/donald-trump-2025-interview-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/trump-was-only-joking-about-ending-russias-war-in-ukraine-in-24-hours-he-says-in-interview-with-time/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kyivindependent.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-vowed-end-ukraine-war-24-hours-conflict-still-rages-rcna203085", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/1641/end-the-russia-ukraine-war-within-24-hours/article/3172/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7280114/donald-trump-2025-interview-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Obviously, people know that when I said that, it was said in jest, but it was also said that it will be ended.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This \"in jest\" claim is a lie.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-vowed-end-ukraine-war-24-hours-conflict-still-rages-rcna203085", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We have the confines of a deal, I believe,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2025-06-25", "start": "2025-06-25", "end": "2025-06-27", "title": "Stepping back, and \"sarcastic\" again", "why_it_fits": "At the press conference closing the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025, Johannes Petra of Austrian National Television said to Trump: \"You once said that you would end the Ukraine War in 24 hours. You later said, you said that sarcastically.\" Trump answered: \"Of course it was sarcastic.\" The reporter said Trump had \"now been in office for five months and five days\" and asked why he had not ended the war. Trump said it was \"more difficult than people would have any idea,\" that \"Vladimir Putin has been more difficult,\" and that he had \"some problems with Zelensky.\" In the same press conference he said \"I'm going to speak to Vladimir Putin and see if we can get it ended.\" So on that date, his own remarks show the war had not ended and no settlement was in place.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-speaks-to-press-at-nato", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-holds-news-conference-as-he-departs-nato-summit-62525", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "democrats.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-challenged-over-false-claim-hed-end-ukraine-war-on-day-one/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.liga.net/en/politics/news/trump-called-his-promise-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine-in-24-hours-sarcasm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.liga.net", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-speaks-to-press-at-nato", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Of course it was sarcastic.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-challenged-over-false-claim-hed-end-ukraine-war-on-day-one/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The president insisted that he was being sarcastic when he made the pledge during the presidential election campaign.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.liga.net/en/politics/news/trump-called-his-promise-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine-in-24-hours-sarcasm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "news.liga.net", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He was reminded that he had been in office for five months and five days, and asked why he had not yet been able to end the war.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2025-08-01", "start": "2025-08-01", "end": "2025-08-31", "title": "Alaska summit", "why_it_fits": "During his 2024 campaign, Trump promised to end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours of returning to office. A CNN fact-check counted 53 times he said this (published Aug 15, 2025). On Aug 15, 2025, about seven months into his term, Trump met Putin in Anchorage for nearly three hours. They did not announce a ceasefire or an agreement to end the war, and Trump said, \"There's no deal until there's a deal\" (NBC News). That same day, CNN reported that Trump had said in April 2025 that the promise was \"said in jest,\" and in June that it \"was sarcastic.\" CNN called these explanations false. NBC reported that Russian strikes on Ukraine continued that day, and that the summit came after a deadline Trump set in July had passed. The sanctions the U.S. \"was supposed to levy against Russia this time last week\" had not been imposed.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-putin-summit-alaska-ukraine-war-russia-peace-live-updates-rcna224983", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-putin-summit-alaska-ukraine-war-russia-peace-live-updates-rcna224983", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "met for nearly three hours in Anchorage, Alaska, but did not announce a ceasefire or an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Falsely said he was speaking \"in jest\" and being \"sarcastic\" when he solemnly promised dozens of times during his 2024 campaign to immediately end the war if he was elected.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2025-09-18", "start": "2025-09-18", "end": "2025-09-19", "title": "The one that I thought would be easiest", "why_it_fits": "Before the 2024 election, Trump said he could end the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours (ITV; ABC Australia). On Sept 18, 2025, he said at Chequers that he had thought this war would be the easiest to end because of his relationship with Putin, \"but he's let me down\" (ITV; The Independent; Fox News; Kyiv Independent). By then, months of US-led talks, including the August summit with Putin in Alaska, had produced no breakthrough (Fox News). Trump's deadlines and ultimatums to Putin had passed \"without obvious consequences\" (The Independent). The war was still going, and the first US weapons packages for Ukraine paid for by European allies had been approved in mid-September (Kyiv Independent).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.itv.com/news/2025-09-18/us-state-visit-keir-starmer-and-donald-trump-hold-joint-press-conference", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "itv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-19/what-did-donald-trumps-second-uk-state-visit-achieve/105791450", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc.net.au", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/he-let-me-down-trump-again-expresses-frustration-over-putins-refusal-to-end-war-in-ukraine/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kyivindependent.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-putin-has-really-let-me-down-ukraine-peace-efforts", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.inkl.com/news/trump-says-he-thought-war-in-ukraine-would-be-easy-to-solve-but-putin-really-let-me-down", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inkl.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-putin-has-really-let-me-down-ukraine-peace-efforts", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"The one that I thought would be easiest would be because of my relationship with President Putin,\" … \"But he's let me down. He's really let me down.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.inkl.com/news/trump-says-he-thought-war-in-ukraine-would-be-easy-to-solve-but-putin-really-let-me-down", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inkl.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I thought this war would be one of the easiest to solve because of my relationship with Putin. But he has really let me down,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-british-prime-minister-starmer-hold-joint-press-conference/665826", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "because of my relationship with President Putin", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2025-11-19", "start": "2025-11-19", "end": "2025-11-26", "title": "The 28-point plan and a Thanksgiving deadline", "why_it_fits": "During the 2024 campaign Trump repeatedly said he would end the Russia-Ukraine war on his first day in office (Newsweek). Ten months into his term, the war was still going (CBS: the war \"has raged there ever since\" February 2022). On Nov. 21, 2025, Trump said he wanted Ukraine's answer to a U.S.-drafted 28-point plan by Thursday, which was Thanksgiving, though he added that deadlines can be extended (CBS; Newsweek). On Nov. 25 he said \"I don't have a deadline\" and that the deadline was \"when it's over\" (RealClearPolitics transcript; Kyiv Independent). He also called the plan \"just a map\" rather than a plan. No ceasefire or deal was in place then. Axios reported that the peace process had been \"almost entirely stuck\" in late October.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/trump-walks-back-deadline-for-ukraine-peace-deal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kyivindependent.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/trump-ukraine-plan-28-points-back-story", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ukraine-russia-peace-plan-zelenskyy-allies-coordinating", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-trump-peace-plan-news-updates-11085746", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/trump-ukraine-plan-28-points-back-story", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "he demanded Ukraine sign it by Thanksgiving", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ukraine-russia-peace-plan-zelenskyy-allies-coordinating", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I've had a lot of deadlines, but if things are working well, you tend to extend the deadlines,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/11/26/trump_the_deadline_for_a_russia-ukraine_peace_deal_is_when_its_over.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "realclearpolitics.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I don't have a deadline. You know what the deadline for me is? When it's over.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiSMCQZULBY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2025-12-28", "start": "2025-12-28", "end": "2025-12-29", "title": "Mar-a-Lago, \"maybe very close\"", "why_it_fits": "On Dec 28, 2025, after meeting Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said the teams were \"getting a lot closer, maybe very close\" to a peace deal. Asked how long it would take, he said a settlement could come in \"a few weeks\" if things went \"really well,\" but that it \"could also go poorly\" (CBS; ABC also reported the \"maybe very close\" remark). CBS noted that he had said during the campaign he'd end the war before taking office, and that he has since called it more challenging than he expected. By then there was no deal: Russia had attacked Kyiv the day before; Zelensky said a 20-point plan was \"90% agreed\"; both leaders called territory in the Donbas a \"very tough question\"; and Moscow had shown no sign of dropping its territorial demands (CBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-florida/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/volodymyr-zelenskyy-arrives-mar-lago-peace-talks-president/story?id=128736611", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/volodymyr-zelenskyy-arrives-mar-lago-peace-talks-president/story?id=128736611", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "getting a lot closer, maybe very close", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-zelenskyy-meeting-florida/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "In a few weeks we may know one way or the other,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XW8ZtSIaMM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "getting a lot closer, maybe very close", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2026-02-07", "start": "2026-02-07", "end": "2026-02-24", "title": "The June deadline, Geneva talks and the fourth anniversary", "why_it_fits": "Trump promised dozens of times during his campaign to end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours, and PolitiFact rated that promise \"Broken\" on Jan. 22, 2025. By February 2026, a little over a year into his term, there was still no peace deal. The first three-way US–Ukraine–Russia talks were held in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 23, and a second round in early February produced only a swap of 157 prisoners of war on each side. On Feb. 7, Zelensky said the US was proposing that the war end \"by the beginning of this summer.\" Talks in Geneva on Feb. 17–18 ended without a resolution, and coverage in this period measured the state of the war against the original 24-hour promise.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/7/us-has-given-ukraine-and-russia-june-deadline-to-end-war-zelenskyy", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/18/russia-ukraine-talks-all-the-mediation-efforts-and-where-they-stand", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-hes-kept-all-of-his-campaign-promises-politifacts-maga-meter-shows-otherwise", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/1641/end-the-russia-ukraine-war-within-24-hours/article/3135/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/7/us-has-given-ukraine-and-russia-june-deadline-to-end-war-zelenskyy", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump had boasted that he would end the war in 24 hours when he took office. But more than 12 months later, any peace settlement remains elusive", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/18/russia-ukraine-talks-all-the-mediation-efforts-and-where-they-stand", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "One week ahead of the fourth anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, United States-led peace talks in Geneva ended for the day earlier than scheduled on Wednesday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-hes-kept-all-of-his-campaign-promises-politifacts-maga-meter-shows-otherwise", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump broke one promise that he made dozens of times while campaigning: to stop the Ukraine-Russia war in 24 hours.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/end-ukraine-war-day-one/#2026-10-10", "start": "2026-10-10", "end": null, "title": "\"Energy ceasefire,\" clash with Zelensky, \"closest we've been\"", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 11, 2026, Trump posted on Truth Social that an \"ENERGY CEASEFIRE\" was \"effective immediately\" and that both sides had agreed. Zelenskyy said the announcement \"was news for me,\" and said Russia had since hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure, including a power plant in Kharkiv. On Oct. 19, Trump said Zelenskyy should have settled the war \"a long time ago\" and suggested someone else negotiate for Ukraine. On Oct. 21, he said a settlement was \"maybe now the closest we've been.\" AFP noted that several rounds of talks and an Alaska summit with Putin the year before had not ended the war. CBS/AP reported on Oct. 11 that the war was more than 4½ years old and the armies were \"largely deadlocked on the front line.\" Russian attacks on Kyiv overnight into Oct. 22 killed at least four people.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zelenskyy-trump-new-ukrainian-president/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/us-ukraine-relations-sour-as-trump-zelenskyy-clash-over-talks-arms", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/russian-strikes-hit-kyiv-after-witkoff-meets-putin", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261022/trump-says-closest-weve-been-to-ending-ukraine-war", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "koreatimes.co.kr", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zelenskyy-trump-new-ukrainian-president/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/us-ukraine-relations-sour-as-trump-zelenskyy-clash-over-talks-arms", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Maybe it's time for Zelenskyy to get somebody else to negotiate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261022/trump-says-closest-weve-been-to-ending-ukraine-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "koreatimes.co.kr", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "which I think we're getting closer to, by the way — maybe now the closest we've been", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "ballots-found-in-ditch", "title": "Election-season \"ballots found in a ditch\" stories", "type": "coverage_amplification", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/", "summary": "From time to time during election season, reports of ballots or election mail found in a ditch, dumpster, storm drain or roadside spread quickly online and are offered as evidence of widespread fraud. When investigators followed up, they usually found something smaller or different. Examples include a temporary worker's mistake in Pennsylvania, no Wisconsin ballots in Wisconsin's \"ditch mail,\" empty envelopes from past elections, and mail stolen or dumped by single postal carriers. Several of the most-shared versions were made up outright, including a 2016 hoax and a 2024 video that US agencies said Russian actors produced.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.eipartnership.net/2020/mail-dumping", "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/09/donald-trump/trump-whiffs-describing-wisconsin-ballot-case/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-09-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2016-09-30", "start": "2016-09-30", "end": "2016-10-12", "title": "The made-up \"Ohio warehouse\" Clinton ballots story", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 30, 2016, ChristianTimesNewspaper.com said a Columbus-area electrical worker had found sealed ballot boxes holding \"tens of thousands\" of pre-marked Clinton ballots in an Ohio warehouse. It said the Clinton campaign planned to slip them in with real ballots on Election Day. Snopes found the photo was a 2015 picture from Birmingham, England, flipped and altered. Ohio's Republican Secretary of State, Jon Husted, called the story \"a complete hoax and fabrication.\" The New York Times later reported that the story was shared with 6 million people, according to the tracking tool CrowdTangle. In January 2017 the Times reported that a recent college graduate, Cameron Harris, had made it up.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-votes-found-in-warehouse/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.boston25news.com/news/fake-news-story-about-bogus-hillary-clinton-ballots-goes-viral/456312106/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "boston25news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/01/blog-posting/bogus-ballot-stuffing-story-irks-ohio-secretary-st/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2017/01/18/how-a-23-year-old-wrote-a-fake-news-masterpiece/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "adn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "http://christiantimesnewspaper.com/breaking-tens-of-thousands-of-fraudulent-clinton-votes-found-in-ohio-warehouse/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "christiantimesnewspaper.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Clinton campaign's likely goal was to slip the fake ballot boxes in with the real ballot boxes when they went to official election judges on November 8th.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "people shared with (CrowdTangle, per NYT)": 6000000 } }, { "url": "https://www.boston25news.com/news/fake-news-story-about-bogus-hillary-clinton-ballots-goes-viral/456312106/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "boston25news.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "That is a completely 100 percent fabricated story. The photo they used to try to sell their story was from an election that occurred in Europe.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-votes-found-in-warehouse/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "this picture was actually taken in 2015 in Birmingham, England, and simply captures a man unloading a truck of ballot boxes at a polling station.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2020-09-23", "start": "2020-09-23", "end": "2020-10-02", "title": "Mail in a ditch in Greenville, Wisconsin, and dumpster photos in Sonoma County, California", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 21, 2020, Outagamie County deputies found three trays of mail on the side of Highway 96 and in a ditch in Greenville, Wisconsin. The sheriff's office said the mail included \"several\" absentee ballots but gave no number. According to EIP's analysis, Gateway Pundit framed the incident as evidence that Democrats were \"stealing the 2020 election.\" EIP says that framing spread mostly through right-wing and pro-Trump accounts, and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany cited the incident on Sept. 24. On Oct. 1, Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe said \"no Wisconsin ballots were part of what was found.\" Sheriff's office photos released in February 2021 showed at least one ballot from Ramsey County, Minnesota. In the same week, posts claimed that \"1,000+ mail-in-ballots\" had been found in a Sonoma County dumpster. Sonoma County said the photos showed empty envelopes from the November 2018 election, \"disposed of as allowed by law.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.eipartnership.net/2020/mail-dumping", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eipartnership.net", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-claimed-ballots-dumped-river-reality/story?id=73370587", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fox11online.com/news/fox-11-investigates/photos-released-of-absentee-ballots-found-in-greenville-ditch", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox11online.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/photos-of-recycled-election-materials-in-california-prompt-false-claim", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1309234140013826054", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "In fact, in the last 24 hours, police in Greenville, Wisconsin, found mail in a ditch, and it included absentee ballots.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200925092740/https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1309400335988019201", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "web.archive.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "1,000+ mail-in-ballots found in a dumpster in California.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-claimed-ballots-dumped-river-reality/story?id=73370587", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They are being dumped in rivers. This is a horrible thing for our country.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2020-09-24", "start": "2020-09-24", "end": "2020-10-01", "title": "Discarded military ballots in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and the first presidential debate", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 24, 2020, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said nine discarded military ballots had been recovered in Luzerne County. Its first statement said all nine were cast for Trump. That statement was deleted and replaced with one saying seven were for Trump and two were unknown. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany and Trump campaign aide Matt Wolking cited the first statement, with Wolking calling it proof \"Democrats are trying to steal the election.\" At the Sept. 29 debate, Trump pointed to ballots \"in a wastepaper basket\" and \"in creeks\" as evidence of fraud. CNN said the Pennsylvania incident \"is not evidence of cheating,\" and PolitiFact called it \"a new employee's mistake rather than fraud.\" On Jan. 15, 2021, federal prosecutors closed the case without charges, citing \"insufficient evidence to prove criminal intent\" by a former temporary employee.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/justice-department-released-bizarre-statement-211019499.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/30/politics/fact-check-trump-first-debate-mail-voting-fraud/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/09/donald-trump/trump-whiffs-describing-wisconsin-ballot-case/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/investigation-concluded-luzerne-county-ballot-case", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/revised-statement-us-attorney-freed-inquiry-reports-potential-issues-mail-ballots", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Of the nine ballots that were discarded and then recovered, 7 were cast for presidential candidate Donald Trump.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/justice-department-released-bizarre-statement-211019499.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Nine military mail-in ballots — ALL cast for President @realDonaldTrump — were found discarded in Pennsylvania! DOJ confirms.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/09/donald-trump/trump-whiffs-describing-wisconsin-ballot-case/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They found them in creeks. They found some, just happened to have the name Trump just the other day in a wastepaper basket.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-10-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2020-10-07", "start": "2020-10-07", "end": "2020-10-12", "title": "A New Jersey mail carrier is charged with dumping mail, including 99 ballots, and the case is then used as evidence of a \"rigged\" election", "why_it_fits": "The Justice Department said about 1,875 pieces of mail were found in dumpsters in North Arlington and West Orange on Oct. 2 and Oct. 5, 2020. That included 99 general-election ballots for West Orange residents. The mail was \"placed back into the mail stream for delivery.\" Nicholas Beauchene was the only carrier assigned to those addresses on the dates in question. The Independent reported that President Trump tweeted \"Rigged!\" on Monday, Oct. 12, with a picture of the recovered mail. It also reported that prosecutors said they did not believe the dumping was politically motivated. On May 27, 2021, Beauchene pleaded guilty to one count of desertion of mail, which carries a maximum of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. He admitted to dumping mail from his own routes on Sept. 28, Oct. 1 and Oct. 2, 2020.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/postal-employee-arrested-dumping-mail-including-election-ballots-sent-west-orange", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/postal-employee-admits-dumping-mail-including-election-ballots-sent-west-orange-residents", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/520029-nj-letter-carrier-arrested-for-allegedly-discarding-mail-ballots/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://newjerseyglobe.com/campaigns/usps-mail-carrier-admits-to-throwing-vote-by-mail-ballots-in-a-dumpster-during-2020-election/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newjerseyglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/postal-employee-arrested-dumping-mail-including-election-ballots-sent-west-orange", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "was arrested today for discarding mail, including 99 general election ballots", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/usps-worker-accused-dumping-mail-142202036.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Rigged!\" the president tweeted on Monday morning with a picture of the recovered mail.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTZ-FQDj8Ds", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier from Hudson County, New Jersey, was arrested for discarding mail, including 99 general election ballots.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-11-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2020-11-05", "start": "2020-11-05", "end": "2020-11-07", "title": "Dumpster rumors after Election Day (Georgia, Arizona)", "why_it_fits": "On the night of Nov. 5, 2020, papers found in a dumpster behind the Spalding County, Georgia elections office led to a Facebook post calling it an \"active crime scene\" where Trump ballots had been found. Sheriff Darrell Dix said investigators bagged everything in the dumpster. He said a Georgia Secretary of State investigator then went through it and found no ballots, only opened, empty mail-ballot envelopes. He added that all ballots had been taken out and counted before the envelopes were thrown away. On Nov. 6, a separate Facebook post claimed an Arizona trooper had found 50,000 Trump ballots in a dumpster. A spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Public Safety told PolitiFact that troopers had found no such ballots.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/spalding-county/spalding-county-sheriff-dispels-rumors-about-ballots-found-dumpster/SIFW7EAQXZCB7ARBCQXKWIQTRI/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wsbtv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/facebook-posts/no-ballots-donald-trump-werent-discovered-georgia-/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/facebook-posts/no-arizona-troopers-didnt-discover-50k-ballots-tru/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/election-2020-debunking-false-misleading-videos-claiming-show/story?id=74148233", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/facebook-posts/no-ballots-donald-trump-werent-discovered-georgia-/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Active crime scene in Spalding County, Georgia where ballots for President Donald Trump were discovered in a dumpster.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/facebook-posts/no-arizona-troopers-didnt-discover-50k-ballots-tru/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Arizona trooper found 50,000 ballots in dumpster all for President Trump!!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/spalding-county/spalding-county-sheriff-dispels-rumors-about-ballots-found-dumpster/SIFW7EAQXZCB7ARBCQXKWIQTRI/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wsbtv.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "What was found were empty envelopes that were used to mail ballots to the election's office.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-03-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2021-03-06", "start": "2021-03-06", "end": "2021-03-11", "title": "\"Shredded ballots\" in a Maricopa County dumpster", "why_it_fits": "On March 6, 2021, Gateway Pundit published photos of a man in a dumpster and of shredded paper behind the Maricopa County elections facility. The article said \"Someone ordered the ballots be shredded,\" days before the state Senate's audit of the 2020 vote. PolitiFact said the article was \"widely shared on Facebook.\" The county elections department and Recorder Stephen Richer, a Republican, said all 2.1 million voted November ballots were still sealed in a vault under camera surveillance. They said none had been shredded, and that the office shreds other paperwork, including ballots from voters who had died. PolitiFact rated the claim False, and AP called it false as well.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/09/gateway-pundit/no-evidence-dumpster-dive-found-2020-cast-ballots-/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.berkshireeagle.com/factcheck/maricopa-county-ballots-are-secured-in-a-vault-not-shredded-in-trash/article_8bb6a3f0-842b-11eb-996a-5b3ea6c74733.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "berkshireeagle.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.abc15.com/news/election-2020/surveillance-video-shows-dumpster-divers-at-maricopa-county-elections-department", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc15.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://azmirror.com/2021/03/11/top-gop-senator-shredded-ballots-will-evaporate-if-given-to-the-ag/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "azmirror.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/breaking-exclusive-ballots-arizonas-maricopa-county-found-shredded-dumpster-days-senate-audit-begin/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thegatewaypundit.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Someone ordered the ballots be shredded.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/stacikburk/posts/10222390066074983", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "facebook.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Ballots shredded and in dumpsters behind the Maricopa County Ballot tabulation center.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-11-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2022-11-10", "start": "2022-11-10", "end": "2022-11-18", "title": "Midterm \"ballots in the trash\" and the Santa Cruz Mountains ravine", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 10, 2022, a post spread on Instagram claiming that garbage collectors from L.A. County to \"Chavez County,\" New Mexico, had found \"thousands of midterm ballots in trash.\" PolitiFact traced the claim to the satirical Twitter account @SpeculationNews. It found that the two photos came from news stories in 2020 and 2021 about earlier incidents: a 2020 New Jersey case in which a postal worker dumped mail, and mail found in a Wisconsin ditch in September 2020. Separately, completed Santa Clara County ballots were found mixed with other mail in a ravine near Highway 17. The registrar said they \"appear\" to have gone missing while in USPS possession, and postal inspectors joined the investigation. According to PolitiFact, citing the registrar's Nov. 16 release, 36 ballots were recovered and 31 were counted. PolitiFact found \"no known evidence\" linking the case to Democrats trying to steal the election.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/11/viral-image/no-these-arent-photos-of-trashed-2022-election-bal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/18/viral-image/no-evidence-ballots-found-california-county-signal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcbayarea.com/decision-2022/santa-cruz-mountains-ballots-found-federal-investigation/3078140/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcbayarea.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ktvu.com/news/voting-ballots-found-tossed-in-ravine-miles-from-where-they-were-mailed-investigation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ktvu.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/11/viral-image/no-these-arent-photos-of-trashed-2022-election-bal/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "ELECTION22: From L.A. County California to Chavez County New Mexico, garbage collectors report finding thousands of midterm ballots in trash at hundreds of locations", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcbayarea.com/decision-2022/dozen-ballots-found-santa-cruz-mountains/3077205/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcbayarea.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The county noted that it doesn't know yet exactly how many ballots are impacted, but the initial estimate is one to two dozen ballots.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/18/viral-image/no-evidence-ballots-found-california-county-signal/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A recent Instagram post shared an authentic clip of the coverage, but wrongly claimed that it illustrates “how the left cheats to win.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g901Karkz7k", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2024-10-24", "start": "2024-10-24", "end": "2024-10-25", "title": "Fake video of Bucks County ballots being destroyed", "why_it_fits": "On Oct 24–25, 2024, X posts shared a video and claimed it showed a Bucks County, Pennsylvania election worker destroying mail ballots marked for Trump. NPR reported the video got \"hundreds of thousands of views\" on X. On Oct 24 the county Board of Elections said the envelopes and materials were \"clearly not authentic,\" and the DA's office concluded the video was \"fabricated.\" On Oct 25, ODNI, the FBI and CISA said they assessed that \"Russian actors manufactured and amplified\" the video, and that \"Local election officials have already debunked the video's content.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.tpr.org/2024-10-25/russia-is-behind-fake-video-of-ballots-being-destroyed-u-s-officials-say", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "tpr.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/decision-2024/video-of-bucks-county-ballots-with-trump-votes-being-destroyed-is-fake-da-says/4009859/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcphiladelphia.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/25/tweets/video-doesnt-show-an-election-worker-ripping-ballo/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.buckscounty.gov/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/1151", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "buckscounty.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/25/tweets/video-doesnt-show-an-election-worker-ripping-ballo/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mail in ballots voting for Trump appear to be destroyed by this election registrar employee in Bucks County, Pennsylvania a major battleground State.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.buckscounty.gov/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/1151", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "buckscounty.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The envelope and materials depicted in this video are clearly not authentic materials belonging to or distributed by the Bucks County Board of Elections.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/decision-2024/video-of-bucks-county-ballots-with-trump-votes-being-destroyed-is-fake-da-says/4009859/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcphiladelphia.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Russian actors manufactured and amplified a recent video that falsely depicted an individual ripping up ballots in Pennsylvania", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-04-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2026-04-17", "start": "2026-04-17", "end": "2026-04-22", "title": "Box of ballots by a dumpster in Renton, Washington", "why_it_fits": "On April 17, 2026, Washington State Republican Party Chair and state Rep. Jim Walsh posted a video about 380 ballots found next to a dumpster in Renton. In the video he said, \"This is proof Washington state elections are not secure\" (KIRO 7). KUOW reported that the ballots were not filled out and were never delivered to voters. They were addressed mostly to voters who use storefront mailboxes, such as Amazon or UPS parcel lockers, and came from elections between 2022 and 2025. King County Elections said its first review found the ballots appear to be outgoing ballots the voters never picked up from a private mailbox location. The county said the US Postal Inspection Service took custody on April 21 and is investigating with Renton police, and that it is coordinating with the FBI. King County Elections Director Julie Wise said \"There was no opportunity for fraud here.\" A King County Elections spokesperson compared the episode to the reports of stolen mail and \"ballots were found in a ditch\" that the county hears in \"almost every even-year election\" (KUOW).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.kuow.org/stories/law-enforcement-investigating-nearly-400-unopened-ballots-found-in-renton", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kuow.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://cdn.kingcounty.gov/vi-vn/dept/elections/about-us/news-and-media-resources/news-releases/april-21-2026", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cdn.kingcounty.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/king-county-elections-leaders-respond-after-box-found-with-blank-ballots-renton/6NDF5BZEPRD33D5FE2WOHVERHE/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kiro7.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kuow.org/stories/law-enforcement-investigating-nearly-400-unopened-ballots-found-in-renton", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kuow.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The 380 ballots, mostly from King County, were not filled out and were never delivered to voters.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://cdn.kingcounty.gov/vi-vn/dept/elections/about-us/news-and-media-resources/news-releases/april-21-2026", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "cdn.kingcounty.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Earlier today the United States Postal Inspection Service took custody of the ballots and is collaborating with the Renton Police Department on the investigation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/king-county-elections-leaders-respond-after-box-found-with-blank-ballots-renton/6NDF5BZEPRD33D5FE2WOHVERHE/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kiro7.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This is proof Washington state elections are not secure.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2026-09-22", "start": "2026-09-22", "end": "2026-09-23", "title": "Former postal worker indicted for allegedly dumping about 300 Utah primary ballots; DOJ official says \"voting fraud is real\"", "why_it_fits": "Federal prosecutors charge that on June 3, 2026, a letter carrier threw mail, including about 300 primary ballots for Eagle Mountain voters, into a dumpster in a church parking lot. He was indicted on one mail-destruction count and pleaded not guilty on Sept. 22 (DOJ; CBS/AP; Salt Lake Tribune). At a news conference in Washington, Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said the blocked federal mail-ballot rule would have prevented the alleged crime. He ended by saying \"voting fraud is real\" (Salt Lake Tribune). On the other side of the record: the defendant told investigators he had no political motive and acted out of \"frustration\" and \"laziness,\" an explanation prosecutors \"don't buy\" (Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 25). Court records cited by CBS/AP say he wanted to \"lighten his workload.\" The Utah County clerk had told commissioners in July that he did not believe the missing ballots would have affected any race (Salt Lake Tribune). A week earlier, Utah legislative auditors reported they \"did not observe significant fraud\" in the state's elections (Salt Lake Tribune).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-postal-worker-indicted-after-allegedly-disposing-hundreds-mail-ballots-utah", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/09/22/doj-says-charges-against-utah/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sltrib.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-charges-utah-postal-worker-mail-ballots-trash/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/09/25/postal-worker-accused-tossing-utah/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sltrib.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-postal-worker-indicted-after-allegedly-disposing-hundreds-mail-ballots-utah", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Allegedly throwing away hundreds of ballots is a serious federal crime that undermines the integrity of our elections.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/09/22/doj-says-charges-against-utah/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "sltrib.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "So remember, folks, voting fraud is real", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-usps-worker-indicted-allegedly-dumping-300-plus-utah-mail-in-ballots-without-delivering-one", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Former USPS worker indicted after allegedly dumping 300-plus Utah mail-in ballots without delivering one", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ballots-found-in-ditch/#2026-10-09", "start": "2026-10-09", "end": "2026-10-13", "title": "Pre-midterm \"ballot dumping\" reports", "why_it_fits": "A driver found election mail scattered on Lake Wohlford Road in North San Diego County. The county Registrar of Voters said it was 12 unvoted mail ballot packets and 14 voter information pamphlets. Another person took the materials to a post office, and the Postal Service redelivered them. CIP says a video shared by several prominent X accounts claimed 27 \"lost and stolen ballots\" were found. Valley Center Republicans posted the video and alleged election fraud. Some X accounts used the incident to argue for Proposition 39 (voter ID). Election officials said there was no sign of voter fraud and no one tried to vote those ballots. They also said there was no sign the ballots went missing while in the registrar's custody. The case was referred to the Postal Service. CIP said the rumors \"mislead by exaggerating the impact,\" because only 12 ballots were involved and they were redelivered.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/mail-in-ballots-strewn-along-north-county-road", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "10news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/mail-in-ballots-found-scattered-along-escondido-road-sparking-investigation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "10news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cip.uw.edu/2026/10/13/election-rumor-rundown-october-13/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cip.uw.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/mail-in-ballots-strewn-along-north-county-road", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "10news.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Twelve unvoted, unfilled mail ballot packets being sent to voters and 14 voter information pamphlets were found on the side of a road", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cip.uw.edu/2026/10/13/election-rumor-rundown-october-13/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cip.uw.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "These rumors mislead by exaggerating the impact of the dumped ballots.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Facebook views on Amy Reichert's post (CIP: \"over 116,000 views\")": 116000, "Total X posts about the incident (CIP: \"about 8.16K\")": 8160 } }, { "url": "https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/mail-in-ballots-found-scattered-along-escondido-road-sparking-investigation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "10news.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Election officials say there are no indications of voter fraud and that no one attempted to cast a vote on behalf of the voters whose ballots were found.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "somali-benefits-cadillacs", "title": "The recurring claim that Somali immigrants are living lavishly on public benefits", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/", "summary": "Since at least 2018, US politicians, media figures and viral posts have repeatedly claimed that Somali immigrants, mostly in Minnesota, take large amounts of public benefits or live in luxury on stolen public money. The claim draws on real federal fraud cases, such as the roughly $300 million Feeding Our Future meal-program case. In that case most defendants were of Somali descent, but its founder is not Somali. Fact-checkers and state officials have found that broader figures, such as \"88% on welfare,\" \"92% don't work\" and \"$19 billion\" in fraud, are unsupported or far larger than anything prosecutors have alleged.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-08/trumps-attacks-on-minnesotas-somali-community-cast-a-spotlight-on-fraud-cases", "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/probing-trumps-verbal-attack-on-somalis/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2018-05-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/#2018-05-14", "start": "2018-05-14", "end": "2018-05-19", "title": "A Fox 9 report links child care subsidy fraud to cash carried from MSP airport to Somalia and the Middle East", "why_it_fits": "On May 14, 2018, Fox 9 cited unnamed government sources who suspected child care subsidy fraud was costing Minnesota taxpayers \"as much as $100 million a year.\" The report said most of the 10 day cares under investigation were owned by Somali immigrants, and suggested some money was going overseas, possibly to al-Shabab. The report also described one convicted provider, Fozia Ali, staying in \"$800 a night hotel rooms\" on a trip abroad while billing the state. Acting Human Services Commissioner Chuck Johnson said the $100 million figure was not credible because it would be half the program. He said state cases since 2014 had led to 13 closures, six felony convictions and $4.6 million in court-ordered restitution, with no evidence of terrorism ties. DHS Inspector General Carolyn Ham told the May 15 Senate hearing that \"in none of our [criminal] cases have we had specific evidence of terrorism.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/05/14/state-investigating-fraud-at-10-mn-daycare-providers", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mprnews.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-republicans-call-for-crackdown-on-child-care-assistance-fraud/482706321", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/05/18/day-care-fraud-scott-stillman-minnesota-questions", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mprnews.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "http://www.fox9.com/news/investigators/senate-calls-for-hearing-after-fox-9-daycare-fraud-investigation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox9.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.fox9.com/news/millions-of-dollars-in-suitcases-fly-out-of-msp-but-why", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox9.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This fraud is suspected of costing Minnesota taxpayers as much as $100 million a year.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "http://www.fox9.com/news/investigators/senate-calls-for-hearing-after-fox-9-daycare-fraud-investigation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox9.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Minnesota lawmakers are scheduling a hearing for Tuesday after the Fox 9 Investigators exposed daycare fraud", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/05/18/day-care-fraud-scott-stillman-minnesota-questions", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mprnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I've heard it said that day care fraud is $100 million.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQMaxFs8r4c", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-03-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/#2019-03-13", "start": "2019-03-13", "end": "2019-03-15", "title": "State auditor's report on the child care fraud claims", "why_it_fits": "Lawmakers ordered the review after a 2018 Fox 9 report, which included claims by former Human Services employee Scott Stillman. The report said as much as $100 million a year was lost to fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program, with money possibly ending up with terrorist groups. MPR reported that the terrorism claim \"was specific to Somali-American child care providers sending money back to Somalia.\" The auditor found no evidence for either the $100 million figure or the terrorism link. It also said fraud was probably higher than the $5–6 million prosecutors had proven, but gave no estimate of its own. Republicans called for the Human Services inspector general to resign. Democrats called the earlier terrorism claims unsupported and Islamophobic, and a local Somali child care group demanded an apology.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/03/13/audit-finds-no-child-care-fraud-terror-link", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mprnews.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/audit-fraud-in-minnesota-s-child-care-program-not-100-million-but-still-troubling/507089672", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.inforum.com/news/fraud-exists-in-minnesota-childcare-assistance-program-but-not-100-million-worth-report-says", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inforum.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/sreview/ccap.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "auditor.leg.state.mn.us", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/sreview/ccap.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "auditor.leg.state.mn.us", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We did not find evidence to substantiate the allegation that the level of CCAP fraud in Minnesota is $100 million annually.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/03/13/audit-finds-no-child-care-fraud-terror-link", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mprnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we couldn't find evidence to substantiate that there is $100 million in fraud in CCAP every year,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/audit-fraud-in-minnesota-s-child-care-program-not-100-million-but-still-troubling/507089672", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "relieved to hear that there are no suitcases of cash going to Somalia.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-10-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/#2019-10-10", "start": "2019-10-10", "end": "2019-10-11", "title": "Trump's Minneapolis rally remarks on Somali refugee resettlement", "why_it_fits": "At an Oct. 10, 2019 campaign rally in Minneapolis, Trump said Washington leaders had brought \"large numbers of refugees to your state from Somalia without considering the impact on schools and communities and taxpayers.\" He also called Rep. Ilhan Omar a \"disgrace to our country\" (AP via PBS; Star Tribune). The next day CAIR called the remarks a \"racist rant\" (CAIR; AP). Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka backed letting cities and states have a say on refugees. He said some cities \"might decide they cannot accept more refugees because they already have a large percentage of their population that needs help from the welfare system\" (Star Tribune). This rerun is about the cost of refugees to taxpayers, not a claim of lavish living on benefits.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/minnesota-democrats-muslims-rip-trump-for-attack-on-somalis", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/somali-minnesotans-wonder-about-their-welcome-after-trump-s-speech/562938382", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-cair-mn-condemn-trumps-racist-rant-targeting-somali-americans/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cair.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/minnesota-democrats-muslims-rip-trump-for-attack-on-somalis", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "large numbers of refugees to your state from Somalia without considering the impact on schools and communities and taxpayers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-cair-mn-condemn-trumps-racist-rant-targeting-somali-americans/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "cair.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Last night's racist rant targeting Somali-Americans is just the latest example of Donald Trump's use of white supremacist and anti-immigrant rhetoric", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/somali-minnesotans-wonder-about-their-welcome-after-trump-s-speech/562938382", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "might decide they cannot accept more refugees because they already have a large percentage of their population that needs help from the welfare system.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?464823-1%2Fpresident-trump-campaign-rally-minneapolis=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "large numbers of refugees to your state from Somalia without considering the impact on schools and communities and taxpayers", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-09-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/#2022-09-20", "start": "2022-09-20", "end": "2022-09-30", "title": "Feeding Our Future charges announced", "why_it_fits": "On September 20, 2022, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota announced charges against 47 people in an alleged $250 million scheme against the Federal Child Nutrition Program, run through the nonprofit Feeding Our Future. U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger called it \"the largest pandemic fraud in the United States\" (CBS). Prosecutors said the money paid for luxury vehicles, real estate in Minnesota, Ohio, Kentucky, Kenya and Turkey, and international travel. Sahan Journal's list of defendants later reached 79, and its conviction tracker shows 61 guilty pleas and seven more found guilty. In later coverage from December 2025 (published by WRAL), PolitiFact reported that most defendants were of Somali descent and that founder Aimee Bock, who is not Somali, was convicted at trial. It also reported that Trump wrote about the case in a November 21, 2025 Truth Social post and cited the scandal as a reason to end Temporary Protected Status (a deportation protection) for Somalis in Minnesota.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/09/20/1124097450/pandemic-fraud-scheme-doj-food-children-meals-charges", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://sahanjournal.com/news/feeding-our-future-indictments-who-charged-food-fraud-minnesota/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sahanjournal.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/feeding-our-future-food-aid-fraud-investigation-guilty-pleas/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sahanjournal.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/news/local/fact-check-walz-jail-suspects-minnesota-fraud-case-dec-2025/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/us-attorney-announces-federal-charges-against-47-defendants-250-million-feeding-our", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "to purchase luxury cars, houses, jewelry, and coastal resort property abroad", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/u-s-attorneys-office-announces-covid-related-fraud-case/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Prosecutors said just a fraction of the money went toward feeding kids, with the rest laundered through shell companies and spent on property, luxury cars and travel.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/jensen-other-gop-candidates-blast-democratic-state-leaders-over-handling-of-feeding-our-future/600210493", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Heather Mueller should resign because she did not do her job", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlG6m1wk1fA", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/#2025-11-19", "start": "2025-11-19", "end": "2025-12-10", "title": "Trump's Cabinet remarks on Somali Minnesotans: \"ripped off\" billions, \"88%\" welfare and \"lavish lifestyles\"", "why_it_fits": "At the end of a Dec 2, 2025 Cabinet meeting, Trump said people of Somali heritage had \"ripped off\" Minnesota for \"billions of dollars\" every year. He said they \"contribute nothing\" and that \"the welfare is like 88%.\" The White House gave FactCheck.org no evidence for either figure. A statement quoted by FactCheck.org said Somali refugees had used Minnesota fraud \"to fund lavish lifestyles overseas at the expense of American taxpayers.\" What the record shows: Charges: The New York Times reported that 78 of the 86 people charged so far in Minnesota program-fraud cases are of Somali descent. Amounts: According to FactCheck.org, a Star Tribune review of court documents put alleged fraud found so far at about $152 million, not billions. Benefit use: Minnesota's state demographer reported that 84% of people with Somali ancestry received at least one of the listed benefits: 8% received public-assistance (cash) income, 60% received SNAP (food aid) and 78% had Medicaid. A separate report from the Center for Immigration Studies estimated 81% of Somali immigrant households. Citizenship: The demographer noted that 95% of Somalis in Minnesota are U.S. citizens. Peak attention: two spikes, Nov 21–22 after Trump's Truth Social post announcing the end of TPS (Friday, Nov 21), and a larger one Dec 2–4 after the Cabinet meeting (Tuesday, Dec 2); ABC's article ran Dec 3. FactCheck.org's fact-check carries Dec 9 and Dec 10 updates. A Nov 19 City Journal article had quoted a confidential source calling the Minnesota taxpayer the largest funder of Al-Shabaab; the Star Tribune later reported that the article's one named source said it overstated what he told them.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/probing-trumps-verbal-attack-on-somalis/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-describes-somali-immigrants-garbage-amid-feud-minnesota/story?id=128069199", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7337670/somalia-minnesota-fraud-walz-trump-tps-explainer/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/city-journal-fraud-story-seattle-detective/601537870", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.city-journal.org/article/minnesota-welfare-fraud-somalia-al-shabaab", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "city-journal.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This is a third-rail conversation, but the largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-describes-somali-immigrants-garbage-amid-feud-minnesota/story?id=128069199", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We could go one way or the other, and we're going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iasmkt6-Cds", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/#2025-12-26", "start": "2025-12-26", "end": "2026-01-15", "title": "Daycare video, child care funding freeze, \"Mercedes-Benz\" remark", "why_it_fits": "On January 13, 2026, in a passage of a Detroit Economic Club speech about the \"Somali population\" in \"that area of Minnesota,\" President Trump said \"they came from a place with nothing, and they come here, and they drive around in Mercedes-Benz.\" He added, \"They get welfare payments, then they have Mercedes-Benzes.\" That is the claim about living lavishly on benefits, made directly. It followed a national story that began with YouTuber Nick Shirley's December 26 video. The video accused Somali-run Minneapolis daycare centers of taking public money without providing care, and HHS froze about $185 million in Minnesota child care funds in response. A CBS News review of state records, as reported by Al Jazeera, found that all but two of the centers had active licenses, and that state regulators had visited all the active ones within six months. It found safety and other citations but \"no recorded evidence of fraud.\" Separately, there are real documented prosecutions. In a Minnesota child-nutrition case, NPR reported that more than 90 people have been charged since 2022 over about $250 million in COVID relief funds that prosecutors say was misappropriated; Al Jazeera put the figures at 98 charged and $300 million.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5662600/nick-shirley-minnesota-daycare-fraud", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/trump-administration-freezes-minnesota-childcare-funds-over-fraud-claims", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-detroit-economic-club-detroit-michigan-1", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5662600/nick-shirley-minnesota-daycare-fraud", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The pair claim to have exposed over $110 million in fraud.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views on X (Shirley's video, per NPR as of Wednesday)": 131000000, "views on YouTube (Shirley's video, per NPR as of Wednesday)": 2500000 } }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/trump-administration-freezes-minnesota-childcare-funds-over-fraud-claims", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the fraud,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-detroit-economic-club-detroit-michigan-1", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "You know, they came from a place with nothing, and they come here, and they drive around in Mercedes-Benz.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/videos/president-trump-delivers-remarks-to-the-detroit-economic-club/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They came from a place with nothing, and they come here and they drive around in Mercedes-Benz.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/#2026-02-24", "start": "2026-02-24", "end": "2026-02-26", "title": "\"92% don't work\" and the \"$19 billion\" claim", "why_it_fits": "In a Feb 2, 2026 interview on Dan Bongino's podcast, Trump said of Somalis in Minnesota, \"92% don't work.\" He described \"an unbelievable system, cor- -- corrupt system of welfare\" and said \"many of them drive Mercedes-Benzes.\" PolitiFact rated the 92% figure \"Pants on Fire!\" It cited 2024 Census data showing about 72% of Minnesota Somalis 16 and older are working or looking for work, so about 28% are not, a lower share than Minnesotans overall (about 32%). In his Feb 24 State of the Union, Trump said \"members of the Somali community have pillaged an estimated $19 billion dollars from the American taxpayer.\" NBC News rated that claim \"lacks evidence,\" saying it \"far exceeds estimates from the Justice Department, which has so far charged 98 people in Minnesota, 85 of whom are Somali, with $1 billion of fraud.\" A Star Tribune review of federal court cases put alleged fraud uncovered so far closer to $218 million.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/feb/02/donald-trump/Bongino-minnesota-somali-employment-poverty-benefi/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/state-of-union-fact-check-trump-speech-2026-rcna259900", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/trump-repeats-claim-of-19-billion-in-minnesota-fraud-heres-what-the-numbers-show/601588451", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.fox9.com/news/fraud-minnesota-dhs-fact-check-website-address-false-misleading-claims", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox9.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-dan-bongino-podcast-february-2-2026/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "You know, many of them drive Mercedes-Benzes. They had nothing when they came over.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/trump-calls-somali-community-pirates-prompting-shouts-from-rep-ilhan-omar-during-state-of-the-union/601588100", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "“That’s a lie ... you’re lying,” Omar shouted back in response to Trump’s claim.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-04-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/#2026-04-28", "start": "2026-04-28", "end": "2026-05-03", "title": "Minneapolis daycare search warrants and renewed luxury-spending claims", "why_it_fits": "On April 28, 2026, federal agents carried out search warrants at about 20 Minneapolis childcare centers in a fraud investigation, and no arrests were reported (CBS). An attorney for childcare centers told AP that the names of the targeted businesses showed they were run by Somali immigrants (PBS/AP). On May 2, Fox News reported that Brewer said on \"Saturday in America\" that he had seen Somali shoppers buying luxury goods, sightings the article placed in the late 2000s to early 2010s, and that \"more than 50% of them are on welfare.\" The same article said Brewer \"previously said he saw Somali alleged fraudsters buy luxury sports cars\" and cited his January remarks to Fox News Digital about Bentley and Maserati dealerships (Fox News). What the record shows: defendants in the separate Feeding Our Future case used stolen meal-program money for luxury cars, property and travel, according to trial exhibits (CBS, Dec 2025). As of March 2026, 92 people had been charged in related schemes and 67 convicted (CBS). The April searches had led to no charges when MPR reported on them.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/federal-agents-serve-search-warrants-in-minnesota-fraud-probe", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-daycare-fraud-federal-raids-2026-timeline/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/28/federal-search-warrants-criminal-investigation-minneapolis-daycare-providers", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mprnews.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-fraud-spent-millions-luxury-cars-villas/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/federal-agents-serve-search-warrants-in-minnesota-fraud-probe", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Federal agents served multiple search warrants Tuesday in Minnesota in an ongoing fraud investigation by the Trump administration of publicly funded social programs for children", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/ex-vikings-captain-jack-brewer-opens-witnessing-somalis-flooding-luxury-stores-amid-alleged-fraud", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "You start seeing so many Somalians there purchasing these luxury goods. And I always wondered, how in the world did these folks get so much money?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/video/6394429659112", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "more than 50% of them are on welfare", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/somali-benefits-cadillacs/#2026-10-08", "start": "2026-10-08", "end": null, "title": "\"Fight back\" post, Youngstown rally, and the Oval Office \"98%\" remark", "why_it_fits": "At the Oct 12 Youngstown rally, Trump said Somalis in Minnesota \"come in, they have nothing, and they're the number one buyers of Mercedes-Benz and BMWs in the state of Minnesota\" (HuffPost via Yahoo). Somali Digest, citing a rally transcript, reported that he also said community members \"looted tens of billions of dollars from Minnesota welfare programs.\" This is the same luxury-car-bought-with-public-money image as the earlier \"Cadillacs\" remarks. Four days earlier, on Oct 8, he posted on Truth Social that Minnesotans had \"been robbed\" and \"must fight back.\" CAIR's Minnesota chapter called the post \"an implicit call for violence against an entire community\" (Star Tribune). On Oct 20 he told reporters Somalis have \"like, a 98% unemployment rate… They don't work\" (Mediaite). The record: The Hill notes the administration's focus follows a pandemic-era fraud scheme that stole hundreds of millions of dollars from a federally funded nutrition program. Mediaite, citing CBS News, reports that 82 people of Somali descent had been charged in major fraud cases as of February. CBS described them as a tiny fraction of Minnesota's more than 107,000 Somali residents.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/12/politics/trump-rally-ohio", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/trump-makes-more-inflammatory-comments-on-somali-community-in-minnesota/601899236", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6138039-trump-somali-immigrants-minnesota/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-straight-up-says-ilhan-omar-could-go-to-jail-amid-doj-probe-calls-somalia-a-shthouse/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/trump-makes-more-inflammatory-comments-on-somali-community-in-minnesota/601899236", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump is placing a target on the backs of Somali Americans", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-goes-racist-rant-somalis-012830505.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They come in, they have nothing, and they're the number one buyers of Mercedes-Benz and BMWs in the state of Minnesota.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-straight-up-says-ilhan-omar-could-go-to-jail-amid-doj-probe-calls-somalia-a-shthouse/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Did you know they have, like, a 98% unemployment rate?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/event/white-house-event/president-trump-remarks-at-campaign-rally-in-ohio/448185", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "come in, they have nothing, and they're the number one buyers of Mercedes-Benz and BMWs in the state of Minnesota.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "direct-payment-promises", "title": "The recurring promise of direct payments to Americans funded by ___", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/", "summary": "Since early 2025, President Trump has repeatedly promised direct payments to Americans and tied each one to a new money source: DOGE savings, then tariff revenue, then general \"economic success.\" According to CNBC's October 2026 summary, he has made several such cash promises and didn't deliver. A narrower payment to troops was made, but from money Congress had already set aside.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/04/trump-5000-checks-cash-payments-midterms.html", "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/10/trump-dividend-midterms-gop.html" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2019-05-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2019-05-14", "start": "2019-05-14", "end": "2019-05-24", "title": "Trump says tariffs on Chinese imports will pay for $16 billion farm aid package", "why_it_fits": "On May 23, 2019, hours after the White House announced a $16 billion aid package for farmers hurt by the China trade war, Trump said the package \"will be paid for by the billions of dollars\" the Treasury was collecting from tariffs on Chinese imports (CNBC). CNBC reported that the main part was $14.5 billion in cash payments to farmers, and that the USDA said tariff revenue collected by the Treasury would be used to support the program. By then, the administration had already approved a $12 billion bailout in 2018 (CNN). The USDA had announced a first batch of $4.7 billion from that package in August 2018 (NPR, via WFYI). CNN and PolitiFact both found the \"paid by China / paid by tariffs\" claim inaccurate. PolitiFact said the aid was paid through the Commodity Credit Corporation, with \"no specific earmark or conduit\" connecting it to tariff revenue.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/23/trump-insists-chinese-tariffs-will-cover-16-billion-farm-trade-aid-package.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/tariffs-bailout-china/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/02/donald-trump/no-china-not-paying-us-farmers-16b-through-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2018-08-28/agriculture-dept-will-pay-47-billion-to-farmers-hit-in-trade-war", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wfyi.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/23/trump-insists-chinese-tariffs-will-cover-16-billion-farm-trade-aid-package.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "will be paid for by the billions of dollars", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/tariffs-bailout-china/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "No. China itself does not pay anything.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/02/donald-trump/no-china-not-paying-us-farmers-16b-through-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Tariffs are paid into the U.S. Treasury, and the Treasury funds the farm aid. But there is no specific earmark or conduit connecting the two.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2025-02-18", "start": "2025-02-18", "end": "2025-02-27", "title": "\"DOGE dividend\" floated", "why_it_fits": "On Feb. 18, 2025, Elon Musk replied \"Will check with the President\" to an X proposal by Azoria CEO James Fishback. The proposal was a \"DOGE Dividend\" that would return 20% of DOGE's targeted $2 trillion in savings to about 79 million tax-paying households, roughly $5,000 each. On Feb. 19, at the FII Priority Summit in Miami, President Trump said a plan to \"give 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens\" was \"under consideration.\" Later that day on Air Force One he told reporters \"I love it.\" No payments had been made at the time: the proposal called for a check after DOGE expired in July 2026. In October 2026, CNBC reported that the payments \"never materialized.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-02-19/trump-says-hes-considering-returning-20-of-doge-savings-to-americans", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "usnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/trump-musk-promote-idea-of-5000-doge-dividend-checks.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/02/18/musk-mulls-sending-all-americans-5000-checks-using-doge-savings/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/04/trump-5000-checks-cash-payments-midterms.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/02/18/musk-mulls-sending-all-americans-5000-checks-using-doge-savings/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "forbes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Will check with the President,\" billionaire Elon Musk replied to a tweet proposing a refund check to taxpayers funded by DOGE's savings.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/business/doge-dividend-checks-plan-inflation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There's even a — under consideration, a new concept where we give 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens and 20% goes to paying down debt", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/trump-floats-giving-20-doge-savings-american-citizens-rcna192931", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I love it,\" Trump said Wednesday night when he was asked about the proposal", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZISTbxIMIes", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We give 20% of the DOGE savings to the American citizens", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2025-07-25", "start": "2025-07-25", "end": "2025-08-08", "title": "Tariff \"rebate\" checks and the Hawley bill", "why_it_fits": "On July 25, 2025, Trump told reporters, \"We're thinking about a little rebate,\" to be paid from tariff revenue. He said it could go to \"people of a certain income level\" but gave no threshold, and called paying down debt \"the big thing\" (CBS). On July 28, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the American Worker Rebate Act, saying it followed what \"President Trump proposed.\" It would pay at least $600 per adult and dependent child, or $2,400 for a family of four (Hawley press release; Forbes). CBS noted that rebates like this usually need Congress to pass a law, and the tax-and-spending bill Trump signed on July 4 did not include a tariff rebate. Forbes said the payments were still \"pending approval from Congress and Trump.\" As of the July 28–29 coverage, no rebate had been enacted or paid.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rebate-checks-tariff-revenue-debt/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-send-rebate-checks-to-working-americans", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "hawley.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/07/28/new-bill-proposes-600-tariff-rebate-checks-heres-what-we-know/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rebate-checks-tariff-revenue-debt/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're thinking about a little rebate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-send-rebate-checks-to-working-americans", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "hawley.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Ensure the amount of the rebate is at least $600 per adult and dependent child (e.g. $2,400 for a family of four).", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/07/28/new-bill-proposes-600-tariff-rebate-checks-heres-what-we-know/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "forbes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Legislation introduced Monday by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., would provide tariff rebate checks of at least $600 to American families", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2025-11-09", "start": "2025-11-09", "end": "2025-11-18", "title": "\"$2,000 tariff dividend\" promise", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 9, 2025, President Trump posted on Truth Social that \"a dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,\" paid for by tariff revenue. On Nov. 17 he told reporters in the Oval Office the dividends would come \"probably the middle of next year.\" By then nothing had been paid: Axios called it an idea he had \"repeatedly touted but never executed,\" and PolitiFact reported the administration had published no plans. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Nov. 9 the dividend might take the form of tax cuts already passed, and on Nov. 16 said, \"We need legislation for that.\" The Yale Budget Lab estimated the cost at about $450 billion, according to Axios.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/nov/10/Trump-tariff-dividend-2000-stimulus/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/11/11/nx-s1-5604681/trump-tariff-dividends-flaws", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/17/2000-tariff-dividend-trump-check-2026", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/18/2000-tariff-dividend-trump-check-2026-growth", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/09/trump-tariffs-stimulus-rebate-2000-check", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/16/2000-tariff-dividend-trump-check", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We will see. We need legislation for that.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/17/2000-tariff-dividend-trump-check-2026", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're going to be issuing dividends later on, somewhere prior to, you know, probably the middle of next year, a little bit later than that.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnL71GF8wSc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2025-12-08", "start": "2025-12-08", "end": "2025-12-10", "title": "Trump announces $12 billion farmer aid package, says it will come from tariff revenue", "why_it_fits": "On December 8, 2025, Trump announced $12 billion for farmers and said it would come from tariff revenue. The package included $11 billion in one-time \"bridge\" payments to crop farmers. USDA said the payments are authorized under the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act. According to reporting relayed by Farm Policy News, Agriculture Secretary Rollins told reporters the money would come from the CCC, with tariffs considered \"an offset.\" By late April 2026, the American Farm Bureau Federation reported that nearly $9.6 billion in bridge payments had been sent, with nearly 500,000 applications approved.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-announce-12-billion-bailout-plan-farmers-white/story?id=128214384", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/8/trump-announces-12bn-package-to-aid-farmers-hurt-by-his-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/12/08/trump-administration-announces-12-billion-farmer-bridge-payments-american-farmers-impacted-unfair", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "usda.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/11-billion-in-bridge-farm-aid-to-be-issued-by-february/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "farmpolicynews.illinois.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/04/nearly-10-billion-in-farmer-bridge-assistance-allocated/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "farmpolicynews.illinois.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/tracking-farmer-bridge-assistance-program-payments", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fb.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-announce-12-billion-bailout-plan-farmers-white/story?id=128214384", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "the United States will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/8/trump-announces-12bn-package-to-aid-farmers-hurt-by-his-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Trump announced the package at a White House event on Monday, saying the money would come from funds raised by tariffs.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/event/white-house-event/trump-announces-12-billion-in-aid-for-farmers-at-white-house-roundtable/438721", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2025-12-17", "start": "2025-12-17", "end": "2025-12-18", "title": "\"Warrior dividend\" for troops", "why_it_fits": "In a prime-time White House address on Dec. 17, 2025, President Trump announced a one-time $1,776 \"warrior dividend\" for about 1.45 million service members. He said \"the checks are already on the way\" and that \"we made a lot more money than anybody thought because of tariffs, and the bill helped us along\" (ABC, Fortune). A senior administration official told ABC, CBS and Fortune that the payments would cost $2.6 billion. The official said the money would come from a $2.9 billion Basic Allowance for Housing supplement that Congress appropriated to the Defense Department in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. CBS reported that the White House didn't immediately say whether tariff revenue would also fund the payments. Fortune reported that the White House didn't answer its question about how tariff revenue would pay for the checks. At the time of this rerun, the White House said troops could expect the payments before Dec. 20 (CBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-teased-warrior-dividend-checks-money-allotted-congress/story?id=128523188", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/warrior-dividend-1776-military-bonus-trump-christmas/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/12/18/trump-warrior-dividends-financed-tariff-revenue-lagging-behind-estimates", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/dec/18/fact-checking-trump-speech-warrior-dividend/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-teased-warrior-dividend-checks-money-allotted-congress/story?id=128523188", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We are sending every soldier $1,776. Think of that. And the checks are already on the way.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/dec/18/fact-checking-trump-speech-warrior-dividend/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It was not immediately clear where that money would come from", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/warrior-dividend-1776-military-bonus-trump-christmas/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "In its statement on Thursday, the White House said service members can expect to receive the payments before Dec. 20.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/president-trump-we-are-sending-every-soldier-1776/5185380", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2026-01-08", "start": "2026-01-08", "end": "2026-01-23", "title": "Promise repeated; scam emails/texts fact-checked.", "why_it_fits": "In a Nov. 9, 2025 Truth Social post, Trump promised tariff revenue would fund \"a dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!)\" (WRAL/PolitiFact). In a Jan. 7, 2026 New York Times interview, with the transcript published Jan. 11, he said he'd be able to do $2,000 \"toward the end of the year.\" He also said he didn't think Congress was needed (USA TODAY Network). On Jan. 20 he told reporters tariff money would allow \"at least a $2,000 dividend\" and \"a very substantial dividend,\" and that \"I believe we can do that without Congress\" (Gray DC). As of Jan. 23, PolitiFact reported that no tariff dividend had been issued and the administration had given no guidance on how or when one would be. Fox 5 DC reported that neither the tariff dividend nor the DOGE dividend had happened.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/news/state/fact-check-trump-2000-tariff-dividend-jan-2026/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.localnewslive.com/2026/01/21/pres-trump-promises-tariff-rebate-checks-voters/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "localnewslive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/2-000-tariff-checks-trumps-151210098.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.fox5dc.com/news/stimulus-payment-january-2026-irs-direct-deposit-relief-payment-tariff-dividend-fact-check", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox5dc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.localnewslive.com/2026/01/21/pres-trump-promises-tariff-rebate-checks-voters/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "localnewslive.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we will be able to make a very substantial dividend to the people of our country. I believe we can do that without Congress.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/2-000-tariff-checks-trumps-151210098.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I’ll be able to do $2,000 sometime. I would say toward the end of the year", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/news/state/fact-check-trump-2000-tariff-dividend-jan-2026/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wral.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Trump administration hasn’t issued any specific guidance on how or when dividends will be issued.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2026-02-20", "start": "2026-02-20", "end": "2026-02-25", "title": "Supreme Court tariff ruling leaves Trump's $2,000 tariff dividend checks in limbo; State of the Union touts 'warrior dividend'", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 10, 2025, Trump said, \"We're going to issue a dividend to our middle-income people and lower-income people of about $2,000\" (as quoted by The Oklahoman). On Feb. 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the emergency-powers law Trump used to impose many of his tariffs (IEEPA) does not let the president set tariffs. The Oklahoman reported that the administration still had not given a timeline for the checks. A Bankrate analyst told CNBC the odds were \"now effectively zero.\" In his Feb. 24 State of the Union, Trump said a $1,776 \"warrior dividend\" paid to service members came \"from tariffs and other things.\" FactCheck.org said the money was actually funding first set aside for a higher military housing allowance. No $2,000 tariff dividend checks had been paid by then.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2026/02/factchecking-trumps-state-of-the-union-address/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/2-000-tariff-checks-coming-173611325.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/trumps-2000-tariff-dividend-checks-are-less-likely-experts-say.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/2-000-tariff-checks-coming-173611325.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "With this ruling, the potential of the $2,000 check the president promised last fall has been held in limbo.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/trumps-2000-tariff-dividend-checks-are-less-likely-experts-say.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The odds of this policy moving forward is now effectively zero.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2026/02/factchecking-trumps-state-of-the-union-address/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Those bonuses were a reallocation of funds initially earmarked for an increased Department of Defense housing allowance", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2026-03-09", "start": "2026-03-09", "end": "2026-03-17", "title": "Democratic tariff-rebate bills (H.R. 7865 and S. 4093)", "why_it_fits": "On March 9, 2026, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) introduced H.R. 7865, the American Consumer Tariff Rebate Act of 2026. It would make a one-time direct payment to taxpayers with adjusted gross income of $400,000 or less, from a $231.35 billion pool. The bill text says that figure is the estimated consumer cost of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). His office estimated average payments in South Texas of $1,020 for single filers, $1,530 for heads of household and $2,040 for married couples filing jointly, plus $125 per qualifying child. On March 12, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced S. 4093, the Tariff Refunds for Working Families Act. Its text describes it as providing \"rebates to individuals using tariff proceeds\": $600 for single filers, $1,200 for joint filers and $600 per child. At that point no tariff-funded payments had gone to households: the Supreme Court had struck down the IEEPA tariffs in February, CNBC reported that Trump said in January the checks would come \"toward the end of the year,\" and both bills were still only introduced and referred to committee.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr7865", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govtrack.us", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://cuellar.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412054", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cuellar.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/13/tariff-dividend-checks-a-new-bill-could-create-a-tax-rebate-program.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5786029-new-tariff-rebates-worth-hundreds-or-thousands-proposed-how-would-they-work/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://cuellar.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412054", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "cuellar.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Tariffs function as hidden taxes on families and create uncertainty for businesses", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/12/trump-trade-tariffs-tax-rebates-martin-heinrich-2026-elections.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "introduced a bill Thursday to create a new tax rebate for individuals and families", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5786029-new-tariff-rebates-worth-hundreds-or-thousands-proposed-how-would-they-work/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Two new bills have been introduced in Congress that, if passed, could give American taxpayers hundreds or thousands of dollars", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2026-09-09", "start": "2026-09-09", "end": "2026-09-16", "title": "$5,000 \"Trump dividend\" tied to the midterms (Sept. 2026)", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 9, 2026, at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, President Trump promised a $5,000 \"Trump dividend\" to every adult citizen if Republicans keep the House and Senate. He gave the country's \"tremendous economic success\" as the reason. Vice President JD Vance told Fox News some of the money would come from tariff revenue. On Sept. 13, Trump said the payments would \"happen 100 percent.\" By then, none of the earlier universal payment promises had been paid. PBS reported that the DOGE dividend checks \"did not materialize\" and that the $2,000 tariff dividend checks Trump promised in November 2025 \"never went out.\" CBS reported that the government \"has not, however, paid taxpayers directly\" and said the new payment would require an act of Congress.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-promised-5000-checks-if-republicans-win-the-midterms-how-would-that-work", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-5000-dividend-checks-midterms/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/10/trump-dividend-midterms-gop.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6087307-trump-promises-5000-dividend-checks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-promised-5000-checks-if-republicans-win-the-midterms-how-would-that-work", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-5000-dividend-checks-midterms/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"We think not,\" he said when asked if Congress would need to approve the dividends.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6087307-trump-promises-5000-dividend-checks/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"The $5,000 is going to happen 100 percent,\" he said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-10-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/direct-payment-promises/#2026-10-02", "start": "2026-10-02", "end": "2026-10-22", "title": "Smaller payments sent, $5,000 pledge repeated", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 3, 2026, Trump said in a Truth Social video that he would give every adult citizen $5,000 if Republicans held the House and Senate. He had first made the pledge to a crowd in Dallas in September (TIME; CNBC), and he repeated it at rallies, including a Saturday rally in Kentucky (AP, via Fortune). The White House has also pointed to trade deals, foreign investment pledges, government stakes in companies, and oil and mineral deals (AP, via Fortune). As of Oct. 21, the $2,000 tariff dividend and the DOGE-savings payments had not materialized, and the $5,000 payments remained conditional on Republicans keeping both chambers (TIME; Fortune). The administration also promised smaller payments: $500 Obamacare (ACA) refunds and one-time $90 Medicare payments drawn from the Medicare Improvement Fund, which some voters reported receiving (TIME; CNN).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/10/21/trump-cash-campaign-promises-history-midterm-elections-republicans/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/10/20/trump-5000-checks-midterms-supporters-doubt/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/04/trump-5000-checks-cash-payments-midterms.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/03/politics/medicare-payments-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/04/trump-5000-checks-cash-payments-midterms.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2026 Midterm Elections, I'm going to give all Adult Citizens in the United States of America, $5,000,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/10/20/trump-5000-checks-midterms-supporters-doubt/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If the Republicans win, you’ll each have $5,000 in your pocket and economic success for our country like we have never seen before,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/10/21/trump-cash-campaign-promises-history-midterm-elections-republicans/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But since making that promise in November 2025, as of this month, such dividends have yet to materialize.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "prices-are-coming-down-claims", "title": "The recurring claim that prices are coming down", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/", "summary": "Since 2022, presidents and White House officials of both parties have repeatedly said inflation was down or that prices were \"coming down\" or \"way down,\" including grocery, egg and prescription drug prices. Fact-checkers have compared those statements with Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index data and USDA egg prices. In most of the claims they reviewed, the data showed a slower inflation rate, or lower prices for a few items such as eggs, while overall and grocery price levels kept rising.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-zero-percent-inflation/", "https://politifact.com/article/2024/mar/08/biden-2024-state-of-the-union-address/", "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/04/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-statement-about-declining-egg/", "https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/fact-check-grocery-prices-trump", "https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/politics/trump-egg-prices-fact-check" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2022-08-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2022-08-10", "start": "2022-08-10", "end": "2022-08-15", "title": "Biden's \"zero percent inflation\" in July", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 10, 2022, speaking at the White House, Biden said \"Today, we received news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of July -- zero percent\", and added that \"the price of some things go up went up last month the price of other things went down by the same amount. The result. Zero inflation last month.\" The BLS release that morning said the CPI-U \"was unchanged in July on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 1.3 percent in June\" and that \"over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.5 percent before seasonal adjustment.\" BLS also reported that \"the gasoline index fell 7.7 percent in July and offset increases in the food and shelter indexes\", and that \"the food index continued to rise, increasing 1.1 percent over the month as the food at home index rose 1.3 percent.\" So the data show a flat month for overall prices, a year-over-year inflation rate that had slowed (prices still 8.5% higher than a year earlier), and grocery prices still rising. They do not show overall prices falling.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_08102022.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-zero-percent-inflation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-house-blasted-for-claiming-zero-inflation-latest-cpi-report-lying-everyone", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://slate.com/business/2022/08/biden-zero-inflation-republicans-economy.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "slate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-08-10/biden-says-there-was-zero-inflation-in-july-video", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Today, we received news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of July -- zero percent.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-house-blasted-for-claiming-zero-inflation-latest-cpi-report-lying-everyone", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We just received news that our economy had 0% inflation in July. While the price of some things went up, the price of others, like gas, clothing, and more, dropped.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-zero-percent-inflation/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The statement was also technically true, if somewhat misleading.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ppb-20Y6QI", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Today we received news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of July. Zero percent.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-09-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2022-09-18", "start": "2022-09-18", "end": "2022-09-19", "title": "Biden's 60 Minutes interview on inflation", "why_it_fits": "In a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sept. 18, 2022, Scott Pelley told President Biden that \"the annual inflation rate came in at 8.3%.\" Biden answered, \"Inflation rate month to month was just-- just an inch, hardly at all.\" He added that \"for the last several months, it hasn't spiked\" and that prices \"have gone up, but they've come down for energy\" (CBS transcript). Asked whether inflation would continue to decline, he said, \"I'm telling the American people that we're gonna get control of inflation\" (Bloomberg Law). The BLS release of Sept. 13, 2022 said the all items index \"rose 0.1 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis after being unchanged in July\" and \"increased 8.3 percent\" over the last 12 months. The food at home index \"rose 0.7 percent in August\" and 13.5 percent over 12 months, and the gasoline index \"fell 10.6 percent over the month.\" So the data show a slow monthly rate for overall prices, with energy prices falling, while overall prices were still rising year over year and grocery prices kept rising both month to month and year over year. They do not show overall prices falling.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-joe-biden-60-minutes-interview-transcript-2022-09-18/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/president-biden-argues-about-inflation-60-minutes-interview-hasnt-spiked", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_09132022.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/biden-says-pandemic-is-over-and-inflation-will-be-controlled", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-joe-biden-60-minutes-interview-transcript-2022-09-18/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Inflation rate month to month was just-- just an inch, hardly at all,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/president-biden-argues-about-inflation-60-minutes-interview-hasnt-spiked", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "claiming that the month-to-month rate has \"hardly\" risen – which prompted his CBS interviewer to dispute his response.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-01-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2023-01-12", "start": "2023-01-12", "end": "2023-01-13", "title": "Biden on the December 2022 CPI", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 12, 2023, after the December CPI release, Biden wrote on Twitter, as quoted by The Center Square: \"For the sixth month in a row, yearly inflation is down… it's coming down here. And gas prices, food, and more are following.\" In a speech the same day, CNBC reported him saying, \"It's down from 9.1% this summer. Inflation is now at it's lowest level since October 2021.\" BLS reported that the overall CPI fell 0.1% in December (seasonally adjusted) but was up 6.5% over 12 months, \"the smallest 12-month increase since the period ending October 2021.\" Food at home rose 0.2% in the month and 11.8% over the year. So the annual inflation rate was falling, while grocery prices were still rising. The one-month drop in overall CPI was a real price decline, but BLS said gasoline was \"by far the largest contributor\" to it.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_01122023.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/consumer-price-index-2022-in-review.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/fact-check-biden-touts-falling-food-prices-when-they-are-actually-rising/article_c473650a-928b-11ed-8b84-a3c8877de451.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thecentersquare.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/12/biden-says-inflation-slowdown-shows-his-economic-policies-are-working.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/fact-check-biden-touts-falling-food-prices-when-they-are-actually-rising/article_c473650a-928b-11ed-8b84-a3c8877de451.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thecentersquare.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It might be rising in economies around the world, but it's coming down here. And gas prices, food, and more are following.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/12/biden-says-inflation-slowdown-shows-his-economic-policies-are-working.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It's down from 9.1% this summer. Inflation is now at it's lowest level since October 2021.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xEkM2iuA6w", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It might be rising in economies around the world, but it's coming down here. And gas prices, food, and more are following.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-03-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2024-03-07", "start": "2024-03-07", "end": "2024-03-08", "title": "Biden's State of the Union, \"Inflation has dropped from 9% to 3%\"", "why_it_fits": "In his March 7, 2024 State of the Union address, President Biden said: \"Inflation has dropped from 9% to 3% — the lowest in the world!\" He also said \"wages keep going up, inflation keeps coming down.\" PolitiFact said Biden was correct that the year-over-year inflation rate had dropped from 9%, a four-decade high in summer 2022, to \"a little above 3%.\" It added that seven OECD countries had lower inflation than the U.S. in December 2023. FactCheck.org, republished by Roll Call, said several nations reported lower rates than the U.S. in December. It also said that, according to BLS figures, real weekly earnings for rank-and-file workers fell 3.1% after Biden took office. The latest BLS release before the speech, published Feb. 13, 2024, showed the all items index up 0.3% in January (seasonally adjusted) and 3.1% over 12 months, with food at home up 0.4% in the month and 1.2% over 12 months. The claim is about a falling inflation rate, and that is what the BLS data show: prices were still rising, more slowly, not falling.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2024/mar/08/biden-2024-state-of-the-union-address/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2024/03/08/fact-checking-bidens-state-of-the-union/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_02132024.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2024/mar/08/biden-2024-state-of-the-union-address/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Biden is correct that the year-over-year inflation rate has dropped from 9%, a four-decade high, in summer of 2022 to a little above 3% today", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2024/03/08/fact-checking-bidens-state-of-the-union/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Biden claimed that the more recent U.S. inflation rate of about 3 percent is the 'lowest in the world!' But several nations reported lower rates than the U.S. in December.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/president-biden-delivers-2024-state-of-the-union-address/5109286", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-06-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2024-06-27", "start": "2024-06-27", "end": "2024-06-28", "title": "Biden at the CNN debate: \"working to bring down the prices around the kitchen table\"", "why_it_fits": "At the June 27, 2024 debate hosted by CNN, the first question to President Biden began, \"President Biden, inflation has slowed, but prices remain high.\" Biden answered that \"we brought down the price of prescription drugs,\" citing insulin, and said, \"So we're working to bring down the prices around the kitchen table.\" Later he said, \"We're going to continue to fight to bring down inflation and give people a break\" (CNN transcript). PolitiFact rated the insulin claim Half True: the Medicare cap was $35 a month, not the $15 he first said, and he corrected the number to $35 in his closing statement. Trump said Biden \"also said he inherited 9 percent inflation,\" and ABC News' live fact-check wrote, \"Biden said he inherited 9% inflation. This is false.\" The CNN and Rev transcripts do not show Biden using the 9% figure at the debate; there he said, \"There was no inflation when I became president.\" ABC called Trump's reply, that Biden \"inherited almost no inflation,\" \"mostly true,\" while PolitiFact rated Trump's line that he left \"essentially no inflation\" Mostly False. The BLS release of June 12, 2024 showed the all items index unchanged in May (seasonally adjusted) and up 3.3% over 12 months, with food at home unchanged in May and up 1.0% over 12 months. That is a falling inflation rate compared with the 9.1% peak ABC cited for June 2022: prices were flat for the month but still higher than a year earlier, not lower.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/live-updates/Biden-Trump-first-2024-presidential-debate/trumps-not-wrong-about-the-inflation-rate-biden-inherited-111497140?id=111366511", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/fact-checking-biden-trump-presidential-debate/story?id=111500248", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2024/jun/28/2024-presidential-debate-fact-check-biden-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/politics/read-biden-trump-debate-rush-transcript/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/first-2024-presidential-debate-on-cnn", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_06122024.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/politics/read-biden-trump-debate-rush-transcript/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "So we're working to bring down the prices around the kitchen table.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/live-updates/Biden-Trump-first-2024-presidential-debate/trumps-not-wrong-about-the-inflation-rate-biden-inherited-111497140?id=111366511", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Biden said he inherited 9% inflation. This is false. In January 2021, year-over-year inflation was about 1.4%.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/fact-checking-biden-trump-presidential-debate/story?id=111500248", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This is mostly true. In January 2021, when Biden was inaugurated, year-over-year inflation was about 1.4%.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUVkE73kgVY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2025-04-02", "start": "2025-04-02", "end": "2025-04-11", "title": "Trump says egg prices \"came down 50%\"", "why_it_fits": "On April 2, 2025, in a Rose Garden speech announcing tariffs, President Trump said \"The egg prices came down 50%.\" He added that eggs were \"down about 59% now, and they're going down further\" (PolitiFact). PolitiFact reported that the USDA national wholesale price for a dozen large white eggs fell from $6.55 on Jan. 21 to $3 on March 28. That wholesale price fell by more than half. Retail prices were a different story. PolitiFact said the latest BLS figure, for February, was about $5.90 a dozen for grade A large eggs, up from about $4.90 in January. Axios later reported that BLS data showed a record $6.23 in March. PolitiFact rated the claim \"Half True.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/04/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-statement-about-declining-egg/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-trump-says-egg-prices-are-down-50/21948627/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/04/11/egg-prices-record-high-march-easter-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/04/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-statement-about-declining-egg/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The egg prices came down 50%", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-trump-says-egg-prices-are-down-50/21948627/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wral.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Consumers aren't necessarily experiencing this price decline at the check-out register yet.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/04/11/egg-prices-record-high-march-easter-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Egg prices rose to a record high of $6.23 per dozen in March", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2025-08-03", "start": "2025-08-03", "end": "2025-08-05", "title": "Trump says drug prices were cut by \"1,200, 1,300, 1,400, 1,500%\"", "why_it_fits": "On Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, Trump told reporters, \"You know, we've cut drug prices by 1,200, 1,300, 1,400, 1,500%. I don't mean 50%, I mean 14 — 1,500%.\" In the same remarks he described the cuts as still to come: \"It will start over the next two to three months\" (AP). The AP fact check gave a rating of \"This is false.\" It said a cut of more than 100% \"would theoretically mean that people are being paid to take medications.\" Experts it quoted said there was no sign of such a large drop. At the time, the administration had sent letters to 17 drug makers asking for \"most favored nation\" pricing (AP, Newsweek). For context on overall prices, the BLS release of Aug. 12, 2025, published a week after these remarks, reported the all items index up 0.2% in July (seasonally adjusted) and 2.7% over 12 months. The food at home index fell 0.1% in July but was up 2.2% over 12 months. CNN's Aug. 29 fact-check cited the same overall figures. So overall prices were still rising, and grocery prices dipped for one month but were higher than a year earlier.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-drug-prices-claim-fact-check/3971116/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcwashington.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-doubles-down-impossible-drug-price-cuts-2108365", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/business/prescription-drug-prices-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-inflation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_08122025.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-drug-prices-claim-fact-check/3971116/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcwashington.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Cutting drug prices by more than 100% would theoretically mean that people are being paid to take medications.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-doubles-down-impossible-drug-price-cuts-2108365", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump told reporters on Sunday that his administration had cut the price of some prescription drugs by as much as 1,500 percent.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/65eOfp4sEug", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "You know, we've cut drug prices by 1,200, 1,300, 1,400, 1,500%. I don't mean 50%, I mean 14 — 1,500%.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-23-drugs", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2025-09-23-drugs", "start": "2025-09-23", "end": "2025-10-24", "title": "Drug prices \"coming down\" and groceries \"way down\"", "why_it_fits": "CNN reported that Trump repeatedly said grocery prices were down: \"Under my leadership…grocery prices are down\" (UN General Assembly, Sept. 23); \"We've gotten prices way down for groceries\" (Oct. 10); \"Now, as you know, groceries are down\" (Oct. 14); \"Groceries are down\" (Oct. 16); \"Grocery prices are way down\" (Oct. 21). Citing BLS CPI figures released Oct. 24, CNN reported that average grocery prices rose 0.3% from August to September, after a 0.6% rise from July to August, and were about 2.7% higher than a year earlier and about 1.4% higher than in January 2025. Overall consumer prices were up 3.0% over the year. These figures show grocery price levels rising, not falling. CNN wrote that the figures showed \"that President Donald Trump was wrong.\" Over the same weeks Trump said drug prices were coming down by more than 100%: \"We have something else called 'favored nations,' where I'm going to be reducing drug prices by 1,000%\" (Sept. 22, reported by CNN on Sept. 23) and \"Drug prices are coming down 400%, 200%, 600%, numbers that nobody's ever seen before\" (Oct. 16). CNN called those figures \"mathematically impossible,\" because a 100% cut would bring a price to $0.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/fact-check-grocery-prices-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kvia.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2025/10/24/fact-check-grocery-prices-are-up-not-way-down-as-trump-claimed/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kvia.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/politics/fact-check-trump-drug-prices-wars-shutdown", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/politics/fact-check-drug-prices-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/fact-check-grocery-prices-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Grocery prices are way down", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/politics/fact-check-trump-drug-prices-wars-shutdown", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Drug prices are coming down 400%, 200%, 600%, numbers that nobody's ever seen before", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/politics/fact-check-drug-prices-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We have something else called 'favored nations,' where I'm going to be reducing drug prices by 1,000%", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2025-09-23", "start": "2025-09-23", "end": "2025-09-27", "title": "\"Grocery prices are down\" (UN General Assembly speech)", "why_it_fits": "In his UN speech on Sept. 23, 2025, Trump said that under his leadership \"grocery prices are down\" and \"inflation has been defeated.\" CBS, citing the BLS, reported that food-at-home prices rose 0.6% in August 2025, which CBS called the fastest monthly rise in nearly three years, and were up 2.7% from August 2024. CNN's fact-check, citing CPI figures, said average grocery prices were about 1% higher in August than in January 2025, and labeled the grocery claim \"False.\" Both measures show grocery prices still going up, not down. The overall inflation rate was not falling either: CBS reported that the CPI \"rose by 2.9% in August, a slight increase from months prior.\" Some single items did get cheaper. CBS reported that egg prices had fallen to $3.59 a dozen in August from $4.95 in January.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-checking-trumps-recent-claims-about-the-economy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/politics/fact-check-un-speech-claims-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7320280/donald-trump-grocery-prices-electricity-bills/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-checking-trumps-recent-claims-about-the-economy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Prices for food at home increased by 0.6% in August, which was the fastest monthly rise in nearly three years, with increases across all major food groups.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-checking-trumps-recent-claims-about-the-economy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "So grocery prices are increasing at a slower rate than the overall CPI. But they're still increasing.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-speaks-at-un", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2025-12-09", "start": "2025-12-09", "end": "2025-12-18", "title": "The Pennsylvania rally and the prime-time address", "why_it_fits": "At the Dec. 9 Mount Pocono rally, Trump said, \"Our prices are coming down tremendously from the highest prices in the history of our country\" (quoted by PolitiFact). In the Dec. 17 address he said, \"I am bringing those high prices down and bringing them down very fast\" (quoted by ABC News). The latest BLS data at the time of the rally showed overall CPI up 3.0% in the 12 months ending September, the same rate as January 2025, according to CBS and PolitiFact. The BLS release of Dec. 18 showed prices up 2.7% over the 12 months ending November, with food at home up 1.9%. That is a slower rate of increase than in January, but overall prices were still rising, not falling. Some individual items did fall in price. Eggs dropped from a BLS average of $6.23 a dozen in March to $3.49 in September (43%), per ABC; Trump had claimed an 82% drop. ABC also reported hotel rates down 0.8% and car rental prices down 5.0% over the past year, and CBS reported gasoline down 0.5% in September from a year earlier.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-speech-affordability-fact-check-inflation-data/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/11/nx-s1-5639957/trump-affordability-hoax-economy-midterms", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/dec/10/trump-pennsylvania-speech-mount-pocono-economy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_12182025.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/fact-checking-trumps-presidential-address-claim-brought-gas/story?id=128506721", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/dec/10/trump-pennsylvania-speech-mount-pocono-economy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Our prices are coming down tremendously from the highest prices in the history of our country.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/fact-checking-trumps-presidential-address-claim-brought-gas/story?id=128506721", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I am bringing those high prices down and bringing them down very fast,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXJiILqiOpM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Our prices are coming down tremendously from the highest prices in the history of our country.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2026-01-13", "start": "2026-01-13", "end": "2026-01-14", "title": "Trump at the Detroit Economic Club: \"Prices are down\"", "why_it_fits": "In a Jan. 13, 2026 speech to the Detroit Economic Club, Trump said, \"Inflation is stopped. Wages are up. Prices are down\" (Marketplace), and \"Grocery prices are starting to go rapidly down, rent is down, airfares are down, hotel rates are down, cell phone prices are down\" (Bridge Michigan). The BLS December 2025 CPI release, published that morning, said the all items index \"increased 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in December\" and \"rose 2.7 percent for the 12 months ending December,\" the same increase as over the 12 months ending November. The food at home index \"rose 0.7 percent in December\" and 2.4 percent over 12 months. So the data show neither falling prices nor a falling inflation rate that month. A CNN fact-check republished by WRAL said average consumer prices were about 2.2% higher, seasonally adjusted, than in January 2025, and that \"some products got cheaper during that period, but far more products got more expensive.\" Bridge Michigan noted that airfares had decreased during Trump's second term.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-trump-litters-detroit-economic-speech-with-numerous-false-claims-about-economy/22300485/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/fact-check-donald-trump-touts-economy-downplays-costs-in-michigan-speech/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bridgemi.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/01/14/factchecking-trumps-speech-at-the-detroit-economic-club", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "marketplace.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_01132026.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Business/grocery-price-inflation-picking-defying-trumps-claims/story?id=129237545", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-trump-litters-detroit-economic-speech-with-numerous-false-claims-about-economy/22300485/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wral.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump falsely claimed, \"Grocery prices are starting to go rapidly down.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/01/14/factchecking-trumps-speech-at-the-detroit-economic-club", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "marketplace.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Wages are up, but so is inflation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SQ1HzLHq_k", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-04-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2026-04-03", "start": "2026-04-03", "end": "2026-04-05", "title": "Leavitt says \"Egg Prices Are Down 80%\"", "why_it_fits": "On April 3, 2026, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X, \"Happy Easter: Egg Prices Are Down 80%,\" according to The National News Desk. She linked a Breitbart article, which The National News Desk quoted as saying: \"In the producer price index for eggs for fresh use, prices in February were down 80.4 percent from a year earlier.\" The cited figure is a producer price index, which BLS says measures \"the average change over time in the selling prices\" received by domestic producers. It is not a retail price measure. The BLS Consumer Price Index, which measures prices paid by urban consumers, reported a \"42.1 percent drop in the eggs index\" over the 12 months ending February. Both measures show egg prices lower than a year earlier, not just rising more slowly, though the retail drop was about half the size of the wholesale figure. Over the same 12 months, BLS reported the all items index up 2.4% and food at home up 2.4%. Social media users replying to the post pointed to gas prices, which the article said averaged above $4 as the Iran war continued.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/leavitt-says-egg-prices-are-down-80-social-media-users-point-to-gas-prices-white-house", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc3340.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://katv.com/news/nation-world/leavitt-says-egg-prices-are-down-80-social-media-users-point-to-gas-prices-white-house", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "katv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_03112026.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/ppi/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2040063541080727665", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Happy Easter: Egg Prices Are Down 80%", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/leavitt-says-egg-prices-are-down-80-social-media-users-point-to-gas-prices-white-house", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc3340.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that egg prices are down 80% as Easter approaches.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2026-07-27", "start": "2026-07-27", "end": "2026-08-11", "title": "And that's true with everything else", "why_it_fits": "In a July 27, 2026 speech in Michigan, Trump said, \"Now eggs are much lower than they were when we first started. And that's true with everything else\" (CNN, HuffPost). On Fox News on August 4 he said, \"I inherited very, very high costs, and they're all coming down now… The food, the groceries, it's all coming down.\" BLS's June 2026 CPI release (published July 14) reported that the overall index fell 0.4% in June (seasonally adjusted), \"the largest 1-month decrease since April 2020,\" with energy the largest contributor. Over the 12 months ending June, overall prices rose 3.5% and food at home rose 2.7%. Food at home rose 0.2% in June itself. So the data show a one-month drop in the overall price level, but grocery price levels were still rising. PolitiFact rated the Fox statement Mostly False, finding overall prices up about 4.3% and groceries up 3.4% since January 2025, with eggs, bacon and bread down. CNN's fact-check, headlined in part \"'Everything else'? Absolutely not,\" reported eggs down 32.7% from January 2025 to June 2026 and said that \"far more prices have gone up since his second inauguration than have gone down.\" HuffPost's answer was that \"only eggs are actually getting cheaper.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/news/state/fact-check-trump-prices-food-groceries-all-august-11/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/aug/10/donald-trump/inflation-consumer-prices-groceries-gasoline-iran-war/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/politics/trump-egg-prices-fact-check", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_07142026.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-lied-grocery-prices-going-down_l_6a733f8ce4b095f5230124c2", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/politics/trump-egg-prices-fact-check", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Far more prices have gone up since his second inauguration than have gone down.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/news/state/fact-check-trump-prices-food-groceries-all-august-11/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wral.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Prices have decreased in some areas since Trump returned to office, including grocery items such as eggs, bacon and bread and durable goods, including cars. But items with falling prices are in the minority.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-lied-grocery-prices-going-down_l_6a733f8ce4b095f5230124c2", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The short answer: Only eggs are actually getting cheaper. Everything else is still getting more expensive.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-are-coming-down-claims/#2026-09-27", "start": "2026-09-27", "end": "2026-09-28", "title": "Trump claims grocery prices have come way down from Biden", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 27, 2026, Trump told reporters, \"The prices for groceries have come way down from Biden. Almost every price has come way down.\" Later that day he said, \"With the exception of oil, everything is going down,\" and \"We inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country, and it's going really down\" (CNN). CNN, citing seasonally adjusted CPI figures, reported grocery prices up 3.4% and overall prices up 4.8% from January 2025 through August 2026, with eggs down 31.1% over that time. The BLS August 2026 release, published Sept. 11, showed the all items index up 0.4% in August (seasonally adjusted) and 3.4% over 12 months; the food at home index \"was unchanged over the month\" and rose 2.2% over 12 months. CNN noted the 12-month rate was 3% in January 2025, so the inflation rate in August 2026 was higher, not lower. The data show price levels rising and an inflation rate above where it was when Trump took office. CNN's headline said \"Trump lies again that grocery prices 'have come way down' this term.\" Daniel Dale, the CNN fact-checker, wrote on X that \"overall grocery prices are up 3.4% since Jan. 2025, and way more grocery items are up than down.\" In its October 2026 update, FactCheck.org later reported that the CPI rose 5.4% over Trump's first 20 months and that the 12-month increase in the most recent BLS report was 3.7%.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/politics/fact-check-trump-grocery-prices", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-prices-reax_n_6ab9db74e4b0d1543f54b468", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://factcheck.org/2026/10/trumps-numbers-october-2026-update", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://x.com/ddale8/status/2104384472879702361", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "x.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_09112026.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/politics/fact-check-trump-grocery-prices", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Grocery prices have increased 3.4% on average since January 2025, the month Trump took over from Biden, through August 2026", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/ddale8/status/2104384472879702361", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Overall grocery prices are up 3.4% since Jan. 2025, and way more grocery items are up than down.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Views": 122200 } }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-prices-reax_n_6ab9db74e4b0d1543f54b468", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Critics are hitting President Donald Trump with a real-time price check after he insisted that the cost of common items, including groceries, is coming down.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "prices-down-day-one", "title": "The recurring promise that prices will come down \"on day one\"", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/", "summary": "During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to bring prices down right away. At an August 2024 press conference with groceries on display, he said \"When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.\" At a Montana rally he said \"Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.\" Since then, news outlets, fact-checkers and Democratic lawmakers have checked those promises against federal price data at key moments. The administration has pointed to falling prices for some items, such as eggs and gasoline in 2025, and has blamed the previous administration and, later, the Iran war.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/economy/trump-inflation-price-promises", "https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-08-15/trumps-2024-grocery-photo-op-now-haunts-republicans-in-the-midterms" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2024-08-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2024-08-09", "start": "2024-08-09", "end": "2024-08-20", "title": "Trump pledges to bring prices down starting on \"Day One\" (Bozeman, Asheville, Bedminster)", "why_it_fits": "At an Aug. 9, 2024 rally in Bozeman, Montana, Republican nominee Donald Trump said, \"Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again\" (ABC News; date from PolitiFact). In an Aug. 14 speech in Asheville, N.C., he said prices would \"come down fast\" and set a goal of cutting energy and electricity prices in half. NY1 reported he put that goal at 12 to 18 months, not day one. On Aug. 15 at Bedminster, N.J., next to tables of groceries, he said \"When I win, I will immediately bring prices down,\" which CNN quoted as going on \"starting on Day One.\" He was not in office, so nothing had been delivered yet. The price index released Aug. 14 showed prices up 2.9% over the 12 months to July, the smallest rise since March 2021, and up 0.2% from June. Prices were still rising, just more slowly.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-vowed-make-economy-day-1-now-us/story?id=119674028", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/trump-2024/trump-press-conference-harris", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "notus.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/20/business/trump-inflation-prices-deflation/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/14/economy/us-cpi-consumer-price-index-inflation-july/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-vowed-make-economy-day-1-now-us/story?id=119674028", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/20/business/trump-inflation-prices-deflation/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Prices will come down and come down dramatically and come down fast", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/trump-2024/trump-press-conference-harris", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "notus.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He walked out to meet reporters next to tables stacked with groceries, intended to send a signal about inflation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-12-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2024-12-12", "start": "2024-12-12", "end": "2024-12-13", "title": "Time interview, \"It's hard to bring things down\"", "why_it_fits": "At an August 2024 press conference about grocery prices, Trump said: \"When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one\" (as reported by CNN). In Time's \"Person of the Year\" interview, published Dec 12, 2024, he was asked whether his presidency would be a failure if grocery prices didn't come down. He said \"I don't think so\" and \"It's hard to bring things down once they're up,\" and added that energy and a better supply chain would bring them down. On the same day, at the New York Stock Exchange, he said Americans would be \"affording their groceries very soon\" (CNN). As president-elect he had not yet taken office, so nothing had been delivered. Price data reported at the time: November CPI showed grocery prices 22% higher than in January 2021 (CNN); overall inflation was 2.7% (ABC); egg prices were rising because of avian flu (ABC, NBC).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7201565/person-of-the-year-2024-donald-trump-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-now-bringing-grocery-prices-promised-hard/story?id=116763207", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/trump-says-hard-bring-grocery-prices-down-why-rcna183960", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/economy/grocery-prices-inflation-trump-interview/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7201565/person-of-the-year-2024-donald-trump-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I don't think so. Look, they got them up. I'd like to bring them down. It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard. But I think that they will.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-now-bringing-grocery-prices-promised-hard/story?id=116763207", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump now says bringing down grocery prices, as he promised, will be 'very hard'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAqtz5Dp3fA", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2025-01-20", "start": "2025-01-20", "end": "2025-02-03", "title": "Inauguration order and rising egg prices (Jan 2025)", "why_it_fits": "In August 2024, candidate Donald Trump said, \"when I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one,\" as quoted in the Warren letter. On Jan 20, 2025, he signed a memorandum ordering \"the heads of all executive departments and agencies to deliver emergency price relief\" (White House). It required a status report within 30 days but named no specific food-price measure. By Jan 30, PolitiFact reported that egg prices \"haven't fallen since he took office.\" It cited Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing a dozen eggs at $4.10 in December 2024, and a USDA outlook saying egg prices could rise about 20% more in 2025. On Jan 26–27, Sen. Warren and 20 other Democratic lawmakers wrote that the order contained \"only the barest mention of food prices.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/economy/trump-inflation-price-promises", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jan/30/karoline-leavitt/karoline-leavitt-blames-biden-for-egg-shortage-but/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-mcgovern-lawmakers-blast-trumps-inaction-on-high-egg-prices", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "warren.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/delivering-emergency-price-relief-for-american-families-and-defeating-the-cost-of-living-crisis/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I hereby order the heads of all executive departments and agencies to deliver emergency price relief", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_trump_re_egg_prices.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "warren.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "only the barest mention of food prices", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jan/30/karoline-leavitt/karoline-leavitt-blames-biden-for-egg-shortage-but/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But one crack in his plan is that egg prices haven’t fallen since he took office Jan. 20.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2025-02-12", "start": "2025-02-12", "end": "2025-02-26", "title": "January inflation report and egg prices", "why_it_fits": "Newsweek reported that bringing prices down was one of Trump's main campaign promises, with Trump saying his administration would start lowering prices \"on day one.\" On Feb 12, 2025, BLS reported that the CPI rose 0.5% in January (seasonally adjusted) and 3.0% over 12 months. The eggs index rose 15.2% in the month, its largest increase since June 2015. Trump replied on Truth Social with \"BIDEN INFLATION UP!\" Fortune noted that the January data included 12 days of Trump's term. On Feb 26, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a plan to curb bird flu. She wrote that it would restore stability to the egg market \"over the next three to six months.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_02122025.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bls.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/us-inflation-rate-january-federal-reserve-trump-2029916", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/inflation-egg-prices-gas-prices-rose-january-trump-blames-biden", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-promised-lower-egg-prices-224022606.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_02122025.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "bls.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This was the largest increase in the eggs index since June 2015", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/us-inflation-rate-january-federal-reserve-trump-2029916", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "putting pressure on the new administration to honor its key campaign pledge to bring down prices \"on day one\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-promised-lower-egg-prices-224022606.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we're confident that it will restore stability to the egg market over the next three to six months", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2025-03-09", "start": "2025-03-09", "end": "2025-03-12", "title": "A period of transition", "why_it_fits": "At an August 2024 rally in Montana, then-candidate Trump said, \"Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.\" A week later he said, \"When I win, I will immediately bring prices down.\" On March 9, 2025, seven weeks into his term, he told Fox News \"There is a period of transition\" when asked whether he expected a recession. ABC News placed that remark next to the campaign promises. Inflation data released March 12 showed prices still rising rather than falling: 2.8% over the past year in February (down from 3% in January), with groceries up 2.6% and eggs up 58.8%.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-vowed-make-economy-day-1-now-us/story?id=119674028", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Business/stocks-slump-after-trump-declines-rule-recession/story?id=119626168", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/03/09/trump-wont-deny-there-could-be-a-recession-warns-of-period-of-transition-in-economy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cpi-report-february-inflation-what-it-means/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/03/09/trump-wont-deny-there-could-be-a-recession-warns-of-period-of-transition-in-economy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "forbes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There is a period of transition, because what we're doing is very big,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-vowed-make-economy-day-1-now-us/story?id=119674028", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Business/stocks-slump-after-trump-declines-rule-recession/story?id=119626168", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 890 points, or 2%, while the S&P 500 declined 2.7%.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA3cVMD7ZMw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There is a period of transition, because what we're doing is very big", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2025-04-17", "start": "2025-04-17", "end": "2025-04-30", "title": "Grocery claims fact-checked at the 100-day mark", "why_it_fits": "At an August 2024 news conference at his New Jersey golf club, with groceries on display behind him, Trump vowed to \"immediately bring prices down, starting on Day 1.\" (NBC). On April 15 and 17, 2025, he posted that groceries were \"going down\" and \"are down.\" CNN rated those posts false: under the Consumer Price Index, March 2025 grocery prices were about 0.49% above January 2025 and about 2.41% above March 2024. CBS rated his April 17 and April 24 statements that \"groceries are down\" false or misleading, using the same CPI data. CBS also found the national average for regular gas was about $3.14 in the third week of April, slightly above $3.11 in the week he took office. In an ABC interview timed to his 100th day, Trump said, \"I said, 'You're going to have a transition period.'\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/politics/fact-check-trump-grocery-prices-down", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-grocery-prices-gas-consumers-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/trump-transition-period-economy/6243924/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnewyork.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-grocery-prices-100-days_n_680a7fc4e4b0b1be3356225a", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/politics/fact-check-trump-grocery-prices-down", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump has falsely claimed this week that grocery prices are “going down” and “are down.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-grocery-prices-gas-consumers-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The president has also falsely stated that he has overseen a drop in grocery prices.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/trump-transition-period-economy/6243924/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnewyork.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "vowing to “immediately bring prices down, starting on Day 1.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2025-11-14", "start": "2025-11-14", "end": "2025-12-11", "title": "Food tariff cuts and the \"affordability\" debate", "why_it_fits": "During the 2024 campaign, Trump said \"Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again,\" and CNN reports he repeated it in late September in Pennsylvania. On Nov 14, 2025, he removed tariffs on beef, coffee, bananas and other foods and said the change should bring prices down. The latest federal data then, for the 12 months through September, showed food prices up 3.1%, beef up 12.9% and roasted coffee up 18.9% (CBS), and grocery costs up 2.7% (NPR). In his Dec 9 Pennsylvania speech he said \"prices are coming down.\" Overall consumer prices had risen 3% in the year through September, and newer inflation data was delayed until mid-December by the government shutdown (CBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cuts-tariffs-beef-coffee-bananas-and-other-food-imports/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-affordability-speech-economy-pennsylvania/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/11/nx-s1-5639957/trump-affordability-hoax-economy-midterms", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/business/prices-trump-affordable-jobs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cuts-tariffs-beef-coffee-bananas-and-other-food-imports/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump exempted foods like beef, coffee and bananas from his sweeping country-by-country tariffs on Friday", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-affordability-speech-economy-pennsylvania/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They caused the high prices, and we're bringing them down,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/business/prices-trump-affordable-jobs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2026-01-20", "start": "2026-01-20", "end": "2026-01-30", "title": "One-year reviews of Trump's promise to end inflation and lower prices", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 20, 2026, the inauguration anniversary, PolitiFact, NPR and CNN published one-year reviews of Trump's record on prices. On Jan. 30, the Senate Banking Committee's Democratic (minority) staff released its own report. (1) According to the Jan. 30 report from Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren's minority staff, Trump promised during the 2024 campaign that \"starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.\" The report credits that quote to a Dec. 5, 2025 CNN article. (2) At the one-year mark, PolitiFact reported that year-over-year inflation had fallen only slightly, from 3.0% in January 2025 to 2.7% in December 2025. Groceries were up almost 2% and electricity almost 7%. Eggs, bacon, dairy products and bread had gotten cheaper. (3) NPR reported that average retail gasoline prices were down nearly 10% from a year earlier, while electricity costs were rising. (4) On Jan. 20, Trump said \"many of the groceries have come way down.\" CNN reported that overall grocery prices were up about 1.9% during his term and 2.4% year over year in December.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2026/jan/20/trump-inflation-one-year-groceries-cars-prices/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/20/nx-s1-5670378/trump-energy-promises-one-year", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/warren-releases-new-report-detailing-president-trumps-broken-promises-on-affordability", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "banking.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/1_year_costs_report.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "banking.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/politics/fact-check-trump-one-year-false-claims", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2026/jan/20/trump-inflation-one-year-groceries-cars-prices/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Prices have fallen for some specific items during his second term, but not for most.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/20/nx-s1-5670378/trump-energy-promises-one-year", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "One year in, the price of gasoline is down about 10%.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/warren-releases-new-report-detailing-president-trumps-broken-promises-on-affordability", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "banking.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Donald Trump promised families lower costs on day one — and then pursued policies that drove prices up instead.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2026-03-04", "start": "2026-03-04", "end": "2026-03-31", "title": "Gas prices jump during the Iran war", "why_it_fits": "In summer 2024, candidate Trump promised voters: \"When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one\" (HuffPost, April 2025). At a March 9, 2026 news conference, more than a year into his term and during the U.S. war with Iran, Trump said the war's result \"will be lower oil prices, oil and gas prices for American families.\" AAA's national average that day was $3.48 a gallon, up from $2.90 a month earlier (AP). By March 31 the national average had reached $4 a gallon (Axios). On March 18, Vance called the rise \"a temporary blip\" but said there was \"a rough road ahead of us for the next few weeks\" (The New Republic).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/03/10/americans-trump-gas-prices-spike-us-iran-war-oil-ev-florida/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/03/31/us-gas-price-iran-war", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/207947/jd-vance-gas-prices-rough-road-ahead-iran-war", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-grocery-prices-100-days_n_680a7fc4e4b0b1be3356225a", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/03/10/americans-trump-gas-prices-spike-us-iran-war-oil-ev-florida/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He said he was going to bring gas down, but the war in Iran is now making everything worse.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/207947/jd-vance-gas-prices-rough-road-ahead-iran-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we’ve got a rough road ahead of us for the next few weeks, but it’s temporary", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/03/31/us-gas-price-iran-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "U.S. average gas price hits $4 a gallon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/trump-iran-war-end.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2026-08-15", "start": "2026-08-15", "end": "2026-08-17", "title": "Reuters revisits the Bedminster groceries two years later", "why_it_fits": "On Aug 15, 2024, at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club, candidate Donald Trump stood between tables of fruit, beef, cereal, milk and other staples and blamed the Biden administration for higher grocery prices. Reuters called this an event that \"highlighted Trump's central promise: he alone could tame inflation and lower the cost of living.\" On Aug 15, 2026, Reuters looked at 26 grocery categories that the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks and that appeared in that display. Prices were up 3.4% over the first 19 months of Trump's second term. Reuters said that was less than a quarter of the pace at the same point in Biden's term, but still short of the pledge to lower prices. Eggs were down nearly 40%, while beef was up 19.2%, apples 14% and coffee nearly 23%. A White House official pointed to the July consumer price report as evidence that inflation was under control.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/economic-indicators/trumps-2024-grocery-photo-op-now-haunts-republicans-in-the-midterms-4861765", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "investing.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-2024-grocery-photo-republicans-midterms_n_6a80e771e4b0ddd9c1b225f4", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.news24.com/business/economy/trumps-2024-grocery-photo-op-now-haunts-republicans-20260817-1135", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news24.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/economic-indicators/trumps-2024-grocery-photo-op-now-haunts-republicans-in-the-midterms-4861765", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "investing.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "food prices are still rising despite his pledge to bring them down", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/former-president-trump-holds-news-conference-at-new-jersey-golf-club/647646", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/prices-down-day-one/#2026-09-27", "start": "2026-09-27", "end": null, "title": "Trump claims grocery and fuel prices are falling as coverage compares prices with his campaign pledges to lower costs", "why_it_fits": "During the 2024 campaign, Trump said \"A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper\" (Pittsburgh, Nov. 4, 2024). He also promised to get gasoline \"below $2 a gallon\" (Economic Club of New York, Sept. 5, 2024), according to CBS. On Sept. 27, 2026, he told reporters grocery prices \"have come way down from Biden.\" CNN reported that grocery prices were up 3.4% and overall prices up 4.8% from January 2025 through August 2026. Fox reported that the September 2026 Consumer Price Index showed prices up 3.7% over the year, groceries up 1.8%, and the gasoline index up 9.1% in one month. CBS reported that the national average gas price was $4.37 on Oct. 9, up 47% since the Iran war began.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/politics/fact-check-trump-grocery-prices", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-promised-lower-prices-cost-living-inflation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/voters-prepare-weigh-trumps-economy-costs-continue-surge-2-weeks-before-midterms.amp", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6156548-wright-defends-gas-prices/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/politics/fact-check-trump-grocery-prices", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The prices for groceries have come way down from Biden. Almost every price has come way down.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6156548-wright-defends-gas-prices/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"No, we haven't,\" Wright said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-grocery-prices-inflation_n_6ad795dde4b02def98683e42", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Fuel prices will come tumbling down as soon as the Iran War is over, which will happen very quickly!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2024/user-clip-a-vote-for-trump-means-your-groceries-will-be-cheaper/5172565", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers", "title": "The recurring Trump threats and actions against broadcasters and publishers", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/", "summary": "Donald Trump has repeatedly answered news coverage he objects to with lawsuits and threats against the outlets involved. In October 2024 he personally sued CBS over a \"60 Minutes\" interview with Kamala Harris, alleging deceptive editing, which CBS denied. He also threatened to revoke CBS's broadcast license. In late 2024 he sued the Des Moines Register, its parent company Gannett and pollster J. Ann Selzer over a pre-election poll showing Harris ahead in Iowa, accusing them of fraudulently misleading readers.\n\nThe outcomes have been mixed. Paramount, which owns CBS, agreed to pay $16 million, covering Trump's future presidential library and the plaintiffs' fees, with no apology. That deal mirrored ABC's December 2024 settlement, and settlements are not findings of liability. In September 2026 an Iowa judge dismissed the Selzer suit with prejudice, calling the poll and its reporting \"fully protected political speech.\" Trump's legal team said it would appeal.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/media/cbs-trump-60-minutes-paramount-settlement", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-settlement/", "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-paramounts-multi-million-dollar-settlement-with-trump-means-for-press-freedom", "https://www.yahoo.com/news/paramount-paying-16-million-settle-101026724.html", "https://www.yahoo.com/news/paramount-agrees-pay-16-million-112635098.html", "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/media/trump-j-ann-selzer-des-moines-register-lawsuit-dismissed", "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-233131574.html", "https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-suit-against-des-moines-register-dismissed-by-iowa-judge/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-10-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2017-10-11", "start": "2017-10-11", "end": "2017-10-17", "title": "Trump asks when it is \"appropriate to challenge\" NBC's license", "why_it_fits": "NBC News reported, citing three officials, that Trump had told top defense officials he wanted \"a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal.\" On October 11, 2017, Trump called the report \"Pure fiction, made up to demean\" on Twitter. He then asked, \"at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!\" (CBS News). That night he tweeted that \"licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked\" (TIME). The mechanism was FCC broadcast licensing, but the FCC licenses individual stations, not networks (TIME, AP via Greenfield Recorder). On October 17, Pai said, \"Under the law, the FCC does not have the authority to revoke a license of a broadcast station based on the content of a particular newscast\" (CNN).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-refutes-nbc-story-suggests-challenging-its-broadcasting-license", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/4979000/donald-trump-nbc-news-network-licenses-revoked/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://recorder.com/2017/10/11/trump-threatens-nbc-but-experts-see-no-real-risk-to-licenses-13063232/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "recorder.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2017/10/17/media/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-trump-license-tweets/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-refutes-nbc-story-suggests-challenging-its-broadcasting-license", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/4979000/donald-trump-nbc-news-network-licenses-revoked/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2017/10/17/media/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-trump-license-tweets/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "I believe in the First Amendment. The FCC under my leadership will stand for the First Amendment,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-01-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2018-01-04", "start": "2018-01-04", "end": "2018-01-08", "title": "Trump's lawyer sends a cease-and-desist letter over \"Fire and Fury\"", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 4, 2018, Trump's personal lawyer Charles Harder wrote to author Michael Wolff and publisher Henry Holt & Co. He demanded that they \"immediately cease and desist from any further publication, release or dissemination\" of \"Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.\" He also demanded \"a full and complete retraction and apology\" (CNBC, Variety). The letter said the book's \"false/baseless statements\" gave rise to claims including defamation by libel, false light invasion of privacy and tortious interference (Variety). The mechanism was a threatened lawsuit against an author and publisher over a book. On Jan. 8, Henry Holt's lawyer Elizabeth McNamara refused the demands in writing (CNN).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/04/trump-lawyer-demands-a-retraction-over-michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/trump-michael-wolff-book-cease-and-desist-steve-bannon-1202653092/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "variety.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/08/media/fire-and-fury-publisher-response-trump-cease-and-desist/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/trump-michael-wolff-book-cease-and-desist-steve-bannon-1202653092/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "variety.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Your publication of the false/baseless statements about Mr. Trump gives rise to, among other claims, defamation by libel, defamation by libel per se, false light invasion of privacy…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/04/trump-lawyer-demands-a-retraction-over-michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "A lawyer for President Donald Trump demanded on Thursday that the author and publisher of an explosive new book about the White House stop releasing material", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/08/media/fire-and-fury-publisher-response-trump-cease-and-desist/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "My clients do not intend to cease publication, no such retraction will occur, and no apology is warranted", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-03-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2018-03-31", "start": "2018-03-31", "end": "2018-04-12", "title": "Trump's tweets against Amazon and the Washington Post over the Postal Service", "why_it_fits": "On March 31, 2018, Trump tweeted about the \"Fake Washington Post, which is used as a 'lobbyist' and should so REGISTER,\" and called Amazon's postal deal a \"Post Office scam\" that \"must stop\" (as embedded in CBS News). On April 5 he called the paper \"Amazon's 'chief lobbyist'\" in what CNBC counted as his fifth attack on Amazon in a week. CNBC described the lobbyist claim as false and reported that the Post's management \"has repeatedly denied that Bezos influences editorial strategy and coverage.\" In a follow-up action aimed at the Postal Service and Amazon rather than the Post itself, Trump signed an executive order on April 12 creating a task force to review the Postal Service's finances, operations and pricing. CNBC reported that analysts said this \"may represent an escalation in Trump's attacks on Amazon.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/05/trump-tweets-fifth-amazon-attack-in-a-week-hits-washington-post.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/post-office-lose-money-amazon-contract-usps-fact-check-trump-tweets-again-today-2018-04-03/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/12/trump-issues-executive-order-to-reform-usps.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/23/trump-slams-amazon-again-for-using-post-office-as-delivery-boy.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980065419632566272", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "This Post Office scam must stop. Amazon must pay real costs (and taxes) now!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/05/trump-tweets-fifth-amazon-attack-in-a-week-hits-washington-post.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The Fake News Washington Post, Amazon's 'chief lobbyist,' has another (of many) phony headlines,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/post-office-lose-money-amazon-contract-usps-fact-check-trump-tweets-again-today-2018-04-03/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "I am right about Amazon costing the United States Post Office massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-11-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2018-11-07", "start": "2018-11-07", "end": "2018-11-16", "title": "White House suspends CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press pass; judge orders it temporarily restored", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 7, 2018, after an exchange with CNN's chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta at a news conference, the White House suspended his press credentials. At the news conference Trump told Acosta, \"You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn't be working for CNN\" (ABC News). Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said the White House would \"never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern\" (ABC News). According to NPR, Acosta and CNN strongly dispute that description. The mechanism was loss of press access, and the White House acted, with Sanders announcing it. According to the Washington Post, Acosta was the first reporter with a so-called hard pass to be banned. On Nov. 13, CNN sued Trump, senior White House officials and the Secret Service in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The suit argued that the suspension violated Acosta's First Amendment and Fifth Amendment rights (NPR). White House Correspondents' Association President Olivier Knox said the president \"should not be in the business of arbitrarily picking the men and women who cover him\" (NPR). On Nov. 16, Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted CNN's motion for a temporary restraining order (Washington Post). Sanders then said the White House would \"temporarily reinstate the reporter's hard pass\" (Poynter). CNN said it was \"gratified with this result\" and looked forward to \"a full resolution in the coming days\" (Poynter).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www-cdn.abcnews.com/Politics/white-house-suspends-credentials-cnn-correspondent-jim-acosta/story?id=59045396", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "www-cdn.abcnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/667425530/cnn-sues-trump-administration-over-jim-acostas-press-credentials", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/judge-hands-cnn-victory-in-its-bid-to-restore-jim-acostas-white-house-press-pass/2018/11/16/8bedd08a-e920-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2018/judge-orders-jim-acostas-hard-pass-be-restored-in-cnn-lawsuit-against-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "poynter.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www-cdn.abcnews.com/Politics/white-house-suspends-credentials-cnn-correspondent-jim-acosta/story?id=59045396", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "www-cdn.abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "I tell you what. CNN should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them,\" Trump said. \"You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn't be working for CNN.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/667425530/cnn-sues-trump-administration-over-jim-acostas-press-credentials", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "an unabashed attempt to censor the press and exclude reporters from the White House who challenge and dispute the President's point of view.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/judge-hands-cnn-victory-in-its-bid-to-restore-jim-acostas-white-house-press-pass/2018/11/16/8bedd08a-e920-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "so shrouded in mystery that the government could not tell me . . . who made the decision.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2018/judge-orders-jim-acostas-hard-pass-be-restored-in-cnn-lawsuit-against-trump/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "poynter.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "If they don't listen to the rules and regulations, we'll end up back in court and we'll win.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-02-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2020-02-26", "start": "2020-02-26", "end": "2020-03-08", "title": "Trump campaign sues the New York Times, the Washington Post and CNN over opinion pieces", "why_it_fits": "In February and March 2020, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. filed three defamation suits against major publishers, starting with the New York Times on Feb. 26. Each suit targeted 2019 opinion pieces about Russia and Trump's campaigns: Max Frankel's Times column, Greg Sargent's and Paul Waldman's Post columns, and Larry Noble's CNN.com piece. The mechanism was a lawsuit. The plaintiff was the campaign, not Trump personally, and Charles Harder was its lawyer. The campaign posted on social media that it had \"filed lawsuits against CNN, NY Times, and Washington Post.\" A New York Times spokesperson responded that \"The Trump campaign has turned to the courts to try to punish an opinion writer for having an opinion they find unacceptable.\" Courts dismissed all three suits. CNN: Judge Michael L. Brown found that \"actual malice\" wasn't shown but allowed the campaign to amend and refile. CNBC later reported that dismissal as final. New York Times: Justice James d'Auguste dismissed with prejudice. He ruled that the column was protected opinion, that actual malice wasn't alleged, and that the campaign lacked standing because the column was not \"of and concerning\" the campaign. Washington Post: Judge Rudolph Contreras found no actual malice and ruled that Waldman's statement was protected opinion. The dismissal left open the possibility of an amended complaint.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-campaign-sues-new-york-times-over-march-2019-russia-opinion-piece/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/10/judge-dismisses-trump-campaign-lawsuit-against-new-york-times.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://variety.com/2020/politics/news/trump-campaign-cnn-libel-suit-1234830487/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "variety.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2023/02/06/a-federal-judge-has-dismissed-the-trump-campaigns-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-washington-post/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reason.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-campaign-sues-new-york-times-over-march-2019-russia-opinion-piece/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The Trump campaign has turned to the courts to try to punish an opinion writer for having an opinion they find unacceptable,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2023/02/06/a-federal-judge-has-dismissed-the-trump-campaigns-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-washington-post/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "reason.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "filed lawsuits against CNN, NY Times, and Washington Post (3 suits at present)", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://variety.com/2020/politics/news/trump-campaign-cnn-libel-suit-1234830487/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "variety.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown ruled on Thursday that the campaign had failed to demonstrate \"actual malice,\" and that therefore the suit should be thrown out.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-06-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2020-06-16", "start": "2020-06-16", "end": "2020-06-20", "title": "Justice Department tries to block John Bolton's book and bind its publisher", "why_it_fits": "On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, the Trump administration's Justice Department sued former national security adviser John Bolton. It said his memoir, \"The Room Where It Happened,\" published by Simon & Schuster, contained classified information and had not finished the required pre-publication review. The suit asked for an order directing Bolton to urge his publisher to delay publication. On Wednesday, June 17, the department asked for an emergency order to stop the release. The suit named Bolton, not Simon & Schuster. But the government argued that any injunction \"should also bind\" the publisher, so the action reached a named publisher as well as the author.\n\nOn Saturday, June 20, Judge Royce Lamberth refused to block publication because copies were already widely distributed, but said Bolton \"may indeed have caused the country irreparable harm.\" On October 1, 2020, he let the suit go ahead, including the government's effort to take the book's proceeds. In June 2021 the Justice Department dropped the lawsuit and closed its investigation of Bolton.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-sues-stop-former-trump-national-security-advisor-john-bolton-n1231227", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2020/06/john-bolton-donald-trump-memoir-room-where-it-happened-1202962193/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "deadline.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/503695-judge-denies-request-to-block-bolton-book/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/trump-justice-department-john-bolton-book-ruling-20201001.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inquirer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-closes-investigation-into-john-bolton-and-drops-lawsuit-over-book-on-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/503695-judge-denies-request-to-block-bolton-book/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "while Bolton's unilateral conduct raises grave national security concerns, the government has not established that an injunction is an appropriate remedy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-sues-stop-former-trump-national-security-advisor-john-bolton-n1231227", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The lawsuit asked a federal judge for an order directing Bolton to urge his publisher to delay publication until that process is done.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2020/06/john-bolton-donald-trump-memoir-room-where-it-happened-1202962193/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "deadline.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Tellingly, the lawsuit was filed against Bolton, and not the publisher of the book, Simon & Schuster.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-07-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2023-07-28", "start": "2023-07-28", "end": "2023-07-30", "title": "Judge dismisses Trump's $475 million \"Big Lie\" defamation suit against CNN", "why_it_fits": "On October 3, 2022, Trump sued CNN in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, asking for $475 million over CNN's use of \"the Big Lie\" to describe his claims that the 2020 election was stolen. The suit said the phrase created a \"false and incendiary association\" between Trump and Adolf Hitler. On July 28, 2023, U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal, whom Trump appointed in 2019, dismissed the case, ruling that the statements were opinion, not false statements of fact. On November 18, 2025, an Eleventh Circuit panel of Judges Jordan, Newsom and Branch upheld the dismissal and called Trump's other arguments \"likewise meritless\". The wave fits the thread's lawsuit mechanism and is one of the legal outcomes the thread is meant to record.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/29/politics/trump-cnn-big-lie-defamation-lawsuit/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-defamation-lawsuit-cnn-big-lie-dismissed-florida-rcna97172", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/donald-trump-files-475-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-cnn", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/203350/donald-trump-judges-throw-out-lawsuit-cnn", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/29/politics/trump-cnn-big-lie-defamation-lawsuit/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "But bad rhetoric is not defamation when it does not include false statements of fact.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2023/07/donald-trump-cnn-the-big-lie-lawsuit-dismissed-1235450835/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "deadline.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "This is a stacking of inferences that cannot support a finding of falsehood.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2023/07/30/1190983801/a-federal-judge-has-dismissed-trumps-defamation-case-against-cnn-over-the-big-li", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The former president claimed that references in news articles or by the network's hosts to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as \"the Big Lie\" was tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-09-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2023-09-24", "start": "2023-09-24", "end": "2023-09-26", "title": "Trump pledges to \"scrutinize\" Comcast/NBC/MSNBC if re-elected", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 24, 2023, Trump was a former president and candidate. He said Comcast, which owns NBC and MSNBC, \"should be investigated for its 'Country Threatening Treason.'\" He also vowed that if he won the presidency, \"they and others of the LameStream Media will be thoroughly scrutinized\" over their coverage (CNN). In a Truth Social posting quoted by NextTV, he asked why NBC and other media companies should \"be entitled to use the very valuable airwaves of the USA, FREE?\" NextTV described this as renewing his 2017 threat to challenge broadcast licenses. This was a promise of future government action (an investigation, with licenses implied), not an action taken. Trump held no office at the time, so no action followed.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/politics/fact-check-trump-treason-nbc-senate-democrats/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nexttv.com/news/former-president-donald-trump-vows-to-investigate-media-if-re-elected", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nexttv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/politics/fact-check-trump-treason-nbc-senate-democrats/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "There is simply no basis for the claim that news coverage Trump doesn't like is \"treason.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nexttv.com/news/former-president-donald-trump-vows-to-investigate-media-if-re-elected", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nexttv.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Why should NBC or any other of the corrupt and dishonest media companies be entitled to use the very valuable airwaves of the USA, FREE?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-01-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2024-01-12", "start": "2024-01-12", "end": "2024-01-16", "title": "Trump ordered to pay the New York Times' legal fees over the tax-records suit", "why_it_fits": "In 2021, Trump sued his niece Mary Trump, the New York Times and three of its reporters over an alleged breach of a confidentiality agreement related to his tax records (ABC). Justice Robert R. Reed dismissed the claims against the Times and its reporters in May 2023, finding the journalists' conduct was protected by the New York Constitution (CNN). On January 12, 2024, he ordered Trump to pay $392,638 of their legal fees under New York's anti-SLAPP law (CNN). He wrote that \"plaintiffs' history of litigation – that some observers have described as abusive and frivolous – inspired the expansion of the law.\" This is the court outcome of a lawsuit Trump filed against a publisher over its reporting.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/12/media/donald-trump-new-york-times-legal-fees/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-ordered-pay-legal-fees-failed-new-york/story?id=106333806", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thedailyrecord.com/2026/06/17/trump-settles-lawsuit-against-niece-over-tax-record-leak/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailyrecord.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/12/media/donald-trump-new-york-times-legal-fees/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The revised anti-SLAPP law was specifically designed to apply to lawsuits like this one", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-ordered-pay-legal-fees-failed-new-york/story?id=106333806", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "the court finds that $392,638.69 is a reasonable value for the legal services rendered", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-12-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2024-12-14", "start": "2024-12-14", "end": "2024-12-17", "title": "ABC settles the Stephanopoulos defamation suit", "why_it_fits": "In March 2024 Trump personally sued ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos in federal court in Miami. The suit was over remarks during a March 10 interview with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC's \"This Week,\" in which Stephanopoulos said Trump had been \"found liable for rape\". The Associated Press, in a report published by PBS, called this an inaccurate on-air assertion. Neither civil verdict against Trump involved a finding of rape as New York law defines it. In his complaint, Trump accused Stephanopoulos of acting \"with actual malice or with a reckless disregard for the truth,\" according to CBS News. On Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, Magistrate Judge Lisette Reid ordered Trump and Stephanopoulos to sit for depositions the following week. CBS News reported that the order came before the two sides reached an agreement. Trump, Stephanopoulos and ABC executives signed the settlement that same day, and it was made public on Saturday, Dec. 14. Under the agreement ABC News will contribute $15 million to a non-profit being set up in connection with Trump's future presidential library, which CBS News described as his \"presidential foundation and museum\". ABC will also pay $1 million in legal fees to the law firm of Trump's attorney. As part of the settlement, ABC News added a note to the online article that accompanied the interview, saying that ABC News and Stephanopoulos \"regret statements\" about Trump made during the interview. ABC News spokesperson Jeannie Kedas said, \"We are pleased that the parties have reached an agreement to dismiss the lawsuit on the terms in the court filing.\" A Trump spokesperson declined to comment. The mechanism was a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump personally. It ended in a settlement, which is not an admission or a finding of liability.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/abc-agrees-to-pay-15-million-to-trumps-presidential-library-to-settle-defamation-lawsuit", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abc-news-trump-15-million-settle-defamation-suit/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-deposition-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-lawsuit/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-suing-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-defamation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/abc-agrees-to-pay-15-million-to-trumps-presidential-library-to-settle-defamation-lawsuit", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit ...", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abc-news-trump-15-million-settle-defamation-suit/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace ...", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2025-02-11", "start": "2025-02-11", "end": "2025-02-21", "title": "AP barred from the Oval Office and Air Force One over \"Gulf of America\"", "why_it_fits": "On Tuesday, Feb 11, 2025, the White House turned an Associated Press reporter away from an Oval Office event. The AP said this was because its style had not changed to follow Trump's Jan. 20 executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico. In a statement, the AP's Julie Pace said limiting AP's access \"plainly violates the First Amendment,\" and the White House Correspondents' Association called the decision \"unacceptable\" (VOA). Deputy White House Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich wrote that the AP's choice \"exposes the Associated Press' commitment to misinformation.\" On Feb 18, Trump told reporters, \"We're going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America.\" The tool used was press access, applied by Trump and White House staff. The AP said its journalists were still blocked from major events at the Oval Office, on Air Force One and at Mar-a-Lago. On Feb 21 the AP sued. White House spokesperson Steven Cheung called the case \"frivolous and demented\" (NPR). On Apr 8, U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden ordered the White House to let AP journalists back in. He ruled that it was unlawful to block the news service over its choice of words, and the administration then filed a notice of appeal (NPR).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/white-house-blocks-ap-reporter-from-oval-office-event-over-gulf-of-america-policy/7972268.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305226/ap-sues-white-house-gulf-of-america-mexico-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5342369/ap-white-house-court-ruling-oval-office-gulf-of-mexico-america", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/white-house-blocks-ap-reporter-from-oval-office-event-over-gulf-of-america-policy/7972268.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "voanews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday because the news agency has not altered its style on the Gulf of Mexico...", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305226/ap-sues-white-house-gulf-of-america-mexico-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Deputy White House Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich wrote last week that the AP's decision on the Gulf \"exposes the Associated Press' commitment to misinformation.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5342369/ap-white-house-court-ruling-oval-office-gulf-of-mexico-america", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "if the Government opens its doors to some journalists — be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere — it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of those viewpoints", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2025-06-06", "start": "2025-06-06", "end": "2025-06-10", "title": "Appeals court lets the White House keep limiting AP access (AP v. Budowich)", "why_it_fits": "On February 11, 2025, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the AP it would not be allowed in the Oval Office or the press pool unless it changed its Stylebook to say \"Gulf of America.\" According to Judge Pillard's dissenting statement, the President and three other senior White House officials publicly said that was the reason. AP sued three White House officials on February 21, 2025. U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden issued a preliminary injunction on April 8, 2025. On June 6, 2025, a 2–1 D.C. Circuit panel paused that injunction except as it applied to the East Room. Judge Rao wrote the concurring statement, joined by Judge Katsas, and Judge Pillard dissented. The ruling let the White House keep AP out of the Oval Office, Air Force One and Mar-a-Lago while the appeal continued. The defendants are White House officials, sued in their official capacities. Leavitt responded on social media that the AP \"is not guaranteed special access\" to those spaces. The mechanism is press access. This wave is a court ruling on an action already taken, not a new threat.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/2025/06/25-5109LDSN3.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "media.cadc.uscourts.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rcfp.org/briefs-comments/associated-press-v-budowich/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rcfp.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals-court-allows-trump-to-ban-ap-from-white-house-press-pool-for-now/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/2025/06/25-5109LDSN3.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "media.cadc.uscourts.gov", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The White House therefore retains discretion to determine, including on the basis of viewpoint, which journalists will be admitted.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/2025/06/25-5109LDSN3.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "media.cadc.uscourts.gov", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "participation in the Press Pool or the broader White House press corps has never been conditioned on the viewpoint expressed outside the Pool by any participating news organization—until now.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals-court-allows-trump-to-ban-ap-from-white-house-press-pool-for-now/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "As we've said all along, the Associated Press is not guaranteed special access to cover President Trump in the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One, and in other sensitive locations.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2025-07-01", "start": "2025-07-01", "end": "2025-07-03", "title": "Paramount settles Trump's 60 Minutes lawsuit during the Skydance merger review", "why_it_fits": "The lawsuit: Trump sued CBS in October 2024, while still a candidate. He objected that CBS aired one part of Kamala Harris's answer on \"Face the Nation\" and a different part on \"60 Minutes.\" He first sought $10 billion, then $20 billion in February 2025 after adding a federal claim (CBS News). The FCC: FCC Chair Brendan Carr reopened a \"news distortion\" complaint about the same interview days after Trump took office. In an April Truth Social post, Trump urged Carr to \"impose the maximum fines and punishment\" against CBS (CBS News). The merger: Paramount needed FCC approval for its $8.4 billion merger with Skydance. The FCC had not decided by its informal 180-day review deadline (CBS News). The settlement: Paramount agreed to pay $16 million toward Trump's future presidential library and the plaintiffs' fees. It included no apology, and 60 Minutes agreed to release transcripts of future interviews with eligible presidential candidates (CBS News). Seth Stern of the Freedom of the Press Foundation criticized the settlement (TheWrap).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-settlement/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-paramount-settlement/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thewrap.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-settlement/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Paramount will settle President Trump's lawsuit over a \"60 Minutes\" interview with Kamala Harris for $16 million, the company announced late Tuesday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-paramount-settlement/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thewrap.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "With this record settlement, President Donald J. Trump delivers another win for the American people as he, once again, holds the Fake News media accountable for their wrongdoing and deceit", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-paramount-settlement/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thewrap.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Paramount's spineless decision to settle Trump's baseless and patently unconstitutional lawsuit is an insult to the journalists of ‘60 Minutes’…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2RT8nAqXi8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2025-07-17", "start": "2025-07-17", "end": "2025-07-18", "title": "$10 billion suit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the Epstein birthday letter", "why_it_fits": "After the Wall Street Journal reported on a 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein that the paper said bore Trump's signature, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he would \"sue his ass off,\" referring to Murdoch and his \"third rate newspaper\" (CNN). He filed a $10 billion defamation suit against the Journal and Murdoch in July 2025, and denied writing the letter, calling the story \"false, malicious, and defamatory\" (NPR/AP). On April 13, 2026, U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Florida dismissed the suit but let Trump file an amended complaint (NPR/AP; PBS/AP).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/media/trump-rupert-murdoch-wsj-epstein-story-lawsuit-threat", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/g-s1-117248/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-epstein-letter-wsj-story-murdoch", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judge-dismisses-trumps-10-billion-lawsuit-against-wall-street-journal-over-reporting-on-epstein-ties", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/media/trump-rupert-murdoch-wsj-epstein-story-lawsuit-threat", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam, that he shouldn't print this Fake Story. But he did, and now I'm going to sue his ass off, and that of his third rate newspaper,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/g-s1-117248/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-epstein-letter-wsj-story-murdoch", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "whether President Trump was the author of the Letter or Epstein's friend are questions of fact that cannot be determined at this stage of the litigation", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judge-dismisses-trumps-10-billion-lawsuit-against-wall-street-journal-over-reporting-on-epstein-ties", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "We stand behind the reliability, rigor and accuracy of The Wall Street Journal's reporting.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2025-09-17", "start": "2025-09-17", "end": "2025-09-26", "title": "Trump threats and actions against broadcasters and publishers: ABC/Disney's Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspension and FCC Chair Carr's license warning", "why_it_fits": "In his Monday opening monologue, Kimmel said that \"the MAGA gang\" was \"desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them\" (NBC News). On Wednesday, FCC Chair Brendan Carr went on Benny Johnson's podcast, called the remarks \"the sickest conduct possible\" and said the FCC could revoke ABC affiliates' licenses (NBC News). After that appearance, Nexstar said it would pre-empt the show \"for the foreseeable future,\" and ABC then suspended it \"indefinitely.\" NBC notes that Nexstar's $6.2 billion Tegna deal needs FCC approval. Trump called the suspension \"Great News for America,\" and Carr said on CNBC the next day, \"We're not done yet\" (NBC News). Disney said it had suspended production \"to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country\" and confirmed the show would return on Tuesday (NPR). The ACLU reports that ABC announced the return six days after the suspension. It also says Nexstar and Sinclair, which own about 25% of local ABC affiliates, refused at first to air it on their stations. According to the ACLU, Kimmel said on his first show back that \"a government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn't like is anti-American.\" On Friday, Sept. 26, Nexstar and Sinclair announced they were ending their pre-emptions that evening (ABC News).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-brendan-carr-trumps-fcc-chair-rcna232091", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/government-pressure-to-suspend-jimmy-kimmel-was-an-abuse-of-power", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aclu.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5550330/jimmy-kimmel-back-suspended-disney-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/culture/story/sinclair-announces-end-jimmy-kimmel-live-preemption/?id=125975076", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-brendan-carr-trumps-fcc-chair-rcna232091", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-brendan-carr-trumps-fcc-chair-rcna232091", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "We're not done yet", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/government-pressure-to-suspend-jimmy-kimmel-was-an-abuse-of-power", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aclu.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "a government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn't like is anti-American.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2025-10-14", "start": "2025-10-14", "end": "2025-10-16", "title": "Pentagon credential rules and the press walkout", "why_it_fits": "The Pentagon, led by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, made keeping a press credential depend on signing a new policy. The mechanism is press access, and the Pentagon was the one that acted. NPR reported that the policy bans disclosure of information that is not authorized by the Pentagon for public release, even if that information is not classified. Speaking at the White House, Hegseth said: \"So it's common sense stuff, Mr. President, we're trying to make sure national security is respected, and we're proud of the policy.\" Trump backed the rules before the walkout. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Oct. 14, he said: \"I think he finds the press to be very disruptive in terms of world peace.\" Nearly every news outlet refused to sign, and dozens of reporters turned in their badges on Oct. 15. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News said jointly that \"the policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections.\" ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz wrote on Instagram that she had turned in her pass after 30 years. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the policy asks reporters only \"to acknowledge that they understand what our policy is.\" In March 2026, after a lawsuit by The New York Times, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman struck down the policy, ruling that it violates the First and Fifth Amendments. Parnell said the Pentagon disagreed with the decision and was \"pursuing an immediate appeal.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5574312/journalists-to-turn-in-press-passes-after-news-outlets-reject-new-pentagon-rules", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/journalists-turn-in-access-badges-exit-pentagon-rather-than-agree-to-new-reporting-rules/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "firstamendment.mtsu.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/pentagon-reporters-journalists-turn-in-press-badges-pete-hegseth/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thewrap.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/10/14/pentagon-press-restrictions-trump-journalists-news-outlets", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/federal-judge-strikes-pentagons-press-access-policy/story?id=131271115", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/journalists-turn-in-access-badges-exit-pentagon-rather-than-agree-to-new-reporting-rules/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "firstamendment.mtsu.edu", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The nation’s leadership called the new rules “common sense” to help regulate a “very disruptive” press.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/pentagon-reporters-journalists-turn-in-press-badges-pete-hegseth/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thewrap.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "I turned in my Pentagon pass today after 30 years because like all major news organizations ABC will not sign the new restrictive pentagon requirements", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5574312/journalists-to-turn-in-press-passes-after-news-outlets-reject-new-pentagon-rules", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "So it's common sense stuff, Mr. President, we're trying to make sure national security is respected, and we're proud of the policy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/president-trump-defense-secretary-defend-press-restrictions-at-the-pentagon/5175599", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2025-11-09", "start": "2025-11-09", "end": "2025-12-16", "title": "BBC Panorama edit: threat, apology, then a $10 billion suit", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 9, 2025, Trump's lawyers sent the BBC a letter demanding that it retract its Oct. 28, 2024 Panorama episode \"Trump: A Second Chance,\" apologize and pay compensation. The letter warned of \"legal action for no less than $1,000,000,000\" if the BBC did not comply by Friday. On Nov. 13 the BBC apologized and said the episode \"will not be broadcast again in this form,\" but refused to pay. It said it \"strongly disagrees there is a basis for a defamation claim.\" On Dec. 15, 2025, Trump sued in the Southern District of Florida: one defamation count and one count under Florida's deceptive trade practices law, at $5 billion each. The BBC said it \"will be defending this case.\" The mechanism is a personal lawsuit brought by Trump.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-files-10-billion-lawsuit-against-the-bbc/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/uk/bbc-leaders-resign-amid-scandal-over-trump-speech-latam-intl", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bbc-apologises-trump-over-panorama-220610377.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-sit-deposition-10-billion-defamation-lawsuit-bbc-jan-6-rcna605034", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-bbc-lawsuit-threat-january-6-panorama-editing/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "legal action for no less than $1,000,000,000 (One Billion Dollars) in damages. The BBC is on notice.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-files-10-billion-lawsuit-against-the-bbc/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth, literally.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-orders-trump-to-sit-for-a-deposition-in-his-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-bbc-by-dec-11", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2026-03-31", "start": "2026-03-31", "end": "2026-04-01", "title": "Judge rules Trump's NPR/PBS funding order unconstitutional", "why_it_fits": "On May 1, 2025, Trump signed an executive order (Executive Order 14290). The White House said it ended \"the taxpayer subsidization of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)\" and stopped federal funding to them \"to the maximum extent allowed by law.\" It also cut off indirect funding by barring local public radio and TV stations, and any other recipients of CPB money, from using taxpayer dollars to support NPR and PBS. This was an action Trump took personally, using a funding mechanism against two named outlets. CBS reported that Trump had called them \"arms of the Radical Left Democrat Party.\" On March 31, 2026, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss permanently blocked the administration from enforcing two provisions of the order. He wrote that it \"singles out two speakers and, on the basis of their speech, bars them from all federally funded programs.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/npr-pbs-federal-funding-trump-first-amendment/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/g-s1-115996/federal-court-delivers-victory-for-press-freedom-and-the-first-amendment-in-nprs-challenge-to-executive-order", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ends-the-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://au.variety.com/?p=34801", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "au.variety.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/npr-pbs-federal-funding-trump-first-amendment/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "The message is clear: NPR and PBS need not apply for any federal benefit because the President disapproves of their 'left wing' coverage of the news.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ends-the-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "The Order ceases federal funding to NPR and PBS to the maximum extent allowed by law.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/g-s1-115996/federal-court-delivers-victory-for-press-freedom-and-the-first-amendment-in-nprs-challenge-to-executive-order", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Today's ruling is a decisive affirmation of the rights of a free and independent press", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2026-07-27", "start": "2026-07-27", "end": "2026-07-28", "title": "Trump v. New York Times Company: Judge Merryday postpones ruling on motion to dismiss and allows another amended complaint (Wave B)", "why_it_fits": "Trump sued the New York Times Company and Penguin Random House in the Middle District of Florida, seeking $15 billion. The original suit also named Times reporters Peter Baker, Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and Michael Schmidt. It is over Times articles and the book \"Lucky Loser\" by Craig and Buettner (ABC News; Clearinghouse). The mechanism is a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump personally, through private lawyers (Clearinghouse). On Sept. 19, 2025, Judge Steven Merryday struck the complaint for breaking federal pleading rules and gave Trump 28 days to refile. ABC News reported that he did not weigh in on whether the claims had merit. Trump filed a 40-page amended complaint on Oct. 16, 2025. It dropped Schmidt as a defendant, along with all claims tied to the article he wrote (Clearinghouse). On July 27, 2026, Merryday postponed ruling on the Times' motion to dismiss or transfer the case. He allowed another amended complaint by Aug. 27 and gave the Times 21 days to respond (NOTUS; Colorado Politics). Trump praised the ruling on Truth Social. A Times spokesperson said the decision \"makes no statement in support of the frivolous accusations in Mr. Trump's earlier complaint\" and that \"The Times stands by our journalism\" (Colorado Politics).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://clearinghouse.net/case/46972/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "clearinghouse.net", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/courts/judge-trump-amend-refile-15-billion-new-york-times-defamation-lawsuit", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "notus.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/07/28/judge-allows-trump-to-refile-15-billion-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "coloradopolitics.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/judge-tosses-trumps-15b-defamation-suit-new-york/story?id=125739539", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/07/28/judge-allows-trump-to-refile-15-billion-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "coloradopolitics.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "The Failing New York Times, after 10 years of harassment, slander, and libel, just failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful Defamation Lawsuit against them dropped", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/courts/judge-trump-amend-refile-15-billion-new-york-times-defamation-lawsuit", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "notus.org", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "The amended complaint must be filed by Aug. 27, United States District Judge Steven D. Merryday ruled Monday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-threats-against-broadcasters-and-publishers/#2026-09-23", "start": "2026-09-23", "end": "2026-09-25", "title": "Des Moines Register / J. Ann Selzer suit dismissed", "why_it_fits": "In December 2024 Trump sued the Des Moines Register, its parent company and its former pollster J. Ann Selzer. He accused them of \"fraudulently publishing inaccurate poll results to damage him and help Democrats\" (CBS/AP). The poll in question was published before the 2024 election and showed Kamala Harris leading Trump 47% to 44% among likely Iowa voters. Trump won 56% of the Iowa vote. On September 23, 2026, Iowa District Judge Scott J. Beattie dismissed the suit. He found the poll and the coverage of it were protected political speech, not a commercial product, and that each of the three counts failed even if the allegations of a skewed poll were assumed true (CBS/AP). This is the outcome of one of Trump's personal lawsuits against a named publisher, which is the lawsuit form of the thread.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/trump-des-moines-register-lawsuit-dismissed-ann-selzer/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.fire.org/news/victory-iowa-judge-dismisses-trumps-lawsuit-against-pollster-j-ann-selzer", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fire.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.iowapublicradio.org/political-news/2026-09-24/trump-lawsuit-des-moines-register-kamala-harris-poll", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "iowapublicradio.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/trump-des-moines-register-lawsuit-dismissed-ann-selzer/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "is too great and the reach is too far. The case must therefore be dismissed.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.fire.org/news/victory-iowa-judge-dismisses-trumps-lawsuit-against-pollster-j-ann-selzer", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "fire.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "This lawsuit was laughable from the beginning and never should have been brought", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "healthcare-plan-two-weeks", "title": "The recurring promise of a healthcare plan \"in two weeks\"", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/", "summary": "Since his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump has repeatedly promised a comprehensive plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. He has put dates on it (\"a couple of weeks,\" \"two months, maybe less,\" \"within two weeks\") and described it as \"terrific,\" \"phenomenal\" or \"fully developed.\" In his first term, the 2017 House bill failed in the Senate and a 2020 executive order stated policy goals, but no comprehensive replacement plan was released. In 2024 he described having \"concepts of a plan.\" In January 2026 the White House released a \"Great Healthcare Plan\" framework that still needs Congress to act.", "summary_sources": [ "https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/", "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/15/trump-healthcare-plan-aca/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-03-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2016-03-02", "start": "2016-03-02", "end": "2016-03-04", "title": "Trump campaign releases seven-point health care plan, \"Healthcare Reform to Make America Great Again\"", "why_it_fits": "Trump had promised for months to repeal the ACA and replace it. In 2015 he said on CNN he would replace it with \"something terrific,\" according to PolitiFact. On the evening of Wednesday, March 2, 2016, his campaign posted a seven-point plan on its website and promoted it with a tweet (NBC). It was titled \"Healthcare Reform to Make America Great Again\" (PolitiFact). According to Reuters and Ballotpedia, the plan included: repealing Obamacare (Reuters) and getting rid of the individual mandate (NBC); selling insurance across state lines; letting people fully deduct their insurance premiums from their taxes; health savings accounts; price transparency; turning Medicaid into block grants to the states; allowing imported drugs. PolitiFact later called it a \"blueprint\" that \"echoed popular GOP talking points but was skimpy on details.\" So by this date, what had been delivered was a short position page on the campaign website.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-reveals-details-his-health-care-plan-n530701", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2016/03/02/donald-trump-releases-health-care-plan", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2020/aug/13/back-future-trumps-history-promising-health-plan-n/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016/Healthcare", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ballotpedia.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-reveals-details-his-health-care-plan-n530701", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "In a seven-point plan posted to his website and publicized by a tweet", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2016/03/02/donald-trump-releases-health-care-plan", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled proposals for reforming U.S. healthcare that included repealing Obamacare", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-01-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2017-01-15", "start": "2017-01-15", "end": "2017-01-16", "title": "Insurance for everybody", "why_it_fits": "In a Washington Post interview published Jan. 15, 2017, President-elect Trump said his plan to replace the Affordable Care Act was \"very much formulated down to the final strokes\" and that \"we're going to have insurance for everybody.\" He said he would release it \"soon\" alongside congressional leaders, after the Senate confirmed his health secretary nominee, Rep. Tom Price. The Post reported he \"declined to reveal specifics.\" The only details he offered were \"lower numbers, much lower deductibles.\" By then, Trump's campaign had posted a health plan blueprint on its website in March 2016, which KFF Health News described as \"skimpy on details.\" KFF Health News later described Trump's history of promising \"a health plan that never comes.\" In March 2017, House Republicans, with White House backing, introduced the replacement bill, the American Health Care Act.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vows-insurance-for-everybody-in-obamacare-replacement-plan/2017/01/15/5f2b1e18-db5d-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/15/politics/trump-obamacare/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2017/01/16/Trump-Says-His-Plan-Would-Provide-Insurance-Everybody", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thefiscaltimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vows-insurance-for-everybody-in-obamacare-replacement-plan/2017/01/15/5f2b1e18-db5d-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's very much formulated down to the final strokes. We haven't put it in quite yet but we're going to be doing it soon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/01/16/438910.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "insurancejournal.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump did not give the newspaper specifics about his proposals", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/15/politics/trump-obamacare/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President-elect Donald Trump is putting the finishing touches on an Obamacare replacement plan", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-02-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2017-02-05", "start": "2017-02-05", "end": "2017-02-18", "title": "\"Maybe into next year,\" then \"a couple of weeks\"", "why_it_fits": "In a Fox News interview that aired 5 February 2017, Trump said replacing the ACA \"maybe it will take till sometime into next year,\" and called it \"very complicated\" (The Hill). Bloomberg described the interview as setting a longer time frame than he had given before. On 18 February, at a rally in Melbourne, Fla., Trump said his administration would submit \"a great healthcare plan\" \"in a couple of weeks\" (The Hill). No plan had been released at that point. On 6 March, House Republicans released the American Health Care Act through the Ways and Means Committee, and on 16 March PolitiFact called it \"the first iteration\" of the plan Trump had promised.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/320263-trump-obamacare-replacement-to-come-in-a-couple-of-weeks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-05/trump-says-obamacare-replacement-could-take-until-next-year", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2017/03/06/american-health-care-act/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "waysandmeans.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/mar/16/trumps-stalled-health-care-campaign-promises/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/320263-trump-obamacare-replacement-to-come-in-a-couple-of-weeks/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We are going to be submitting in a couple of weeks a great healthcare plan that's going to take the place of the disaster known as ObamaCare,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-05/trump-says-obamacare-replacement-could-take-until-next-year", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the process for coming up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act could stretch into 2018", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?424154-1%2Fpresident-trump-rally-melbourne-florida=&=&live=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We are going to be submitting in a couple of weeks a great healthcare plan that's going to take the place of the disaster known as ObamaCare", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-03-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2019-03-25", "start": "2019-03-25", "end": "2019-04-03", "title": "Trump says GOP will be \"the party of health care\" and promises a plan with a vote after the 2020 election", "why_it_fits": "On March 26, 2019, the day after his Justice Department announced it was siding with a district court ruling and argued that the entire ACA should be invalidated, Trump said the Republican Party \"will soon be known as the party of health care.\" In tweets late on April 1, he said Republicans were \"developing a really great HealthCare Plan\" and that the vote would come after the 2020 election, once Republicans held the Senate and won back the House. This came after McConnell said he had \"made it clear\" to Trump that the Senate would not take up health legislation before then (PBS). On April 3, Trump tweeted that he had never planned a vote before the election (PBS). In August 2020, PolitiFact/KHN wrote that he had \"yet to deliver\" an ACA replacement.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/26/politics/donald-trump-gop-party-of-health-care/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-punts-vote-on-health-care-bill-until-after-next-years-elections/2019/04/02/068305d2-552c-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-he-never-expected-health-care-vote-before-2020-election", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/13/back-future-trumps-history-promising-health-plan-n", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-gop-healthcare-plan-still-works-won-t-be-n989911", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Republicans are developing a really great HealthCare Plan with far lower premiums (cost) & deductibles than ObamaCare", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/435863-trump-says-gop-will-be-party-of-health-care-after-doj-escalates-fight/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Republican Party will soon be known as the party of health care. You watch,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-he-never-expected-health-care-vote-before-2020-election", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I made it clear to him that we were not going to be doing that in the Senate", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/03/26/trump-affordable-care-act-democrats-serfaty-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-06-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2019-06-16", "start": "2019-06-16", "end": "2019-06-27", "title": "About two months. Maybe less.", "why_it_fits": "In the ABC interview that aired June 16, 2019, Trump said \"we already have the concept of the plan.\" Asked whether he had to tell people what it was, he said \"we'll be announcing that in about two months. Maybe less.\" He added that this was \"subject to winning back the House, Senate and the presidency.\" The next day, senior White House officials told ABC that they were far away from an actual health care bill and were drafting \"high-level principles\" instead. On June 26, Trump promised \"a plan that blows away ObamaCare\" if Republicans won the House, kept the Senate and kept the presidency. By then, The Hill reported, he had turned to a series of administrative actions focused on costs, including an executive order requiring price disclosure that he announced earlier that week.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-vows-phenomenal-health-care-plan/story?id=63763995", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2019/06/17/Trump-Promises-Phenomenal-Health-Care-Plan-Soon", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thefiscaltimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/450546-trumps-health-care-pitch-to-focus-on-lowering-costs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/13/back-future-trumps-history-promising-health-plan-n/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-exclusive-interview-president/story?id=63749144", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Yeah, well, we'll be announcing that in about two months. Maybe less.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-vows-phenomenal-health-care-plan/story?id=63763995", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But senior White House officials have told ABC News that they're far away from putting together an actual health care bill.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/450546-trumps-health-care-pitch-to-focus-on-lowering-costs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If we win the House back, keep the Senate and keep the presidency, we'll have a plan that blows away ObamaCare,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-07-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2020-07-19", "start": "2020-07-19", "end": "2020-08-13", "title": "Within two weeks", "why_it_fits": "On July 19, 2020, Trump told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday: \"We're signing a health care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health care plan.\" He repeated it in the following weeks. On July 31, he said a plan was coming \"very soon,\" and \"Might be Sunday.\" On Aug. 3, he said a \"tremendous healthcare plan\" would come \"hopefully, prior to the end of the month.\" On Aug. 7, he said he would pursue an executive order on pre-existing conditions \"over the next two weeks.\" As the two weeks were expiring, the Post reported no evidence of a replacement plan. The White House pointed instead to four drug-pricing executive orders from late July. As of Aug. 13, KFF Health News reported that Trump \"has yet to deliver.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-obamacare-promise/2020/08/01/856ce250-d348-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/07/trump-says-hes-working-on-health-insurance-executive-order-on-pre-existing-conditions.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-briefing-august-3-2020/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're signing a health care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health care plan that the Supreme Court decision on DACA gave me the right to do.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-briefing-august-3-2020/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we're going to be introducing a tremendous healthcare plan sometime prior — hopefully, prior to the end of the month. It's just completed now.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/07/trump-says-hes-working-on-health-insurance-executive-order-on-pre-existing-conditions.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Over the next two weeks I'll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions for all customers,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvR7ljqjD9c", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're signing a health care plan within two weeks. A full and…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2020-09-05", "start": "2020-09-05", "end": "2020-09-25", "title": "The deadline passes, then the \"America First Healthcare Plan\" order", "why_it_fits": "On 19 July 2020, Trump told Fox News he would sign \"a full and complete health care plan\" within two weeks. At a 3 August briefing he said the plan would likely come before the end of that month (CNN, 5 Sept). CNN reported on 5 September that the August deadline had passed without a plan. On 24 September Trump signed Executive Order 13951, \"An America-First Healthcare Plan.\" CNN described the measures as falling \"far short of a comprehensive proposal.\" Advisory Board reported that the order did not set out specific measures to protect people with pre-existing conditions if the ACA were struck down.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/politics/trump-health-care-plan/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/01/2020-21914/an-america-first-healthcare-plan", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/09/25/executive-orders", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "advisory.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/health-care-costs/trumps-executive-order-on-preexisting-conditions-lacks-teeth-experts-say/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/politics/trump-health-care-plan/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "with his latest self-imposed deadline passing without a plan.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/01/2020-21914/an-america-first-healthcare-plan", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Executive Order 13951 of September 24, 2020", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/24/politics/trump-health-care-pre-existing-conditions/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The measures, which fall far short of a comprehensive proposal, come less than six weeks before the presidential election", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REy0jyImydA", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-10-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2020-10-25", "start": "2020-10-25", "end": "2020-10-26", "title": "The \"60 Minutes\" interview and the health care book", "why_it_fits": "In a 60 Minutes interview recorded on October 20, 2020 and aired October 25, Lesley Stahl reminded Trump that he had said a health care plan would be \"here in two weeks.\" Trump answered that it \"is fully developed\" and would be announced \"when we see what happens with Obamacare.\" His press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, then gave Stahl a heavy book she called \"his health care plan.\" 60 Minutes said it was \"filled with executive orders, congressional initiatives, but no comprehensive health plan.\" A Yahoo News retrospective written after Biden's inauguration said no Trump health care plan had ever been made public. Before that, the closest thing delivered was a September 2020 executive order on preexisting-condition protections, which the article described as lacking a legal way to enforce them.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-60-minutes-interview-lesley-stahl/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/media/522710-lesley-stahl-giant-health-care-book-in-trump-interview-had-no-comprehensive/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2020/10/26/White-House-Hands-Over-Fake-Health-Care-Plan", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thefiscaltimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-leaves-office-no-health-care-plan-two-weeks-away-164850326.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-60-minutes-interview-lesley-stahl/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It is developed, it is fully developed. It's going to be announced very soon--", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/media/522710-lesley-stahl-giant-health-care-book-in-trump-interview-had-no-comprehensive/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump on Wednesday had also tweeted out photos from the interview, including one of the moment where Stahl was handed the book of Trump's plans on health care.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/1320516604216643584", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "filled with executive orders and congressional initiatives, but no comprehensive healthcare plan.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-11-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2023-11-25", "start": "2023-11-25", "end": "2023-11-30", "title": "Seriously looking at alternatives", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 25, 2023, Trump wrote on Truth Social: \"The cost of Obamacare is out of control, plus, it's not good Healthcare. I'm seriously looking at alternatives.\" In the same post he called the 2017 vote by Republican senators not to terminate the law \"a low point for the Republican Party\" (CBS, NBC). CBS reported that Trump later said he did not want to terminate Obamacare but to \"replace it with much better healthcare.\" CNN reported on Nov. 30 that the campaign \"has not yet drafted any kind of health care policy alternative.\" That makes this another pledge to replace Obamacare with no plan drafted.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-he-will-renew-push-to-replace-obamacare-if-he-wins-a-second-term", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-revives-push-eliminate-obamacare-sparking-biden-campaign-pushbac-rcna126768", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/politics/trump-obamacare-2024/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-rips-trumps-health-care-policies-ad/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-revives-push-eliminate-obamacare-sparking-biden-campaign-pushbac-rcna126768", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Republican presidential primary front-runner Donald Trump revived calls to roll back Obamacare", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/politics/trump-obamacare-2024/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "One Trump adviser told CNN the post came “completely came out of nowhere,”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-rips-trumps-health-care-policies-ad/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Later, Trump clarified that he does not want to terminate Obamacare, but rather \"replace it with much better healthcare.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-09-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2024-09-10", "start": "2024-09-10", "end": "2024-09-12", "title": "Concepts of a plan", "why_it_fits": "At the September 10, 2024 ABC News debate, moderator Linsey Davis asked Trump whether he had a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. He answered, \"I have concepts of a plan. I'm not president right now\" (Axios). He also said, \"you'll be hearing about it in the not-too-distant future\" (ABC). Axios wrote that Trump had promised a new health care plan \"since the 2016 election\" and that the promise \"has so far remained undelivered.\" Axios also recalled his 2020 pledge to sign \"a full and complete health care plan\" \"within two weeks.\" KFF's Larry Levitt noted that Trump's 2020 budget had proposed \"the concept of an ACA replacement plan.\" It would have replaced the ACA's premium subsidies and Medicaid expansion with a block grant to states and capped federal Medicaid spending, but Levitt wrote it \"has never gotten much attention.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/trump-concepts-health-care-plan-policies/story?id=113583973", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2024/09/12/trump-health-care-plan-obamacare-replacement", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/the-concept-of-a-plan-president-trump-proposed-to-replace-the-aca/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kff.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2024/09/12/trump-health-care-plan-obamacare-replacement", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I have concepts of a plan. I'm not president right now.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/trump-concepts-health-care-plan-policies/story?id=113583973", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "And there are concepts and options we have to do that. And you'll be hearing about it in the not-too-distant future.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/the-concept-of-a-plan-president-trump-proposed-to-replace-the-aca/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kff.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He did, in fact, propose the concept of an ACA replacement plan in his 2020 budget, though it has never gotten much attention.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2024/donald-trump-on-healthcare-plan-has-concepts-of-a-plan/5131801", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "concepts of a plan", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2025-11-08", "start": "2025-11-08", "end": "2025-12-02", "title": "\"Send the money directly to the people\"; the rollout is delayed", "why_it_fits": "On 8 November 2025, during the shutdown fight over expiring enhanced ACA subsidies, Trump posted on Truth Social that he was \"recommending to Senate Republicans\" that subsidy money \"BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE.\" Axios reported \"There's no detailed policy proposal to go with the post.\" On 23 November, CNN reported that the White House had postponed a health-care cost proposal Trump had been expected to unveil the next day. CNN described the plan as part of Trump's effort \"to fulfill his vow to deliver a better alternative\" to the subsidies, and Axios on 25 November tied the delay to pushback from Republicans in Congress. On 2 December, CNN reported that the effort had stalled amid GOP disagreements, with doubts that any proposal would be ready for a Senate vote expected the following week; no plan had been released by then.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/08/trump-affordable-care-act-subsidies-shutdown", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/politics/trump-health-care-proposal", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/25/white-house-delay-obamacare-subsidy-plan", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/politics/health-care-plan-trump-stall-aca", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/08/trump-affordable-care-act-subsidies-shutdown", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There's no detailed policy proposal to go with the post, but other Republicans and think tanks have proposed changes along similar lines.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/politics/trump-health-care-proposal", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump was originally expected to unveil the plan on Monday, but now that is not happening.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/politics/health-care-plan-trump-stall-aca", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump's push for a new health care plan has stalled, amid disagreements within the GOP over the extension of key enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2026-01-15", "start": "2026-01-15", "end": "2026-01-16", "title": "The \"Great Healthcare Plan\" framework is released", "why_it_fits": "On 15 January 2026 the White House released the \"Great Healthcare Plan,\" which its fact sheet describes as \"a comprehensive plan to lower drug prices, lower insurance premiums, hold big insurance companies accountable, and maximize price transparency.\" NBC News reported that \"Trump has been promising a health care plan overhaul for months\" and that the plan \"lacks key details and largely restates proposals President Donald Trump has previously outlined.\" NBC also reported that officials gave no details on how direct payments would be distributed, how large they would be or who would qualify. Both the White House and the press coverage said the plan needs Congress to act. CRFB called it \"a legislative framework.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-health-care-plan-direct-payments-obamacare-congress-rcna254232", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.crfb.org/blogs/white-house-releases-great-healthcare-plan", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "crfb.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-calls-on-congress-to-enact-the-great-healthcare-plan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-calls-on-congress-to-enact-the-great-healthcare-plan/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Today, President Donald J. Trump called on Congress to enact the Great Healthcare Plan", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-health-care-plan-direct-payments-obamacare-congress-rcna254232", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the plan lacks key details and largely restates proposals President Donald Trump has previously outlined", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/healthcare-plan-two-weeks/#2026-09-09", "start": "2026-09-09", "end": "2026-09-14", "title": "\"We will pass the Great Healthcare Plan\" (September 2026)", "why_it_fits": "Speaking at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, 2026, Trump said, \"We will pass the Great Healthcare Plan to stop all government payments to big insurance companies, and give the money directly to the people,\" as HuffPost reported. By then the White House had already released the \"Great Healthcare Plan\" as a legislative framework on Jan. 15, 2026. Medical Economics described it as needing approval from Congress and as not fully replacing the Affordable Care Act. On Sept. 14, HuffPost wrote that roughly two years after Trump's \"concepts\" remark in the 2024 debate, the proposal was \"still very much a work in progress.\" On Oct. 2, 2026, the White House said Trump \"is calling on Congress to enact the Great Healthcare Plan.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-concepts-of-a-healthcare-plan_n_6aa73954e4b054da7a22f18c", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/key-takeaways-trumps-gop-midterm-convention-speech/story?id=136324428", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/10/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-medicare-improvement-fund-payments-for-seniors/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/president-trump-s-great-healthcare-plan-here-s-what-to-know-now", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "medicaleconomics.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-concepts-of-a-healthcare-plan_n_6aa73954e4b054da7a22f18c", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Roughly two years after President Donald Trump claimed he had \"concepts\" of a healthcare plan during a debate with former Vice President Kamala Harris, his proposal is still very much a work in progress.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://nypost.com/2026/09/09/us-news/trump-vows-to-pass-the-great-healthcare-plan-cracking-down-on-insurance-companies/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nypost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings", "title": "The recurring AI predictions and safety warnings", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/", "summary": "Since 2017, tech executives, researchers and advocacy groups have repeatedly issued high-profile warnings and forecasts about AI. These include existential-risk statements, forecasts about AI agents and job losses, and warnings that deepfakes would disrupt elections. Several reached Congress and the White House, leading to hearings, executive orders and fights over whether federal law should override state AI laws. Later reviews and studies disagreed about how some warnings played out, such as the 2024 election deepfake fears. In September 2026, calls by AI company leaders to slow development drew a dismissal from President Trump and a voluntary industry safety accord.", "summary_sources": [ "https://fortune.com/2017/07/15/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-2/", "https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/tech/sam-altman-openai-congress", "https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/tech/ai-industry-statement-extinction-risk-warning", "https://time.com/7131271/ai-2024-elections/", "https://www.wiley.law/alert-President-Trump-Revokes-Biden-Administrations-AI-EO-What-To-Know", "https://www.gibsondunn.com/president-trump-latest-executive-order-on-ai-seeks-to-preempt-state-laws/", "https://www.techpolicy.press/september-2026-us-tech-policy-roundup/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-07-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2017-07-15", "start": "2017-07-15", "end": "2017-07-19", "title": "Musk tells US governors AI is a \"fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization\"", "why_it_fits": "On July 15, 2017, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told a bipartisan meeting of U.S. governors that AI regulation is needed because AI is a \"fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization\" (CBS News/AP; Fortune). He said regulation should come before problems appear, not after: \"by the time we are reactive in AI regulation, it's too late\" (WBEZ; Fortune has a close variant). The warning was made directly to elected officials. NPR reported that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) was looking into how states could respond, and that Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) told Musk he was \"surprised by your suggestion to bring regulations before we know exactly what we're dealing with.\" This was a warning, not a dated forecast, so there is no due date to check.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/musk-governors-artificial-intelligence-risk-civilization/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wbez.org/news/2017/07/17/elon-musk-warns-governors-artificial-intelligence-poses-existential-risk", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wbez.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2017/07/15/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-2/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/07/19/537961841/musks-warning-sparks-call-for-regulating-artificial-intelligence", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/musk-governors-artificial-intelligence-risk-civilization/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"Once there is awareness, people will be extremely afraid, as they should be,\" Musk said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wbez.org/news/2017/07/17/elon-musk-warns-governors-artificial-intelligence-poses-existential-risk", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wbez.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"AI is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization, and I don't think people fully appreciate that,\" Musk said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2017/07/15/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-2/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization, in a way that car accidents, airplane crashes, faulty drugs, or bad food were not.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-03-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2018-03-11", "start": "2018-03-11", "end": "2018-03-15", "title": "Musk at SXSW says AI is \"far more dangerous than nukes\"", "why_it_fits": "On March 11, 2018, Elon Musk spoke at South by Southwest in Austin, interviewed by Westworld co-creator Jonathan Nolan. He said, \"Mark my words. AI is far more dangerous than nukes,\" and called the arrival of \"digital superintelligence\" \"the single biggest existential crisis that we face.\" Musk said he is \"not normally an advocate of regulation and oversight\" but that AI posed \"a very serious danger to the public.\" He proposed a public body with scientific insight and public oversight to make sure AI is developed safely. Inverse noted that this repeated his 2017 National Governors Association warning that AI is a \"fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization.\" The warning had no date attached, so there is no due date to check.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://medcitynews.com/2018/03/elon-musk-ai-far-dangerous-nukes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "medcitynews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.inverse.com/article/42194-elon-musk-dangers-of-ai", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inverse.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://futurism.com/elon-musks-takeaways-sxsw-song", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "futurism.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/make-it/2018/03/13/elon-musk-at-sxsw-a-i-is-more-dangerous-than-nuclear-weapons.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://medcitynews.com/2018/03/elon-musk-ai-far-dangerous-nukes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "medcitynews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"Mark my words. AI is far more dangerous than nukes,\" he said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.inverse.com/article/42194-elon-musk-dangers-of-ai", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inverse.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"I'm very close to the cutting edge in A.I.,\" Elon Musk said Sunday while giving a talk at SXSW, \"and it scares the hell out of me.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-03-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2023-03-28", "start": "2023-03-28", "end": "2023-04-14", "title": "Future of Life Institute \"pause\" letter", "why_it_fits": "The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a nonprofit based in Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNBC). Its open letter, dated March 22, 2023 and released after OpenAI's GPT-4 came out earlier that month (CNBC), called on \"all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.\" It said that \"governments should step in and institute a moratorium\" if a pause could not be enacted quickly (FLI; CNBC). The letter asked whether society should let machines \"flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth,\" \"automate away all the jobs,\" and \"risk loss of control of our civilization\" (FLI). Musk, Wozniak and Harari were among more than 1,000 signers when TIME reported it, and Vice named AI researcher Yoshua Bengio as a notable signatory. Vice also reported that some early signatures turned out to be fake. The six-month request came due in late September 2023. Under the headline \"The great AI 'pause' that wasn't,\" Axios reported on Sept. 22, 2023 that \"the work is still charging ahead.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "futureoflife.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/29/elon-musk-other-tech-leaders-pause-training-ai-beyond-gpt-4.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/6266679/musk-ai-open-letter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2023/09/22/ai-letter-six-month-pause", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2023/04/14/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-startup-currently-not-training-gpt-5/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "siliconangle.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-open-letter-to-stop-dangerous-ai-race-is-a-huge-mess/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "vice.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "futureoflife.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "signatures": 31810 } }, { "url": "https://time.com/6266679/musk-ai-open-letter/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The list of signatories includes the names of more than 1,000 people alongside Musk", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "signers at publication (more than)": 1000 } }, { "url": "https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-open-letter-to-stop-dangerous-ai-race-is-a-huge-mess/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "vice.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "some notable signatories turned out to be fake", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-05-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2023-05-16", "start": "2023-05-16", "end": "2023-05-17", "title": "Sam Altman testifies to Senate Judiciary subcommittee", "why_it_fits": "On May 16, 2023, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, \"We think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models\" (CNN; also in the Tech Policy Press transcript). He suggested \"a combination of licensing and testing requirements\" for \"development and release of AI models above a threshold of capabilities\" (CNN). Time reported that he said, \"I think if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong, and we want to be vocal about that.\" CNN reported that he named the use of AI to manipulate voters and target disinformation as among \"my areas of greatest concern,\" because \"we're going to face an election next year and these models are getting better.\" That ties this wave to the thread's later election-related AI disinformation warnings.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/tech/sam-altman-openai-congress", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/6280372/sam-altman-chatgpt-regulate-ai/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.techpolicy.press/transcript-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-hearing-on-oversight-of-ai/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techpolicy.press", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.techpolicy.press/transcript-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-hearing-on-oversight-of-ai/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "techpolicy.press", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We think it can be a printing press moment. We have to work together to make it so.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/6280372/sam-altman-chatgpt-regulate-ai/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "My worst fears are that we—the field, the technology, the industry—cause significant harm to the world. I think that can happen in a lot of different ways.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/tech/sam-altman-openai-congress", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-05-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2023-05-30", "start": "2023-05-30", "end": "2023-06-02", "title": "Center for AI Safety extinction-risk statement", "why_it_fits": "On May 30, 2023, the nonprofit Center for AI Safety (CAIS) released a one-sentence statement: \"Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.\" CAIS's press release says the signers included Turing Award winners Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio and the CEOs of three AI labs: Sam Altman (OpenAI), Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) and Dario Amodei (Anthropic). ABC News, as republished by ABC7, said the statement had 350 signers. It also noted the release came about two weeks after Altman told a Senate hearing, \"If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong.\" The statement is a warning about existential risk, not a forecast with a date, so there is no \"due date\" to check it against.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://safe.ai/work/press-release-ai-risk", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "safe.ai", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/tech/ai-industry-statement-extinction-risk-warning", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abc7news.com/post/ai-risk-of-extinction-artificial-intelligence-open-letter/13319537/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc7news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.keyc.com/2023/05/30/artificial-intelligence-threatens-extinction-experts-say-new-warning/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "keyc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://safe.ai/work/press-release-ai-risk", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "safe.ai", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/tech/ai-industry-statement-extinction-risk-warning", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Dozens of AI industry leaders, academics and even some celebrities on Tuesday called for reducing the risk of global annihilation due to artificial intelligence.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abc7news.com/post/ai-risk-of-extinction-artificial-intelligence-open-letter/13319537/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc7news.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Among the 350 signatories of the public statement are Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-10-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2023-10-30", "start": "2023-10-30", "end": "2023-11-03", "title": "Biden AI executive order (EO 14110)", "why_it_fits": "On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration issued Executive Order 14110, \"Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.\" According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), it directs \"over 50 federal entities to engage in more than 100 specific actions.\" According to Arms Control Today, one of its main requirements was that major AI firms notify the government when developing foundation models that pose \"a serious risk to national security, national economic security, or national public health\" and share the results of their red-team tests. In its coverage of the UK AI Safety Summit that week, TIME reported that Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking in London, announced a set of U.S. actions that included an American AI Safety Institute. On January 20, 2025, President Trump revoked EO 14110 in an order that rescinded a list of Biden-era executive orders, according to the law firm Wiley.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R47843.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "everycrsreport.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2023-12/news/biden-issues-executive-order-ai-safety", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "armscontrol.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/6330877/uk-ai-safety-summit/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wiley.law/alert-President-Trump-Revokes-Biden-Administrations-AI-EO-What-To-Know", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wiley.law", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R47843.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "everycrsreport.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The E.O. directs over 50 federal entities to engage in more than 100 specific actions to implement the guidance set forth across eight overarching policy areas.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/6330877/uk-ai-safety-summit/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Vice President Kamala Harris announced a sweeping set of U.S. actions, including the establishment of an American AI Safety Institute.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-01-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2024-01-22", "start": "2024-01-22", "end": "2024-02-08", "title": "Deepfake Biden robocall in New Hampshire (with follow-ups)", "why_it_fits": "This is a clear case of the thread's warning that deepfakes could disrupt elections, and of that warning reaching federal regulators. CNN obtained a clip of a robocall that used AI to mimic President Biden's voice in an attempt to get New Hampshire voters to skip the primary. NHPR reported the calls reached roughly 20,000 people before the January 23 election. On February 6, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said the calls had been linked to Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom, with the investigation ongoing (CNN), and that his office and other attorneys general were worried about the spread of deepfake election meddling. On February 8, the FCC unanimously ruled that AI-generated voices are \"artificial\" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Fox News reported the ruling came days after the Texas trace was announced.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nhpr.org/politics/2024-02-06/nh-attorney-general-fcc-trace-ai-robocalls-impersonating-biden-back-to-texas-company", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nhpr.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/tech/nh-ag-robocall-update/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-26/fcc-finalizes-6m-fine-against-biden-deepfake-robocaller", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/06/16/biden-ai-robocall-new-hampshire-steven-kramer-not-guilty", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wbur.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/01/23/robocall-fake-biden-new-hampshire-primary-nn-vpx.cnn", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "CNN has obtained a clip of a robocall using artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden's voice in an attempt to urge voters in New Hampshire to skip the state's primary.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/tech/nh-ag-robocall-update/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Formella identified Walter Monk as the owner of Life Corporation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fcc-makes-ai-generated-robocalls-can-fool-voters-illegal-biden-voice-cloning-new-hampshire", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday made AI-generated robocalls mimicking the voices of political candidates to fool voters illegal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2024-10-30", "start": "2024-10-30", "end": "2024-12-30", "title": "What happened to the 2024 election-deepfake warnings", "why_it_fits": "In January 2024, the New Hampshire robocall used an AI-generated voice that sounded like President Biden. It told Democrats to \"save your vote for the November election.\" The consultant who commissioned it was fined $6 million by the FCC and indicted in New Hampshire (NPR). Afterward, 16 states passed laws about AI in elections, and experts warned that deepfakes could mislead voters (Poynter). On December 3, 2024, Meta's Nick Clegg said these risks \"did not materialize in a significant way.\" Meta said AI content was \"less than 1% of all fact-checked misinformation\" across major 2024 elections (Engadget). Poynter wrote that \"the anticipated avalanche of AI-driven misinformation never materialized.\" This is the thread's \"what fact-checkers found afterward\" follow-up for a warning whose date has passed.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7131271/ai-2024-elections/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-says-ai-generated-content-was-less-than-1-precent-of-election-misinformation-130042422.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "engadget.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/12/21/nx-s1-5220301/deepfakes-memes-artificial-intelligence-elections", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/artificial-intelligence-effects-2024-presidential-election/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "poynter.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/we-looked-at-78-election-deepfakes-political-misinformation-is-not-an-ai-problem", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "knightcolumbia.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7131271/ai-2024-elections/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Yet with the election one week away, fears of the election being derailed or defined by AI now appear to have been overblown.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-says-ai-generated-content-was-less-than-1-precent-of-election-misinformation-130042422.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "engadget.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "From what we've monitored across our services, it seems these risks did not materialize in a significant way, and that any such impact was modest and limited in scope.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/we-looked-at-78-election-deepfakes-political-misinformation-is-not-an-ai-problem", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "knightcolumbia.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "half of AI use isn't deceptive", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2025-01-05", "start": "2025-01-05", "end": "2025-01-24", "title": "Altman's AGI claim and Trump revokes the Biden order", "why_it_fits": "On his personal blog, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote: \"We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it. We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents 'join the workforce' and materially change the output of companies.\" TechCrunch and TIME covered the post (January 5–6 and January 8, 2025). The AGI line is a claim of confidence, not a dated forecast; the agent line named 2025. On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an order that revoked Biden's 2023 AI executive order, EO 14110, along with a long list of other Biden-era orders (Wiley). On January 23, 2025, Trump issued his own order, \"Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence\" (Littler). That same day, OpenAI released Operator, which MIT Technology Review called \"its first AI agent.\" Status of the 2025 agent prediction: the year has passed. In a January 2026 post summarizing his New Yorker article, author Cal Newport wrote that \"AI agents failed to live up to their hype,\" while noting that coding agents such as Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex had become \"impressively adept at tackling multi-step computer programming problems.\" He also quoted OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy saying there had been \"overpredictions going on in the industry.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/openai-is-beginning-to-turn-its-attention-to-superintelligence/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7205596/sam-altman-superintelligence-agi/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wiley.law/alert-President-Trump-Revokes-Biden-Administrations-AI-EO-What-To-Know", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wiley.law", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/new-executive-order-issued-ai-prior-ai-order-revoked", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "littler.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/23/1110484/openai-launches-operator-an-agent-that-can-use-a-computer-for-you/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "technologyreview.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://calnewport.com/why-didnt-ai-join-the-workforce-in-2025/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "calnewport.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://blog.samaltman.com/reflections", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "blog.samaltman.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/new-executive-order-issued-ai-prior-ai-order-revoked", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "littler.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "on January 23, 2025, President Trump issued his own AI executive order, entitled, “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/23/1110484/openai-launches-operator-an-agent-that-can-use-a-computer-for-you/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "technologyreview.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "After weeks of buzz, OpenAI has released Operator, its first AI agent.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://calnewport.com/why-didnt-ai-join-the-workforce-in-2025/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "calnewport.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "AI agents failed to live up to their hype.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZAcisbTLhw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2025-05-28", "start": "2025-05-28", "end": "2025-06-12", "title": "Amodei's warning that AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs", "why_it_fits": "On May 28, 2025, Axios (Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen) reported that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told them AI could \"wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years.\" The next day, May 29, he told CNN's Anderson Cooper, \"AI is starting to get better than humans at almost all intellectual tasks, and we're going to collectively, as a society, grapple with it.\" CNN summarized the forecast as unemployment of \"as much as 20%\" and quoted tech futurist Tracey Follows calling such warnings \"part reputation management, part market positioning, and part policy influence.\" A CNN analysis by Allison Morrow the next day called one of his lines a repeat of \"one of the industry's favorite unfalsifiable claims.\" Fortune reported on June 11 that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, asked about the forecast, said he \"pretty much disagree[d] with almost everything\" Amodei says. Status: the one-to-five-year window runs from about May 2026 to May 2030, so the forecast is not yet fully due. Partway through, researchers disagreed on the early evidence. On May 7, 2026, the Yale Budget Lab reported that its results \"do not yet show clear indication of labor market effects of AI,\" with unemployment at 4.3% in March 2026. In an August 2026 revision of their paper, Stanford Digital Economy Lab researchers reported \"no evidence of widespread, economy-wide job displacement,\" but found that employment of workers ages 22–25 in AI-exposed occupations was 19% below where it would have been had it kept pace with less-exposed peers. They called these \"early, descriptive indicators\" rather than causal estimates.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/tech/ai-anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-unemployment", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/anthropic-amodei-ai-jobs-nightcap", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://qz.com/ai-anthropic-unemployment-jobs-white-collar-claude-1851782923", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "qz.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.fortune.com/2025/06/11/nvidia-jensen-huang-disagress-anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-ai-jobs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/ai-probably-not-yet-reason-labor-market-weakening", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "budgetlab.yale.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/publications/canaries-in-the-coal-mine/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "digitaleconomy.stanford.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced — and 20% of people don't have jobs.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/tech/ai-anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-unemployment", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "AI is starting to get better than humans at almost all intellectual tasks, and we're going to collectively, as a society, grapple with it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.fortune.com/2025/06/11/nvidia-jensen-huang-disagress-anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-ai-jobs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "pretty much disagree[d] with almost everything", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/ai-probably-not-yet-reason-labor-market-weakening", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "budgetlab.yale.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The results do not yet show clear indication of labor market effects of AI", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/publications/canaries-in-the-coal-mine/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "digitaleconomy.stanford.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We find no evidence of widespread, economy-wide job displacement. However, employment of young workers (ages 22–25) in AI-exposed occupations now stands 19% below where it would be had it kept pace with that of their less-exposed peers", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2025-06-29", "start": "2025-06-29", "end": "2025-07-02", "title": "Senate votes 99–1 to drop the state-AI-law moratorium", "why_it_fits": "A provision in the budget bill that Deadline calls the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would have barred states from regulating AI for 10 years. GOP senators argued that only the federal government should regulate the technology (News From The States). According to News From The States, Sens. Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn drafted a narrower version over the weekend before the vote: a five-year ban, with exceptions for some laws, such as those protecting children or limiting deepfakes. Blackburn then said in a statement that the language \"could allow Big Tech to continue to exploit kids, creators, and conservatives\" (Tech Policy Press). She cosponsored an amendment with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to remove the moratorium entirely, and it passed 99–1 in a vote that News From The States dates to Monday night, June 30, and Tech Policy Press and Deadline to early Tuesday morning. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) was the only no vote (Tech Policy Press; CFO Dive; Deadline). This was a vote in a federal-preemption fight, not a dated prediction, so there is no due date to check.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/senate-votes-99-1-remove-ai-moratorium-megabill", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsfromthestates.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.techpolicy.press/us-senate-drops-proposed-moratorium-on-state-ai-laws-in-budget-vote/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techpolicy.press", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cfodive.com/news/senate-rejects-proposed-moratorium-state-ai-laws/752106/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cfodive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2025/07/senate-strikes-ai-moratorium-1236446571/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "deadline.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/senate-votes-99-1-remove-ai-moratorium-megabill", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsfromthestates.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Monday night, an amendment to remove the moratorium from the budget bill — cosponsored by Blackburn and Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat — was passed 99-1.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.techpolicy.press/us-senate-drops-proposed-moratorium-on-state-ai-laws-in-budget-vote/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techpolicy.press", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Early Tuesday morning, the United States Senate voted 99-1 to pass an amendment to the budget bill removing the proposed 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state laws on artificial intelligence.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2025/07/senate-strikes-ai-moratorium-1236446571/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "deadline.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Lawmakers voted 99-1 early Tuesday morning to strike the provision, with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) the only senator voting no.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2025-10-22", "start": "2025-10-22", "end": "2025-10-25", "title": "Statement on Superintelligence", "why_it_fits": "On October 22, 2025, the Future of Life Institute released a statement calling for \"a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and strong public buy-in.\" Time reported more than 700 initial signers. CBS News and Forbes reported that signers included AI researchers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, Steve Bannon, and Prince Harry and Meghan. The statement's preamble lists concerns ranging up to \"potential human extinction,\" which places it in the thread's existential-risk category. The FLI also published the March 2023 \"pause\" letter, and AP wrote that none of the major AI companies heeded that call. According to AP, the organizers wanted to appeal to President Trump's MAGA movement \"even as Mr. Trump's White House staff has sought to reduce limits to AI development in the U.S.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7327409/ai-agi-superintelligent-open-letter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-harry-steve-bannon-unlikely-allies-ai-superintelligence-ban/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/ai-superintelligence-ban-from-prince-harry-to-steve-bannon-unlikely-c-rcna238747", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/10/22/public-figures-sign-petition-urging-ban-on-ai-superintelligence-including-harry-meghan-steve-bannon-and-richard-branson/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://superintelligence-statement.org/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "superintelligence-statement.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "signatures": 77877 } }, { "url": "https://time.com/7327409/ai-agi-superintelligent-open-letter/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "An open letter calling for the prohibition of the development of superintelligent AI was announced on Wednesday, with the signatures of more than 700 celebrities, AI scientists, faith leaders, and policymakers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "signatures at launch (more than, per Time)": 700 } }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-harry-steve-bannon-unlikely-allies-ai-superintelligence-ban/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2025-12-11", "start": "2025-12-11", "end": "2025-12-16", "title": "Trump's executive order on state AI laws", "why_it_fits": "According to Gibson Dunn, on December 11, 2025 President Trump signed an executive order titled \"Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.\" Gibson Dunn says it aims to promote US AI leadership \"by preempting state AI laws and regulations.\" Gibson Dunn also says the order directs the Attorney General to set up an \"AI Litigation Task Force\" to challenge state AI laws, including laws that \"unconstitutionally regulate interstate commerce.\" Roll Call reports that the order also told White House advisers Michael Kratsios and David Sacks to write a national policy to preempt state laws. The White House proposed its framework on March 20, 2026 (Roll Call). In June 2026, Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) released a discussion draft that would allow federal preemption of state AI regulation for three years (Nextgov). Tech Policy Press's roundup of September 2026 reported that a still-unreleased Senate frontier AI bill negotiated by Sens. Ted Cruz, John Thune and Amy Klobuchar would reportedly preempt some state AI safety laws. This is one of the federal-preemption fights the thread covers; it is a policy action, not a dated prediction.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gibsondunn.com/president-trump-latest-executive-order-on-ai-seeks-to-preempt-state-laws/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gibsondunn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2026/03/20/white-house-ai-framework-calls-for-preemption-of-state-laws/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/06/lawmakers-propose-ai-framework-would-preempt-state-laws-3-years/413975/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nextgov.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.techpolicy.press/september-2026-us-tech-policy-roundup/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techpolicy.press", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.gibsondunn.com/president-trump-latest-executive-order-on-ai-seeks-to-preempt-state-laws/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "gibsondunn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (Order or EO) titled \"Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,\" which aims to promote \"United States leadership in Artificial Intelligence\" by preempting state AI laws and regulations.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2026/03/20/white-house-ai-framework-calls-for-preemption-of-state-laws/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The White House on Friday proposed its framework for a national artificial intelligence policy, pushing for broad preemption of state AI laws and against \"open-ended liability\" for AI firms.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/06/lawmakers-propose-ai-framework-would-preempt-state-laws-3-years/413975/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nextgov.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Reps. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Lori Trahan, D-Mass., rolled out a draft measure Thursday that would set a nearly all-encompassing framework for granting the U.S. government regulatory control over various aspects of artificial intelligence", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/ai-predictions-and-safety-warnings/#2026-09-08", "start": "2026-09-08", "end": "2026-09-29", "title": "A resignation warning, Amodei's \"pace the frontier\" essay and Trump's \"hoax\" response", "why_it_fits": "On September 8, 2026, Jacob Coxon, a pretraining researcher who said he had worked at both OpenAI and Anthropic, announced his resignation from Anthropic on X (NPR; TechCrunch). He wrote that the companies were \"racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives\" and that \"the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade\" (TechCrunch). TechCrunch reported that Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger put the likelihood at greater than 10% within the next decade. On September 12, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay, \"We Must Pace the Frontier,\" writing, \"We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models.\" The same essay says, \"I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5–10 years.\" According to the AP, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis publicly agreed with Amodei that day. On September 14, President Trump wrote on Truth Social, \"I am the Hoax Buster, and I'm right now breaking another Hoax – That AI is going to take over, consume, and destroy the World,\" and accused Amodei of \"pretending to be a 'perfect little angel'\" (AFP). ABC News reported that Vice President JD Vance called the warnings from AI leaders a \"Trojan horse.\" On September 19, paying subscribers to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini filed a proposed class action alleging that the companies' agreement to slow down violated antitrust law (AP). In Tech Policy Press, Dave Karpf wrote that \"Amodei's scheme for pacing the frontier amounts to a series of proposals that all benefit Anthropic.\" At the UN General Assembly on September 22, Trump said the people who warned of climate change were \"the same people that are now saying that AI is going to kill us all\"; PolitiFact rated his claim False, writing that politicians from both parties had raised such concerns. On September 29, Trump and the leaders of Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Nvidia signed a voluntary accord on frontier model safety (Tech Policy Press), and Trump signed Executive Order 14434 directing agencies to use the term \"Super Intelligence\" in place of \"Artificial Intelligence\" (White House). Status: Coxon's \"end of the decade\" warning, Hubinger's 10-year estimate and Amodei's 5–10 year disease forecast are not yet due.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/nx-s1-5979085/the-ai-safety-debate-is-confusing-heres-our-guide-to-the-different-factions", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/gambling-with-our-lives-anthropic-researcher-quits-warns-against-self-improving-ai/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "darioamodei.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2026/09/15/039i-am-the-hoax-buster039-trump-rejects-ai-danger-warnings", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thestar.com.my", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/openai-ceo-calls-ai-pacing-trump-insists-downplaying-136416814", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "goodmorningamerica.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/19/business/ai-slowdown-lawsuit-antitrust", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.techpolicy.press/who-should-pace-the-frontier-not-dario-amodei/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techpolicy.press", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/sep/22/donald-trump/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-hoax-russia/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.techpolicy.press/september-2026-us-tech-policy-roundup/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techpolicy.press", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/gambling-with-our-lives-anthropic-researcher-quits-warns-against-self-improving-ai/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "“They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives,” Coxon wrote in a thread on X.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "darioamodei.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2026/09/15/039i-am-the-hoax-buster039-trump-rejects-ai-danger-warnings", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thestar.com.my", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "US President Donald Trump on Sept 14 dismissed fears that artificial intelligence (AI) could wipe out humanity, repeatedly calling them a hoax and rejecting global calls to put guardrails around the fast-moving technology.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/19/business/ai-slowdown-lawsuit-antitrust", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A new lawsuit claims Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made an illegal deal to slow the pace of their respective AI development.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.techpolicy.press/who-should-pace-the-frontier-not-dario-amodei/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techpolicy.press", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Amodei’s scheme for pacing the frontier amounts to a series of proposals that all benefit Anthropic.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/sep/22/donald-trump/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-hoax-russia/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Politicians from both political parties have spoken out or have acted on concerns about an existential threat posed by AI.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inaugurating-the-era-of-super-intelligence/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the executive branch shall use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "crisis-actors", "title": "The recurring claim that mass-shooting victims and witnesses are \"crisis actors\"", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/", "summary": "After many US mass shootings, social media posts and videos have claimed that victims, survivors, witnesses or grieving relatives are paid \"crisis actors\" in a staged event. Fact-checkers and news outlets have repeatedly found these claims false. The best-known example is the Sandy Hook hoax claim (2012). Juries in Texas and Connecticut found Infowars host Alex Jones liable for defamation over it in 2022. The Connecticut jury awarded damages to families Jones had described as part of a hoax \"staged by actors.\" Attention alternates between viral crisis-actor claims right after shootings and news coverage of the Sandy Hook lawsuits against Jones.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/us/david-hogg-youtube-video", "https://abcnews.com/amp/US/jury-reaches-verdict-alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook/story?id=91399930" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-06-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2016-06-14", "start": "2016-06-14", "end": "2016-06-20", "title": "Pulse nightclub (Orlando) survivor Patience Carter called a \"crisis actor\"", "why_it_fits": "On June 14, 2016, two days after the Pulse nightclub shooting, a YouTube video claimed that Patience Carter, who was shot in the leg during the attack, was a \"crisis actor.\" The narrator called the event \"faked\" and \"staged.\" He pointed to the fact that Carter was an intern at WTXF, a Fox affiliate in Philadelphia (Snopes and EURweb spell it \"WTFX\"). Snopes reported that supporters of the theory circulated an image of Carter's Instagram with a manipulated time stamp. The real post was made hours before the shooting. On Instagram, Carter thanked \"all the skeptics that believe my pain isn't real,\" saying their \"outrageous insensitivity\" made her want to heal faster.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patience-carter-crisis-actor-orlando/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.phillyvoice.com/conspiracy-theorist-mocks-philly-woman-injured-orlando-shooting/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "phillyvoice.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://eurweb.com/2016/pulse-club-survivor-calls-crisis-actor-allegations-outrageous/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eurweb.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/06/14/orlando-nightclub-shooting-rumors/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patience-carter-crisis-actor-orlando/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "On 14 June 2016, a video accusing a young woman who was injured during the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando of being a \"crisis actor\" was posted to YouTube", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.phillyvoice.com/conspiracy-theorist-mocks-philly-woman-injured-orlando-shooting/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "phillyvoice.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "...and thank you to all the skeptics that believe my pain isn't real, it's your outrageous insensitivity that makes me want to heal even faster, and grow even stronger.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views": 100000 } } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-10-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2017-10-06", "start": "2017-10-06", "end": "2017-10-27", "title": "Las Vegas Route 91 shooting survivors called \"crisis actors\"", "why_it_fits": "After the October 1, 2017 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival killed 58 people, Newsweek reported that wounded survivors were getting death threats. The threats came from people who said the attack was a hoax and that the injured were \"crisis actors.\" Fox News and Global News reported that Braden Matejka, a concertgoer from British Columbia who was shot in the back of the head, shut down his social media accounts after commenters called him a faker. Fox, citing the Guardian, reported that Rob McIntosh, who was shot in the arm and chest, was also accused of being an actor.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/las-vegas-conspiracy-theory-accusations-hurting-shooting-victims-693661", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracy-theorists-point-fingers-at-victims", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/3830178/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracy-online-harassment", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/las-vegas-shooting-rumors-hoaxes-and-conspiracy-theories/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/las-vegas-conspiracy-theory-accusations-hurting-shooting-victims-693661", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "now face death threats from conspiracy theorists convinced that the massacre was a hoax, and that wounded individuals were crisis actors.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracy-theorists-point-fingers-at-victims", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "innocent victims such as Braden are “crisis actors” being paid – by somebody -- to pose as the wounded.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/3830178/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracy-online-harassment", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "online comments from people who call him a “liar” and a “scumbag govt actor.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed two sentences about a Snopes fact-check of \"Crowds On Demand\" ads, which we could not confirm against the Snopes page itself." } ] }, { "anchor": "2018-02-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2018-02-19", "start": "2018-02-19", "end": "2018-02-23", "title": "Parkland survivor David Hogg called a \"crisis actor\"", "why_it_fits": "After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a YouTube video claimed that student survivor David Hogg was a paid \"crisis actor.\" It became the top trending video on YouTube on Feb 21, 2018, and YouTube then removed it (CNBC, NBC). On Feb 20, Benjamin Kelly, an aide to Florida state Rep. Shawn Harrison, emailed a Tampa Bay Times reporter. He wrote that two students in a photo \"are not students here but actors that travel to various crisis when they happen,\" and was fired the same day (CNN, CBS). NBC reported that Alex Jones had made similar claims about Sandy Hook in 2012, \"including the idea that the people shown in news reports from the scene were actors.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/fake-news-item-on-parkland-shooting-become-top-youtube-video.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/politics/florida-lawmaker-aide-fired/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/how-internet-s-conspiracy-theorists-turned-parkland-students-crisis-actors-n849921", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-hogg-shooting-survivor-responds-to-being-called-an-actor/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/fake-news-item-on-parkland-shooting-become-top-youtube-video.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The top trending video on YouTube Wednesday morning advanced a burgeoning conspiracy theory", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/politics/florida-lawmaker-aide-fired/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Both kids in the picture are not students here but actors that travel to various crisis when they happen.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/how-internet-s-conspiracy-theorists-turned-parkland-students-crisis-actors-n849921", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "more than 111,000 Facebook users had shared a since-deleted post claiming the Parkland students were performers", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Facebook shares (more than, as of 6 p.m. ET Tuesday, per NBC)": 111000 } } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-04-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2018-04-16", "start": "2018-04-16", "end": "2018-04-18", "title": "Sandy Hook parents sue Alex Jones for defamation", "why_it_fits": "On April 16, 2018, Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, parents of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, sued Alex Jones, InfoWars LLC and Free Speech Systems LLC for defamation in Travis County District Court. Neil Heslin, father of Jesse Lewis, filed a separate suit. The Pozner/De La Rosa filing says InfoWars falsely claimed in 2017 that De La Rosa \"was an actor in a faked interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.\" It calls that claim central to Jones's argument that the shooting was staged \"through the use of so-called crisis actors.\" The parents' lawyer, Mark Bankston, said Jones had accused his clients of being \"actors who faked their children's deaths\" (KUT). The suits came two months after the Parkland shooting, which NBC reported Jones had called a \"false flag.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.kut.org/texas/2018-04-17/sandy-hook-parents-sue-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-for-defamation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kut.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-infowars-sued-sandy-hook-parents-defamation-lawsuits-n866661", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/04/18/npr-sandy-hook-parents-sue-alex-jones-over-claim-shooting-was-fake", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mprnews.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://infowarslawsuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/april-16-2018-pozner-original-petition-file-stamped.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "infowarslawsuit.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://infowarslawsuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/april-16-2018-pozner-original-petition-file-stamped.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "infowarslawsuit.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the incident was faked and manipulated by the government through the use of so-called crisis actors", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kut.org/texas/2018-04-17/sandy-hook-parents-sue-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-for-defamation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kut.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Our clients have been tormented for five years by Mr. Jones' ghoulish accusations that they are actors who faked their children's deaths as part of a fraud on the American people", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/04/18/npr-sandy-hook-parents-sue-alex-jones-over-claim-shooting-was-fake", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mprnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "staged by the federal government, which hired professional actors for the purposes of undermining Second Amendment rights", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-08-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2018-08-05", "start": "2018-08-05", "end": "2018-08-07", "title": "Platforms remove Infowars / Alex Jones content (related)", "why_it_fits": "Between Aug. 5 and Aug. 6, 2018, Apple, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify removed most or all of Alex Jones's and Infowars' channels, pages and podcasts (NPR/KUT, PolitiFact). In covering the removals, CNN, CBS News and PolitiFact all noted that Infowars or Jones had suggested or spread the theory that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax or fabricated. NPR and CBS reported that families of Sandy Hook victims were suing Jones for defamation. NPR said he faced five suits, three of them filed by Sandy Hook families; CBS said \"several families\" were suing and gave no count. NPR said the suits accused him of knowingly spreading false information about the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Parkland) shooting, Charlottesville and Sandy Hook. PolitiFact and Facebook's statement (quoted by CNN, CBS and PolitiFact) said the removals were for hate speech and related policy violations, not for false news.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/06/technology/facebook-infowars-alex-jones/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kut.org/2018-08-06/youtube-apple-and-facebook-ban-infowars-which-decries-mega-purge", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kut.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/alex-jones-youtube-channel-facebook-content-removed-2018-08-06/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/aug/07/why-infowars-alex-jones-was-banned-apple-facebook-", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/06/technology/facebook-infowars-alex-jones/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It has suggested that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, and that the September 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job orchestrated by the US government.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kut.org/2018-08-06/youtube-apple-and-facebook-ban-infowars-which-decries-mega-purge", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kut.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "YouTube, Apple and Facebook have removed main outlets for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars website, citing repeated violations of policies against hate speech and glorifying violence.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/aug/07/why-infowars-alex-jones-was-banned-apple-facebook-", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But that’s not why he was banned from these platforms on Aug. 5 and 6.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the description of the defamation suits: the count of three Sandy Hook family suits (out of five) comes from NPR only; CBS said \"several families\" were suing without giving a number." } ] }, { "anchor": "2018-11-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2018-11-08", "start": "2018-11-08", "end": "2018-11-14", "title": "Thousand Oaks (Borderline Bar & Grill) shooting – \"same woman at three shootings\" crisis-actor meme", "why_it_fits": "After the Nov. 7, 2018 shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill, Susan Orfanos made a televised plea for gun control. Her son, Telemachus \"Tel\" Orfanos, was killed there after surviving the 2017 Las Vegas shooting (FactCheck.org). A Facebook post put her image next to images of Christine Leinonen, whose son died in the 2016 Pulse shooting, and Jan Lambourne, a survivor of the Las Vegas shooting. The post suggested all three were the same woman (FactCheck.org; Snopes). FactCheck.org said conspiracy theorists used the images \"to advance the idea that she is an actor,\" and compared the claim to the Parkland \"crisis actor\" claims it had debunked. Snopes called it a \"resurgence of the 'crisis actor' rumor.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/california-shooting-prompts-crisis-actor-conspiracy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/crisis-actor-mother-three-shootings/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/14/viral-image/no-same-woman-didnt-pretend-be-shooting-victim-and/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/cai.irvin.1/posts/706044629768031", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "facebook.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "JUST SO YOU KNOW NOT ONLY WAS SHE A MOM OF THE CALIFORNIA AND ORLANDO SHOOTINGS, BUT SHE WAS A VITCIM (sic) OF THE Las Vegas SHOOTING TOO!!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/california-shooting-prompts-crisis-actor-conspiracy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A Facebook post misidentifies two other women as Orfanos.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Jt7E8XmRQ", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-01-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2021-01-27", "start": "2021-01-27", "end": "2021-02-04", "title": "Old Marjorie Taylor Greene video confronting David Hogg resurfaces, alongside her 2018 Parkland \"false flag\" posts", "why_it_fits": "On January 27, 2021, social media users began sharing a March 2019 video of Greene following Parkland survivor David Hogg near the Capitol, and Fred Guttenberg posted the clip (Snopes). The video was filmed before Greene's election to Congress in November 2020 (Democracy Now). Coverage linked the video to Greene's 2018 Facebook activity. Newsweek reported that, in a thread about the pension of school resource officer Scot Peterson, she replied \"Exactly\" to a comment calling it a \"pay off to keep his mouth shut\" because Parkland was a \"false flag planned shooting.\" NBC Miami reported that her since-deleted Facebook posts supported the idea \"that grieving parents were crisis actors.\" Axios reported that Hogg told CNN that during the 2019 incident Greene \"baselessly\" accused him of being paid by George Soros.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-parkland/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/parkland-school-tragedy/parkland-parents-outraged-over-congresswomans-conspiracy-theories/2370040/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcmiami.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2021/01/28/david-hogg-marjorie-taylor-green-harassment", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/28/headlines/rep_marjorie_taylor_greene_confronts_parkland_survivor_david_hogg_in_newly_resurfaced_video", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "democracynow.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-parkland/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "On Jan. 27, social media users began sharing a video which they described as showing Greene harassing or confronting David Hogg", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/parkland-school-tragedy/parkland-parents-outraged-over-congresswomans-conspiracy-theories/2370040/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcmiami.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Before she was elected, Greene supported the idea that the Parkland tragedy never happened and that grieving parents were crisis actors, in past Facebook posts that have since been deleted.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-marjorie-taylor-greene-perpetuate-parkland-shooting-conspiracy-theory-1564992", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"It's called a pay off to keep his mouth shut since it was a false flag planned shooting.\" Greene replied: \"Exactly.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM05FwyhHPA", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed the statement that Greene was a member of Congress when the video was filmed; it was filmed in March 2019, before her election in November 2020. Corrected the Soros claim to Hogg's account of the 2019 incident as reported by Axios, rather than something shown in the video, and removed the direct CNN attribution. Added context to the \"Exactly\" reply and softened \"spread widely\" to what Snopes reports." } ] }, { "anchor": "2022-05-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2022-05-27", "start": "2022-05-27", "end": "2022-06-03", "title": "Uvalde \"two fathers\" claim", "why_it_fits": "Amerie Jo Garza, 10, was one of 19 students killed at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. CNN identified her stepfather, Angel Garza, as her \"father\" in an interview with Anderson Cooper on May 25. On May 26, NBC's Today identified her biological father, Alfred Garza III, as her father (PolitiFact; Snopes). An edited video putting the two clips side by side spread on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, BitChute and Rumble (AP; PolitiFact; Snopes). Posts used it to claim the men were \"crisis actors\" and the shooting was staged; one Facebook caption quoted by USA Today said \"More likely crisis actors.\" PolitiFact, Newsweek and USA Today rated the claim false, and AP, Snopes and Lead Stories also debunked it. PolitiFact, AP, Snopes and USA Today cited the girl's obituary, which lists Alfred Garza III as her father and Angel Garza as her stepfather.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/31/tweets/tv-interviews-were-uvalde-mass-shooting-victims-fa/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.berkshireeagle.com/ap/factcheck/identity-of-uvalde-victim-s-relatives-fuels-conspiracies/article_8ec25884-e42c-11ec-9649-4fd3b5516a07.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "berkshireeagle.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uvalde-false-flag-2-fathers/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-interviews-uvalde-victims-155249972.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2022/05/fact-check-uvalde-victim-amerie-jo-garza-did-not-have-two-different-fathers-on-two-networks.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "leadstories.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Two Networks, Same Victim, Different Fathers??", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-different-men-pose-father-uvalde-shooting-victim-1711368", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Two networks, Same Victim, different fathers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.berkshireeagle.com/ap/factcheck/identity-of-uvalde-victim-s-relatives-fuels-conspiracies/article_8ec25884-e42c-11ec-9649-4fd3b5516a07.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "berkshireeagle.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "which was viewed over 13,000 times", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views": 13000 } }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km0Hq3A18k0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the description of the fact-checks: only PolitiFact, Newsweek and USA Today gave a formal \"false\" rating (AP, Snopes and Lead Stories debunked the claim without one), and only PolitiFact, AP, Snopes and USA Today cited the obituary. Added sources for the list of platforms." } ] }, { "anchor": "2022-08-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2022-08-02", "start": "2022-08-02", "end": "2022-08-05", "title": "Texas jury verdict against Alex Jones (Heslin/Lewis v. Jones, Austin)", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 5, 2022, an Austin jury ordered Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million ($4.1 million compensatory and $45.2 million punitive) to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis. Their 6-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, was killed at Sandy Hook. AP described the case as being about Jones's portrayal of the massacre as \"a hoax involving actors.\" The Texas Tribune said Jones had promoted a theory that the shooting was \"staged by crisis actors.\" During the trial, Lewis asked Jones directly whether he thought she was an actor, and he said no. Under cross-examination he also acknowledged raising conspiracy claims about other mass shootings, including Las Vegas and Parkland. In November 2022, the trial judge declined to apply Texas's $750,000 cap on punitive damages, leaving the full award in place.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-ordered-to-pay-49-3m-in-total-damages-over-false-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theories", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-concedes-sandy-hook-attack-was-100-percent-real", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-father-of-6-year-old-killed-at-sandy-hook-says-alex-jones-made-his-life-a-living-hell", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/23/alex-jones-texas-lawsuit-damages/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "texastribune.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-ordered-to-pay-49-3m-in-total-damages-over-false-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theories", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A Texas jury on Friday ordered Infowars' Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million in total damages", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-concedes-sandy-hook-attack-was-100-percent-real", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "At one point, Lewis asked Jones: \"Do you think I'm an actor?\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-ordered-to-pay-sandy-hook-parents-more-than-4-million", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "marking the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history was a hoax", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVTMUKO3e_I", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A Texas jury on Friday ordered Infowars' Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million in total damages to the parents of a first-grader killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elem...", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-10-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2022-10-12", "start": "2022-10-12", "end": "2022-12-02", "title": "Connecticut verdict of $965 million against Alex Jones, and what followed", "why_it_fits": "Axios reported that Jones, mainly through Infowars, \"for years falsely claimed the shooting was a 'false flag' operation planned by the government using 'crisis actors' to undermine gun rights.\" On October 12, 2022, a Connecticut jury ordered Jones and Free Speech Systems (Infowars' parent company) to pay $965 million. The plaintiffs were relatives of Sandy Hook victims and an FBI agent who responded to the shooting. ABC reported they testified that Jones' followers harassed and threatened them. On November 10, Judge Barbara Bellis added $473 million. On December 2, Jones filed for bankruptcy. NPR's report on the filing said he had claimed first responders and grieving relatives \"were crisis actors.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/amp/US/jury-reaches-verdict-alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook/story?id=91399930", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2022/10/12/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-trial", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2022/11/10/judge-alex-jones-473-million-sandy-hook-defamation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140349600/alex-jones-bankruptcy", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/amp/US/jury-reaches-verdict-alex-jones-pay-sandy-hook/story?id=91399930", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A Connecticut jury awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to 15 plaintiffs defamed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2022/11/10/judge-alex-jones-473-million-sandy-hook-defamation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The total judgment against Jones in the Connecticut lawsuit is now $1.44 billion.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140349600/alex-jones-bankruptcy", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He claimed that the 20 children and six adults killed there had not actually died and that first responders and grieving relatives were crisis actors.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W62-RzLiGEw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-07-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2024-07-13", "start": "2024-07-13", "end": "2024-07-17", "title": "Claims the Butler, Pennsylvania Trump rally shooting was staged", "why_it_fits": "After the July 13, 2024 shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, PolitiFact reported that claims the attempt was staged \"flooded the internet almost immediately.\" It rated them Pants on Fire, noting that one attendee was killed and two others were critically injured. CBC reported that some Trump critics said the shooting was staged, quoted one X user saying Trump looked like \"a crisis actor,\" and explained the conspiracy meaning of that term. This is a variant of the story: the \"crisis actor\" label was aimed at the shooting's target, not at victims or witnesses.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories-1.7264395", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbc.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://api.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/14/social-media/donald-trump-staged-the-shooting-at-his-rally-in-b", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories-erupt-staged-1924904", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooting-misinformation-conspiracy-theories/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories-1.7264395", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbc.ca", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Sorry, but this sure looks like Trump being a crisis actor,\" one user wrote on X.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://api.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/14/social-media/donald-trump-staged-the-shooting-at-his-rally-in-b", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Some of the claims said Trump staged it himself.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-shooting-conspiracy-theories-erupt-staged-1924904", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "platforms and various online forums were flooded with posts alleging that the entire incident was a hoax.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2024/shots-fired-at-trump-rally/5123735", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-11-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2024-11-14", "start": "2024-11-14", "end": "2024-11-15", "title": "The Onion wins the Infowars auction", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 14, 2024, families of Sandy Hook shooting victims announced that The Onion had won the bidding for Infowars at a bankruptcy auction. The auction was held to help pay the more than $1 billion in defamation judgments Alex Jones owes them (PBS). The families had sued Jones for repeatedly saying on his show that the 2012 Newtown shooting \"was a hoax staged by crisis actors to spur more gun control\" (PBS; Connecticut Public uses nearly the same words). NPR reported that Jones \"accused the families of being actors,\" and that his supporters threatened and harassed the families for years. The bankruptcy judge still had to approve the sale. He rejected it on Dec. 10, 2024, saying the auction was flawed (NPR, Dec. 10).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/satirical-news-site-the-onion-buys-alex-jones-infowars-at-auction", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5189399/alex-jones-auction-infowars-bankruptcy-sandy-hook", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2024-11-14/the-onion-buys-alex-jones-infowars-sandy-hook-families", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ctpublic.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5224170/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion-bankruptcy-judge", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/satirical-news-site-the-onion-buys-alex-jones-infowars-at-auction", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5189399/alex-jones-auction-infowars-bankruptcy-sandy-hook", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Alex Jones' Infowars company has shut down, after being sold in a bankruptcy auction to The Onion. No joke.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1857058831135645739", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Last broadcast now live from Infowars studios. They are in the building. Are ordering shutdown without court approval", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rIU4Zxb-CeE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the attribution \"PBS/AP\" to \"PBS\"; the fetched pages carry no AP credit." } ] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2025-10-14", "start": "2025-10-14", "end": "2025-10-14", "title": "Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones's appeal of the Sandy Hook judgment", "why_it_fits": "On October 14, 2025, the Supreme Court rejected Alex Jones's appeal and let stand the roughly $1.4 billion Connecticut judgment against him. NPR describes that judgment as being over Jones's \"description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors\". The judgment came out of a 2021 default ruling against Jones and his company. A jury then awarded $964 million in 2022, and a judge added $473 million in punitive damages (NPR). The justices gave no reason for the denial (ABC News; NPR). Chris Mattei, an attorney for the Sandy Hook families, said the court \"properly rejected Jones's latest desperate attempt to avoid accountability for the harm he has caused\" (Axios). This is legal aftermath of the Sandy Hook \"crisis actor\" claim.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5574929/supreme-court-alex-jones-defamation-judgment", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/supreme-court-rejects-alex-jones-appeal-14-billion/story?id=126509450", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/10/14/alex-jones-supreme-court-sandy-hook", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5574929/supreme-court-alex-jones-defamation-judgment", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/supreme-court-rejects-alex-jones-appeal-14-billion/story?id=126509450", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The court did not explain the denial.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/10/14/alex-jones-supreme-court-sandy-hook", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Supreme Court properly rejected Jones's latest desperate attempt to avoid accountability for the harm he has caused.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMDxVuQCT3E", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the attribution \"AP via NPR\" to NPR, since the NPR text carries no AP credit. Attributed the quoted statement in the Axios item to Chris Mattei, an attorney for the Sandy Hook families, rather than to Axios. Removed the SCOTUSblog source, which covers a separate stay application." } ] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2026-08-21", "start": "2026-08-21", "end": "2026-08-24", "title": "Texas appeals court cuts the Heslin/Lewis award", "why_it_fits": "Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son Jesse was killed at Sandy Hook in 2012, sued Alex Jones and Free Speech Systems for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The opinion records the parents' claim that Jones said on air that \"Sandy Hook is a synthetic, completely fake with actors.\" It also records Lewis's testimony that Jones, on his show during the trial, implied she was an actress. On August 21, 2026, a three-justice panel of the Texas Third Court of Appeals cut punitive damages to $750,000 per parent ($1.5 million in total, down from $45.2 million). It left the jury's roughly $4.11 million in compensatory damages in place. AP (via CBS) reported that the ruling does not affect the Connecticut judgment against Jones.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/alex-jones-texas-defamation-damages-reduction.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "courthousenews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/infowars-alex-jones-texas-court-judgment/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/08/22/alex-jones-owed-sandy-hook-parents-nearly-50-million-a-court-just-cut-it-to-5-6-million/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "salon.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/alex-jones-texas-defamation-damages-reduction.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "courthousenews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "resulting in exemplary damages awards of $750,000 to Scarlett Lewis and of $750,000 to Neil Heslin", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/infowars-alex-jones-texas-court-judgment/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/08/22/alex-jones-owed-sandy-hook-parents-nearly-50-million-a-court-just-cut-it-to-5-6-million/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "salon.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "cutting a nearly $50 million judgment to about $5.6 million", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo5kmSKKXLk", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/crisis-actors/#2026-09-08", "start": "2026-09-08", "end": "2026-09-11", "title": "Charlie Kirk shooting witness Hunter Kozak targeted with \"crisis actor\" claims", "why_it_fits": "Hunter Kozak, a Utah Valley University student, was the last person to ask Charlie Kirk a question before Kirk was shot on campus on September 10, 2025 (Salt Lake Tribune). Kozak told ABC4 that video makers and political influencers had accused him of being a crisis actor, including one who released a six-hour series. The Tribune reported that online commenters claimed he could be seen rehearsing his reaction to the gunshot before it happened, that one woman messaged him calling him \"a crisis actor,\" and that he has received ongoing threats. Kozak said FBI agents did not treat him as a suspect (Tribune). The Hill reported he spent the year facing death threats and conspiracy theories accusing him of involvement in the killing.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/09/10/one-year-later-charlie-kirk-was/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sltrib.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/person-question-charlie-kirk-describes-moment-visceral/story?id=125505153", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.abc4.com/news/charlie-kirk-shooting/man-who-asked-charlie-kirk-final-question-before-death-speaks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc4.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/6083201-charlie-kirk-assassin-harassment/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/09/10/one-year-later-charlie-kirk-was/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "sltrib.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "She’d called him “a crisis actor” and said he was going to hell.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/person-question-charlie-kirk-describes-moment-visceral/story?id=125505153", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the conspiracy theorists in the aftermath of Kirk’s death have frustrated him", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/realGreggberg/status/1976395325557678281", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Hunter Kozak was the crisis actor selected to ask Charlie Kirk a question", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "pre-election-assassination-plot-amplification", "title": "Pre-election \"assassination attempt thwarted\" amplification", "type": "coverage_amplification", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pre-election-assassination-plot-amplification/", "summary": "Sometimes a scare at a campaign event, an armed person stopped at a checkpoint, or a disruptive attendee gets described as a thwarted assassination attempt before the facts are known. Later reporting by officials or fact-checkers often shows a lesser threat or none. Notable examples include the November 2016 Reno rally scare and the October 2024 Coachella arrest. This story is separate from real attempts like Butler (July 2024) and West Palm Beach (September 2024), which are documented as genuine.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/reality-check-no-assassination-attempt", "https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/oct/14/a-third-assassination-attempt-against-trump-heres/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-03-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pre-election-assassination-plot-amplification/#2016-03-12", "start": "2016-03-12", "end": "2016-03-14", "title": "Dayton stage-rusher wrongly linked to ISIS", "why_it_fits": "On March 12, 2016, Thomas DiMassimo, 22, jumped a barrier at a Trump rally at the Dayton airport and rushed the stage, and Secret Service agents tackled him. He was charged locally with inducing panic and disorderly conduct and released the same day. Trump then tweeted that DiMassimo \"has ties to ISIS,\" with a link to a video showing him in front of an ISIS flag. PolitiFact traced that video to an edited version of a 2015 protest clip DiMassimo had uploaded himself, and found no real connection to ISIS. The police report says DiMassimo told police he meant to grab Trump's microphone and yell \"Donald Trump is a racist,\" and it does not mention ISIS. ABC News also found nothing linking him to ISIS. He was later charged federally with one count of knowingly entering restricted grounds.", "sources": [ { "url": "http://politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-links-campaign-event-proteste/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-ties-man-arrested-rally-isis-apparently/story?id=37614315", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272847-protester-who-rushed-trump-at-rally-i-am-not-a-member-of/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/man-rushed-trump-stage-saturday-charged-federally/story?id=37667170", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "http://politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-links-campaign-event-proteste/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "USSS (U.S. Secret Service) did an excellent job stopping the maniac running to the stage. He has ties to ISIS. Should be in jail.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-ties-man-arrested-rally-isis-apparently/story?id=37614315", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"All I know is what's on the internet,\" said Trump.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272847-protester-who-rushed-trump-at-rally-i-am-not-a-member-of/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I am not a member of ISIS. I have no known ties to ISIS.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1QL1MmyMhQ", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-11-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pre-election-assassination-plot-amplification/#2016-11-05", "start": "2016-11-05", "end": "2016-11-08", "title": "Reno rally \"assassination attempt\" retweets", "why_it_fits": "At Trump's rally in Reno on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, Secret Service agents rushed him off stage after someone in a scuffle yelled \"gun.\" The Secret Service said a thorough search of the man and the area found no weapon. The man, Austyn Crites, was a registered Republican who had been holding a \"Republicans Against Trump\" sign. Shortly afterward, Donald Trump Jr. and campaign social media director Dan Scavino retweeted a supporter (identified by CNN as Jack Posobiec) who wrote that Trump was \"back on stage minutes after assassination attempt.\" The next day, campaign manager Kellyanne Conway called Crites \"a Democratic plant or operative\" on CNN, offering \"no details or proof,\" according to an AP report carried by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and CBS.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/reality-check-no-assassination-attempt", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/304536-donald-trump-jr-retweets-assassination-attempt-against/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/conway-claims-reno-protester-was-a-democratic-plant", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/protester-at-donald-trump-rally-in-reno-says-hes-not-an-operative-for-democrats/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reviewjournal.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/304536-donald-trump-jr-retweets-assassination-attempt-against/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Hillary ran away from rain today. Trump is back on stage minutes after assassination attempt.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/conway-claims-reno-protester-was-a-democratic-plant", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "So this is a Democratic plant or operative trying to disrupt our rally.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/trump-jr-defends-assassination-tweet/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They're saying I'm supposed to go back and erase things off up my Twitter feed. I don't do that.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1175k9k9So", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pre-election-assassination-plot-amplification/#2024-10-13", "start": "2024-10-13", "end": "2024-10-16", "title": "Coachella \"third assassination attempt\"", "why_it_fits": "After Vem Miller's Oct. 12, 2024 arrest on state weapons charges at a checkpoint near Trump's Coachella rally, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at an Oct. 13 news conference that he \"probably did have deputies that prevented the third assassination attempt.\" He also acknowledged that \"it's all going to be speculation about what his intentions were\" (PolitiFact). That same day, the Secret Service, FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office said in a joint statement that no federal arrest had been made and the investigation was ongoing; the Secret Service assessed that Trump \"was not in any danger,\" and the sheriff's own press release said the incident \"did not impact the safety of former President Trump or attendees\" (PolitiFact). Two federal officials told CNN there was \"no evidence at this time\" that Miller was trying to assassinate Trump. Two unnamed sources close to the campaign told Fox News they did not see it as an assassination attempt, and no federal charges had been filed as of Oct. 14 (KTLA). In August 2026 a Riverside County judge dismissed Miller's misdemeanor charge of carrying a loaded firearm in public after he completed a diversion program (Las Vegas Sun).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/oct/14/a-third-assassination-attempt-against-trump-heres/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/13/politics/trump-coachella-rally-man-arrested/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://ktla.com/news/california/trump-campaign-not-viewing-coachella-incident-as-an-assassination-attempt/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ktla.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://lasvegassun.com/news/2026/aug/12/las-vegas-man-with-loaded-gun-at-trump-rally-in-co/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "lasvegassun.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Uj2xaUBWs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I probably did have deputies that prevented the third assassination attempt.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abc7news.com/post/vem-miller-man-arrested-weapons-trump-rally-coachella-sues-riverside-county-sheriff-defamation/15435204/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc7news.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"probably\" stopped a \"third assassination attempt.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9FQG4vO3Z0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the attribution of the official statements: the joint federal statement said no federal arrest had been made and the investigation was ongoing, \"was not in any danger\" was the Secret Service's assessment, and the statement that the incident did not affect safety came from the sheriff's press release. Removed the Rumble item, whose quotation \"all in on Trump\" does not appear on that page." } ] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/pre-election-assassination-plot-amplification/#2026-09-06", "start": "2026-09-06", "end": "2026-09-09", "title": "Amy Acton incident at the Canfield Fair", "why_it_fits": "1. On Sept. 6, 2026, Acton's campaign said \"an armed individual lunged at Dr. Acton, injuring multiple people.\" CBS/AP's first report said an armed man was arrested \"after charging toward\" her. 2. The sheriff said Havas pushed through the crowd \"while holding a cell phone up\" and knocked over two older people. He was carrying weapons that, according to law enforcement, he never brandished. He was charged with two counts of assault, one of disorderly conduct and one of inducing panic. 3. Signal Ohio reported that, according to the county prosecutor, Havas \"filmed himself walking toward\" Acton \"and calling out her name.\" 4. On Oct. 22, a judge ruled the weapons can't be used as evidence. The judge wrote that the sight of a holstered handgun \"does not automatically induce panic in the State of Ohio.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-acton-ohio-armed-man-attack/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wfmj.com/news/local-news/canfield/judge-says-weapons-cannot-be-used-as-evidence-in-amy-acton-canfield-fair-disturbance-case/article_f9924cb5-cd8d-440f-8ece-f60cce19a4e8.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wfmj.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://signalohio.org/what-to-know-about-the-amy-acton-canfield-fair-incident-in-ohio/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "signalohio.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/07/amy-actons-assassination-attempt-story-is-a-complete-lie-and-we-have-the-receipts-n4956975", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pjmedia.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-acton-ohio-armed-man-attack/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "An armed man was arrested after charging toward the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/07/amy-actons-assassination-attempt-story-is-a-complete-lie-and-we-have-the-receipts-n4956975", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pjmedia.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "You may have heard about the alleged assassination attempt against Ohio Democrat gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton over the weekend.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Added PJ Media to the sources; it is the page that carries the Acton campaign's statement quoted here." } ] } ] }, { "slug": "claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated", "title": "The recurring claim that Iran's nuclear program was \"obliterated\"", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/", "summary": "After the June 2025 US strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, President Trump and his administration repeatedly said Iran's nuclear program or facilities had been \"obliterated.\" Other assessments differed: an early leaked US intelligence assessment estimated a setback of months, the Pentagon later said up to two years, and the IAEA said it could not verify Iran's enriched uranium. The claim came back through the 2026 US–Iran war, as officials described the program both as destroyed and as a continuing threat.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.factcheck.org/2026/04/factchecking-trumps-prime-time-address-on-iran/", "https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/politics/nuclear-program-iran-trump-strike" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2025-06-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/#2025-06-21", "start": "2025-06-21", "end": "2025-06-23", "title": "Strikes and the first \"obliterated\" claim", "why_it_fits": "Hours after the June 21, 2025 American strikes on Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, President Trump said in a White House address that \"Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated\" (Times of Israel, ABC). The next morning, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said final battle damage \"will take some time.\" He added that initial assessments showed \"extremely severe damage and destruction\" at all three sites (PolitiFact). On June 22, ABC's Jonathan Karl asked Vice President Vance whether the facilities had been obliterated. Vance said he was \"not exactly sure what the difference is\" between \"severely damaged\" and \"obliterated\" (ABC). On June 23, PolitiFact reported that military experts widely agreed the \"obliterated\" description was premature. It also reported that IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi had said he personally believed Iran's fuel stockpile was moved before the strikes.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-trumps-speech-following-us-strikes-on-iranian-nuclear-facilities/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-6-22-25-vice-president-united/story?id=123077912", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/jun/23/iranian-nuclear-obliterated-trump-bomb-damage/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-trumps-speech-following-us-strikes-on-iranian-nuclear-facilities/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-6-22-25-vice-president-united/story?id=123077912", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Well, Jon, severely damaged versus obliterated, I'm not exactly sure what the difference is.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/jun/23/iranian-nuclear-obliterated-trump-bomb-damage/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Military experts widely agreed that Trump's \"completely and totally obliterated\" characterization was premature", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/#2025-06-24", "start": "2025-06-24", "end": "2025-07-03", "title": "Leaked early intelligence assessment and pushback", "why_it_fits": "An early Defense Intelligence Agency review of the June 2025 American strikes on Iran, \"first reported by CNN but later confirmed by the administration,\" estimated that the attacks had delayed Iran's nuclear program by \"a matter of months,\" according to Military Times. A senior DIA official described it as a \"preliminary, low confidence assessment,\" CBS News reported. President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had said the bombs \"obliterated\" Iran's nuclear ambitions. At a June 26 Pentagon news conference, Hegseth said the report was leaked \"because someone had an agenda to try to muddy the waters and make it look like this historic strike wasn't successful,\" but he did not deny that it was authentic. During that briefing, Trump asked on Truth Social whether the New York Times and CNN \"will be firing the reporters who made up the FAKE stories on the Iran Nuclear sites.\" Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the sites had been \"destroyed,\" and CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Iran's nuclear program was \"severely damaged.\" In a CBS Face the Nation interview aired June 29, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said Iran could, \"in a matter of months,\" have \"a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium.\" He said the facilities suffered severe but not total damage, NPR reported. On July 2, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell estimated the program had been degraded by \"probably closer to two years,\" and he also repeated the \"obliterated\" characterization.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-press-conference-iran-strikes-impact/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wvasfm.org/2025-06-29/u-n-nuclear-watchdog-says-iran-could-enrich-uranium-again-in-a-matter-of-months", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wvasfm.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/07/03/us-strikes-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-up-to-2-years-dod-says/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "militarytimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-press-conference-iran-strikes-impact/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "make it look like this historic strike wasn't successful.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/07/03/us-strikes-set-back-irans-nuclear-program-up-to-2-years-dod-says/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "militarytimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We’re thinking probably closer to two years — like degraded their program by two years", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/#2025-07-17", "start": "2025-07-17", "end": "2025-07-18", "title": "Only one of three sites destroyed, reports say", "why_it_fits": "Al Jazeera described President Trump's assertion that the American strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, which it dates to 22 June 2025, had \"obliterated\" Iran's nuclear programme. On 17 July 2025, Reuters reported that NBC News said a new American assessment had found the June strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites. According to Reuters, NBC cited current and former American officials familiar with the matter, and Reuters could not immediately verify the report. According to Al Jazeera, the destroyed site was Fordow. On 18 July, Al Jazeera reported that an unidentified official told the Washington Post, \"We definitely can't say it was obliterated,\" referring to Iran's nuclear programme. Al Jazeera reported that the Pentagon answered both reports by repeating that all three sites were \"completely and totally obliterated.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/18/new-reports-cast-doubt-on-impact-of-us-strikes-on-irans-nuclear-sites", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/07/us-strikes-destroyed-only-one-three-iranian-nuclear-sites-nbc-news-reports", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "al-monitor.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://english.aawsat.com/world/5165656-nbc-us-strikes-destroyed-only-one-three-iranian-nuclear-sites", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "english.aawsat.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/07/us-strikes-destroyed-only-one-three-iranian-nuclear-sites-nbc-news-reports", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "al-monitor.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/18/new-reports-cast-doubt-on-impact-of-us-strikes-on-irans-nuclear-sites", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We definitely can’t say it was obliterated.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/#2026-02-21", "start": "2026-02-21", "end": "2026-02-27", "title": "\"Obliterated\" vs. \"a week away\"; State of the Union", "why_it_fits": "On Feb 24, 2026, Leavitt said the June 2025 strikes \"did, in fact, obliterate Iran's nuclear facilities.\" She added that this did not mean Iran would never try to rebuild. That evening Trump said in the State of the Union that the US \"obliterated Iran's nuclear weapons program.\" These statements came three days after Witkoff said Iran was \"probably a week away\" from bomb-making material. They also stood against other public assessments: The Pentagon's public estimate was a setback of one to two years. An initial US assessment had found only one enrichment site mostly destroyed. The White House's own November 2025 National Security Strategy said the strikes \"significantly degraded Iran's nuclear program.\" IAEA inspectors had not been able to visit the bombed sites.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/24/us-re-asserts-2025-strikes-obliterated-irans-nuclear-programme", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-reaction-trump-2026-state-of-the-union-claims-big-lies-nuclear-program/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/trump-said-obliterated-irans-nuclear-program-now-says-us-may-bomb-iran-rcna260383", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2026/feb/26/Iran-nuclear-bomb-week-Witkoff-Trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/24/us-re-asserts-2025-strikes-obliterated-irans-nuclear-programme", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The attack \"did, in fact, obliterate Iran's nuclear facilities\", Leavitt said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-reaction-trump-2026-state-of-the-union-claims-big-lies-nuclear-program/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Mr. Trump repeated his claim that the U.S. \"obliterated Iran's nuclear weapons program\" with strikes in June", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/witkoff-warns-iran-a-week-away-from-bomb-material-trump-weighs-action", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Special Envoy Steve Witkoff warned Iran could be \"a week away\" from having \"industrial-grade bomb-making material,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/#2026-02-28", "start": "2026-02-28", "end": "2026-03-19", "title": "War begins; Gabbard testimony", "why_it_fits": "On Feb 28, 2026, announcing combat operations against Iran, Trump said, \"in Operation Midnight Hammer last June, we obliterated the regime's nuclear program at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.\" He also said Iran had \"attempted to rebuild their nuclear program.\" FactCheck.org reported that arms control experts said there was \"a lack of evidence\" that Iran was rebuilding. It also noted that experts and a classified US intelligence report from 2025 had found the sites damaged, not completely destroyed. On Mar 18, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard's written Senate testimony said Iran's enrichment program \"was obliterated\" and that Iran had made no effort to rebuild it. Sen. Mark Warner asked why she left that paragraph out of her spoken opening statement.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/read-trumps-full-statement-on-iran-attack", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2026/03/assessing-trumps-claims-on-irans-nuclear-and-missile-capabilities/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/tulsi-gabbard-kash-patel-senate-intelligence-committee-hearing/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/03/18/tulsi-gabbard-iran-nuclear-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/read-trumps-full-statement-on-iran-attack", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "That is why in Operation Midnight Hammer last June, we obliterated the regime's nuclear program at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/207912/gabbard-changes-testimony-avoid-contradicting-trump-iran-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Sir, I recognized that the time was running long, and I skipped through some of the portions—", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/tulsi-gabbard-kash-patel-senate-intelligence-committee-hearing/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "So the assessment of the intelligence community is that Iran's nuclear enrichment program was obliterated by last summer's air strikes,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-04-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/#2026-04-01", "start": "2026-04-01", "end": "2026-04-02", "title": "Prime-time address on Iran", "why_it_fits": "In his April 1, 2026 prime-time address, Trump said of Operation Midnight Hammer, the June 2025 strikes, \"we totally obliterated those nuclear sites,\" as quoted by Slate. FactCheck.org's April 2 article says Trump \"has repeatedly used the description 'totally obliterated'\" starting the night of the June 2025 strikes. It also says experts and a classified American intelligence report found the sites \"were damaged and Iran's uranium enrichment program was set back,\" but not \"completely destroyed.\" FactCheck.org adds that DNI Tulsi Gabbard told a March 18, 2026 congressional hearing that it was the Intelligence Community's assessment that the strikes \"obliterated\" Iran's enrichment program. That testimony agreed with Trump's description and differed from the classified report's finding of a setback. This is the split between the \"obliterated\" claim and official assessments that this thread tracks.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2026/04/factchecking-trumps-prime-time-address-on-iran/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-primetime-speech-iran-today-2026-04-01/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trump-iran-war-news-speech-lies.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "slate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trump-iran-war-news-speech-lies.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "slate.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "we totally obliterated those nuclear sites", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2026/04/factchecking-trumps-prime-time-address-on-iran/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump said the U.S. 'totally obliterated' three nuclear facility sites in Iran last June.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/#2026-07-08", "start": "2026-07-08", "end": "2026-07-22", "title": "The \"already denuclearized\" claim and the Pickaxe Mountain threats", "why_it_fits": "On July 8, at the NATO summit in Turkey, Trump said: \"I call it, we denuclearize Iran… And that's happened; they will never have a nuclear weapon\" (CNN analysis, syndicated by CBC). The July 9 CNN analysis by Aaron Blake said that before the war that began in February, Trump had spent eight months saying the program had been \"obliterated\" by the June 2025 strikes. It also said the program had now \"magically gone back to 'obliterated' status.\" On July 13, in an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Trump said the United States could strike Pickaxe Mountain, an underground site near Natanz. Al-Monitor puts the site about one mile from Natanz; ABC describes it as \"only miles away.\" Natanz was one of the three sites American forces bombed in June 2025. ABC reported that Pickaxe Mountain \"has been spared in past attacks.\" ABC also quoted an Arms Control Association expert who said neither the United States nor Israel had tried to target the facility in June 2025. In the same interview Trump said there was \"no activity\" at the site. Al-Monitor reported that the Institute for Science and International Security had said on July 2 that satellite images from late June showed construction there was ongoing. On July 21, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that American forces would hit the area \"pretty soon\" (ABC, PBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbc.bb/news/international-news/trump-claims-iran-has-already-been-denuclearized/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbc.bb", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/07/08/nx-s1-5883929/trump-nato-iran-strikes-press-conference", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/07/trump-says-us-strike-irans-pickaxe-mountain-nuclear-site", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "al-monitor.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/pickaxe-mountain-trump-us-hit-iranian-nuclear-site/story?id=134957036", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/what-to-know-about-irans-pickaxe-mountain-home-to-an-underground-nuclear-site-threatened-by-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbc.bb/news/international-news/trump-claims-iran-has-already-been-denuclearized/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbc.bb", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"I call it, we denuclearize Iran,\" Trump said. \"And that's happened; they will never have a nuclear weapon.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/07/trump-says-us-strike-irans-pickaxe-mountain-nuclear-site", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "al-monitor.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"We're going to take out Pickaxe Mountain,\" Trump added. \"Tell the Iranians to be ready.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/what-to-know-about-irans-pickaxe-mountain-home-to-an-underground-nuclear-site-threatened-by-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"We'll be hitting that area ... probably pretty soon. And there's not a thing they can do about it,\" Trump said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/#2026-08-03", "start": "2026-08-03", "end": "2026-08-22", "title": "Trump touts \"denuclearization of Iran\" as an achievement", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 3, 2026, Trump listed \"the denuclearization of Iran\" among his administration's major achievements in a Truth Social post (Iran International). In an Aug. 16 Truth Social post, he listed \"the essential Denuclearization of Iran\" as an accomplishment (PolitiFact). Asked for evidence, White House spokesperson Olivia Wales told PolitiFact that military operations under Trump \"obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities.\" Experts told PolitiFact that the 2025 strikes likely set back Iran's nuclear program but did not eliminate it. They also said the U.S. has not secured Iran's highly enriched uranium, and inspectors have been barred from the sites.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2026/aug/19/iran-nuclear-weapons-essential-denuclearization/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.iranintl.com/en/202608038876", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "iranintl.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/enriched-uranium-stockpile-undercuts-trump-claim-of-irans-essential-denuclearization", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.iranintl.com/en/202608038876", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "iranintl.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "US President Donald Trump listed \"the denuclearization of Iran\" among his administration's major achievements Monday as he promoted his polling numbers", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2026/aug/19/iran-nuclear-weapons-essential-denuclearization/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump listed \"the essential Denuclearization of Iran\" as one of many accomplishments in an Aug. 16 Truth Social post targeting a Fox News anchor.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/enriched-uranium-stockpile-undercuts-trump-claim-of-irans-essential-denuclearization", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The 2025 U.S. military strikes likely set back Iran's nuclear program, but they did not eliminate it", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-irans-nuclear-program-was-obliterated/#2026-09-04", "start": "2026-09-04", "end": "2026-09-22", "title": "Trump's \"obliterated\" claim about Iran's nuclear program: Pickaxe Mountain threat and UN General Assembly speech", "why_it_fits": "After the American strikes of June 2025, Trump said the three sites had been \"completely and totally obliterated.\" Days later, according to Al Jazeera, a leaked preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assessment concluded that the sites had been significantly damaged but not destroyed. It estimated that the strikes had set the program back by less than six months. On September 4, 2026, Trump said the United States may strike Pickaxe Mountain \"very soon.\" Al Jazeera reported that the site was left alone in the June 2025 strikes and is \"intact,\" and that no inspector has entered the bombed sites. On September 22, 2026, Trump told the UN General Assembly that in Operation Midnight Hammer the military had \"... obliterated their nuclear programme beneath mountains of rubble\" (UN News).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/09/1168397", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.un.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/5/why-is-trump-threatening-to-strike-irans-pickaxe-mountain-again-now", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/09/1168397", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "news.un.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "... obliterated their nuclear programme beneath mountains of rubble", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/5/why-is-trump-threatening-to-strike-irans-pickaxe-mountain-again-now", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "No inspector has entered the bombed sites, and Trump's framing has shifted from \"obliteration\" to a promise to hit any site where Iran is \"even thinking about nuclear\".", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/united-nations/president-trump-addresses-united-nations-general-assembly/5206958", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions", "title": "The recurring Trump moves and threats to rename places and institutions", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/", "summary": "Since January 2025, President Trump has ordered, proposed or threatened renamings of geographic features, the Defense Department, Army bases, a Navy ship, a sports team, and cultural and civic institutions. Several of these renamings were after himself, and the most recent is an August 2026 executive order renaming Lake Ontario \"Lake America.\" Some changes were made by agency heads, boards or a state legislature rather than by Trump directly. Others never took effect, including the push to rename the Washington Commanders and the Penn Station and Dulles Airport naming request. Executive orders and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names govern only federal usage. In May 2026, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that \"Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,\" and in August the center's board voted for a new name that also includes Trump's.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/29/trump-kennedy-center-judge-beatty.html", "https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12881" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2025-01-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-01-20", "start": "2025-01-20", "end": "2025-01-24", "title": "Gulf of America and Mount McKinley order", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 20, 2025, Trump signed Executive Order 14172, \"Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness.\" It directed the Secretary of the Interior, within 30 days and under 43 U.S.C. 364–364f, to rename the U.S. Continental Shelf area of the Gulf of Mexico as the \"Gulf of America\" and to bring back \"Mount McKinley\" for Denali. The order said the Gulf was \"a crucial artery for America's early trade and global commerce\" and was meant to honor McKinley's \"steadfast commitment to American greatness.\" It told the Board on Geographic Names to issue guidance so that all federal references, including agency maps, contracts and other documents, would use the new Gulf name. On Jan. 24 the Interior Department, through the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, made the names effective for federal use. CBS reported that other nations would not be required to recognize the Gulf name. On May 8, 2025, the House voted 211–206 for a bill to write the Gulf name into law; ABC reported that its prospects in the Senate were uncertain.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/31/2025-02096/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/interior-department-gulf-of-mexico-america/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/01/20/npr-trump-gulf-of-america-mount-mckinley-inauguration", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mprnews.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/republican-led-house-vote-make-trumps-gulf-america/story?id=121560797", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/31/2025-02096/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I am directing that it officially be renamed the Gulf of America.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/01/20/npr-trump-gulf-of-america-mount-mckinley-inauguration", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mprnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/interior-department-gulf-of-mexico-america/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "effective immediately for federal use,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-02-10", "start": "2025-02-10", "end": "2025-02-11", "title": "Fort Liberty becomes Fort Bragg again, with a new namesake", "why_it_fits": "On February 10, 2025, aboard a C-17 flying from Joint Base Andrews to Stuttgart, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty, N.C., as \"Fort Roland L. Bragg.\" The new namesake is Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II paratrooper with the 17th Airborne Division who earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart at the Battle of the Bulge. The base is no longer named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. Hegseth said, \"That's right: Bragg is back.\" According to NPR, the change keeps a promise Trump made as a candidate at an October 2024 town hall in Fayetteville, where he said, \"We did win two world wars from Fort Bragg, right?\" and \"We're going to get it back.\" Hegseth made the change by Defense Department memorandum; Trump did not. An AP report carried by Military Times said choosing a different Bragg \"got around a law prohibiting the military from naming a base after a Confederate leader.\" Congress banned Confederate names for Defense Department assets in the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act. It directed the creation of the Naming Commission, which recommended \"Fort Liberty,\" in the FY2021 act. Trump vetoed the defense bill that created the commission, partly over the renaming provision, and Congress overrode the veto with broad bipartisan support. Sen. Jack Reed, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the order violated the law's spirit, if not its letter, and called for it to be rescinded. The wave fits the thread because a Trump campaign pledge to restore a base name was carried out by an agency action.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.army.mil/article/282972/secretary_of_defense_pete_hegseth_renames_fort_liberty_to_fort_roland_l_bragg", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "army.mil", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293246/hegseth-fort-bragg-liberty-name", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-10/fort-bragg-liberty-hegseth-16791540.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "stripes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/02/11/hegseth-signs-order-to-restore-fort-bragg-name-but-with-new-angle/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "militarytimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-denounces-hegseths-order-to-rename-fort-liberty-to-fort-bragg", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reed.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.army.mil/article/282972/secretary_of_defense_pete_hegseth_renames_fort_liberty_to_fort_roland_l_bragg", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "army.mil", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Roland L. Bragg.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293246/hegseth-fort-bragg-liberty-name", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Trump vowing at an October 2024 town hall in Fayetteville that he would change the name back to Fort Bragg.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-10/fort-bragg-liberty-hegseth-16791540.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "stripes.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "\"Bragg is back,\" Hegseth said after signing the order that changes the name to Fort Roland L. Bragg", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-denounces-hegseths-order-to-rename-fort-liberty-to-fort-bragg", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "reed.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Secretary Hegseth has not violated the letter of the law, but he has violated its spirit.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-02-11", "start": "2025-02-11", "end": "2025-02-25", "title": "AP access dispute over \"Gulf of America\"", "why_it_fits": "On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. NPR notes that the order changes the federal government's usage but has no force outside the U.S. The AP's style guidance kept \"Gulf of Mexico\" and noted the new federal name. On Feb 11, 2025, the White House blocked an AP reporter from an Oval Office event. On Feb 14 it barred an AP reporter and photographer from Air Force One. AP journalists were also kept out of a Trump press conference at Mar-a-Lago. Trump, Leavitt, Wiles and Budowich all publicly gave the naming dispute as the reason. The AP sued on Feb 21, so the wave is about how the administration enforced the rename and how it was received, including in court. Later sources record the outcome of that suit. On April 8, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden ruled that the ban violated the First Amendment. A divided D.C. Circuit panel later stayed his order while the appeal went forward.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305226/ap-sues-white-house-gulf-of-america-mexico-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/white-house-blocks-ap-reporter-from-oval-office-event-over-gulf-of-america-policy/7972268.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-journalists-barred-from-air-force-one-over-gulf-of-mexico-naming-dispute", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5342369/ap-white-house-court-ruling-oval-office-gulf-of-mexico-america", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-appointed-judges-restore-white-house-ban-on-ap/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "courthousenews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305226/ap-sues-white-house-gulf-of-america-mexico-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "We're going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/white-house-blocks-ap-reporter-from-oval-office-event-over-gulf-of-america-policy/7972268.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "voanews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-journalists-barred-from-air-force-one-over-gulf-of-mexico-naming-dispute", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "continues to ignore the lawful geographic name change of the Gulf of America", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNiHbZ7nj1E", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I just say that we're going to keep them out until such time as the...", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-05-06", "start": "2025-05-06", "end": "2025-05-19", "title": "Persian Gulf to \"Arabian Gulf\" floated; not enacted as of May 19, 2025", "why_it_fits": "RFE/RL reported that the Associated Press reported on May 7 that Trump was planning to announce a change to either the \"Arabian Gulf\" or the \"Gulf of Arabia\" during his Middle East visit the following week. Al Jazeera said American media had reported that he planned to use the May 13–16 trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to announce that the United States would begin referring to the waterway by one of those names. On May 7 at the White House, a reporter asked whether he would make an announcement on the name. Trump said: \"I'll have to make a decision… I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings… I'm going to be given a briefing on that and I'll make a decision\" (Al Jazeera). Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the suggested change in a post on X, saying \"such biased actions are an affront to all Iranians\" (Al Jazeera). RFE/RL reported that Araghchi said such a move would carry \"no validity or legal or geographical effect,\" and that Iranian-American groups with sharply differing politics issued separate statements opposing it. RFE/RL also reported that the State Department and White House have consistently used \"Persian Gulf,\" in line with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which \"has rejected proposals to change it to 'Arabian Gulf,'\" while U.S. Central Command and the Navy \"often use 'Arabian Gulf'\" in regional communications. Archive note, not drawn from these sources: as with the Gulf of America order, a naming decision by the federal government would govern federal usage only. The Week, writing on May 19, said that Trump \"appears to have backtracked\" on the reported plans. It said official American policy on the name had not changed, with the Board on Geographic Names still recognizing \"Persian Gulf\" as the standard term. It added that, \"as seen in the case of the Gulf of Mexico, he won't be able to compel the world to follow suit.\" The fetched sources show no executive order and no naming-board action; the proposal was not enacted as of May 19, 2025.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/8/trump-says-hell-decide-on-name-of-persian-gulf-on-middle-east-visit", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-persian-gulf-arabian-iran/33407333.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rferl.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/2025/05/19/trump-persian-gulf-renaming-appears-to-be-on-hold-for-now-as-the-plan-sparks-outrage-in-iran.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "theweek.in", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-persian-gulf-arabian-iran/33407333.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rferl.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The Associated Press reported on May 7 that Trump was planning to announce a change to either the \"Arabian Gulf\" or the \"Gulf of Arabia.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/8/trump-says-hell-decide-on-name-of-persian-gulf-on-middle-east-visit", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. I don't know if feelings are going to be hurt.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/8/trump-says-hell-decide-on-name-of-persian-gulf-on-middle-east-visit", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Such biased actions are an affront to all Iranians, regardless of their background or place of residence.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRvvUJ8pmAY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-06-03", "start": "2025-06-03", "end": "2025-06-27", "title": "USNS Harvey Milk renamed USNS Oscar V. Peterson", "why_it_fits": "On June 27, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a video posted on X that the Navy was renaming the oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) the USNS Oscar V. Peterson. A defense official told USNI News that on June 26, 2025, at Hegseth's request, Navy Secretary John C. Phelan renamed the ship. The change was made by the Navy at the defense secretary's request, not by Trump himself. USNI News reported that a Navy planning memo sought \"alignment with President and SECDEF objectives,\" and noted that by law naming ships is the Navy Secretary's job. The ship had been named for Milk in 2016 by then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.usni.org/2025/06/27/secdef-hegseth-announces-new-name-for-usns-harvey-milk", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.usni.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-harvey-milk-renamed/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "taskandpurpose.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-announces-usns-harvey-milk-renamed-usns-oscar/story?id=123266490", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://gcaptain.com/navy-renames-usns-harvey-milk-to-usns-oscar-v-peterson-citing-politics-in-ship-naming/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gcaptain.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/SecWar/status/1938568563838886269", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I am pleased to announce that the United States Navy is renaming the USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.usni.org/2025/06/27/secdef-hegseth-announces-new-name-for-usns-harvey-milk", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "news.usni.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "There was a review of all installations and assets conducted to ensure all installations and assets are reflective of the Commander in Chief's priorities, the nation's history and the warrior ethos.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MocSecZVaM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-06-10", "start": "2025-06-10", "end": "2025-06-11", "title": "Seven more Army base names restored", "why_it_fits": "On June 10, 2025, in a speech at Fort Bragg for the Army's 250th anniversary, Trump announced \"a little breaking news.\" Seven Army installations renamed in 2023 would go back to their earlier names: Pickett, Hood, Gordon, Rucker, Polk, A.P. Hill and Lee. The Army announced it would carry out the change. A U.S. Army Public Affairs release that day said the Army \"will take all necessary actions\" to rename the seven installations. According to Stars and Stripes, an Army spokeswoman said Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll would take immediate action to make the change. Earlier in 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had announced the return of the Fort Bragg and Fort Benning names. All of these restorations use namesakes who share the surnames of the earlier Confederate honorees. A 2020 law forbids the Pentagon from naming things after Confederates. PolitiFact quoted Cornell historian David Silbey saying the administration was boxed in by that law, and he called the surname approach \"a way of winking and nodding at the law.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-remarks-at-fort-bragg-for-the-250th-anniversary-of-the-us-army-61025", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "democrats.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.army.mil/article/286223/army_to_change_names_of_seven_installations", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "army.mil", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-06-10/trump-fort-bragg-base-names-army-parade-18080754.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "stripes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/jun/11/trump-renamed-military-bases-confederate/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-remarks-at-fort-bragg-for-the-250th-anniversary-of-the-us-army-61025", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "democrats.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "for a little breaking news, we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort AP Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.army.mil/article/286223/army_to_change_names_of_seven_installations", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "army.mil", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The U.S. Army will take all necessary actions to change the names of seven Army installations in honor of heroic Soldiers who served in conflicts ranging from the Civil War to the Battle of Mogadishu.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-06-10/trump-fort-bragg-base-names-army-parade-18080754.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "stripes.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Cynthia Smith, an Army spokeswoman, said in a statement that Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll will take immediate action to implement these redesignations.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/jun/11/trump-renamed-military-bases-confederate/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Rather, the Pentagon found different military awardees with the same last names as the Confederate figures and named the bases after them.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk-uL_DOy78", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-07-20", "start": "2025-07-20", "end": "2025-07-22", "title": "Trump threatens the Commanders' D.C. stadium deal unless the team goes back to \"Redskins\" (not carried out)", "why_it_fits": "PolitiFact reported that in a pair of July 20 Truth Social posts, Trump urged the Washington Commanders' owners to change back the NFL team's name to the Washington Redskins. According to PolitiFact, in a subsequent post, Trump threatened to block the Commanders' potential stadium deal unless they reverted to the old name. The wording of both posts is as quoted by PolitiFact, Fox News and Washington DC Magazine. PolitiFact also cited The Washington Post as reporting that Trump couldn't unilaterally kill the stadium deal. Washington DC Magazine reported that D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson played down any potential ability by Trump to force a change. It also reported that the Council voted 11-2 on September 17, 2025 to approve the RFK stadium deal with no name condition attached and the Commanders name intact. The franchise has been owned by Josh Harris since 2023, and Harris has said the team is keeping the Commanders name. This was a renaming threat that was never carried out.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/jul/22/Washington-Commanders-NFL-name-change-Trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trump-floats-restriction-commanders-fail-ditch-nickname-favor-redskins-return", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtondcmagazine.com/will-washington-be-called-the-redskins-again/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtondcmagazine.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114885987478070699", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The Washington 'Whatever's' should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114887236310446076", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I may put a restriction on them that if they don't change the name back to the original 'Washington Redskins,' … I won't make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trump-floats-restriction-commanders-fail-ditch-nickname-favor-redskins-return", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "threatened to place a \"restriction\" on the Washington Commanders over its failure to change its nickname back", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-09-05", "start": "2025-09-05", "end": null, "title": "\"Department of War\" as a secondary name (EO 14347)", "why_it_fits": "On Sept 5, 2025, Trump signed an executive order letting the Defense Department use \"Department of War\" and \"Secretary of War\" as secondary titles \"in official correspondence, public communications, ceremonial contexts, and non-statutory documents within the executive branch.\" It told the Secretary to send, within 60 days, recommended \"legislative and executive actions\" to make the rename permanent. Congress set the department's name by law (the National Military Establishment, created in 1947, was renamed the Department of Defense in 1949). So the order changed only usage inside the executive branch, not the legal name. The White House called it restoring a \"historic name.\" Stars and Stripes reported that many legal analysts say a permanent rename needs Congress.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-restores-the-united-states-department-of-war/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-09-05/trump-executive-order-department-of-war-18985310.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "stripes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/09/trump-signs-order-change-name-department-defense-department-war/407962/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "defenseone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restoring-the-united-states-department-of-war/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The Secretary of Defense is authorized the use of this additional secondary title — the Secretary of War — and may be recognized by that title in official correspondence, public communications, ceremonial contexts, and non-statutory documents within the executive branch.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-restores-the-united-states-department-of-war/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The name “Department of War” conveys a stronger message of readiness and resolve compared to “Department of Defense,” which emphasizes only defensive capabilities.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-09-05/trump-executive-order-department-of-war-18985310.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "stripes.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I’m not sure they have to. We’re going with it, and we’re going with it very strongly", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-12-03", "start": "2025-12-03", "end": "2025-12-04", "title": "U.S. Institute of Peace renamed \"Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace\"", "why_it_fits": "On Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, the State Department said it had renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace the \"Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace,\" to \"reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history.\" The new name appeared on the institute's headquarters building near the State Department (NPR/AP). The change was made by the State Department, not by statute. Congress created the institute in a law President Reagan signed in 1985, and neither NPR nor E&E News reports Congress changing the name. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said the institute was \"beautifully and aptly named after a President who ended eight wars in less than a year.\" George Foote, a lawyer for the institute's former leadership and staff, said the renaming \"adds insult to injury.\" USIP says it is an independent creation of Congress, outside the president's executive authority. The administration says it is part of the executive branch. At the time, control of the building was still being decided in federal appeals court (NPR/AP). On Dec. 4, Trump signed a Congo–Rwanda peace agreement at the renamed building and thanked Secretary of State Marco Rubio for \"putting a certain name on that building\" (E&E News). This fits the thread as an agency-made renaming after Trump himself.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://x.com/StateDept/status/1996368099160080884", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "x.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g-s1-100576/trump-institute-of-peace-name", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-inks-peace-deal-at-institute-newly-bearing-his-name/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eenews.net", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/StateDept/status/1996368099160080884", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g-s1-100576/trump-institute-of-peace-name", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president's name on the organization's headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute's control.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-inks-peace-deal-at-institute-newly-bearing-his-name/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "eenews.net", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Thank you for putting a certain name on that building. I came, I said, ‘Boy, that is beautiful’", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-12-18", "start": "2025-12-18", "end": "2025-12-19", "title": "Kennedy Center board votes for \"Trump Kennedy Center\"", "why_it_fits": "The Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees voted to add Trump's name to the federally established memorial. On Dec. 18, 2025, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on X that the board had voted to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center. The center's vice president of public relations confirmed that the board voted for the name The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. The board formally made the change. After returning to office, Trump removed Democratic-appointed trustees and installed allies and administration officials. In February the board selected him as its chairman. The board also includes local and federal officials and members of Congress from both parties. Leavitt and the center gave Trump's work in saving the institution, physically and financially, as the reason. On Dec. 19, workers added \"The Donald J. Trump and\" to the facade above the existing signage. Federal statute (20 U.S.C. 76i) designates the building the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. CBS News reported that any change to the name \"would appear to require approval from lawmakers.\" Georgetown Law professor David Super told ABC News that Trump \"cannot rename the building itself or the center itself.\" Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex officio trustee, disputed that the vote was unanimous and said she was muted on the call. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic ex officio members said Trump was acting \"without legal authority.\" Kennedy's niece Maria Shriver also criticized the move.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kennedy-center-board-votes-to-rename-institution-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-says/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/kennedy-center-renamed-trump-kennedy-center-white-house/story?id=128528280", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kennedy-center-board-votes-to-rename-institution-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-says/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted unanimously to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/kennedy-center-renamed-trump-kennedy-center-white-house/story?id=128528280", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "On Friday, workers added \"The Donald J. Trump and\" to the facade of the building just above the current signage", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/president-trump-reacts-to-board-voting-to-rename-kennedy-center-after-him/5185521", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "honored by it", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2025-12-22", "start": "2025-12-22", "end": "2025-12-23", "title": "Navy announces the \"Trump-class\" battleship", "why_it_fits": "On Dec. 22, 2025, at Mar-a-Lago, Trump and Navy Secretary John Phelan announced plans to build a new class of battleships. The Navy's press release says \"the future USS Defiant (BBG 1) will be the first Trump class battleship.\" That puts the sitting president's name on a class of Navy warships. Trump said the Navy would start with two ships, with a goal of 20 to 25. The Boston Globe reported that a logo for the class shows Trump right after the July 2024 assassination attempt. The Globe also reported that the name would go against the Navy's \"long-standing — if unevenly applied — traditions of naming aircraft carriers after presidents and battleships after states.\" On the date of the announcement this was a plan only. The Navy said cost estimates were still being worked out, and the Wall Street Journal (as cited by Breaking Defense) reported that the first ship would be bought in 2030.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/4366856/president-trump-announces-new-battleship/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "navy.mil", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-announces-trump-class-new-navy-battleships/story?id=128634473", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2025/12/trump-announces-new-trump-class-battleship-as-part-of-golden-fleet/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "breakingdefense.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/23/nation/trump-unveils-new-class-navy-battleship-names-after-himself/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/4366856/president-trump-announces-new-battleship/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "navy.mil", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The future USS Defiant (BBG 1) will be the first Trump class battleship", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-announces-trump-class-new-navy-battleships/story?id=128634473", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I have approved a plan for the Navy to begin the construction of two brand new, very large, the largest we've ever built, battleships.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2025/12/trump-announces-new-trump-class-battleship-as-part-of-golden-fleet/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "breakingdefense.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Photos on display on each side of Trump suggested at least one of the “Trump class” ships would be named “USS Defiant.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/23/nation/trump-unveils-new-class-navy-battleship-names-after-himself/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A logo unveiled for the new ship class depicts Trump in the moments after a July 2024 assassination attempt, fist held high.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-secretaries-hegseth-rubio-and-phelan-on-naval-battleships/670900", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2026-02-05", "start": "2026-02-05", "end": "2026-02-10", "title": "Penn Station and Dulles naming request tied to Gateway tunnel funding (not enacted)", "why_it_fits": "Punchbowl News reported on Feb 5, 2026 that Trump had offered to release funding for the Gateway project if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer would support renaming Washington Dulles International Airport and New York's Penn Station after Trump. Axios and ABC News placed the offer in January 2026. ABC News, citing two sources, reported that Trump told Schumer he would unfreeze $16 billion for the project in exchange for the renaming, and that Schumer rejected the offer. Axios's source said the offer was made in conversations with the administration about the Gateway project after an Oval Office meeting between the two men, not during that meeting. Gothamist, citing a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations, reported that Trump's team had made the offer. A second Gothamist source with knowledge of Schumer's thinking said, \"There was no trade.\" On Feb 6, aboard Air Force One, Trump told reporters that Schumer had suggested renaming Penn Station \"Trump Station,\" and said Dulles was \"a separate kind of a deal.\" Schumer called Trump's account an \"Absolute lie.\" On Feb 10 Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said it was \"something the President floated in his conversation with Chuck Schumer.\" No renaming had taken place as of the Feb 10 reporting. The archive classifies this as a proposal made during negotiations, not an order or an agency action.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/schumer-trump-penn-station-dulles-gateway", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abc7.com/post/trump-wants-penn-station-dulles-airport-named-deal-sources-say/18553362/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc7.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://gothamist.com/news/is-nyc-ready-to-accept-trump-station-to-fix-penn-station", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gothamist.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7377564/trump-penn-station-rename-tunnel-funding/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://punchbowl.news/article/white-house/trump-dulles-penn-station/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "punchbowl.news", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "offered to release the funding for the massive Gateway infrastructure project if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer agrees to support renaming both Washington-Dulles International Airport and New York's Penn Station after Trump", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/7377564/trump-penn-station-rename-tunnel-funding/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Chuck Schumer suggested that to me about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/7377564/trump-penn-station-rename-tunnel-funding/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "About renaming, why not? It is something the President floated in his conversation with Chuck Schumer,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ZtdHFnKT8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2026-05-29", "start": "2026-05-29", "end": "2026-08-13", "title": "Court strikes Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, then the board votes to restore it", "why_it_fits": "In December 2025 the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees, not a presidential order, voted to rename the center. Workers added the words \"The Donald J. Trump and\" above the existing lettering, so the building read \"The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.\" On May 29, 2026, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in a lawsuit brought by Rep. Joyce Beatty that the board \"overstepped its statutory bounds by unilaterally renaming the Kennedy Center after President Trump,\" writing: \"Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.\" He ordered the name removed from the façade and official materials within two weeks. Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi said the center was \"confident that on appeal the court will uphold the Board's will to recognize President Trump's historic contributions.\" Trump wrote on Truth Social that the judge \"should be ashamed of himself\" and said he would back away from the renovation and return control of the center to Congress. After Cooper turned down the board's last-minute request to keep the signage pending appeal, workers took the letters down behind scaffolding early on June 13. On Aug. 13 the board voted 20-3 to rename the building \"The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump\" and the grounds \"President Donald J. Trump Plaza,\" according to attendees who spoke to media outlets. Beatty called it \"a transparent effort to circumvent the Court's ruling.\" That vote set up a test of Cooper's order.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cooper-opinion-blocks-kennedy-center-closure-trump-renaming.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "courthousenews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-says-kennedy-center-board-violated-law-putting-trumps-name-on-building-blocks-closure", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/06/12/trump-s-name-may-stay-on-kennedy-center-past-friday-deadline/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/06/09/trump-name-removed-kennedy-center-building/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/08/13/kennedy-center-trump-name-board-vote-judge-order/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/13/trump-kennedy-center-name-board-court-order", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-says-kennedy-center-board-violated-law-putting-trumps-name-on-building-blocks-closure", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Cooper also concluded that the board \"overstepped its statutory bounds\" by unilaterally adding Trump's name to the center. Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it, he said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/06/09/trump-name-removed-kennedy-center-building/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Judge Cooper rejected a last-minute appeal from the board to keep the name, finding it unlikely to succeed.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/08/13/kennedy-center-trump-name-board-vote-judge-order/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "voted 20-3 to change the name of the building to \"The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump\" while naming the center's grounds \"President Donald J. Trump Plaza,\" according to attendees of Thursday's meeting who spoke to multiple media outlets.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWOqkHPDNZw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2026-07-09", "start": "2026-07-09", "end": "2026-07-09", "title": "Palm Beach International Airport renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport (Florida state action)", "why_it_fits": "This wave records one place renamed after Trump, which the story's notes list as part of its pattern. The change was made through state law, and the airport is run by the county. A South Florida airport \"officially changed its name on Thursday,\" July 9, 2026, to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport, according to AP. AP reports that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis \"signed legislation earlier this year that made the name change possible.\" According to Palm Beach County, as reported by WPTV, the name change was required under state legislation signed into law on March 30. WPTV also reports that the change does not affect the airport's ownership or governance, which stays with the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners. Federal involvement was administrative. An FAA spokesperson told WPTV that the agency doesn't approve airport name changes but \"must complete some administrative tasks to include updating navigational charts and databases.\" The airport said \"separate federal legislation regarding the code\" had been introduced. The three-letter code changed from PBI to DJT on Aug. 18, according to AP and the Palm Beach County Department of Airports. The department said it worked with federal agencies, airlines and other partners on the switch. A May WPTV report, citing an FAA ruling, gave July 1 for the name change and July 9 for the code change. Later AP and WPTV reports give July 9 for the name and Aug. 18 for the code. AP reports that \"Changing the airport's name is expected to cost as much as $5.5 million for new signs, branding and other updates.\" On reception, Eric Trump posted on X that there is \"no one more deserving of this incredible honor.\" AP quoted a departing traveler who called it \"just the name of an airport.\" WPTV reports that a Palm Beach County pilot filed a lawsuit in April, alleging in part that changing the airport's established code could be a safety issue.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/south-floridas-palm-beach-airport-renamed-president-donald-j-trump-international", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wptv.com/news/trump/faa-rules-that-palm-beach-international-airport-code-will-change-to-djt-on-july-9", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wptv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/our-community/west-palm-beach/palm-beach-airport-code-officially-changes-from-pbi-to-djt-for-president-trump-international-airport", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wptv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/south-floridas-palm-beach-airport-renamed-president-donald-j-trump-international", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A South Florida airport officially changed its name on Thursday to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7we9ikh0cI", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-moves-and-threats-to-rename-places-and-institutions/#2026-08-25", "start": "2026-08-25", "end": "2026-08-29", "title": "Lake Ontario → \"Lake America\"", "why_it_fits": "Earlier in the week, CBS reported, Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. was giving \"serious consideration\" to renaming Lake Ontario. He also posted a map with the \"Lake Ontario\" label crossed out. On Aug 27, 2026, he signed Executive Order 14422, \"Honoring the American History of the Great Lakes and Renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America.\" Before signing it in the Oval Office, he said the change was \"effective immediately.\" The order gives its policy basis as his Jan 20, 2025 Executive Order 14172, \"Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness.\" It directs the Interior Secretary, working with the Board on Geographic Names and \"consistent with 43 U.S.C. 364 through 364f,\" to take all appropriate actions within 30 days to rename the lake. It also calls for updating the federal place-names database (GNIS) and says all federal references should use the new name. CBS reported that the president \"can't force other countries or international bodies to call it 'Lake America,' but he can require the federal government to do so.\" It also reported that Trump later posted to Truth Social a letter from the director of the U.S. Geological Survey announcing that the change had been made.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/eo-14422.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-orders-lake-ontario-renamed-lake-america-canada-trade-war-rcna594750", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/30/nx-s1-5949254/lake-ontario-america-doug-ford-trump-sign-google", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I am directing that the Lake officially be renamed as Lake America.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-executive-order-lake-ontario-lake-america/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "We're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges", "title": "The recurring Republican and MAGA figures charged with child sex crimes", "type": "recurring_scandal", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/", "summary": "This thread covers Republican public figures who were formally charged with sex crimes involving minors, in cases from 2016 to 2026. They include sitting or former state legislators in Oklahoma, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Minnesota, West Virginia and Florida; a Florida county tax collector; a former Kentucky judge; a South Dakota state Senate candidate; county and precinct Republican Party officers in Texas and South Dakota; an elected Trump delegate; a former Republican National Committee designer; a former Commerce Department official in the Trump administration; a former executive director of Family Research Council Action; a megachurch founder who served on Trump's evangelical advisory board; a youth pastor; and a social media influencer who appeared on Fox News. Of the 19 cases, 13 ended in a guilty plea, one in a conviction and one in a no-contest plea. Four were pending as of October 2026.", "summary_sources": [ "https://justice.gov/usao-md/pr/waldorf-man-sentenced-over-16-years-federal-prison-illegal-possession-unregistered", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/former-oklahoma-state-senator-sentenced-fifteen-years-child-sex-trafficking", "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-2016-chairs-trafficking/", "https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former_kentucky_judge_gets_20_year_sentence_for_human_trafficking", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/district-man-sentenced-151-months-prison-receipt-child-pornography", "https://news.yahoo.com/former-trump-commerce-department-official-122111490.html", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/pr/former-sc-lawmaker-sentenced-federal-prison-distributing-child-sexual-abuse-material", "https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/former-seminole-county-tax-collector-matt-gaetz-associate-joel-greenberg-sentenced-to-11-years-in-prison-33032111/", "https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101432829/josh-duggar-child-pornography-sentence-19-kids-and-counting", "https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/02/robert-morris-gateway-church-guilty-plea-child-sex-abuse-2/", "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/justin-eichorn-former-minnesota-state-senator-sentenced-federal-child-sex-trafficking-case/", "https://www.newsweek.com/former-texas-gop-leader-400-years-prison-child-sex-abuse-1878525", "https://www.witf.org/2020/07/21/ex-state-senator-mike-folmer-sentenced-to-prison-in-child-porn-possession-case/", "https://www.siouxfallslive.com/news/sioux-falls/former-gop-county-chair-dodges-prison-time-in-child-porn-sentencing", "https://atg.sd.gov/OurOffice/Media/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=2389", "https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/06/18/why-a-sexual-abuse-case-against-a-washtenaw-county-church-leader-keeps-growing-even-after-60-felony-charges/", "https://www.newsweek.com/maga-church-leader-charged-sexually-abusing-children-1972988", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-francisco-man-charged-production-child-sexual-abuse-materials", "https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-influencer-fox-news-guest-175602532.html", "https://kfgo.com/2025/03/26/ray-holmberg-senteced-to-10-years-in-federal-prison/", "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-ex-teacher-and-former-state-legislator-child-sexual", "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/prosecutors-lose-second-bid-jail-113047372.html", "https://flvoicenews.com/palm-beach-gop-lists-suspended-clerk-mike-caruso-as-nominee-amid-pending-child-sex-abuse-case-as-state-party-pulls-support/", "https://abcnews.com/Politics/maryland-trump-delegate-indicted-child-porn-weapons-possession/story?id=39237948", "https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-trump-and-gop-aide-ruben-verastigui-charged-with-child-pornography-offenses/", "https://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2015/04/29/watch-josh-duggar-plays-victim-card", "https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2023/04/11/former-legislative-candidate-sentence-to-10-years-for-incest/", "https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/palm-beach-clerk-michael-caruso-arrested-suspended-governor-ron-desantis/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-05-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2016-05-19", "start": "2016-05-19", "end": "2016-05-25", "title": "Trump delegate in Maryland charged with child pornography (Caleb Bailey)", "why_it_fits": "On May 19, 2016, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Maryland announced that a federal grand jury had indicted Caleb Andrew Bailey, 30, of Waldorf, the previous day. The charges were producing and attempting to produce child pornography, possessing child pornography, illegally transporting explosives and illegally possessing a machine gun. Before the charges, he had been elected as a delegate for Trump from the state's 5th Congressional District, which the Maryland GOP confirmed to ABC News. In a statement to ABC News, Hope Hicks said, \"He will be replaced immediately.\" On May 15, 2017, he pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and to illegally possessing unregistered machine guns, short-barreled rifles and destructive devices. The Justice Department's sentencing release says he also admitted producing child pornography. On July 25, 2018, U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced him to 200 months in prison (16 years, 8 months), followed by lifetime supervised release and sex-offender registration.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/maryland-trump-delegate-indicted-child-porn-weapons-possession/story?id=39237948", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/waldorf-man-indicted-illegal-transport-explosives-illegal-possession-machine-gun-and", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/waldorf-man-pleads-guilty-illegal-possession-unregistered-machine-guns-unregistered-short", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://justice.gov/usao-md/pr/waldorf-man-sentenced-over-16-years-federal-prison-illegal-possession-unregistered", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/waldorf-man-indicted-illegal-transport-explosives-illegal-possession-machine-gun-and", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A federal grand jury indicted Caleb Andrew Bailey, age 30, of Waldorf, Maryland late yesterday on various charges.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/maryland-trump-delegate-indicted-child-porn-weapons-possession/story?id=39237948", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Caleb Bailey was elected as a delegate for Trump from the state's 5th Congressional District, the Maryland GOP confirms.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-03-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2017-03-14", "start": "2017-03-14", "end": "2017-03-23", "title": "Oklahoma state senator charged with child prostitution (Ralph Shortey)", "why_it_fits": "Ralph Shortey was a Republican Oklahoma state senator. Before the charges, he had a role in Donald Trump's 2016 campaign: IBTimes describes him as \"the state's chair for Donald Trump's primary campaign\" and as an Oklahoma leader of Trump's campaign. On March 16, 2017, the Cleveland County District Attorney charged him with three felonies: engaging in child prostitution, prostitution within 1,000 feet of a church, and transporting a minor for prostitution (KGOU; Justice Department). He resigned from the Senate in March 2017. A federal grand jury indicted him on four counts on September 5, 2017. He pleaded guilty to one count of child sex trafficking on November 30, 2017, and was sentenced on September 17, 2018, to 180 months (15 years) in federal prison plus 10 years of supervised release.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/former-oklahoma-state-senator-sentenced-fifteen-years-child-sex-trafficking", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/indictment-unsealed-charging-former-state-senator-child-pornography-and-child-sex", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kgou.org/politics-and-government/2017-03-14/state-sen-ralph-shortey-charged-with-3-prostitution-related-felonies", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kgou.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.com/who-ralph-shortey-trump-campaign-leader-oklahoma-state-senator-charged-child-2512294", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ibtimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kgou.org/politics-and-government/2017-03-14/state-sen-ralph-shortey-charged-with-3-prostitution-related-felonies", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kgou.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey was charged with three prostitution-related felonies on Thursday in Cleveland County Court.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.com/who-ralph-shortey-trump-campaign-leader-oklahoma-state-senator-charged-child-2512294", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ibtimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Ralph Shortey, a Republican state senator from Oklahoma who was the state's chair for Donald Trump's primary campaign, resigned Wednesday afternoon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-04-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2017-04-21", "start": "2017-04-21", "end": "2018-05-08", "title": "Tim Nolan, former Kentucky judge and Campbell County school board member (2017–2018)", "why_it_fits": "In April 2017, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announced that Tim Nolan, a former Campbell County district judge and a member of the Campbell County Board of Education, had been charged with human trafficking and unlawful transaction with a minor (WCPO; Daily Beast). He was later indicted on 30 counts (Local 12). He pleaded guilty in February 2018 and was sentenced on May 4, 2018, to 20 years in prison (Local 12; ABA Journal). Before the charges, he had a role in Trump's 2016 campaign in Kentucky: Snopes says he served as a state-level Trump delegate and a ballot observer. He described himself as Trump's Campbell County campaign chair, and the Daily Beast called him a \"local chair,\" but local Republicans disputed that title, and the ABA Journal reported that he apparently held no official position.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-kentucky/ex-campbell-county-judge-charged-with-human-trafficking", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wcpo.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://local12.com/news/local/former-campbell-county-judge-school-board-member-sentenced-for-sex-trafficking", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "local12.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former_kentucky_judge_gets_20_year_sentence_for_human_trafficking", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abajournal.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-2016-chairs-trafficking/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-supporting-ex-judge-arrested-for-child-sex-crime/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-kentucky/ex-campbell-county-judge-charged-with-human-trafficking", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wcpo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A former Campbell County district judge has been charged with human trafficking, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announced.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-supporting-ex-judge-arrested-for-child-sex-crime/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Tim Nolan, 70, was charged with human trafficking and unlawful transaction with a minor", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://local12.com/news/local/former-campbell-county-judge-school-board-member-sentenced-for-sex-trafficking", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "local12.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "On May 4, Judge Kathleen Lape denied that request.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-04-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2019-04-03", "start": "2019-04-03", "end": "2019-04-06", "title": "Hays County, Texas, Republican precinct chair charged (Bo Michael Dresner)", "why_it_fits": "Bo Michael Dresner was a precinct chair for the Hays County Republican Party; the Statesman and the San Marcos Record describe him as a former sergeant-at-arms, while Newsweek says he held both roles at the time. He was booked into the Hays County Jail on April 3, 2019, on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Russell Hayter, chairman of the Hays County Republican Party, said Dresner had resigned. Newsweek reports that he changed his plea to guilty on all charges after his trial began. In March 2024, Judge Gary Steel of the 274th District Court sentenced him to 410 years in prison on 65 counts: continuous sexual abuse of a child and possession of child pornography with intent to promote (Hays County; Newsweek).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.statesman.com/news/20190405/hays-county-gop-precinct-chair-charged-with-sexual-assault", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statesman.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/former-texas-gop-leader-400-years-prison-child-sex-abuse-1878525", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.hayscountytx.gov/judge-sentences-44-year-old-bo-dresner-to-410-years-in-prison", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "hayscountytx.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/article/1749,former-hays-county-gop-official-arrested-for-sexual-assault-of-a-child", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "sanmarcosrecord.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A precinct chair and former sergeant-at-arms for the Hays County Republican Party is in jail on a $250,000 bond after being arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.statesman.com/news/20190405/hays-county-gop-precinct-chair-charged-with-sexual-assault", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statesman.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A Hays County GOP precinct chair has resigned after he was arrested Wednesday on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child, said the Hays County Republican Party's chairman.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/former-texas-gop-leader-400-years-prison-child-sex-abuse-1878525", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Dresner switched his plea to guilty for all charges after his trial began.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-09-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2019-09-17", "start": "2019-09-17", "end": "2019-09-20", "title": "Pennsylvania state Sen. Mike Folmer charged with child pornography possession", "why_it_fits": "Mike Folmer was a four-term Republican state senator for Lebanon County (LebTown; WITF calls him \"a Republican\"). On Sept. 17, 2019, the office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro charged him with sexual abuse of children, possession of child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility (CNN; LebTown). He resigned from the Senate the next day (LebTown). He later pleaded guilty to three felony counts of possessing child pornography and one felony count of criminal use of a communication facility (LebTown), and in July 2020 he was sentenced to one to two years in county jail (WITF).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/us/pennsylvania-state-senator-child-pornography-charges/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://lebtown.com/2020/07/21/michael-folmer-former-state-senator-sentenced-to-just-less-than-two-years-on-child-porn-charges-avoids-state-prison/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "lebtown.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.witf.org/2020/07/21/ex-state-senator-mike-folmer-sentenced-to-prison-in-child-porn-possession-case/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "witf.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/us/pennsylvania-state-senator-child-pornography-charges/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Folmer was charged Tuesday with sexual abuse of children, possession of child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://lebtown.com/2020/07/21/michael-folmer-former-state-senator-sentenced-to-just-less-than-two-years-on-child-porn-charges-avoids-state-prison/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "lebtown.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He resigned from the senate the next day under intense pressure from Governor Wolf and both parties in the Pennsylvania General Assembly.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Facebook shares": 961 } }, { "url": "https://www.witf.org/2020/07/21/ex-state-senator-mike-folmer-sentenced-to-prison-in-child-porn-possession-case/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "witf.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Mike Folmer, a Republican who represented a district in Lebanon County, spoke in court before getting one to two years in county jail.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-02-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2021-02-05", "start": "2021-02-05", "end": "2021-02-08", "title": "Former RNC designer who made Trump campaign ads arrested on child pornography charge", "why_it_fits": "Ruben Verastigui worked as a senior designer at the RNC from 2017 to 2018, according to his LinkedIn page as cited by The Washington Post and Business Insider. The Post reported that the page says he designed social media ads for the Trump Make America Great Again Committee and Donald J. Trump for President. That ad work, done as an RNC employee, is his documented link to Trump's campaign committees. On Feb. 5, 2021, he was arrested by Metropolitan Police Department units working with other agencies, including Homeland Security Investigations, and charged with distribution of child pornography (MPDC). The Justice Department says he pleaded guilty on July 9, 2021 to receipt of child pornography. On April 7, 2022, Judge Amit P. Mehta sentenced him to 151 months in prison and five years of supervised release, and he must register as a sex offender for at least 15 years.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/arrest-made-distribution-child-pornography-offense-1", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mpdc.dc.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/02/06/ruben-verastigui-child-porn-charges/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-gop-senate-staffer-27-104756458.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/district-man-sentenced-151-months-prison-receipt-child-pornography", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-trump-and-gop-aide-ruben-verastigui-charged-with-child-pornography-offenses/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/02/06/ruben-verastigui-child-porn-charges/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "designing social media ads for the Trump Make America Great Again Committee and Donald J. Trump for President", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-trump-and-gop-aide-ruben-verastigui-charged-with-child-pornography-offenses/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Former Trump and GOP Aide Charged With Distributing Child Porn", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/district-man-sentenced-151-months-prison-receipt-child-pornography", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Verastigui pleaded guilty on July 9, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-03-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2021-03-30", "start": "2021-03-30", "end": "2021-05-18", "title": "Joel Greenberg, former Republican tax collector of Seminole County, Florida", "why_it_fits": "Joel Greenberg used his own money to win a Republican primary for Seminole County tax collector in 2016 (JTA). He held the office from 2017 until he resigned in 2020 after being indicted (JTA). He spoke at a Trump rally in Sanford, Florida, in late 2016 (Rolling Stone). His federal charges included sex trafficking of a child (JTA). The case drew national coverage when news reports, starting with The New York Times, said a federal investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz grew out of the Greenberg case (JTA; Rolling Stone). In May 2021 he pleaded guilty to six federal crimes, including sex trafficking of a minor (Florida Politics). In December 2022 he was sentenced to 11 years in prison (Orlando Weekly).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.jta.org/2021/03/31/politics/the-guy-who-got-gaetz-in-trouble-who-is-joel-greenberg", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "jta.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/who-is-joel-greenberg-matt-gaetz-investigation-1153610/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://floridapolitics.com/archives/573773-joel-greenberg-former-confidant-of-matt-gaetz-sentenced-to-11-years-in-prison/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "floridapolitics.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/former-seminole-county-tax-collector-matt-gaetz-associate-joel-greenberg-sentenced-to-11-years-in-prison-33032111/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "orlandoweekly.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.jta.org/2021/03/31/politics/the-guy-who-got-gaetz-in-trouble-who-is-joel-greenberg", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "jta.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The investigation, anonymous officials told The New York Times, stemmed from a federal probe of Greenberg, a friend and political ally of Gaetz.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/who-is-joel-greenberg-matt-gaetz-investigation-1153610/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He even spoke at a Trump rally in Sanford, Florida, in late 2016.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/former-seminole-county-tax-collector-matt-gaetz-associate-joel-greenberg-sentenced-to-11-years-in-prison-33032111/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "orlandoweekly.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-04-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2021-04-29", "start": "2021-04-29", "end": "2021-05-07", "title": "Josh Duggar, former executive director of Family Research Council Action", "why_it_fits": "In 2015 Josh Duggar was executive director of Family Research Council Action, a role in which, according to The Advocate, he \"runs policy and handles politics\" for the group. NPR calls the Family Research Council \"a conservative Christian group\" and reports that he later resigned as an FRC lobbyist. In an April 2015 CNS News interview quoted by The Advocate, he said, \"Right now in America, there is an agenda to silence people of faith, those who hold a dissenting opinion,\" and that \"every single child deserves a mother and father.\" On Friday, April 30, 2021, he was charged in a two-count federal indictment with receiving and possessing child pornography, and he pleaded not guilty (NBC News). He was convicted of receiving child pornography and, in December 2021, of possessing it. The judge later dismissed the possession conviction because it was included in the receiving count, and in May 2022 sentenced him to 12 years and seven months in federal prison (NPR).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/josh-duggar-tlc-s-19-kids-counting-indicted-child-pornography-n1265914", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101432829/josh-duggar-child-pornography-sentence-19-kids-and-counting", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2015/04/29/watch-josh-duggar-plays-victim-card", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "advocate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/josh-duggar-tlc-s-19-kids-counting-indicted-child-pornography-n1265914", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In a court appearance over Zoom, he pleaded not guilty to both charges.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101432829/josh-duggar-child-pornography-sentence-19-kids-and-counting", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was sentenced Wednesday to about 12 1/2 years in prison after he was convicted of receiving child pornography.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2015/04/29/watch-josh-duggar-plays-victim-card", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "advocate.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Right now in America, there is an agenda to silence people of faith, those who hold a dissenting opinion.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-09-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2022-09-28", "start": "2022-09-28", "end": "2022-10-02", "title": "Former Trump Commerce Department official Adam Hageman sentenced to 66 months in child pornography case", "why_it_fits": "Before the charge, Hageman had a role in the Trump administration: he moved to Washington in May 2020 to work for the U.S. Department of Commerce, according to records cited by the Chicago Sun-Times, and Insider and the Independent describe him as a former Commerce Department official in the Trump administration. He was arrested in November 2020 and charged with receiving and possessing child pornography (Politico, March 2021, as quoted by TruthOrFiction). He pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. On 22 September 2022 he was sentenced to 66 months in prison, followed by five years of what both the Independent and Insider call parole, and sex-offender registration.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/former-trump-aide-jailed-admitting-203627004.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/former-trump-commerce-department-official-122111490.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.truthorfiction.com/former-turning-point-usa-youth-events-coordinator-adam-hageman-sentenced-to-66-months/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "truthorfiction.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/2/23582748/child-porn-telegram-app-operation-swipe-left-homeland-security-stauffer-adam-hageman-verastigui", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "chicago.suntimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.truthorfiction.com/former-turning-point-usa-youth-events-coordinator-adam-hageman-sentenced-to-66-months/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "truthorfiction.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Former Turning Point USA youth events coordinator Adam Hageman sentenced to 66 months in child pornography case.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/former-trump-aide-jailed-admitting-203627004.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He was sentenced on 22 September in US District Court by Judge Amy Berman Jackson.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/former-trump-commerce-department-official-122111490.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him to 66 months in prison.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-01-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2023-01-24", "start": "2023-01-24", "end": "2023-01-27", "title": "Former Jones County, S.D., GOP chairman charged with possessing child pornography", "why_it_fits": "Rocky Hayes previously served as chairman of the Republican Party in Jones County, South Dakota (Daily Beast). The Argus Leader reported that, according to web archives, he was listed as the Jones County GOP chairman in 2020. In January 2023 he was charged with three counts of possessing child pornography (Argus Leader via Yahoo; Daily Beast). South Dakota GOP Executive Director Madison Sheahan told the Argus Leader that the party's relationship with Hayes and his business, Didactic Productions, was \"terminated.\" On Nov. 26, 2024, after he pleaded no contest to possessing child pornography, a Lincoln County judge sentenced him to 120 days in county jail and four years of probation, with a 10-year prison sentence suspended (SiouxFallsLive).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/47-old-lincoln-county-man-195246738.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-south-dakota-gop-chairman-rocky-hayes-faces-child-pornography-charges/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.siouxfallslive.com/news/sioux-falls/former-gop-county-chair-dodges-prison-time-in-child-porn-sentencing", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "siouxfallslive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/47-old-lincoln-county-man-195246738.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "SD GOP Executive Director Madison Sheahan said the party's relationship with Hayes and his business, Didactic Productions was \"terminated.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-south-dakota-gop-chairman-rocky-hayes-faces-child-pornography-charges/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Hayes was listed as the Jones County GOP chairman as recently as 2020 but his name has since been removed from the South Dakota Republican Party website.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.siouxfallslive.com/news/sioux-falls/former-gop-county-chair-dodges-prison-time-in-child-porn-sentencing", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "siouxfallslive.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The former chair of the Jones County Republicans will not serve prison time after he was convicted of possessing child pornography.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-04-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2023-04-11", "start": "2023-04-11", "end": "2023-04-13", "title": "Former South Dakota Republican state Senate candidate Joel Koskan pleads guilty to incest and is sentenced to 10 years", "why_it_fits": "Joel Koskan ran as a Republican for a South Dakota state Senate seat in 2022. Charges were filed against him in November 2022, days before the general election, and he lost with 42 percent of the vote (South Dakota Searchlight). SDPB, which reported the November 2022 charge, described it differently from the counts he later pleaded to. The South Dakota Attorney General's office says the charges stem from \"a relationship that the defendant had with a minor.\" On April 11, 2023, Koskan pleaded guilty to two felony counts of incest. The judge ordered the sentences served consecutively, for a total of 10 years in state prison, and fined him more than $20,000 (South Dakota Attorney General; Dakota News Now). Status: convicted and sentenced.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://atg.sd.gov/OurOffice/Media/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=2389", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "atg.sd.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2023/04/11/former-legislative-candidate-sentence-to-10-years-for-incest/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "southdakotasearchlight.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2023/04/11/koskan-pleads-guilty-two-charges-incest-sentenced-10-years-prison/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dakotanewsnow.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.sdpb.org/politics/2022-11-03/state-senate-candidate-facing-felony-sexual-misconduct-charge", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sdpb.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://atg.sd.gov/OurOffice/Media/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=2389", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "atg.sd.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The charges stem from a relationship that the defendant had with a minor.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2023/04/11/former-legislative-candidate-sentence-to-10-years-for-incest/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "southdakotasearchlight.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Charges were filed against Koskan in November, just days before the general election in which he was running as a Republican for a state Senate seat.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2023/04/11/koskan-pleads-guilty-two-charges-incest-sentenced-10-years-prison/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dakotanewsnow.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Disgraced former South Dakota state senate candidate Joel Koskan has been sentenced to ten years in state prison on two charges of incest.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2024-10-21", "start": "2024-10-21", "end": "2024-10-25", "title": "Michigan youth pastor Zachary Radcliff charged", "why_it_fits": "Zachary Radcliff, 29, was music and youth director at Oakwood Church in Augusta Township, Michigan, where his father is senior pastor (Newsweek). He was arraigned in October 2024 on 11 felony counts, including first-degree criminal sexual conduct and child sexually abusive activity (ClickOnDetroit; Roys Report). His political profile comes from his own posts and appearances. Newsweek described him as \"a known supporter of Donald Trump's MAGA movement\" and reported that he performed a song at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2019; the Roys Report and the Daily Dot say that performance was part of CPAC programming at Liberty University. Newsweek also reported that in 2024 he posted an Instagram photo of himself in a \"Make America Great Again\" hat and a Donald Trump shirt, and the Roys Report said his Instagram shows several photographs of him with Donald Trump Jr. Status: pending. He has not been convicted (Roys Report). WDIV/ClickOnDetroit reported on June 18, 2026, that he faces more than 60 felony charges, that a jury trial is set for January 2027 after two delays, and that his bond is $3 million.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/maga-church-leader-charged-sexually-abusing-children-1972988", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/06/18/why-a-sexual-abuse-case-against-a-washtenaw-county-church-leader-keeps-growing-even-after-60-felony-charges/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "clickondetroit.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://roysreport.com/maga-youth-pastor-with-ties-to-liberty-university-charged-with-child-sex-crimes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "roysreport.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://roysreport.com/new-lawsuits-accuse-former-baptist-youth-leader-zachary-radcliff-of-sexual-abuse-church-cover-up/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "roysreport.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/maga-church-leader-charged-sexually-abusing-children-1972988", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "is a known supporter of Donald Trump's MAGA movement", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://dailydot.com/zachary-radcliff-maga-pastor-abuse-minors", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dailydot.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He also shared images of himself in \"Make America Great Again\" gear.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://roysreport.com/maga-youth-pastor-with-ties-to-liberty-university-charged-with-child-sex-crimes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "roysreport.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Radcliff's Instagram account shows several photographs of him with Donald Trump Jr.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2025-03-12", "start": "2025-03-12", "end": "2025-03-17", "title": "Robert Morris, founder of Gateway Church (Southlake, Texas)", "why_it_fits": "Robert Morris founded Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. The Texas Tribune reports that he \"has been politically active and formerly served on President Donald Trump's evangelical advisory board,\" and KGOU calls him a \"former spiritual advisor to Donald Trump.\" On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, the Oklahoma attorney general's office said a multicounty grand jury had indicted him on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, for conduct in the 1980s (NBCDFW; KGOU). On Oct. 2, 2025, he pleaded guilty to all five counts in Osage County District Court under a plea agreement. He received a 10-year suspended sentence, with the first six months to be served in the Osage County Jail (Texas Tribune; Daily Beast).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/02/robert-morris-gateway-church-guilty-plea-child-sex-abuse-2/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "texastribune.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/robert-morris-indicted-child-sex-charges-oklahoma/3790820/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcdfw.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-former-faith-adviser-robert-morris-pleads-guilty-to-child-sexual-abuse/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kgou.org/criminal-justice/2025-03-13/megachurch-founder-former-trump-spiritual-advisor-indicted-in-oklahoma-for-alleged-child-sex-abuse", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kgou.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kgou.org/criminal-justice/2025-03-13/megachurch-founder-former-trump-spiritual-advisor-indicted-in-oklahoma-for-alleged-child-sex-abuse", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kgou.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A megachurch founder and former spiritual advisor to Donald Trump was indicted in Oklahoma on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/02/robert-morris-gateway-church-guilty-plea-child-sex-abuse-2/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "texastribune.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He has been politically active and formerly served on President Donald Trump's evangelical advisory board.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-former-faith-adviser-robert-morris-pleads-guilty-to-child-sexual-abuse/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A megachurch founder who was a Donald Trump faith adviser has pleaded guilty to years of sexual abuse.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2025-03-17", "start": "2025-03-17", "end": "2025-03-25", "title": "Minnesota Republican state Sen. Justin Eichorn charged after a Bloomington sting", "why_it_fits": "Justin Eichorn, a Grand Rapids Republican, was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016 (CBS Minnesota). On March 17, 2025, CBS Minnesota reported that he was one of five Republican senators who authored a bill that \"called for \"Trump Derangement Syndrome\" to be added to the list of definitions related to mental health care in Minnesota.\" He was arrested on March 17, 2025, in a Bloomington police sting and charged in Hennepin County. By March 19, 2025, he had also been charged in federal court with attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and Hennepin County prosecutors dropped their case when the federal charges were announced (Fox 9; CBS Minnesota). He resigned from the Senate days after his arrest. Under a plea deal that dropped the enticement charge, he pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child pornography, and in September 2026 he was sentenced to 16 months in prison and five years of supervised release (CBS Minnesota).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.fox9.com/news/mn-senator-eichorn-federal-charges", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox9.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/justin-eichorn-former-minnesota-state-senator-sentenced-federal-child-sex-trafficking-case/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/trump-derangement-syndrome-minnesota-senate-republicans", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.fox9.com/news/mn-senator-eichorn-federal-charges", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox9.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Eichorn is charged with attempted coercion and enticement of a minor in federal court.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/justin-eichorn-former-minnesota-state-senator-sentenced-federal-child-sex-trafficking-case/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Eichorn was first charged in Hennepin County, but prosecutors dropped their case when federal charges were announced.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/trump-derangement-syndrome-minnesota-senate-republicans", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "authored by Minnesota Sens. Eric Lucero, Steve Drazkowski, Nathan Wesenberg, Justin Eichorn and Glenn Gruenhagen", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2025-03-18", "start": "2025-03-18", "end": "2025-03-26", "title": "Influencer Ricci Wynne indicted on federal charges of producing child sexual abuse material", "why_it_fits": "On March 18, 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Ricci Lee Wynne, 39, of San Francisco, on two counts of production of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), for conduct alleged on or about April 9 and Oct. 29, 2022 (DOJ). HuffPost described him as \"A MAGA influencer known for posting sensationalized videos of homeless people in San Francisco.\" HuffPost and the SF Standard both reported that he had appeared on Fox News; HuffPost said, citing the network, that he appeared six times, most recently in 2023, and named \"Jesse Watters Primetime\" and \"Tucker Carlson Tonight\" among his appearances. Separately, CBS San Francisco reported that he was booked on Nov. 24, 2024, on suspicion of pimping and pandering; HuffPost and the SF Standard reported that he was charged with those offenses, and he pleaded not guilty (CBS San Francisco; HuffPost). Status: pending. No later plea, trial or sentence in the federal case was found in fetched reports.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-francisco-man-charged-production-child-sexual-abuse-materials", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://sfstandard.com/2025/03/18/ricci-wynne-indicted-producing-child-sexual-abuse-images/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sfstandard.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-influencer-fox-news-guest-175602532.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/ricci-wynne-social-media-influencer-child-porn-charges-sfpd-seeks-victims/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-francisco-man-charged-production-child-sexual-abuse-materials", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A federal grand jury has indicted Ricci Lee Wynne on charges of producing child sexual abuse materials.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-influencer-fox-news-guest-175602532.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A MAGA influencer known for posting sensationalized videos of homeless people in San Francisco", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://sfstandard.com/2025/03/18/ricci-wynne-indicted-producing-child-sexual-abuse-images/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "sfstandard.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Ricci Wynne, a viral video creator who focuses on homeless San Francisco drug users, was indicted Tuesday", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/ricci-wynne-social-media-influencer-child-porn-charges-sfpd-seeks-victims/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Ricci Wynne, a San Francisco-based social media personality, appeared in court Tuesday", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2025-03-20", "start": "2025-03-20", "end": "2025-03-31", "title": "Former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg sentenced to 10 years in federal prison", "why_it_fits": "Ray Holmberg, a Grand Forks Republican, served more than 45 years in the North Dakota Senate before resigning in 2022 (NBC News; Inforum). He chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee and headed Legislative Management (KFGO). A federal grand jury indicted him on Oct. 26, 2023, on a child sex tourism count and a count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography (U.S. Attorney's Office, District of North Dakota). On Aug. 8, 2024, under a plea agreement, he pleaded guilty to the travel count, and prosecutors agreed to move to dismiss the receipt count (NBC News; KFGO). On March 26, 2025, U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced him to 120 months in prison, above the guideline range of 37 to 46 months, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Prosecutors had argued for 37 months (KFGO; Inforum).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://kfgo.com/2025/03/26/ray-holmberg-senteced-to-10-years-in-federal-prison/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kfgo.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/former-north-dakota-sen-ray-holmberg-gets-10-years-in-prison", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inforum.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-nd/pr/former-north-dakota-state-senator-indicted-child-sex-tourism-and-child-pornography", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/north-dakota-lawmaker-pleads-guilty-traveling-europe-pay-sex-minor-rcna165882", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/north-dakota-lawmaker-pleads-guilty-traveling-europe-pay-sex-minor-rcna165882", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The Republican served more than 45 years in the North Dakota Senate before resigning in 2022.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/former-north-dakota-sen-ray-holmberg-gets-10-years-in-prison", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inforum.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "North Dakota U.S. Judge Daniel Hovland handed down the 120-month sentence on Wednesday, March 26, to the 81-year-old Grand Forks Republican.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://kfgo.com/2025/03/26/ray-holmberg-senteced-to-10-years-in-federal-prison/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kfgo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Judge Daniel Hovland went well over the recommended guidelines of 37-46 months and sentenced Holmberg to 120 months.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2025-06-11", "start": "2025-06-11", "end": "2025-06-13", "title": "South Carolina state representative RJ May charged with distributing child sexual abuse material", "why_it_fits": "RJ May, a three-term Republican South Carolina House member who helped found the chamber's Freedom Caucus (PBS), was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 10, 2025, on 10 counts of distributing child sexual abuse material and arrested the next day (DOJ; AP via KKTV). Before the charge, he had described his legislative positions as protecting children (PinkNews; Post and Courier). According to PinkNews, about two years before his plea he said a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors was about \"protecting childhood innocence.\" The Post and Courier reported that in a Nov. 24, 2022 tweet he wrote, \"Wonder if this includes exposing children to drag shows or pushing sex changes on toddlers?\" He pleaded guilty to five counts on Sept. 29, 2025, and on Jan. 14, 2026, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie sentenced him to 210 months in federal prison, followed by 20 years of court supervision (DOJ).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/pr/former-sc-lawmaker-sentenced-federal-prison-distributing-child-sexual-abuse-material", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/south-carolina-lawmaker-in-jail-on-child-sex-abuse-material-charges-resigns-from-office", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/30/rj-may-child-sexual-abuse-plead-guilty/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thepinknews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/rj-may-sc-conservative-arrest-pornography/article_594fd3db-67a0-423e-b49b-10f6757203e0.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "postandcourier.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kktv.com/2025/06/13/prosecutors-say-republican-lawmaker-used-online-name-joebidennnn69-send-child-sex-material/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kktv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kktv.com/2025/06/13/prosecutors-say-republican-lawmaker-used-online-name-joebidennnn69-send-child-sex-material/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kktv.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A Republican member of the South Carolina House who prosecutors say used the screen name \"joebidennnn69\" has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://scdailygazette.com/2025/06/12/sc-representative-charged-with-distributing-child-sexual-abuse-material/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "scdailygazette.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A state representative will remain in jail without bond on charges of distributing child sexual abuse material, a federal judge decided Thursday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2026-07-22", "start": "2026-07-22", "end": "2026-08-24", "title": "West Virginia Republican Del. David Elliott Pritt arrested, resigns and is indicted on child sex charges", "why_it_fits": "David Elliott Pritt was a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and a teacher with Fayette County Schools. ABC News says he was the assistant majority leader. On July 22, 2026, he was arrested on a federal complaint charging coercion and enticement of a minor. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw called for him to resign, and Pritt did on July 27. On Aug 19, a federal grand jury indicted him on three felony counts: sexual exploitation of a child, coercion and enticement of a child, and witness tampering (Case No. 2:26-cr-97). Newsweek reported that earlier in 2026 he co-sponsored HB 4695, a bill to raise penalties for sex offenses against minors by people in positions of trust. The bill passed the House but stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Status: pending. No plea or trial outcome was found in fetched reports.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-ex-teacher-and-former-state-legislator-child-sexual", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/west-virginia-state-lawmaker-arrested-sex-abuse-charges/story?id=135018608", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://wvmetronews.com/2026/07/27/pritt-resigns-house-seat-remains-in-federal-custody/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wvmetronews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/republican-indicted-on-child-sex-charges-after-push-for-stricter-penalties-12345184", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/west-virginia-state-lawmaker-arrested-sex-abuse-charges/story?id=135018608", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "What Elliott Pritt is accused of doing is shocking, disgusting and disappointing in every way.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://wvmetronews.com/2026/07/27/pritt-resigns-house-seat-remains-in-federal-custody/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wvmetronews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Mr. Speaker, I resign from the West Virginia House of Delegates, effective immediately.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-ex-teacher-and-former-state-legislator-child-sexual", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "a federal grand jury indicted David Elliott Pritt, 36, of Oak Hill, on three felony counts", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/family-values-republicans-child-sex-charges/#2026-08-18", "start": "2026-08-18", "end": "2026-08-20", "title": "Mike Caruso, Palm Beach County clerk and former Florida state representative (Republican), arrested on child sex abuse charges", "why_it_fits": "Mike Caruso served seven years in the Florida House (CBS Miami); a Palm Beach Post photo caption describes \"Republican candidate Mike Caruso\" winning his House race in 2018. In August 2025, Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed him Palm Beach County clerk of court and comptroller (CBS Miami). On Aug. 18, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced his arrest on charges of kidnapping, lewd or lascivious molestation, lewd or lascivious exhibition, luring or enticing a child, and child abuse causing mental injury, all involving a minor; the case is handled by the Office of the Statewide Prosecutor (CBS Miami; Palm Beach Post). DeSantis suspended him that day. Florida's Voice reported that he has pleaded not guilty, that the state Republican Party withdrew its support the day he was arrested, and that the Palm Beach County Republican Party's October voter guide named him the Republican nominee for clerk while he was suspended. Status: pending. Caruso has denied the allegations. At his August detention hearing, Circuit Judge James Craner set bail at $160,000. On Oct. 19 the judge refused prosecutors' request to reconsider, and prosecutors have asked the Sixth District Court of Appeal to review the bail decision; the court had not ruled as of the Palm Beach Post's Oct. 22 report. He remains on the Nov. 3 ballot for clerk and comptroller.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/palm-beach-clerk-michael-caruso-arrested-suspended-governor-ron-desantis/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://flvoicenews.com/palm-beach-gop-lists-suspended-clerk-mike-caruso-as-nominee-amid-pending-child-sex-abuse-case-as-state-party-pulls-support/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "flvoicenews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/prosecutors-lose-second-bid-jail-113047372.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://cbs12.com/news/local/desantis-slams-palm-beach-gop-endorsement-of-suspended-clerk-mike-caruso-florida-news-local-news-florida-politics-local-politics", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbs12.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://flvoicenews.com/palm-beach-gop-lists-suspended-clerk-mike-caruso-as-nominee-amid-pending-child-sex-abuse-case-as-state-party-pulls-support/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "flvoicenews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The state party said it withdrew its support the day he was arrested and asked local leaders to replace him.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/palm-beach-clerk-michael-caruso-arrested-suspended-governor-ron-desantis/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Governor Ron DeSantis ordered Caruso's suspension effective immediately in response to his arrest.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2026/08/18/michael-caruso-arrest-desantis-palm-beach/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "tampabay.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "DeSantis on Tuesday suspended Michael Caruso as Palm Beach County's clerk of courts and comptroller.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYt9p9n5Y00", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges", "title": "The recurring arrests of pardoned January 6 defendants on new charges", "type": "recurring_scandal", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/", "summary": "On January 20, 2025, President Trump commuted the sentences of 14 people convicted of offenses tied to the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The same order pardoned everyone else convicted of related offenses and told the Attorney General to seek dismissal of pending January 6 indictments. Since then, a number of the people covered by that clemency have been arrested, charged, convicted or sentenced in other cases and drawn news coverage. Some cases involve conduct alleged after the pardon, such as Zachary Alam's May 2025 breaking-and-entering charge and Christopher Moynihan's October 2025 felony charge over a threat against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Others were pending or older cases, and some defendants have argued that the pardon should cover unrelated convictions. In a report dated December 18, 2025 and updated June 3, 2026, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) counted at least 40 pardoned defendants \"rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021,\" and said at least 12 had allegedly reoffended since their pardons. Because the count starts in 2021, it includes cases from before the pardons and is not a reoffense rate.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/", "https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/at-least-33-pardoned-insurrectionists-face-other-criminal-charges-but-many-are-now-going-free/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2025-01-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-01-22", "start": "2025-01-22", "end": "2025-01-23", "title": "Daniel Ball rearrested on a gun charge after his January 6 case was dismissed", "why_it_fits": "Federal prosecutors had accused Daniel Ball of Florida of throwing an \"explosive device that detonated upon at least 25 officers\" during the Capitol riot (NPR). BayNews9 identifies him as a Homosassa man who was arrested in May 2023. He pleaded not guilty, and his case was dismissed when Trump took office (NPR). Prosecutors said federal agents found a gun and ammunition when they first arrested him on the riot charges (NPR), seized from his home in 2023 (CBS). In August 2024 a Florida grand jury indicted him for \"Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Convicted Felon\" (NPR). After he was released from detention on the January 6 charges, the Justice Department had him rearrested on that indictment (NPR), days after the pardon (CBS). The gun case was already pending and did not involve conduct after the pardon. On Feb. 7, 2025, Ball's defense attorney argued that the gun case should be dismissed under the executive order's direction to dismiss \"all related cases\" (CBS). In February 2025, after this wave's dates, the acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida moved to dismiss the gun indictment with prejudice. The motion cited Trump's January 20, 2025 executive order (CBS; NPR).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2025/01/22/homosassa-man-pardoned-in-jan--6-case-rearrested-on-gun-charge", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "baynews9.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5304454/jan-6-pardons-drugs-firearms", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/acting-u-s-attorney-florida-dismiss-unrelated-felony-charge-jan-6-defendant-daniel-ball/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2025/01/22/homosassa-man-pardoned-in-jan--6-case-rearrested-on-gun-charge", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "baynews9.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "After Jan. 6 chrges were dropped this week, Ball was re-arrested on previous warrant accusing him of being a felon in possession of a weapon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5304454/jan-6-pardons-drugs-firearms", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "After Ball was released from detention on his Jan. 6 charges, the Justice Department indicated it planned to pursue the gun case and had him rearrested.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-01-24", "start": "2025-01-24", "end": "2025-02-07", "title": "Andrew Taake, released under the January 6 pardon while wanted on a 2016 Texas warrant, then arrested", "why_it_fits": "Taake pleaded guilty in December 2023 to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon on January 6 (bear spray and a metal whip). In June 2024 he was sentenced to 74 months in prison (DOJ). The DOJ said he had been on pretrial release in a pending Texas child-solicitation case when he went to Washington. He was pardoned in the January 20, 2025 clemency and released from federal prison in Colorado. The Harris County DA's office said it had asked federal authorities to hold him on a pending 2016 charge of online solicitation of a minor (CBS; Texas Tribune). The two outlets describe that case differently. CBS says the victim was 17. The Texas Tribune says the charge involved an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old. He was arrested on that warrant in Leon County, Texas, after more than two weeks as a fugitive (Texas Tribune). The charge came before the pardon; this was not new conduct.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-man-pardoned-over-jan-6-attack-wanted-andrew-taake/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/arrest-trump-pardon-insurrection/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "texastribune.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/houston-man-sentenced-prison-assaulting-law-enforcement-dangerous-weapons-during-jan-6", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-man-pardoned-over-jan-6-attack-wanted-andrew-taake/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Re-arresting individuals, like Taake, who were released with pending state warrants, will require significant resources,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/arrest-trump-pardon-insurrection/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "texastribune.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Andrew Taake, 36, was taken into custody on Thursday after spending more than two weeks as a fugitive", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-01-27", "start": "2025-01-27", "end": "2025-01-31", "title": "David Paul Daniel's federal child-exploitation case", "why_it_fits": "David Paul Daniel, 37, of Mint Hill, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden to a felony charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers at the Capitol on January 6. He was due to be sentenced on May 5, 2025 (DOJ). NBC News reports he was among the January 6 defendants granted clemency, and both NBC News and Newsweek call it a pardon. He was already facing federal charges in the Western District of North Carolina: sexual exploitation of a minor and possessing sexually explicit images of children. Investigators found the evidence while looking into his January 6 conduct, and Newsweek reports he was arrested on these charges before the pardon. In January 2026, U.S. District Judge Matthew Orso ruled that the pardon \"does not apply to the indictment in this case,\" according to NBC News. In April 2026, NBC News reported that Daniel had reached a plea agreement. This is a case that existed before the pardon and came back into view after his release. It is not new conduct after the pardon. NBC News reports the plea documents describe conduct in 2015 and 2016.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/another-pardoned-jan-6-rioter-212503054.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/another-pardoned-jan-6-rioter-admit-guilt-child-sexual-abuse-case-rcna331841", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/january-six-rioter-pardoned-trump-faces-child-sex-charges-2024043", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/north-carolina-man-pleads-guilty-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-0", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/another-pardoned-jan-6-rioter-212503054.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "child exploitation is not 'conduct related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/january-six-rioter-pardoned-trump-faces-child-sex-charges-2024043", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A January 6 rioter pardoned by Donald Trump is facing child sex charges, which he was arrested for prior to his presidential pardon.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-27-matthew", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-01-27-matthew", "start": "2025-01-27", "end": "2025-01-28", "title": "Matthew Huttle killed during attempted arrest at Indiana traffic stop", "why_it_fits": "Huttle pleaded guilty in November 2023 to entering and remaining in a restricted building, a misdemeanor, and was sentenced to six months. He was among the roughly 1,500 people Trump pardoned on the first day of his second term. On Jan. 26, 2025, a Jasper County deputy stopped him for driving 70 mph in a 55 zone and told him he was under arrest for being a habitual traffic violator. Prosecutors said Huttle ran to his car, struggled with the deputy and raised a gun while saying \"I'm shooting myself.\" The deputy then shot him. Reports said Huttle had no additional charges in Indiana after his release. In late February 2025, after this wave's coverage, special prosecutor Chris Vawter found the deputy legally justified; no charges were filed and the investigation is closed. No new criminal case against Huttle was reported, so the case only loosely fits the \"arrest on new charges\" pattern.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/local-news/2025-02-27/jasper-county-deputy-legally-justified-in-fatal-shooting-of-matthew-huttle-says-special-prosecutor", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "lakeshorepublicmedia.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/no-charges-indiana-deputy-shooting-death-matthew-huttle-pardoned-president-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-pardoned-jan-6-crime-feared-returning-jail-was-killed-traffic-stop-rcna194136", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I just want to let you know that I'm a January 6 defendant", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/pardoned-man-shot-deputy-racked-144544911.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "had no additional charges in Indiana after his release", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-03-10", "start": "2025-03-10", "end": "2025-07-02", "title": "Edward Kelley — ruling on the pardon's scope and life sentence", "why_it_fits": "Edward Kelley, 36, of Maryville, Tennessee, was charged over his actions at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. In January 2025, President Trump pardoned him along with roughly 1,500 other January 6 defendants. Kelley also had a separate case in Tennessee. After a three-day jury trial, he was convicted on November 20, 2024 of conspiracy to murder federal employees, soliciting a crime of violence, and influencing a federal official by threat. The case came from a plot to kill FBI special agents who had investigated him over January 6, as well as other federal, state and local law enforcement officers. Because the conviction came before the pardon, this is an existing case, not new conduct after the pardon. Kelley's lawyers argued that the pardon should cover the plot. The Justice Department said it did not, and a federal judge ruled that it did not. On July 2, 2025, U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Varlan sentenced Kelley to life in prison in Knoxville. Kelley's lawyer wrote that no one was directly threatened by Kelley and no one was injured. The lawyer also argued that Kelley did not deserve the same sentence as a terrorist who had injured or killed people.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-defendant-sentenced-life-prison-plotting-kill-fbi-special-agents-rcna216526", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/tennessee-man-sentenced-life-prison-conspiring-murder-law-enforcement-and-attack-fbi-office", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-defendant-sentenced-life-prison-plotting-kill-fbi-special-agents-rcna216526", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A federal judge ruled that Trump's pardon did not apply to the murder plot.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/tennessee-man-sentenced-life-prison-conspiring-murder-law-enforcement-and-attack-fbi-office", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Edward Kelley, 36, of Maryville, Tennessee, was sentenced to life in prison today in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-05-16", "start": "2025-05-16", "end": "2025-05-22", "title": "Zachary Alam arrested for burglary", "why_it_fits": "A federal jury convicted Zachary Jordan Alam of Centreville, Virginia, of felonies including assaulting officers, civil disorder and destroying government property. The charges included smashing the Speaker's Lobby door panel on January 6, 2021. He was sentenced to eight years in prison in November 2024. President Trump pardoned him on January 20, 2025. Henrico County police said in a statement that officers answered a breaking-and-entering call. The homeowner said an unknown man had come in through a back door, and police said they arrested Alam in a nearby neighborhood on May 9, 2025. Law&Crime reported that the break-in happened at about 11 p.m. on May 8. The Associated Press, as published by WSLS, reported that he was charged with felony burglary. WTVR listed the charges as residential breaking and entering and vandalism. The AP reported that Alam's attorney, Dannie Sutton, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Law&Crime reported that he was convicted in the fall of 2025 of breaking and entering an occupied home and grand larceny. It also reported that in May 2026 a Henrico judge sentenced him to seven years to serve, with 33 more years suspended. The burglary happened after the pardon, so it is new conduct, not an older case that came to light after his release.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-20/us-capitol-rioter-who-smashed-speakers-lobby-door-charged-with-burglary-in-virginia", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "usnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/zachary-alam-arrest-may-20-2025", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wtvr.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://lawandcrime.com/crime/convicted-jan-6-rioter-pardoned-by-trump-is-back-behind-bars-after-breaking-into-familys-home-and-spending-15-minutes-ransacking-the-place/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "lawandcrime.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2025/05/20/us-capitol-rioter-who-smashed-speakers-lobby-door-charged-with-burglary-in-virginia/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wsls.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A Virginia man has been charged with felony burglary after being pardoned for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KKzfdOGK-Y", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-10-21", "start": "2025-10-21", "end": "2025-10-23", "title": "Christopher Moynihan charged over a threat to Hakeem Jeffries", "why_it_fits": "Christopher P. Moynihan was convicted in 2022 of obstructing the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress. He also pleaded guilty to five other riot-related counts and was sentenced to 21 months in prison. He was pardoned in January 2025, on President Trump's first day back in office. In October 2025, New York State Police arrested him on a felony charge of making a terroristic threat. The charge was based on text messages a police complaint says he sent on Oct. 17, 2025, about Jeffries. He was arraigned that Sunday. That conduct came after the pardon. On Feb. 5, 2026, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, misdemeanor second-degree aggravated harassment, and agreed to three years of probation.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-by-trump-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-hakeem-jeffries", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/hakeem-jeffries-death-threat-arrest/story?id=126723774", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://ktar.com/national-news/man-pardoned-in-u-s-capitol-riot-pleads-guilty-to-threatening-hakeem-jeffries/5817918/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ktar.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://crimewatch.net/us/ny/dutchess/da/326340/post/pleasant-valley-man-pleads-guilty-matter-connected-minority-leader-jeffries", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "crimewatch.net", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-by-trump-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-hakeem-jeffries", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump's mass pardons has been arrested on a charge that he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/hakeem-jeffries-death-threat-arrest/story?id=126723774", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "He is the first pardoned Capitol rioter to be arrested over alleged political violence.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://crimewatch.net/us/ny/dutchess/da/326340/post/pleasant-valley-man-pleads-guilty-matter-connected-minority-leader-jeffries", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "crimewatch.net", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "plead guilty in the Town of Clinton Court to Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqBVoorr7BY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-10-28", "start": "2025-10-28", "end": "2025-10-31", "title": "Taylor Taranto convicted and sentenced on 2023 charges from his arrest near Obama's home", "why_it_fits": "Taranto faced charges over the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, and CBS News (via KWTX) describes him as a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant. Separately, he faced 2023 charges stemming from livestreaming a bomb threat as he drove around former President Barack Obama's Washington neighborhood. After a bench trial (NBC, Bloomberg Law), he was convicted of those 2023 charges. He was also found guilty of illegally carrying two firearms without a license and unlawfully possessing ammunition at the time of his arrest (KWTX). NBC reported that his attorney, Carmen Hernandez, criticized the verdict. The day before sentencing, the Justice Department withdrew its first sentencing memo, which mentioned his alleged role in Jan. 6. CBS News reported that the two prosecutors who filed it were then placed on leave. On Oct. 30, 2025, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols sentenced him to 21 months. Because he had spent longer than that in pretrial detention, this amounted to time served. Nichols also ordered three years of supervised release (KWTX). This was a pre-existing 2023 case that ended after the pardon, not a new arrest for conduct after the pardon.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.kwtx.com/2025/10/31/taylor-taranto-pardoned-jan-6-defendant-arrested-near-obamas-home-sentenced-time-served/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kwtx.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/former-jan-6-defendant-taylor-taranto-obama-house-convicted-gun-rcna207980", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/judge-praises-removed-prosecutors-who-described-jan-6-rioters", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kwtx.com/2025/10/31/taylor-taranto-pardoned-jan-6-defendant-arrested-near-obamas-home-sentenced-time-served/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kwtx.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant who was later convicted of 2023 charges stemming from livestreaming a bomb threat as he drove around former President Barack Obama's D.C. neighborhood, was sentenced Thursday to time served and three years of supervised release.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/former-jan-6-defendant-taylor-taranto-obama-house-convicted-gun-rcna207980", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Taranto's attorney, Carmen Hernandez, blasted the verdict.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-9wgFJuXM0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-11-07", "start": "2025-11-07", "end": "2025-11-14", "title": "John Banuelos charged in a 2018 Utah kidnapping and sexual assault case", "why_it_fits": "This fits the thread as a pre-existing case that surfaced after release, not new conduct after the pardon. Banuelos was charged federally in March 2024 with firing a gun into the air at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. CBS called him the only Jan. 6 defendant accused of firing a gun on Capitol grounds. He pleaded not guilty and never went to trial. After the pardon, the Justice Department moved on Jan. 21, 2025 to dismiss his case, and he was released. A Salt Lake County warrant was issued on Oct. 1, 2025, charging one count of aggravated kidnapping and eight counts of aggravated sexual assault (KSL), all first-degree felonies. He was arrested in Cicero, Illinois on Oct. 17, 2025. The alleged conduct happened in June 2018, so it predates Jan. 6 and is not conduct after the pardon. Prosecutors say a DNA match in August 2025 linked him to it.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/high-profile-us-capitol-riot-defendant-facing-charges-of-kidnapping-and-sexually-assaulting-woman/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/capitol-riot-defendant-arrest-kidnapping-assault-banuelos-rcna242764", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51405532/utah-man-charged-in-jan-6-riot-and-detained-in-salt-lake-stabbing-death-faces-new-charges", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ksl.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pardoned-jan-6-rioter-andrew-johnson-child-molestation-trial/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/high-profile-us-capitol-riot-defendant-facing-charges-of-kidnapping-and-sexually-assaulting-woman/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Prosecutors allege John Banuelos, 40, attacked a woman in the Salt Lake City area in 2018, three years prior to his alleged involvement in the Capitol siege", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/capitol-riot-defendant-arrest-kidnapping-assault-banuelos-rcna242764", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A warrant for his arrest was issued in Salt Lake County on Oct. 1 on charges of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51405532/utah-man-charged-in-jan-6-riot-and-detained-in-salt-lake-stabbing-death-faces-new-charges", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ksl.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Banuelos made his initial appearance on his kidnapping and sexual assault charges on Friday via video. His next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq12_bBrWIo", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2025-11-17", "start": "2025-11-17", "end": "2026-03-05", "title": "Andrew Paul Johnson, charged, convicted and sentenced in Hernando County, Fla.", "why_it_fits": "Johnson's January 6 case and pardon: In 2024 Johnson pleaded guilty to nonviolent charges for entering the Capitol through a broken window and cursing at police. Chief Judge James Boasberg sentenced him to one year in prison. He received a full pardon in January 2025. New case: Johnson was arrested in a suburb of Nashville, Tenn., on Aug 26, 2025, on Florida state charges of child molestation and lewd exhibition. The Intercept reported that the arrest came eight days after a warrant was issued. He was arraigned in Hernando County in October 2025 and pleaded not guilty. Police reported that he tried to keep the children quiet by promising them a share of restitution money he expected over January 6. Status: Convicted on five counts and acquitted on one (Feb 10, 2026). Sentenced to life in prison (Mar 5, 2026). Pardon scope: These are state charges, and none of the sources reviewed mention any ruling on whether the pardon applied. Before or after the pardon: both. NPR reported trial testimony that Johnson came into the family's life in 2023. NPR also reported that the boy described abuse that year, before Johnson's April 2024 guilty plea, and that the abuse resumed after his release. The Intercept reported that a 2025 arrest affidavit says the child told their mother that Johnson molested them three times over six months in 2024. Response: The Intercept and NPR reported that Johnson's attorney did not respond to requests for comment.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/02/11/pardoned-jan-6-rioter-convicted-of-child-sex-abuse/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "opb.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5725470/trump-jan-6-pardon-sexual-abuse-prison", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://theintercept.com/2025/11/17/pardoned-jan-6-child-abuse-molestation-andrew-paul-johnson/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "theintercept.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.fox13news.com/news/brooksville-jan-6-defendant-sentenced-life-molesting-two-children-after-trump-pardon", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox13news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/02/11/pardoned-jan-6-rioter-convicted-of-child-sex-abuse/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "opb.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Johnson was acquitted of one charge of sending sexual material to a child.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5725470/trump-jan-6-pardon-sexual-abuse-prison", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "On Aug. 26, 2025 — just seven months after Johnson received a full presidential pardon — law enforcement located him in Tennessee", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://theintercept.com/2025/11/17/pardoned-jan-6-child-abuse-molestation-andrew-paul-johnson/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "theintercept.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2026-01-06", "start": "2026-01-06", "end": "2026-01-08", "title": "Watchdog tallies at the fifth anniversary", "why_it_fits": "Around the fifth anniversary of January 6, The 19th reported on a December 2025 report by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The report found that at least 33 pardoned January 6 defendants \"have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021.\" The 19th added that many of the incidents came before the pardons, and that four of those defendants allegedly reoffended after receiving them. CREW's report is dated December 18, 2025, was updated on June 3, 2026, and says it builds on a June 2025 CREW analysis. The figures were higher in the June 2026 update, after the anniversary period. That version counts at least 40 pardoned defendants rearrested, charged or sentenced since January 6, 2021, and says at least 12 \"have allegedly reoffended since receiving their pardons.\" Because both counts start from January 6, 2021, the larger figure includes cases from before the January 20, 2025 pardons (archive note). Neither figure is a post-pardon reoffense rate.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/at-least-33-pardoned-insurrectionists-face-other-criminal-charges-but-many-are-now-going-free/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "citizensforethics.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.dcreport.org/2026/01/07/jan-6-insurrectionists-rearrested-after-trump-pardons/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dcreport.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/at-least-33-pardoned-insurrectionists-face-other-criminal-charges-but-many-are-now-going-free/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "citizensforethics.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "At least 12 pardoned insurrectionists have allegedly reoffended since receiving their pardons.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.dcreport.org/2026/01/07/jan-6-insurrectionists-rearrested-after-trump-pardons/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dcreport.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Many incidents occurred before the pardons; only four insurrectionists allegedly reoffended since receiving their pardons.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2026-03-25", "start": "2026-03-25", "end": "2026-04-01", "title": "Daniel Tocci sentenced in a child sexual abuse material case", "why_it_fits": "Daniel Tocci of Amherst, Mass., was charged over January 6 with destruction of government property and disorderly conduct in a restricted building. Prosecutors dropped those charges in January 2025 after Trump's pardon. Investigators had found more than 100,000 child sexual abuse files on his devices during a November 2023 search tied to his January 6 case. He was charged in that case in November 2024 and pleaded guilty in September 2025. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni sentenced him to four years in prison plus five years of supervised release. The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported the sentencing as taking place on March 25, 2026, and the U.S. Attorney's Office announced it on March 30, 2026. This is a boundary case for the story: the conduct came before the pardon and the case was filed before it, so it is a separate pre-existing case, not an arrest on new conduct after the pardon. His lawyer had sought dismissal, arguing that all the evidence stemmed from his January 6 case and a warrant that Trump had said should never have been issued.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-gets-sentenced-possessing-child-pornography/4083755/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcwashington.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/amherst-man-sentenced-four-years-prison-possessing-enormous-child-pornography-collection", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/30/metro/daniel-tocci-pornography-case-amherst/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://gazettenet.com/2026/03/27/amherst-man-pardoned-in-jan-6-case-sentenced-to-prison-on-child-pornography-charges/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gazettenet.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-gets-sentenced-possessing-child-pornography/4083755/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcwashington.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Daniel Tocci's attorney had previously argued that the case should be dismissed because \"all the evidence\" stemmed from his Capitol siege case.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/amherst-man-sentenced-four-years-prison-possessing-enormous-child-pornography-collection", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Daniel Tocci, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to four years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://gazettenet.com/2026/03/27/amherst-man-pardoned-in-jan-6-case-sentenced-to-prison-on-child-pornography-charges/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "gazettenet.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "U.S. District Court Judge Mark Mastroianni sentenced Daniel Tocci, 31, on March 25.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/arrests-of-pardoned-january-6-defendants-on-new-charges/#2026-08-12", "start": "2026-08-12", "end": "2026-09-25", "title": "Bryan Betancur, Metro hair-touching assault cases", "why_it_fits": "Betancur was convicted of illegally entering the Capitol on January 6 and served time in federal custody. President Trump later pardoned him (FOX 5 DC; NBC Washington). In 2026, after the January 2025 pardon, he was charged in D.C. and Arlington County, Va., with assault. The charges came from videos of himself touching women's hair on Metro trains. FOX 5 DC dates the D.C. incident to February and NBC Washington dates it to March 2. On Aug. 12, 2026, D.C. Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein found him guilty of simple assault. On Aug. 13 he was sentenced to 180 days with credit for time served (FOX 5 DC). On Sept. 24, 2026, days after his release, he was arrested in an Arlington courtroom on the pending Arlington assault and battery case, and a bond hearing was set for Sept. 25 (FOX 5 DC; NBC Washington).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.fox5dc.com/news/pardoned-jan-6-defendant-convicted-assault-arrested-again", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox5dc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/alleged-metro-hair-toucher-back-in-jail-for-arlington-incident/4158985/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcwashington.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.fox5dc.com/news/trial-begins-man-accused-metro-hair-touching-assaults", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox5dc.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A D.C. judge found Bryan Betancur guilty of simple assault after he secretly filmed himself touching a woman's hair on a Metro train and posted the video online.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.fox5dc.com/news/man-guilty-simple-assault-touching-womans-hair-metro-be-sentenced", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox5dc.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Betancur was sentenced Thursday to 180 days, with credit for time served", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.fox5dc.com/news/pardoned-jan-6-defendant-convicted-assault-arrested-again", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox5dc.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "He was arrested in court Thursday after a judge ordered his bond be revoked, court officials said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykgkFUpiRFQ", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "vaccines-cause-autism-claim", "title": "The recurring claim that vaccines cause autism", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/", "summary": "The claim that vaccines, especially the MMR shot, cause autism dates to before 2016. Since then it has kept coming back through Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements, Donald Trump's remarks, and, from 2025 on, federal health policy under Kennedy as HHS secretary. Large studies have found no link, including a 2019 Danish study of 657,461 children. Under Kennedy, a CDC webpage was changed in November 2025 to call the statement \"vaccines do not cause autism\" \"not evidence based.\"", "summary_sources": [ "https://en.ssi.dk/news/news/2019/no-association-between-mmr-vaccine-and-autism", "https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5615040/cdc-rfk-childhood-vaccines-autism" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-03-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2016-03-25", "start": "2016-03-25", "end": "2016-03-28", "title": "The \"Vaxxed\" film is pulled from the Tribeca Film Festival", "why_it_fits": "Tribeca planned to screen \"Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe,\" a film directed and co-written by Andrew Wakefield. CBS News reported that the festival's own description said the film examines the \"long-debated link between autism and vaccines.\" Wakefield wrote a 1998 Lancet study suggesting the MMR vaccine could cause autism. The Lancet retracted it 12 years later, and Britain's General Medical Council separately revoked his medical license over ethical violations and undisclosed conflicts of interest (STAT). De Niro, a Tribeca co-founder with a son with autism, defended the screening on March 25 and pulled the film on March 26 after what STAT called \"an intense backlash over just 24 hours.\" The AAP said, \"Claims that vaccines are linked to autism have been disproven by a robust body of medical literature\" (CBS/AP).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2016/03/26/vaccination-wakefield-tribeca/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tribeca-film-festival-under-fire-for-screening-anti-vax-documentary/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vaxxed-anti-vaccination-film-pulled-from-tribeca-film-festival-robert-de-niro/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tribeca-film-festival-under-fire-for-screening-anti-vax-documentary/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I am not personally endorsing the film, nor am I anti-vaccination; I am only providing the opportunity for a conversation around the issue.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2016/03/26/vaccination-wakefield-tribeca/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we do not believe it contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vaxxed-anti-vaccination-film-pulled-from-tribeca-film-festival-robert-de-niro/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We have just witnessed yet another example of the power of corporate interests censoring free speech, art and truth", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-01-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2017-01-10", "start": "2017-01-10", "end": "2017-01-11", "title": "Talk of a vaccine-safety commission", "why_it_fits": "On January 10, 2017, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met President-elect Trump at Trump Tower. Afterwards he told reporters Trump had asked him to chair a commission on \"vaccine safety and scientific integrity,\" and that he had agreed. The AP (via PBS) wrote that Kennedy \"has long argued that vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal may cause autism.\" Later that day, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks said Trump was \"exploring the possibility of forming a commission on Autism\" and that \"no decisions have been made at this time.\" Coverage linked the meeting to Trump's own earlier statements tying vaccines to autism, including a 2014 tweet and a September 2015 debate answer. It also noted that scientists have found no such link. In August 2017, STAT reported that the commission plan \"appears stalled.\" Kennedy told STAT he had had \"no discussions specifically about the vaccine safety commission, probably since February.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/trump-pegs-vaccine-skeptic-run-safety-commission", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/01/10/509185540/despite-the-facts-trump-once-again-embraces-vaccine-skeptics", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/01/10/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-donald-trump-vaccine-commission", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2017/08/21/trump-vaccine-commission-robert-kennedy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/trump-pegs-vaccine-skeptic-run-safety-commission", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President-elect Trump has some doubts about the current vaccine policies and he has questions about it,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/01/10/509185540/despite-the-facts-trump-once-again-embraces-vaccine-skeptics", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The President-elect is exploring the possibility of forming a commission on Autism, which affects so many families; however no decisions have been made at this time.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/01/11/trump-allegedly-offers-kennedy-commission-chair/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We are deeply concerned that creating a new commission on vaccine safety would cause unnecessary confusion and adversely impact parental decision-making and immunization practices.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?421571-103%2Frobert-kennedy-jr-agreed-chair-commission-vaccine-safety=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President-elect Trump has some doubts about the current vaccine policies…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-02-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2019-02-27", "start": "2019-02-27", "end": "2019-04-29", "title": "Measles outbreaks, hearings and a new Danish study", "why_it_fits": "On March 4, 2019, a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine of 657,461 Danish children born 1999–2010 found no link between the MMR vaccine and autism. One of its authors, Anders Hviid, told STAT the team redid the work because \"the idea that vaccines cause autism is still going around.\" The next day, at a Senate HELP Committee hearing on vaccines and preventable outbreaks, 18-year-old Ethan Lindenberger testified that his mother \"believes vaccines cause autism.\" On April 26, with US measles cases at their highest since 1994, Trump said \"They have to get the shots.\" STAT noted that before he became president, he had several times alleged a link between the number of vaccines given in early infancy and autism.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2019/03/04/vaccines-no-association-autism-major-study/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/26/trump-vaccinations-measles/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/officials-say-social-media-plays-a-role-in-the-spread-of-vaccine-misinformation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.help.senate.gov/download/testimony/lindenberger-testimony", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "help.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2019/03/04/vaccines-no-association-autism-major-study/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "involving 657,461 Danish children born between 1999 and 2010", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/officials-say-social-media-plays-a-role-in-the-spread-of-vaccine-misinformation/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "My mother would turn to anti-vaccine groups online and on social media looking for her evidence and defense", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/26/trump-vaccinations-measles/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They have to get the shots. The vaccinations are so important,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/senate-committee/ethan-lindenberger-testifies-on-why-he-got-vaccinated-against-his-mothers-will/4784277", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-06-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2023-06-15", "start": "2023-06-15", "end": "2023-06-21", "title": "Kennedy on Rogan and the Hotez debate challenge", "why_it_fits": "CNN's April 19, 2023 article said Kennedy would launch his bid for the 2024 Democratic nomination \"on Wednesday in Boston.\" It described him as having \"promoted discredited claims linking vaccines and autism.\" On Rogan's podcast on June 15, 2023, Kennedy claimed a CDC data analysis showed a greatly raised autism risk for babies given the hepatitis B vaccine; FactCheck.org said the figure came from a SafeMinds presentation. He also said he had never met anyone \"your age\" with \"full-blown autism.\" FactCheck.org called these claims misleading and said \"there's no evidence that vaccines are a cause.\" It also noted that the 1998 Lancet paper claiming an MMR–autism link was retracted. Rogan then offered $100,000 to charity if Hotez would debate Kennedy, and Elon Musk and Bill Ackman joined in. Hotez is the author of the 2018 book \"Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism\" (CNN). Rogan's tweet was viewed more than 50 million times (CNN, Post).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/19/business/hotez-joe-rogan-elon-musk-spotify-rfk-vaccine/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/19/joe-rogan-hotez-rfk-vaccine-debate/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/robert-kennedys-campaign-joe-rogan-inviting-him-back-discuss-vaccines-after-hotez-declines-debate", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/scicheck-what-rfk-jr-gets-wrong-about-autism/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/19/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-2024-announcement/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/19/joe-rogan-hotez-rfk-vaccine-debate/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Peter, if you claim what RFKjr is saying is “misinformation” I am offering you $100,000.00 to the charity of your choice if you’re willing to debate him on my show with no time limit.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views": 50000000 } }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/19/business/hotez-joe-rogan-elon-musk-spotify-rfk-vaccine/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I just was stalked in front of my home by a couple of antivaxers taunting me to debate RFKJr.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/scicheck-what-rfk-jr-gets-wrong-about-autism/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I bet that you’ve never met anybody with full-blown autism your age.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-11-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2024-11-14", "start": "2024-11-14", "end": "2024-12-12", "title": "Kennedy picked for HHS; Trump raises autism in interviews", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 14, 2024, Trump announced in a post on X that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS secretary. CBS News reported that Kennedy \"has a long record of criticizing vaccines, including spreading misleading claims about their safety.\" It also reported that he has said autism and other conditions have worsened because of federal inaction.\n\nIn his TIME Person of the Year interview, published Dec. 12, 2024, Trump was asked whether he would approve of ending childhood vaccination programs. He said \"there's something causing it\" about the autism rate, and that his administration would do \"very serious testing.\" TIME noted that he \"did not explicitly say in the interview that vaccines cause autism.\" TIME also reported that the claim traces to Andrew Wakefield's 1998 Lancet study. That study was retracted in 2010, and multiple later studies found no evidence of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-expected-to-nominate-rfk-jr-hhs-secretary/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7201582/donald-trump-vaccines-fact-check-2024/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-expected-to-nominate-rfk-jr-hhs-secretary/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/7201582/donald-trump-vaccines-fact-check-2024/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If you look at things that are happening, there's something causing it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2025-01-29", "start": "2025-01-29", "end": "2025-02-07", "title": "Confirmation hearings", "why_it_fits": "At his Jan. 30, 2025 HELP committee hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would not say that vaccines do not cause autism. That happened even though committee chair Sen. Bill Cassidy and ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders both pressed him on it (FactCheck.org; STAT). Kennedy said he would give that reassurance \"if the data is there.\" When Cassidy showed him a 2014 review that found no link, Kennedy cited a Jan. 2025 paper by Anthony Mawson that claimed a link. FactCheck.org reported that biostatistician Jeffrey S. Morris said the paper had \"so many severe methodological issues\" that it should not have passed legitimate peer review. Sen. Ed Markey also questioned Kennedy about his 2019 trip to Samoa, which came months before a measles outbreak that killed 83 people. Kennedy said, \"My purpose in going down there had nothing to do with vaccines\" (CBS News). On Feb. 4, Cassidy joined the other Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee in voting to advance the nomination. He said Kennedy had promised, among other things, that the CDC would not remove website statements that vaccines do not cause autism (BioPharma Dive).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/rfk-jr-cites-flawed-paper-claiming-link-between-vaccines-and-autism-in-hhs-confirmation-hearing/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/rfk-kennedy-cassidy-senate-vote-support-vaccine-commitments/739220/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "biopharmadive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/rfk-jr-vaccines-autism-confirmation-hearing/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/rfk-jr-cites-flawed-paper-claiming-link-between-vaccines-and-autism-in-hhs-confirmation-hearing/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Will you reassure mothers unequivocally and without qualification, that the measles and hepatitis B vaccines do not cause autism?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "My purpose in going down there had nothing to do with vaccines", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/rfk-kennedy-cassidy-senate-vote-support-vaccine-commitments/739220/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "biopharmadive.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "would not remove statements on its website explaining that vaccines do not cause autism", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/robert-f-kennedy-jr-testifies-at-health-and-human-services-secretary-confirmation-hearing/654878", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2025-03-25", "start": "2025-03-25", "end": "2025-03-31", "title": "Texas measles outbreak and the David Geier report", "why_it_fits": "On March 25, 2025, the Washington Post reported that, according to current and former federal health officials, HHS had hired David Geier to analyze possible links between vaccines and autism. Geier and his father had published papers claiming vaccines raise autism risk, and Maryland regulators disciplined him for practicing medicine without a license. The Post reported that HHS told the CDC in early March to do a vaccine-autism study. It also said \"President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have repeatedly linked vaccines to autism.\" According to the Post, the CDC handed NIH the underlying data from four 2000s studies, and none of those studies found a link. Neither did more than two dozen others, including a 2019 Danish study of half a million children on the MMR vaccine. STAT reported that vaccine experts reacted with \"incredulity and dropped jaws.\" CIDRAP reported the Geier news alongside a measles outbreak in West Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/26/rfk-jr-vaccine-study-of-autism-links-led-by-vaccine-critic-scientists-shocked/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/25/vaccine-skeptic-hired-to-head-federal-study-of-imm/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spokesman.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/dc-warns-major-measles-exposure-hhs-names-geier-study-autism-and-vaccines", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cidrap.umn.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/25/vaccine-skeptic-hired-to-head-federal-study-of-imm/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "spokesman.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Department of Health and Human Services has hired David Geier to conduct the analysis, according to the officials", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/26/rfk-jr-vaccine-study-of-autism-links-led-by-vaccine-critic-scientists-shocked/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "“It’s like hiring Andrew Wakefield,” said Dorit Reiss", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2025-04-15", "start": "2025-04-15", "end": "2025-04-30", "title": "CDC autism prevalence report and Kennedy's \"epidemic\" news conference", "why_it_fits": "At an April 16, 2025 news conference on new CDC data, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called autism a \"preventable disease\" and said, \"This is coming from an environmental toxin\" (FactCheck.org). The CDC report found 1 in 31 eight-year-olds at its study sites had autism in 2022, up from 1 in 36 in 2020. The report linked the rise to better screening and awareness (PBS/PolitiFact). FactCheck.org described Kennedy as someone with a \"history of pushing the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism.\" Zoe Gross of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network told PolitiFact that \"a robust body of research\" proves there is no link between vaccines and autism. She said she believed vaccines were the \"environmental toxin\" Kennedy was speculating about.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/rfk-jr-autism-cases-hhs-cdc-studies/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/fact-checking-rfk-jr-s-claim-that-environmental-toxins-cause-autism", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/rfk-jr-misleads-on-autism-prevalence-causes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/rfk-jr-autism-cases-hhs-cdc-studies/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Autism destroys families,\" Kennedy said. \"More importantly, it destroys our greatest resource, which is our children.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/fact-checking-rfk-jr-s-claim-that-environmental-toxins-cause-autism", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Genes do not cause epidemics. They can provide a vulnerability, but you need an environmental toxin.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/rfk-jr-misleads-on-autism-prevalence-causes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Kennedy said these attempts at rigorous interpretation of the data amounted to an \"ideology of epidemic denial.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/news-conference/secretary-kennedy-on-autism/5160723", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "destroys families but more importantly it destroys our greatest resource, which are our children.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2025-09-22", "start": "2025-09-22", "end": "2025-09-27", "title": "White House autism press conference (Tylenol, MMR, hepatitis B)", "why_it_fits": "At a September 22, 2025 White House press conference on autism, President Trump appeared alongside HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He said \"The MMR, I think, should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel,\" and that the hepatitis B vaccine should wait \"till the baby is 12 years old\" (Rev transcript). FactCheck.org reported that Trump made the split-MMR recommendation five times. It also reported that Kennedy said research on a vaccine-autism link \"has been actively suppressed in the past,\" and that Trump wrongly said the Amish \"don't take vaccines\" and have \"essentially no autism.\" FactCheck.org found no evidence that the combined vaccine is less safe and noted that separate shots aren't available in the US. It traced the idea to Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent, retracted 1998 paper and said the combined MMR shot came out in 1971. NBC News reported that Trump repeated the MMR and hepatitis B advice on Truth Social that Friday (September 26).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/repeated-falsehoods-at-autism-press-conference/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/sep/23/autism-tylenol-announcement-vaccine-claims/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-unproven-medical-advice-tylenol-vaccines-rcna233911", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/experts-push-back-trumps-tying-autism-childhood-vaccines-tylenol", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cidrap.umn.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/autism-link-press-conference", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The MMR, I think, should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-unproven-medical-advice-tylenol-vaccines-rcna233911", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump also said Friday that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine should be broken up into three shots and not “mixed” — even though the shots have been combined since 1971 and aren’t made individually.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-remarks-on-autism-research/666073", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Taking Tylenol is not good.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2025-11-19", "start": "2025-11-19", "end": "2025-11-25", "title": "CDC \"Autism and Vaccines\" page changed", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 19, 2025, the CDC changed its \"Autism and Vaccines\" page. It now says the claim \"vaccines do not cause autism\" is \"not an evidence-based claim,\" and that \"studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities\" (FactCheck.org; STAT). HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times he personally ordered the change. HHS communications director Andrew Nixon defended it, saying \"studies to date have not definitively ruled out potential associations\" (CBS). The American Academy of Pediatrics' president said more than 40 high-quality studies in seven countries, involving over 5.6 million people, found no link. CBS notes that the 1998 study behind the MMR theory was found to be fraudulent and was retracted. A \"Vaccines do not cause Autism\" subheading stayed up with an asterisk. A footnote said it remained because of an agreement with the chair of the Senate health (HELP) committee; Sen. Bill Cassidy had said in February that Kennedy pledged not to remove that language (AP via PBS; FactCheck.org).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/cdc-vaccine-safety-website-promotes-debunked-autism-link/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-website-change-vaccines-autism/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/cdc-vaccine-safety-webpage-changed-to-contradict-scientific-conclusion-that-vaccines-dont-cause-autism", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/11/revised-cdc-website-about-autism-and-vaccines-is-not-evidence-based/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "cdc.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The claim \"vaccines do not cause autism\" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/cdc-vaccine-safety-website-promotes-debunked-autism-link/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The updated page did not go through normal scientific clearance", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-website-change-vaccines-autism/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "later said in an interview with The New York Times that he personally ordered the change.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2025-12-04", "start": "2025-12-04", "end": "2026-01-08", "title": "Hepatitis B vote and a smaller childhood schedule", "why_it_fits": "On Dec 5, 2025, ACIP voted 8–3 to drop the universal hepatitis B birth dose. Instead, it recommended \"individual-based decision-making\" for babies whose mothers test negative, with any first dose given no earlier than two months (HHS; STAT). STAT reported that \"no fresh safety concerns or effectiveness issues\" led to the review. It also noted that Kennedy founded the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense. On Jan 5, 2026, the CDC announced a revised childhood schedule that splits vaccines into three groups: for all children, for high-risk groups, and by shared decision. ABC reported that this followed a memo Trump signed in early December directing Kennedy to examine how other countries structure their schedules.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/cdc-hepatitis-b-vaccination-acip-panel-overturns-30-year-policy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/acip-recommends-individual-based-decision-making-hepatitis-b-vaccine-birth-dose-infants-born-women-test-negative-virus.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "hhs.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/cdc-childhood-immunization-schedule-removing-universal-recommendation-multiple/story?id=128917497", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/cdc-hepatitis-b-vaccination-acip-panel-overturns-30-year-policy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8-3 to recommend the change, following more than a day of contentious discussion.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/acip-recommends-individual-based-decision-making-hepatitis-b-vaccine-birth-dose-infants-born-women-test-negative-virus.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "hhs.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "today voted 8 to 3 to recommend individual-based decision-making for parents deciding whether to give the hepatitis B vaccine, including the birth dose,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/cdc-childhood-immunization-schedule-removing-universal-recommendation-multiple/story?id=128917497", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump directed us to examine how other developed nations protect their children and to take action if they are doing better", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/vaccines-cause-autism-claim/#2026-08-10", "start": "2026-08-10", "end": "2026-08-28", "title": "Trump's childhood-vaccine order and the federal autism committee", "why_it_fits": "On August 10, 2026, Trump signed Executive Order 14420. It recommends shots against 11 diseases for all children and says MMR should be given as three single-disease shots \"once such products are domestically available.\" The order's text never mentions autism, but in Oval Office remarks Trump tied it to autism, saying \"there's a reason for such epidemic rates of autism.\" CBS noted that he cited no evidence, and pointed to a 2019 Danish study of 657,461 children and a 2015 study of 95,727 US children that found no link between MMR and autism. On August 17, KFF Health News reported that Kennedy's autism research effort had \"blown past a deadline to turn up definitive answers,\" without producing evidence linking vaccines to autism. On August 27, IACC members pointed to vaccines as a possible cause of autism, and no committee member challenged statements by members of the public who blamed vaccines, STAT reported; Kennedy had restocked the committee in January.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-childhood-vaccines-executive-order/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-executive-order-childhood-vaccine-schedule/story?id=135524851", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/autism-vaccines-rfk-trump-childhood-schedule-changes-debunked-link/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/28/vaccines-autism-advisory-committee-strategic-plan-boost-research-funding/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/delivering-gold-standard-childhood-vaccine-recommendations-for-americans/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the combined measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine should be administered in three separate single-disease shots once such products are domestically available", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-childhood-vaccines-executive-order/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The order didn't mention autism, but the president did — repeatedly.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/28/vaccines-autism-advisory-committee-strategic-plan-boost-research-funding/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "committee members explicitly pointed to vaccines as a potential cause of autism", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/event/white-house-event/president-trump-signs-executive-order-on-childhood-vaccines-schedule/445924", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "many, many times what it used to be years ago", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "doge-savings-claims", "title": "The recurring DOGE savings claims", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/", "summary": "Elon Musk said at an October 2024 Trump rally that DOGE could cut \"at least $2 trillion\" from the federal budget. In January 2025 he called that the \"best-case outcome\" and said there was a \"good shot\" at $1 trillion, and in April 2025 he spoke of $150 billion in savings for fiscal year 2026. DOGE's website showed a running savings total that reached $215 billion. News outlets, fact-checkers, the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) spending data and, in August 2026, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) all examined how that total was calculated and how it compared with federal spending.", "summary_sources": [ "https://fortune.com/2024/10/28/elon-musk-cut-2-trillion-federal-budget-trump-rally/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/09/elon-musk-says-doge-probably-wont-find-2-trillion-in-federal-budget-cuts.html", "https://www.inc.com/chris-morris/why-elon-musk-doge-savings-goal-fell-2-trillion-to-150-billion/91175183", "https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/may/30/trump-elon-musk-doge-fact-check/", "https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/cbo-fy-2025-budget-deficit-totaled-1-8-trillion/", "https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/08/doge-took-credit-savings-never-happened-watchdog-finds/415265/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2024-10-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2024-10-27", "start": "2024-10-27", "end": "2024-11-07", "title": "The \"$2 trillion\" pledge", "why_it_fits": "At a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27, 2024, Howard Lutnick asked Elon Musk how much he could \"rip out of\" the federal budget. Musk answered, \"Well, I think we can do at least $2 trillion, yeah\" (Fortune/Bloomberg). Trump had said he would ask Musk to lead a spending-cut effort nicknamed the Department of Government Efficiency. Fortune/Bloomberg noted that the target was nearly a third of the $6.75 trillion the government spent in fiscal 2024, according to Treasury. CNBC later reported that budget experts had dismissed the figure as implausible, saying the entire discretionary budget was only $1.7 trillion, and that Musk hadn't waved people off the number until Jan. 8, 2025, when he called it a \"best-case outcome.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/10/28/elon-musk-cut-2-trillion-federal-budget-trump-rally/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/musk-wants-2-trillion-cut-from-us-budget-that-would-be-tough", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.bgov.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/09/elon-musk-says-doge-probably-wont-find-2-trillion-in-federal-budget-cuts.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/10/28/elon-musk-cut-2-trillion-federal-budget-trump-rally/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Well, I think we can do at least $2 trillion, yeah.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkWDyw9-Ft8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Well, I think we can do at least $2 trillion, yeah", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-01-08", "start": "2025-01-08", "end": "2025-01-10", "title": "Musk calls $2 trillion the \"best-case outcome\" and sees a \"good shot\" at $1 trillion", "why_it_fits": "NBC News reports that Musk said at a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27, 2024, that he'd be able to cut the federal budget by \"at least $2 trillion.\" NBC adds that budget experts quickly dismissed that figure because the entire discretionary budget was only $1.7 trillion. In an interview with Mark Penn broadcast on X on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 (NBC and CNBC both date it \"Wednesday\"), Musk called $2 trillion the \"best-case outcome\" and said \"we've got a good shot at getting 1,\" which NBC said meant $1 trillion. The interview came before Trump's inauguration, when NBC described DOGE as an advisory panel with \"no official authority.\" NBC noted that Musk \"didn't admit an early defeat,\" and Fortune described the remarks as tempering expectations.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna186924", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/01/09/elon-musk-doge-target", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/09/elon-musk-says-doge-probably-wont-find-2-trillion-in-federal-budget-cuts.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna186924", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I think we'll try for $2 trillion. I think that's the best-case outcome,\" Musk said. \"But I do think that you kind of have to have some overage. I think if we try for $2 trillion, we've got a good shot at getting 1,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/01/09/elon-musk-doge-target", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Elon Musk is changing the goalposts he initially set out for DOGE.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-02-17", "start": "2025-02-17", "end": "2025-02-21", "title": "The \"wall of receipts\" launches, and the $8 billion vs. $8 million contract", "why_it_fits": "After repeated delays, DOGE released a \"wall of receipts\" on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. CBS described it as what DOGE called documentation of the money saved by cutting jobs and contracts. CNN reported that DOGE said it had saved taxpayers about $55 billion, and that the website appeared to have used erroneous federal data to claim $8 billion in savings from canceling an ICE contract \"that was actually worth a maximum of $8 million.\" CBS and CNN both reported the $8 billion versus $8 million error, which CNN said appeared to trace to a 2022 listing in the Federal Procurement Data System and which the New York Times first reported. CBS said the error halved the receipts DOGE had posted, to $8.4 billion. CBS also reported that, excluding USAID, the listed contract savings came to about $2 billion, against a federal budget of $6.75 trillion, \"putting DOGE at 0.1%\" of Musk's $2 trillion goal. CNN found that about two-thirds of the claimed contract savings rested on contracts' maximum possible value. DOGE and the White House did not respond to requests for comment, according to CBS and CNN. CNN reported that by Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, the site had changed the $8 billion figure to $8 million, while the roughly $55 billion total stayed the same.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-wall-of-receipts-shows-errors-tallying-billions-in-savings/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/doge-canceled-contracts-8-billion-invs/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-wall-of-receipts-shows-errors-tallying-billions-in-savings/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the cancellation of a contract DOGE identified as worth $8 billion was in fact worth only $8 million.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/doge-canceled-contracts-8-billion-invs/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "a single US Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract that was actually worth a maximum of $8 million.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENEbldItb0A", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-02-18", "start": "2025-02-18", "end": "2025-02-26", "title": "The \"DOGE dividend\"", "why_it_fits": "Fishback's \"DOGE dividend\" plan relied on DOGE meeting its original $2 trillion savings target. He proposed $5,000 per tax-paying household, sent after DOGE ends in July 2026. On Feb. 19, 2025, at the FII Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Trump called DOGE's numbers \"hundreds of billions\" and said he was considering giving 20% of the savings to Americans. Al Jazeera, writing on Feb. 20, reported that DOGE had claimed $55 billion in savings so far but had not released detailed documentation for the figure, and that a DOGE contract list had listed an $8 million ICE contract as $8 billion. By Feb. 24, PolitiFact reported, DOGE's website claimed $55 billion in savings, but its \"wall of receipts\" accounted for only about $8.6 billion.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/2/20/trump-says-he-could-give-to-20-of-doge-savings-back-to-americans", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-backs-idea-to-send-some-budget-savings-claimed-by-doge-to-citizens", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2025/feb/26/facebook-posts/is-it-official-that-trump-approved-a-5000-doge-div/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/2/20/trump-says-he-could-give-to-20-of-doge-savings-back-to-americans", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The numbers are incredible, Elon. So many billions of dollars … hundreds of billions,\" and \"We're thinking about giving 20 percent back to the American citizens, and 20 percent down to pay back debt.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-backs-idea-to-send-some-budget-savings-claimed-by-doge-to-citizens", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I love it,\" the Republican president told reporters on the plane.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2025/feb/26/facebook-posts/is-it-official-that-trump-approved-a-5000-doge-div/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump has not officially signed off on this.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQU3rmLw0k8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-02-26", "start": "2025-02-26", "end": "2025-03-04", "title": "DOGE site raises its total from $65B to $105B while deleting and revising earlier \"receipts\"", "why_it_fits": "According to ABC, DOGE's website claimed $105 billion in total savings in a Sunday-night update on March 2, 2025, up from $65 billion the week before. ABC said its receipts covered only part of that: $8.8 billion in cancelled contracts, $660 million in leases and $10.3 billion in grants. ABC reported that the update deleted the $1.9 billion IRS contract after the vendor, Centennial Technologies, told the New York Times it had been cancelled the previous fall. NPR reported on March 1 that DOGE had deleted more than $2.5 billion from its first batch of claims, including a USAID project that had been counted three times. NPR said contract savings it could verify for the February 25 update came to about $2.3 billion.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/doge-website-now-saved-105-billion-backtracked-earlier/story?id=119408347", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wcbe.org/npr-news/2025-03-01/doges-savings-page-fixed-old-mistakes-and-added-new-ones", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wcbe.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/01/nx-s1-5313853/doge-savings-receipts-musk-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharziv/2025/03/03/doge-check-proxy-added-but-more-doge-savings-tracker-errors-spotted/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/01/nx-s1-5313853/doge-savings-receipts-musk-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Since last week's launch, DOGE deleted more than $2.5 billion from its initial batch of savings claims.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/doge-website-now-saved-105-billion-backtracked-earlier/story?id=119408347", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "claiming total government savings of $105 billion, up from the $65 billion it claimed in last week's update", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-04-10", "start": "2025-04-10", "end": "2025-04-16", "title": "Musk's \"$150 billion\" remark at the Apr. 10, 2025 Cabinet meeting, and the overnight DOGE site revision", "why_it_fits": "Inc. reports that Musk first said DOGE could save $2 trillion and in March said his target was $1 trillion \"unless we're stopped.\" At the Apr. 10 Cabinet meeting, he said DOGE expected $150 billion in savings in fiscal 2026. Fortune and Inc. both noted that $150 billion was also the total the DOGE website showed at the time. Both also said it was unclear whether Musk was lowering the goal or describing savings already claimed. NOTUS reported that in the hours before the meeting, the site's claimed total rose from about $140 billion to $150 billion while the number of listed contracts, grants and leases stayed the same. NOTUS also reported that on Tuesday, Apr. 15, DOGE removed about $962 million in previously claimed cuts, mostly in an update between midnight and 2 a.m.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.inc.com/chris-morris/why-elon-musk-doge-savings-goal-fell-2-trillion-to-150-billion/91175183", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/04/11/elon-musk-drastically-drops-doge-savings-goal-2-trillion-150-billion-year", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/policy/doge-claimed-savings-removed", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "notus.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.inc.com/chris-morris/why-elon-musk-doge-savings-goal-fell-2-trillion-to-150-billion/91175183", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I'm excited to announce that we anticipate savings in '26 from reduction of waste and fraud by $150 billion,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/04/11/elon-musk-drastically-drops-doge-savings-goal-2-trillion-150-billion-year", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It's unclear if Musk meant to say the $150 billion was the final goal or just what the team had already found.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/policy/doge-claimed-savings-removed", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "notus.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "On Tuesday alone, DOGE removed around $962 million in previously claimed cuts", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC-If1fDP9A", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-04-27", "start": "2025-04-27", "end": "2025-04-30", "title": "First-100-days assessments of DOGE's savings claims", "why_it_fits": "At the 100-day mark, news outlets examined DOGE's claimed total of $160 billion against spending data and its own receipts. Marketplace quotes Musk saying during the 2024 campaign, \"Well, I think we can do at least $2 trillion.\" NPR reported the goal \"was lowered to $1 trillion before being downgraded again recently to $150 billion.\" At the 100-day mark, DOGE's website claimed $160 billion in savings (CBS, NPR). NPR reported that the \"wall of receipts\" had data accounting for just $63 billion of that total, and found the five largest claimed contract cancellations (nearly $7.5 billion on the tracker) amounted to just under $1 billion in potential savings. Fortune cited the Penn Wharton Budget Model as finding total outlays up 6.3% (about $156 billion) compared with the first four months of 2024.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-cuts-cost-135-billion-analysis-elon-musk-department-of-government-efficiency/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5377445/doge-musk-trump-100-days", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/04/30/elon-musk-doge-government-spending-risen-trump-first-100-days/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/04/29/doges-costcutting-has-been-underwhelming-at-best", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "marketplace.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/article/doge-mass-federal-workforce-cuts-taxpayers-billions/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-cuts-cost-135-billion-analysis-elon-musk-department-of-government-efficiency/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5377445/doge-musk-trump-100-days", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "As of late April, out of $160 billion in claimed savings, DOGE's \"wall of receipts\" has data to account to just $63 billion in purported claims.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/04/30/elon-musk-doge-government-spending-risen-trump-first-100-days/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Total outlays climbed 6.3% (about $156 billion) since Trump took office compared with the first four months of 2024, the report found.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-05-30", "start": "2025-05-30", "end": "2025-06-06", "title": "Musk leaves; DOGE site shows $175–180 billion, Musk says $1 trillion will come \"over time\"", "why_it_fits": "According to PolitiFact (republished by Al Jazeera on June 6), Musk said a week before the 2024 election that he expected to cut \"at least $2 trillion,\" and later lowered that to $1 trillion. At the May 30, 2025 Oval Office press conference marking the end of his government role, Musk said: \"I'm confident that over time we'll see $1 trillion of savings, a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction\" (Yahoo Finance). On the same day, PolitiFact reported that DOGE's \"wall of receipts\" website claimed $175 billion in savings, and later reported that by early June the site said $180 billion. PolitiFact cited a Cato Institute analyst who said the itemized, verifiable cuts were \"roughly half that amount.\" CBS reported that the White House put DOGE's savings at roughly $170 billion. Al Jazeera noted that days later Musk and Trump were fighting publicly, which it said made DOGE's future more uncertain.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/may/30/trump-elon-musk-doge-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-stands-up-another-goalpost-for-doge-on-his-way-out-saying-savings-will-come-over-time-202608820.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-elon-musk-appear-as-doge-leader-exits-washington/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/6/has-doge-really-saved-the-us-government-180bn", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/may/30/trump-elon-musk-doge-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "DOGE's 'wall of receipts,' a website of canceled contracts and programs, says the cost-cutting effort has saved $175 billion, though news outlets have found flaws in the group's tallies.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-stands-up-another-goalpost-for-doge-on-his-way-out-saying-savings-will-come-over-time-202608820.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I'm confident that over time we'll see $1 trillion of savings, a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction,\" Musk said Friday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-praises-musks-doge-work-billionaire-transitions-after-175b-savings", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump praises Musk's DOGE work as billionaire transitions after $175B in savings", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-and-elon-musk-speak-to-reporters/660607", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I'm confident that over time we'll see $1 trillion of savings, a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-06-03", "start": "2025-06-03", "end": "2025-06-13", "title": "The $9.4 billion rescissions package", "why_it_fits": "On June 3, 2025, NBC News reported that the White House had asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in approved spending and to \"codify cuts proposed by Department of Government Efficiency.\" Trump's message to Congress, dated May 28 and referred to the House Appropriations Committee on June 4, said, \"I herewith report 22 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $9.4 billion.\" NBC reported that the package included $8.3 billion in foreign aid cuts and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the package \"reflects many of DOGE's findings.\" The House passed it 214-212 (Fortune). OPB reported that Senate Republican leaders removed a $400 million cut to the global AIDS program PEPFAR, and Congress passed a roughly $9 billion version. Asked about the relatively small size of the cuts, budget director Russ Vought said \"I knew it would be hard\" to pass in Congress (OPB). The Associated Press reported that Trump signed the bill on Thursday, July 24, 2025, \"as Republicans look to lock in cuts to programs targeted by the White House's Department of Government Efficiency.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/white-house-ask-congress-codify-doge-cuts-usaid-public-broadcasting-rcna210595", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDOC-119hdoc55/html/CDOC-119hdoc55.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/06/13/house-barely-approves-doge-cuts-billion-funding-npr-pbs-foreign-aid/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/17/rescission-package-public-media-2/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "opb.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5469912/npr-congress-rescission-funding-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://whyy.org/articles/trump-signs-bill-cancel-foreign-aid-public-broadcasting-funding", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whyy.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/white-house-ask-congress-codify-doge-cuts-usaid-public-broadcasting-rcna210595", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This rescissions package reflects many of DOGE's findings and is one of the many legislative tools Republicans are using to restore fiscal sanity.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDOC-119hdoc55/html/CDOC-119hdoc55.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I herewith report 22 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $9.4 billion.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/06/13/house-barely-approves-doge-cuts-billion-funding-npr-pbs-foreign-aid/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The vote was 214-212.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/17/rescission-package-public-media-2/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "opb.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In response to questions about the relatively small size of the cuts -- $9 billion -- Vought said that was because 'I knew it would be hard' to pass in Congress.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://whyy.org/articles/trump-signs-bill-cancel-foreign-aid-public-broadcasting-funding", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "whyy.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Donald Trump signed a bill Thursday canceling about $9 billion that had been approved for public broadcasting and foreign aid", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-10-09", "start": "2025-10-09", "end": "2025-10-10", "title": "Fiscal 2025 spending data", "why_it_fits": "When fiscal 2025 closed on Sept. 30, 2025, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that \"federal spending increased by $301 billion (4 percent) between FY 2024 and FY 2025,\" rising from $6.7 trillion to $7.0 trillion (American Action Forum, Oct. 9). Reason, writing on Oct. 10 under the headline \"After All Those DOGE Cuts, Federal Spending Still Increased by $300 Billion,\" wrote, \"Despite the high-profile efforts of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the 2025 federal fiscal year ended with the federal government having spent more money than it did in the previous fiscal year.\" Reason wrote that Trump had returned to the White House \"with a promise to slash spending by trillions of dollars and balance the federal budget,\" and argued that cutting contracts and foreign aid \"won't make a dent in the budget deficit.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://reason.com/2025/10/10/after-all-those-doge-cuts-federal-spending-still-increased-by-300-billion/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reason.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/cbo-fy-2025-budget-deficit-totaled-1-8-trillion/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "americanactionforum.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://reason.com/2025/10/10/after-all-those-doge-cuts-federal-spending-still-increased-by-300-billion/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "reason.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the federal government spent a little more than $7 trillion, a $301 billion increase from FY 2024.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/cbo-fy-2025-budget-deficit-totaled-1-8-trillion/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "americanactionforum.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "CBO estimates that federal spending increased by $301 billion (4 percent) between FY 2024 and FY 2025, rising from $6.7 trillion to $7.0 trillion.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2025-11-23", "start": "2025-11-23", "end": "2025-11-25", "title": "\"That doesn't exist\"", "why_it_fits": "Newsweek reported that Elon Musk said in October 2024 that he could cut \"at least $2 trillion\" from the federal budget, and later lowered the target to $1 trillion before the inauguration. When Reuters reported OPM director Scott Kupor's remark that DOGE \"doesn't exist,\" Fortune and Newsweek both noted that the DOGE website claimed $214 billion in savings; Newsweek gave that figure, \"$1,329.19 per taxpayer,\" as of November 24. Both outlets set it against outside analyses, including Politico's August analysis of DOGE's contract data and the Partnership for Public Service's cost estimate. Newsweek also noted that the \"DOGE Dividend\" checks never came. CNBC, carrying the Reuters report, quoted White House spokeswoman Liz Huston as saying, \"President Trump was given a clear mandate to reduce waste, fraud and abuse across the federal government, and he continues to actively deliver on that commitment.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/11/23/doge-elon-musk-federal-bureaucracy-budget-cuts-opm-headcount-staffing/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/doge-is-dead-what-did-it-actually-save-11097551", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-on-its-charter.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/11/23/doge-elon-musk-federal-bureaucracy-budget-cuts-opm-headcount-staffing/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "“That doesn’t exist,” Office of Personnel Management director Scott Kupor told Reuters when asked about DOGE’s status, adding that it’s no longer a “centralized entity.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/doge-is-dead-what-did-it-actually-save-11097551", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "As of November 24, DOGE’s website says the department has secured $214 billion in savings, equivalent to $1,329.19 per taxpayer.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-on-its-charter.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Trump was given a clear mandate to reduce waste, fraud and abuse across the federal government, and he continues to actively deliver on that commitment,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2026-07-02", "start": "2026-07-02", "end": "2026-07-08", "title": "DOGE reaches its sunset date with $215 billion shown on its site", "why_it_fits": "The executive order that created the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization set July 4, 2026 as its end date (Nextgov; Fox Business). As of that week, DOGE's public savings page said it had saved $215 billion, \"or about $1,335.40 per taxpayer.\" The same page said the posted receipts were only some of the contract, grant and lease cancellations, \"amounting to roughly 30% of total savings\" (Nextgov's description of the page). Fox Business reported that the $215 billion figure \"has been disputed, and DOGE's public receipts do not fully document the headline savings claim.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/doge-website-deactivates-after-reaching-self-termination-deadline-come-end", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/07/doge-formally-sunsets-its-public-record-still-evolving/414571/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nextgov.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/doge-website-deactivates-after-reaching-self-termination-deadline-come-end", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "DOGE claims it saved $215 billion, including by slashing duplicative software licenses, canceling diversity, equity and inclusion grants and terminating leases for underused office space.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/07/doge-formally-sunsets-its-public-record-still-evolving/414571/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nextgov.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the site says DOGE has saved $215 billion, or about $1,335.40 per taxpayer.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/doge-savings-claims/#2026-08-06", "start": "2026-08-06", "end": "2026-08-07", "title": "The GAO report on the DOGE \"Wall of Receipts\"", "why_it_fits": "The GAO report was published on Aug 6, 2026, and it reviewed the roughly $110 billion in savings that DOGE had posted on its Wall of Receipts. It found that \"some savings estimates are incorrect or lack supporting evidence.\" GAO checked the site's figures against federal procurement records (FPDS), USAspending.gov and the GSA's lease data. CNBC opened its report by noting that \"Elon Musk's DOGE promised to slash $2 trillion in federal spending.\" DOGE began posting estimated savings on Feb 17, 2025. As of July 7, 2026, the page listed $110.34 billion across contracts, grants and leases, or $215 billion including other categories. Its last update was Jan 1, 2026. CNN reported GAO's finding that 108 of the 264 leases identified for termination were already in the process of ending before DOGE was created. The report was requested by Senators Gary Peters and Richard Blumenthal, whose joint release said DOGE's claims of savings were \"severely overstated.\" CNN reported that US DOGE Service officials did not respond to GAO's requests for more information, and CNBC said Musk and the White House did not immediately respond to its request for comment.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-26-108615/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "files.gao.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/08/doge-took-credit-savings-never-happened-watchdog-finds/415265/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nextgov.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/politics/doge-savings-gao-report-elon-musk", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/06/doge-elon-musk-gao-government-cost-cuts.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-26-108615/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "files.gao.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "As of July 7, 2026, the Wall of Receipts reported savings of $110 billion across contracts, grants, and leases, but some savings estimates are incorrect or lack supporting evidence.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/dems/peters-blumenthal-release-gao-report-finding-doge-misled-americans-about-claimed-savings/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "hsgac.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "DOGE's claims of massive taxpayer savings on its \"Wall of Receipts\" were severely overstated", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/politics/doge-savings-gao-report-elon-musk", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the watchdog agency found that 108 of the 264 leases identified for termination were already in the process of ending before DOGE was created shortly after Trump took office.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/06/doge-elon-musk-gao-government-cost-cuts.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Elon Musk's DOGE promised to slash $2 trillion in federal spending and to make the federal workforce lean and efficient.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "release-epstein-files", "title": "The recurring promise to release the Epstein files", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/", "summary": "From 2024 on, candidates and officials repeatedly said they would release, or were releasing, the federal government's Epstein files. In June 2024 candidate Trump told Fox News he would declassify them, though the unedited answer was more hedged. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in February 2025 that the \"client list\" was on her desk, but a July 2025 DOJ/FBI memo said no client list existed and no further disclosure was warranted. Congress then passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025. The Justice Department says it has put out about 3.5 million pages, while lawmakers say millions more are being withheld or over-redacted.", "summary_sources": [ "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-years-including-2024-campaign-trail/story?id=123778541", "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-publishes-35-million-responsive-pages-compliance-epstein-files" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2024-06-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2024-06-02", "start": "2024-06-02", "end": "2024-06-10", "title": "Trump says he would declassify the Epstein files (2024 campaign)", "why_it_fits": "On June 2, 2024, during an interview that aired on Fox's \"Fox & Friends,\" co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy asked then-candidate Donald Trump, \"Would you declassify the Epstein files?\" He answered, \"Yeah, yeah, I would.\" His campaign's Trump War Room account shared the clip with a caption saying he would declassify the \"Epstein Files.\" The broadcast ended after his first words. In the full answer, which aired later on Will Cain's Fox News radio show, he added that \"you don't want to affect people's lives if it's phony stuff in there.\" In a September 2024 Lex Fridman podcast he said he'd \"be inclined to do the Epstein. I'd have no problem with it.\" Separately, the federal government had already released records of its investigation into Epstein's death (Semafor).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-years-including-2024-campaign-trail/story?id=123778541", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/06/09/2024/how-fox-news-massaged-a-trump-interview", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "semafor.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/nov/17/Jeffrey-Epstein-files-Donald-Trump-Congress/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.kwtx.com/2025/09/26/did-trump-campaign-releasing-epstein-files/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kwtx.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/06/09/2024/how-fox-news-massaged-a-trump-interview", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "semafor.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Fox News edited an interview with Donald Trump to remove a section in which he appeared to back off a promise to declassify federal files", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1797720117737865557", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump says he will DECLASSIFY the 9/11 Files, JFK Files, and Epstein Files.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://lexfridman.com/donald-trump-transcript#chapter16_jeffrey_epstein", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "lexfridman.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'd be inclined to do the Epstein. I'd have no problem with it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2025-02-21", "start": "2025-02-21", "end": "2025-03-07", "title": "\"Sitting on my desk\" and the \"Phase 1\" binders", "why_it_fits": "On Feb 21, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News's \"America Reports\" that the Epstein client list was \"sitting on my desk right now to review.\" She said, \"That's been a directive by President Trump,\" and said she had not yet seen anything in it. On Feb 26 she told Fox News the Justice Department would release \"a lot of flight logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.\" On Feb 27 the department released a \"first phase\" that it said \"largely contains documents that have been previously leaked.\" NPR counted 10 documents, including flight logs and a heavily redacted contact book and masseuse list; the department's release page also listed an \"Evidence List.\" The department also said it planned to release the remaining documents after review and redaction.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-says-epstein-client-list-sitting-my-desk-right-now-reviewing-jfk-mlk-files", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312936/epstein-files-release-rickroll-backlash", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/ag-bondi-faces-heat-white-house-trump-allies/story?id=119435303", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7262542/pam-bondi-jeffrey-epstein-files/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-says-epstein-client-list-sitting-my-desk-right-now-reviewing-jfk-mlk-files", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's sitting on my desk right now to review,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-pamela-bondi-releases-first-phase-declassified-epstein-files", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The first phase of declassified files largely contains documents that have been previously leaked but never released in a formal capacity by the U.S. Government.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/7262542/pam-bondi-jeffrey-epstein-files/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Some of them held up the binders to the cameras, which showed that they were labeled \"The Epstein Files: Phase 1.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NbTF-csBsOA", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "sitting on my desk right now to review", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2025-07-06", "start": "2025-07-06", "end": "2025-07-25", "title": "DOJ/FBI memo finds no \"client list\"; Trump directs grand jury unsealing request", "why_it_fits": "Attorney General Pam Bondi had promised to release files from the Epstein investigation. In February 2025 she told Fox News a client list was \"sitting on my desk right now to review.\" She later said she meant the Epstein files in general. That month the department gave binders labeled \"The Epstein Files: Phase 1\" to right-wing influencers, who said many of the materials were already public (CBS). An unsigned two-page DOJ/FBI memo, reported July 6–7, 2025, found no incriminating \"client list.\" It said \"no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted\" (NPR). After the Journal's July 17 report on a birthday letter bearing Trump's name, Trump wrote that he had asked Bondi to produce \"any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval.\" On July 18, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche asked courts to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Epstein and Maxwell cases (CBS, AP). Delivered by then: the February binders, the memo, and two versions of a nearly 11-hour jail video released with it (NBC). No grand jury material had been unsealed, and a judge had to approve any release (CBS, AP).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/g-s1-76367/doj-jeffrey-epstein-memo", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/doj-memo-jeffrey-epstein-theories-angers-conservatives-rcna217272", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-orders-bondi-to-release-jeffrey-epstein-related-grand-jury-testimony/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-justice-department-asks-judge-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-material/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/justice-department-asks-federal-court-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/g-s1-76367/doj-jeffrey-epstein-memo", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "it is the determination of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/doj-memo-jeffrey-epstein-theories-angers-conservatives-rcna217272", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We were told multiple times the files would be released, and now it looks like backroom deals have been made to keep them hidden", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-orders-bondi-to-release-jeffrey-epstein-related-grand-jury-testimony/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkg4Oka3PWE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2025-09-02", "start": "2025-09-02", "end": "2025-09-04", "title": "House Oversight releases DOJ Epstein records; survivors rally at the Capitol", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 2, 2025, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee released 33,295 pages of Epstein-related records it had received from the Justice Department, which it had subpoenaed on Aug. 5; the committee said the DOJ \"has indicated it will continue producing those records.\" PBS NewsHour reported that most, if not all, of the text documents had already been public, and the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia, called them \"already mostly public information.\" Speaker Mike Johnson pressed for the inquiry to be handled by the House Oversight Committee and urged Republicans not to support the Massie–Khanna discharge petition, saying it \"does not adequately protect the innocent victims\" (PBS; ABC). On Sept. 3, survivors joined Massie and Khanna at the Capitol to push for a House vote that would require the DOJ to release its files. NPR noted that Trump had called for releasing more files during the campaign, and that a DOJ memo in July said there was no evidence of an Epstein \"client list.\" Delivered by then: about 33,000 pages through Congress, mostly already public.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-epstein-records-provided-by-the-department-of-justice", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "oversight.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/many-of-the-epstein-case-files-that-were-just-released-by-a-house-committee-were-already-public", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/jeffrey-epstein-survivors-set-speak-capitol-hill/story?id=125211468", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5527055/epstein-survivors-press-conference", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-epstein-records-provided-by-the-department-of-justice", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "oversight.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "released 33,295 pages of Epstein-related records that were provided by the U.S. Department of Justice", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/jeffrey-epstein-survivors-set-speak-capitol-hill/story?id=125211468", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This is not a hoax. It's not going to go away,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/many-of-the-epstein-case-files-that-were-just-released-by-a-house-committee-were-already-public", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The 33,000 pages of Epstein documents James Comer has decided to 'release' were already mostly public information.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/event/news-conference/reps-khanna-massie-hold-a-news-conference-on-epstein-files/436072", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2025-11-12", "start": "2025-11-12", "end": "2025-11-19", "title": "Trump reverses position; the Epstein Files Transparency Act becomes law", "why_it_fits": "As a candidate in June 2024, Trump was asked whether he would declassify the Epstein files and said, \"Yeah, yeah, I would.\" In 2025 he called the issue a Democratic \"hoax\" and opposed the House effort to force a release (PolitiFact, CBS). On Nov. 16, 2025, he posted that House Republicans \"should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide.\" On Nov. 17 he said he would sign the bill: \"I'm all for it\" (CBS, ABC). The House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act 427–1 on Nov. 18, and Trump signed it on Nov. 19, directing the DOJ to release its unclassified Epstein records (ABC, The Hill). What had been delivered by then was a February 2025 \"first phase\" release by Attorney General Bondi, which PolitiFact says \"largely consisted of documents that had already been made public.\" The new law required the rest within 30 days.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein-files-house-november-vote/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/house-vote-full-epstein-files-release-move-speaker/story?id=127593181", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/nov/17/Jeffrey-Epstein-files-Donald-Trump-Congress/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/5614156-trump-signs-epstein-transparency-act/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/house-vote-full-epstein-files-release-move-speaker/story?id=127593181", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It passed 427-1 -- with GOP Rep. Clay Higgins as the only vote against the measure.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/5614156-trump-signs-epstein-transparency-act/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oar46hVXWTE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2025-12-19", "start": "2025-12-19", "end": "2025-12-25", "title": "Deadline release, redactions and \"over a million more\" documents", "why_it_fits": "On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to make public information about Epstein's crimes that he said the government was covering up (NPR). He later signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which gave AG Pam Bondi 30 days to publish all unclassified Epstein records (NPR). On the Dec. 19 deadline, Deputy AG Todd Blanche promised \"several hundred thousand\" documents that day and \"several hundred thousand more\" over the next couple of weeks (CBS). NBC reported he expected all the files to be online by Jan. 2. The DOJ's first release included many previously public documents and heavy redactions (NPR), and ABC reported that through Dec. 23 the department had released more than 30,000 pages in total. It then said over a million more documents had been found and releasing them \"may take a few more weeks\" (ABC).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/19/nx-s1-5615152/epstein-files-release-trump-pam-bondi-democrats", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/epstein-files-released-2025/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/justice-department-million-documents-potentially-related-epstein/story?id=128683817", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-weeks-process-epstein-files-1-million-additional-documents-fbi-rcna250847", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/epstein-files-released-2025/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "means that the Department must publicly produce responsive documents on a rolling basis", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/19/nx-s1-5615152/epstein-files-release-trump-pam-bondi-democrats", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "including many that have already been made public from prior disclosures", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/justice-department-million-documents-potentially-related-epstein/story?id=128683817", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "uncovered over a million more documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2026-01-30", "start": "2026-01-30", "end": "2026-02-01", "title": "The 3-million-page release, which the DOJ called the end of its review", "why_it_fits": "On January 30, 2026, the DOJ said it had published more than 3 million more pages under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, plus more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. It said that brought the total to \"nearly 3.5 million pages.\" President Trump signed the Act on November 19, 2025, and the DOJ missed the law's December 19 deadline. At the news conference, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the release \"marks the end\" of the DOJ's review. On February 1, he said the review was \"over,\" except for a \"small number of [additional] documents\" a judge might approve. Rep. Ro Khanna, a co-sponsor of the law, pointed out that the DOJ had found more than 6 million possibly relevant pages but released only about 3.5 million. A group of survivors said the DOJ \"cannot claim it is finished releasing files\" until every document the law requires is out.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-publishes-35-million-responsive-pages-compliance-epstein-files", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/30/us-department-of-justice-releases-three-million-new-epstein-documents", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/deputy-ag-defends-epstein-files-release-survivors-slam/story?id=129749781", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/31/nx-s1-5694664/doj-releases-final-3-million-pages-of-the-epstein-files", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-publishes-35-million-responsive-pages-compliance-epstein-files", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Combined with prior releases, this makes the total production nearly 3.5 million pages released in compliance with the Act.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/30/us-department-of-justice-releases-three-million-new-epstein-documents", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Today's release marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance with the act,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/deputy-ag-defends-epstein-files-release-survivors-slam/story?id=129749781", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This review is, is over.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/deputy-attorney-general-todd-blanche-news-conference-on-releasing-epstein-files/672584", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2026-02-09", "start": "2026-02-09", "end": "2026-02-15", "title": "Redaction dispute and Bondi's \"all files released\" letter", "why_it_fits": "The Epstein Files Transparency Act, co-sponsored by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, was signed by President Trump in November 2025. It required the Justice Department to release almost all of its Epstein investigative files. By early February 2026 the department had released millions of documents. On Feb. 9–10, Massie and Khanna said they had found six men's names that the department had blacked out, and the department then partially un-redacted the files; Deputy AG Todd Blanche said several of the men were \"completely random\" and had no Epstein connection (CBS). In a Feb. 14 letter to the House and Senate Judiciary Committee leaders, Bondi and Blanche said the department had released \"all\" files covered by the Act. Khanna called for the \"full files,\" and Massie said internal memos on charging decisions were still being withheld.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/massie-khanna-epstein-files-6-men/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/ag-pam-bondi-announces-all-epstein-files-released-listing-high-profile-names", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bondi-faces-criticism-saying-epstein-213230716.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/massie-khanna-epstein-files-6-men/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "And if we found six men that they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3 million files,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/ag-pam-bondi-announces-all-epstein-files-released-listing-high-profile-names", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a letter on Saturday that \"all\" Epstein files have been released consistent with Section 3 of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bondi-faces-criticism-saying-epstein-213230716.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Release the full files,\" he added. \"Stop protecting predators. Redact only the survivor's names.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSjq7kRTsDw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-04-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2026-04-02", "start": "2026-04-02", "end": "2026-05-29", "title": "Bondi fired; later testimony", "why_it_fits": "In February 2025, Bondi told Fox News that Epstein's client list was \"sitting on my desk right now to review\" and called releasing the files a \"directive by President Trump.\" In July 2025, a joint Justice Department and FBI memo said \"no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted\" (ABC). After the Epstein Files Transparency Act became law, Bondi said in February 2026 that the department had released more than 3 million pages, including 180,000 images (NPR). Trump removed her on April 2, 2026, after media reports cited his unhappiness with how she handled the Epstein files (Al Jazeera, ABC). On May 29 she told House Oversight that, to the best of her knowledge, the department had produced everything the Act required. Rep. Robert Garcia, the committee's top Democrat, questioned \"why only 50% of the files have been released\" (NPR).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/pam-bondi-house-oversight-committee-address-epstein-questions/story?id=133397075", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/29/nx-s1-5836563/pam-bondi-epstein-congress", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/2/trump-says-pam-bondi-out-as-attorney-general", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/bondi-wont-appear-for-house-deposition-next-week-in-the-epstein-investigation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/trump-replacing-pam-bondi-attorney-general-todd-blanche/story?id=131647710", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/pam-bondi-house-oversight-committee-address-epstein-questions/story?id=133397075", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "To the best of my knowledge, the Department produced everything required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/29/nx-s1-5836563/pam-bondi-epstein-congress", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "delegated oversight over this process to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVDjGL6MvAI", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "important new job in the private s…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-08-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/release-epstein-files/#2026-08-05", "start": "2026-08-05", "end": "2026-09-25", "title": "\"Epstein Files Transparency Act II\" discharge petition and midterm pledges", "why_it_fits": "Massie's statement in Khanna's Aug. 5, 2026 press release says the Epstein Files Transparency Act became law on Nov. 19, 2025, and that the Justice Department \"continues to unlawfully withhold over 3 million Epstein files.\" The sponsors introduced a second bill, H.R. 9694. It would let state attorneys general, victims and members of Congress sue to force compliance with the first law. On Aug. 31, Massie filed Discharge Petition No. 27 (Clerk record); Spectrum News reported he was seeking signatures to force a House vote on the bill. On Sept. 17, Massie announced that four Republicans, including him, had signed the petition (Washington Examiner). The Clerk record shows 216 signatures, 212 Democrats and 4 Republicans, with Mace, Norman and Fitzpatrick as the other Republican signers. The Washington Examiner reported on Sept. 25 that any vote would come only after the November elections. What had been delivered by then: the Justice Department had released some files, but the sponsors said millions were still withheld or heavily redacted. Spectrum News reported that Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the department's compliance in July while admitting some mistakes.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2026083127", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "clerk.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2026/09/01/massie-discharge-petition-epstein", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spectrumnews1.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4742287/second-epstein-files-transparency-bill-massie-khanna/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/khanna-massie-leger-fernandez-merkley-lujan-introduce-epstein-files", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "khanna.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4732874/massie-enough-republicans-epstein-files-ii-discharge-petition/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4732874/massie-enough-republicans-epstein-files-ii-discharge-petition/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "announced Thursday that four Republicans, including him, have signed the Epstein Files II discharge petition and expressed confidence it will pass", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2026/09/01/massie-discharge-petition-epstein", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "spectrumnews1.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's been a year since the president signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the government continues to withhold over three million files", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/khanna-massie-leger-fernandez-merkley-lujan-introduce-epstein-files", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "khanna.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Department of Justice continues to unlawfully withhold over 3 million Epstein files that should be released to the public.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBTozBUJMzQ", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "insults-aimed-at-female-journalists", "title": "The recurring insults aimed at female journalists", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/", "summary": "Since 2015, Donald Trump has repeatedly answered questions or reporting from women journalists with personal remarks. Some were about their intelligence (\"stupid,\" \"not thinking,\" \"dumb person\"), some about their looks (\"ugly,\" \"piggy\") and some about their manner (\"nasty,\" \"obnoxious\"). Press groups have described the remarks as a pattern. These include the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF), whose tracker listed 39 documented attacks as of October 2026. The White House has said the remarks have \"nothing to do with gender\" and reflect low public trust in the media.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-female-reporters-ugly-piggy/", "https://www.iwmf.org/on-the-record/", "https://thegrio.com/2026/05/11/nabj-trump-rachel-scott-black-women-journalists/", "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-clashes-with-another-female-reporter-after-epstein-question-11462419" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-01-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2016-01-26", "start": "2016-01-26", "end": "2016-01-29", "title": "Megyn Kelly and the Fox debate boycott", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 23, 2016, Trump tweeted: \"Based on @MegynKelly's conflict of interest and bias she should not be allowed to be a moderator of the next debate.\" Fox refused to remove Kelly as a moderator of its Jan. 28 Iowa debate, and Trump skipped it. That week he called Kelly a \"lightweight\" in a Jan. 26 press conference and a Jan. 27 tweet. On Jan. 28 he retweeted a post calling her \"the bimbo that's asking presidential questions.\" He told CNN on Jan. 28: \"I'm not a person that respects Megyn Kelly very much. I think she's highly overrated.\" The dispute went back to August 2015, when, according to NBC News, Kelly \"pressed him at the first GOP debate on his disparaging remarks about women.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jan/29/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-claims-he-never-once-asked-me/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-fox-news-feud-injects-fresh-chaos-into-gop-primary", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/05/megyn-kelly-s-trump-fox-interview-and-the-history-of-their-feud.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "slate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-elephant-not-room-gop-debate-n506536", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jan/29/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-claims-he-never-once-asked-me/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Well, I'm not a person that respects Megyn Kelly very much. I think she's highly overrated. Other than that, I don't care,\" he told CNN an hour before the debate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/05/megyn-kelly-s-trump-fox-interview-and-the-history-of-their-feud.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "slate.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "And this is the bimbo that's asking presidential questions?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-fox-news-feud-injects-fresh-chaos-into-gop-primary", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I refuse to call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct. Instead I will only call her a lightweight reporter!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-11-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2016-11-02", "start": "2016-11-02", "end": "2016-11-03", "title": "Trump names NBC's Katy Tur at a Miami rally", "why_it_fits": "At a Miami rally on Nov. 2, 2016, Trump named NBC News reporter Katy Tur from the stage. He said she was \"not reporting\" the size of his crowds and repeated her name four times. CNN reported that this came after he called her a \"third-rate journalist\" at a rally the previous December and told her to \"be quiet\" at a July news conference. Fortune called the Miami remark \"the third time he has attacked her in front of a crowd.\" Reporters at the rally said a supporter then taunted Tur, and journalists answered with the #ImWithTur hashtag.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/trump-attacks-nbcs-katy-tur-during-florida-rally", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/02/media/donald-trump-katy-tur/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2016/11/03/donald-trump-katy-tur/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/trump-attacks-nbcs-katy-tur-during-florida-rally", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Katy, you're not reporting it, Katy. But there's something happening, Katy. There's something happening, Katy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/02/media/donald-trump-katy-tur/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Now this guy behind me is just endlessly taunting her,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2016/11/03/donald-trump-katy-tur/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This is a schtick that he does to rile up his base,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-06-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2017-06-29", "start": "2017-06-29", "end": "2017-06-30", "title": "The \"face-lift\" tweets about Mika Brzezinski", "why_it_fits": "On June 29, 2017, President Trump tweeted about the co-hosts of MSNBC's \"Morning Joe,\" who had criticized him on the show. He wrote: \"I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came ... to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!\" (PBS NewsHour). CNN reported that social media commenters noted he targeted both hosts but commented only on Brzezinski's appearance. Time reported that the tweet \"followed a trend of Trump singling out female reporters, often for their appearance.\" Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at that day's briefing, \"I don't think it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire\" (NPR). The next day, in a Washington Post column quoted by CNN, Brzezinski and co-host Joe Scarborough wrote that \"the president's petulant personal attack against yet another woman's looks compels us to report that Mika has never had a face-lift.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/crude-tweet-tv-host-mika-brzezinski-trump-faces-backlash-lawmakers", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/06/29/534870656/trumps-graphic-insult-of-cable-host-crosses-a-line-for-many", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/340018-trump-attacks-morning-joe-in-tweetstorm/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/29/media/mika-brzezinski-donald-trump-tweet/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/30/media/mika-brzezinski-joe-scarborough-respond-to-trump/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/4839060/donald-trump-republican-senators-mika-brzezinski-tweet/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/880408582310776832", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "...to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/880410114456465411", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/06/29/534870656/trumps-graphic-insult-of-cable-host-crosses-a-line-for-many", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I don't think it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/340018-trump-attacks-morning-joe-in-tweetstorm/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump's attacks quickly drew bipartisan denunciations.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/30/media/mika-brzezinski-joe-scarborough-respond-to-trump/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the president's petulant personal attack against yet another woman's looks compels us to report that Mika has never had a face-lift.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-10-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2018-10-01", "start": "2018-10-01", "end": "2018-10-02", "title": "\"You never do\" to Cecilia Vega", "why_it_fits": "On October 1, 2018, at a Rose Garden news conference about the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, Trump called on ABC News reporter Cecilia Vega. He said, \"She's shocked that I picked her… She's like in a state of shock.\" After she replied, he said, \"That's OK. I know you're not thinking. You never do\" (HuffPost, Adweek). Vega was trying to ask about the FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Trump said he wanted trade questions first. At the same event, he told CNN's Kaitlan Collins, who was also asking about Kavanaugh, \"Don't do that… That's not nice\" (HuffPost) and \"you've had enough\" (Adweek). Adweek noted that five days earlier, on September 26, he had told CBS News' Weijia Jiang to \"sit down.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-insult-reporter-cecilia-vega_n_5bb248f1e4b0343b3dc2d1b6", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/president-trump-to-abc-news-white-house-correspondent-cecilia-vega-i-know-youre-not-thinking-you-never-do/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "adweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-corrects-transcript-include-trump-insult-female-reporter-n915821", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/4508533/donald-trump-female-reporters/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/president-trump-to-abc-news-white-house-correspondent-cecilia-vega-i-know-youre-not-thinking-you-never-do/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "adweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "TRUMP: That's OK, I know you're not thinking. You never do.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-corrects-transcript-include-trump-insult-female-reporter-n915821", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The White House on Tuesday corrected its official record of President Donald Trump's Monday news conference to include his insult of a female reporter.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/CeciliaVega/status/1046797880617521152", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A news conference means you get to ask whatever question you want to ask. #FirstAmendment", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASOTct1woo8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I know you're not thinking, you never do.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-11-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2018-11-07", "start": "2018-11-07", "end": "2018-11-10", "title": "The post-midterm cluster: Alcindor, Ryan and Phillip", "why_it_fits": "At a White House news conference the day after the midterms (Nov. 7, 2018), PBS NewsHour's Yamiche Alcindor asked Trump about calling himself a nationalist. Trump interrupted her: \"I don't know why you'd say that, that's such a racist question\" (The Hill). At the same news conference, Trump told April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks, \"Sit down! I didn't call you,\" after she tried to ask about alleged voter suppression (Washington Post). On Nov. 9, outside the White House, CNN's Abby Phillip asked whether he wanted acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to \"rein in\" Robert Mueller. Trump replied, \"What a stupid question that is… You ask a lot of stupid questions.\" That same day, he called Ryan \"a loser\" and \"very nasty\" while suggesting he might pull more reporters' press credentials (Washington Post).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-a-stupid-question-trump-demeans-three-black-female-reporters-in-two-days/2018/11/09/272113d0-e441-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/media/415545-trump-accuses-reporter-of-racist-question/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/online/cnn-stands-by-reporter-abby-phillip-after-trump-insults-her-for-stupid-question/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.theroot.com/trump-calls-reporter-april-ryan-a-loser-and-nasty-as-he-1830338904", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "theroot.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/media/415545-trump-accuses-reporter-of-racist-question/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"I don't know why you'd say that, that's such a racist question,\" he interjected.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/online/cnn-stands-by-reporter-abby-phillip-after-trump-insults-her-for-stupid-question/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"What a stupid question that is. What a stupid question. I watch you a lot. You ask a lot of stupid questions.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-a-stupid-question-trump-demeans-three-black-female-reporters-in-two-days/2018/11/09/272113d0-e441-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"You talk about someone who's a loser,\" Trump said of Ryan.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bSMiSTdthE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-03-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2020-03-29", "start": "2020-03-29", "end": "2020-03-30", "title": "\"Be nice. Don't be threatening\" to Yamiche Alcindor (PBS NewsHour)", "why_it_fits": "At the March 29, 2020 briefing, PBS NewsHour reporter Yamiche Alcindor asked Trump about comments from his Fox News interview with Sean Hannity. Those comments questioned whether governors needed all the medical equipment they were asking for. Trump denied making them, then told her: \"That's why you used to work for the Times and now you work for somebody else… Be nice. Don't be threatening. Be nice\" (Newsweek; NBC News). Alcindor later posted that she was \"not the first human being, woman, black person or journalist to be told that while doing a job\" (Newsweek). Two weeks earlier, on March 13, 2020, PBS reported that Trump called her question about the disbanded White House pandemic office \"a nasty question.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/weloveyamiche-trends-twitter-after-trump-berates-black-female-reporter-n1173481", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/we-love-yamiche-trends-donald-trump-reporter-threatening-question-1494972", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-i-didnt-do-it-trump-says-of-disbanding-pandemics-office", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/490093-trump-gets-in-back-and-forth-with-reporter-during-coronavirus/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/weloveyamiche-trends-twitter-after-trump-berates-black-female-reporter-n1173481", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The #WeLoveYamiche hashtag caught on, becoming No. 1 in New York trending on March 30.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/we-love-yamiche-trends-donald-trump-reporter-threatening-question-1494972", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "#WeLoveYamiche was forth in the U.S. Twitter trending rankings with more than 74,000 tweets using the hashtag.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "tweets using the hashtag (more than, per Newsweek at time of writing)": 74000 } }, { "url": "https://x.com/Yamiche/status/1244413018026491905", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I'm not the first human being, woman, black person or journalist to be told that while doing a job.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uWT_L58MGc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Be nice. Don't be threatening. Be nice", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-05-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2020-05-11", "start": "2020-05-11", "end": "2020-05-12", "title": "\"Ask China\" to CBS's Weijia Jiang", "why_it_fits": "At a Rose Garden briefing on May 11, 2020, CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang asked Trump why he saw coronavirus testing as a global competition when more than 80,000 Americans had died (CNN). He answered: \"Maybe that's a question you should ask China.\" Jiang asked, \"Sir, why are you saying that to me specifically?\" Trump replied, \"I'm not saying it specifically to anybody. I'm saying it to anybody that asks a nasty question.\" Jiang said, \"That's not a nasty question.\" He then declined to take a question from CNN's Kaitlan Collins and ended the briefing. CNN reported that Jiang was born in China and immigrated to the US when she was two, and that \"some critics said Trump's remarks toward Jiang were racist.\" CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said, \"It's racist to look at an Asian-American White House correspondent and say, 'Ask China'\" (Al Jazeera). The next day, asked on \"Fox & Friends\" whether Trump had challenged the reporter because she is Asian, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said, \"No, that's a ridiculous assertion\" (Mediaite).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/media/trump-press-briefing-weijia-jian-kaitlan-collins", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.itv.com/news/2020-05-12/you-should-ask-china-donald-trump-walks-out-after-feisty-exchange-with-reporters", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "itv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/5/12/trump-gets-testy-with-asian-american-reporter-in-media-briefing", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/watch-kayleigh-mcenany-asked-by-fox-friends-if-trump-challenged-reporter-because-shes-asian/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/media/trump-press-briefing-weijia-jian-kaitlan-collins", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"Maybe that's a question you should ask China,\" Trump told Jiang.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.itv.com/news/2020-05-12/you-should-ask-china-donald-trump-walks-out-after-feisty-exchange-with-reporters", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "itv.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Mr Trump said he would say that to \"anyone who asks a nasty question\".", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/watch-kayleigh-mcenany-asked-by-fox-friends-if-trump-challenged-reporter-because-shes-asian/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"No, that's a ridiculous assertion,\" McEnany replied.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-07-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2024-07-31", "start": "2024-07-31", "end": null, "title": "Rachel Scott at the NABJ convention", "why_it_fits": "On July 31, 2024, Donald Trump took part in a live on-stage interview at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in Chicago, moderated by three Black women journalists. ABC News' Rachel Scott's first question listed things he had said before. She said, \"You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama, saying that they were not born in the United States,\" and cited his telling four congresswomen of color to \"go back to where they came from,\" and calling Black journalists' questions \"stupid and racist.\" She then asked, \"why should Black voters trust you after you have used language like that?\" Trump replied that he had never \"been asked a question… in such a horrible manner,\" called ABC \"a fake news network,\" and later called it \"a very nasty question.\" The 19th reported that he used the word \"nasty\" twice about Scott's questioning and said he was \"treated so rudely by this woman.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://19thnews.org/2024/07/trump-fact-check-harris-racial-identity-black-journalists-convention/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "19thnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-national-association-black-journalists-nabj-chicago-july-31-2024/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-national-association-black-journalists-nabj-chicago-july-31-2024/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Well, first of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question so -- in such a horrible manner, a first question. You don't even say, \"Hello, how are you?\" Are you with ABC? Because I think they're a fake news network, a terrible network.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://19thnews.org/2024/07/trump-fact-check-harris-racial-identity-black-journalists-convention/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "19thnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump twice used the word \"nasty\" to refer to Scott's questioning, recalling Trump's \"nasty woman\" attack against Hillary Clinton.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/former-president-trump-speaks-at-nabj-conference/645609", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump criticized one of the reporter's questions and proceeded to call her and her employer, ABC News, fake news.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2025-09-07", "start": "2025-09-07", "end": "2025-09-10", "title": "\"That's why you're second-rate\" (Yamiche Alcindor, NBC News)", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 7, 2025, NBC News reporter Yamiche Alcindor asked Trump whether he was trying to \"go to war with Chicago,\" following his Truth Social post. He called her \"darling,\" told her to \"be quiet,\" and said \"that's why you're second-rate.\" TheGrio reports that Trump had insulted Alcindor before: in 2018 he called her question a \"racist question,\" in 2019 he called her \"untruthful,\" and in 2020 he called a question a \"nasty question.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-second-rate-tirade-against-142500507.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thegrio.com/2025/09/08/trumps-second-rate-tirade-against-yamiche-alcindor-recalls-history-of-attacks-on-black-female-journalists/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thegrio.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-second-rate-tirade-against-142500507.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Listen. Be quiet. Listen. You don't listen. You never listen. That's why you're second-rate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzd5ADACeTY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2025-11-14", "start": "2025-11-14", "end": "2025-11-21", "title": "\"Quiet, piggy\" (Catherine Lucey) and Mary Bruce", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 14, 2025, during a gaggle on Air Force One, Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey asked Trump about the Epstein files. He pointed at her and said \"Quiet! Quiet, piggy.\" Asked about the comment, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump is \"very frank and honest\" with reporters, adding, \"I think the president being frank and open and honest to your faces rather than hiding behind your backs, is, frankly, a lot more respectful than what you saw in the last administration\" (CBS News). A Bloomberg spokesperson told the Washington Post that \"our White House journalists perform a vital public service, asking questions without fear or favor\" (CBS News). On Nov. 18 in the Oval Office, ABC News chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce asked about his family's business in Saudi Arabia and asked Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Trump told her, \"I think you are a terrible reporter,\" and said ABC's license \"should be taken away.\" CBS News reported that he accused Bruce of embarrassing the crown prince with her question and said the question was \"horrible\" and \"insubordinate.\" The Society of Professional Journalists issued one statement covering both incidents and called them \"part of an unmistakable pattern of hostility — often directed at women.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/nation/abc-news-trump-mary-bruce/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-female-reporters-ugly-piggy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-tries-defend-trump-234239372.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-president-trump-did-023406246.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/nation/abc-news-trump-mary-bruce/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and it's so wrong.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-female-reporters-ugly-piggy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the president snapped at Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey, telling her \"Quiet. Quiet, piggy.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/us/video/trump-snaps-reporter-epstein-quiet-piggy-digvid", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2025-11-26", "start": "2025-11-26", "end": "2025-11-29", "title": "\"Ugly, both inside and out\" (Katie Rogers, NYT) and \"Are you a stupid person?\" (Nancy Cordes, CBS News)", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 26, 2025, Trump wrote on Truth Social that New York Times correspondent Katie Rogers, \"who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.\" The post followed a Times article she co-authored on his age and physical stamina in his second term (CBS News). He did not mention the co-author, Dylan Freedman (CBS News; Time spells the name \"Freeman\"). A Times spokesperson said, \"Name-calling and personal insults don't change that, nor will our journalists hesitate to cover this administration in the face of intimidation tactics like this\" (CBS News). White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said, \"President Trump has never been politically correct, never holds back, and in large part, the American people re-elected him for his transparency,\" adding, \"This has nothing to do with gender\" (People, via AOL). On Nov. 27 at Mar-a-Lago, CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes cited a Justice Department inspector general finding that Afghan evacuees had been thoroughly vetted and asked, \"So why do you blame the Biden administration —\" Trump answered, \"Because they let him in. Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?\" (CBS News, Newsweek). CBS News reported both remarks together with the \"Quiet, piggy\" remark to Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey earlier that month, as the latest in a series aimed at female reporters. Axios described the Cordes exchange as part of escalating attacks on women reporters.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7337058/trump-female-journalist-attacks-new-york-times-katie-rogers/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-female-reporters-ugly-piggy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/white-house-defends-donald-trump-191013198.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-reporter-over-dc-shooting-question-are-you-a-stupid-person-11123695", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/29/trump-targets-female-reporters-with-disparaging-rhetoric", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7337058/trump-female-journalist-attacks-new-york-times-katie-rogers/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-female-reporters-ugly-piggy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Rogers' byline on the piece about Mr. Trump's aging in office is listed alongside another reporter, Dylan Freedman, a machine-learning engineer and journalist at the New York Times.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/white-house-defends-donald-trump-191013198.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aol.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"This has nothing to do with gender,\" Jackson insisted, adding, \"it has everything to do with the fact that the President's and the public's trust in the media is at all time lows.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-reporter-over-dc-shooting-question-are-you-a-stupid-person-11123695", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Because they let them in. Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-calls-reporter-stupid-person-during-tense-exchange-national-guardsmen-murder-suspect", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Donald Trump called CBS News White House correspondent Nancy Cordes a \"stupid person\" during questioning about Afghan refugee vetting.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2026-02-03", "start": "2026-02-03", "end": "2026-02-05", "title": "Kaitlan Collins, \"I don't think I've ever seen you smile\"", "why_it_fits": "On February 3, 2026, Collins, a CNN White House reporter and anchor, asked Trump about Epstein survivors who felt they had not gotten justice. He answered with personal remarks about her rather than the question: she was \"the worst reporter,\" and he had never \"seen a smile on your face.\" Newsweek put the exchange in a series of \"testy exchanges between the president and female reporters.\" That series includes the November 14, 2025 \"Quiet, piggy\" remark to Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey. Newsweek also notes that Trump had earlier called Collins \"always Stupid and Nasty\" in a December Truth Social post. CNN told Newsweek that Collins is an \"exceptional\" and \"skillful\" journalist. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Newsweek: \"President Trump has never been politically correct, never holds back, and in large part, the American people re-elected him for his transparency. This has nothing to do with gender – it has everything to do with the fact that the President's and the public's trust in the media is at all time lows.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-clashes-with-another-female-reporter-after-epstein-question-11462419", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/kaitlan-collins-trump-not-smiling-reaction-cnn-epstein-files/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thewrap.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.iwmf.org/2026/05/donald-trump-keeps-exploding-at-female-reporters/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "iwmf.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-another-clash-with-a-female-reporter-11682607", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-clashes-with-another-female-reporter-after-epstein-question-11462419", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I don't think I've ever seen you smile. I've known you for 10 years, I don't think I've ever seen a smile on your face.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/kaitlan-collins-trump-not-smiling-reaction-cnn-epstein-files/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thewrap.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Kaitlan Collins appears unfazed by President Donald Trump's personal attack on her demeanor while reporting the news, once again keeping things professional.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXPegql6Sk", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I don't think I've ever seen you smile. I've known you for 10 years, I don't think I've ever seen a smile on your face", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2026-03-15", "start": "2026-03-15", "end": "2026-03-17", "title": "\"You're a very obnoxious person\"", "why_it_fits": "According to the official transcript of the March 15, 2026 exchange, a reporter asked, \"Can you explain why we're sending 5,000 marines and sailors? Can you explain why——\". Trump answered, \"You're a very obnoxious person,\" and took a question from someone else. Newsweek and The Daily Beast both described the reporter as a woman, and The Daily Beast identified her as an ABC News reporter. The Daily Beast rendered his reply as \"Shhhhh. You're a very obnoxious person,\" and Newsweek said Trump appeared to make a \"shhh\" gesture before turning to a male reporter. Both outlets placed the exchange in a series of clashes with women reporters; The Daily Beast's list included \"Quiet, piggy!\" to Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told Newsweek: \"Americans appreciate that President Trump tells it like it is—and obnoxious is obnoxious, no matter what gender you are.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202600177/pdf/DCPD-202600177.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-another-clash-with-a-female-reporter-11682607", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-insults-another-female-reporter-114143739.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-insults-another-female-reporter-over-simple-question/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/trump-snaps-at-very-obnoxious-reporter-who-asked-about-iran-troop-deployment/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202600177/pdf/DCPD-202600177.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Q. Can you explain why we're sending 5,000 marines and sailors? Can you explain why—— The President. You're a very obnoxious person.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-another-clash-with-a-female-reporter-11682607", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "obnoxious is obnoxious, no matter what gender you are.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-insults-another-female-reporter-114143739.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"Shhhhh. You're a very obnoxious person,\" he responded.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2026-05-07", "start": "2026-05-07", "end": "2026-05-13", "title": "Rachel Scott \"horror show,\" then Akayla Gardner \"dumb person\"", "why_it_fits": "On May 7, 2026, near the Lincoln Memorial, ABC News's Rachel Scott asked Trump: \"Mr. President, you are here against the backdrop of the war in a Iran. Why focus on all these projects right now with gas prices soaring?\" (Mediaite transcript). When she tried a follow-up, he said it was \"Such a stupid question that you asked.\" He added \"you can understand dirt, maybe better than I can,\" and called her \"one of the worst reporters\" and \"a horror show.\" The White House's Rapid Response 47 account posted the exchange with the caption \"@POTUS destroys ABC Fake News reporter\" (HuffPost). On May 11, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) said in a statement that the remark about \"dirt\" \"landed as part of a familiar pattern in which Black women journalists are demeaned personally rather than answered substantively\" (theGrio). On May 12, on the South Lawn, MS NOW's Akayla Gardner said to Trump, \"You wanted [Federal Reserve Chair] Jerome Powell fired for cost overruns. How is that different than your ballroom and the reflecting pool?\" After he said the ballroom was \"under budget,\" she said, \"The price has doubled.\" Trump replied, \"I doubled the size of it, you dumb person. I doubled the size.\" When she asked about the reflecting pool, he said, \"You are not a smart person\" (MS NOW). White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said of the remarks to Gardner, \"This has nothing to do with gender – it has everything to do with the fact that the President's and the public's trust in the media is at all-time lows,\" as reported by The Daily Beast and quoted by Blavity. Blavity also reported that Rapid Response 47 posted a clip of the Gardner exchange, labeling her remark \"FAKE NEWS.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/such-a-stupid-question-trump-snaps-at-horror-show-reporter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-torches-stupid-question-reporter-beautification-projects-amid-iran-war", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thegrio.com/2026/05/11/nabj-trump-rachel-scott-black-women-journalists/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thegrio.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/news/trump-calls-ms-now-reporter-dumb-for-pointing-out-ballooning-ballroom-cost", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ms.now", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rachel-scott-abc-news-rant_n_69fd8282e4b0cb033e5107bd", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://blavity.com/trump-to-black-woman-reporter-white-house-ballroom-double-size", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "blavity.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/such-a-stupid-question-trump-snaps-at-horror-show-reporter/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This is one of the worst reporters. She's with ABC fake news and she's a horror show.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rachel-scott-abc-news-rant_n_69fd8282e4b0cb033e5107bd", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "@POTUS destroys ABC Fake News reporter", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/news/trump-calls-ms-now-reporter-dumb-for-pointing-out-ballooning-ballroom-cost", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ms.now", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Donald Trump on Tuesday called MS NOW's Akayla Gardner \"a dumb person\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://blavity.com/trump-to-black-woman-reporter-white-house-ballroom-double-size", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "blavity.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This has nothing to do with gender – it has everything to do with the fact that the President's and the public's trust in the media is at all-time lows.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IXCg19CCII", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/insults-aimed-at-female-journalists/#2026-07-27", "start": "2026-07-27", "end": "2026-07-29", "title": "\"What a stupid question\" to Jennifer Jacobs (CBS News)", "why_it_fits": "On July 27, 2026, aboard Air Force One, CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs asked President Trump why the Senate should stay in Washington for the SAVE Act rather than campaign before the midterms. Trump answered \"What a stupid question!\" When she asked, \"Shouldn't they be out campaigning, though?\", he said: \"What a stupid question. For Jennifer to ask such a stupid — she's a smart person. I knew her all the way back in the Iowa days when she said Trump's going to win, and boy was she right\" (HuffPost). HuffPost, Newsweek and The Daily Beast all reported it as the latest of his insults toward female reporters. Newsweek placed it next to earlier incidents: \"Quiet, quiet piggy\" to Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey, calling ABC's Rachel Scott's question \"stupid\" in May 2026, and asking CBS's Nancy Cordes \"Are you stupid?\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-berates-female-reporter_n_6a67bcf2e4b006a1a8376563", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://sg.news.yahoo.com/stupid-trump-slings-insult-another-224607034.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-reporter-stupid-question-save-act-pressure-grows-12250630", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-80-hurls-nasty-insult-at-another-female-reporter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-snaps-female-reporter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rawstory.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-berates-female-reporter_n_6a67bcf2e4b006a1a8376563", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"What a stupid question!\" Trump shouted in response.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-80-hurls-nasty-insult-at-another-female-reporter/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Donald Trump has lashed out at yet another female reporter, this time for asking about the proposed voting reforms he has spent months obsessing over.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-reporter-stupid-question-save-act-pressure-grows-12250630", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump said: 'What a stupid question for you to ask me.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "republican-push-to-fast-track-data-centers-over-local-opposition", "title": "The recurring Republican push to fast-track data centers over local opposition", "type": "recurring_scandal", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/republican-push-to-fast-track-data-centers-over-local-opposition/", "summary": "Since 2024, Republican governors, legislators and federal officials have repeatedly backed keeping data center tax breaks, speeding up permits, or limiting local zoning and referendum power, while residents and some lawmakers organized against these projects. The pattern isn't limited to one party. Democrats have backed projects too, and many Republicans, including Ohio legislators, Indiana's Senate and members of Congress, have pushed back or called for local control.", "summary_sources": [], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2025-07-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/republican-push-to-fast-track-data-centers-over-local-opposition/#2025-07-23", "start": "2025-07-23", "end": "2025-07-28", "title": "Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure executive order", "why_it_fits": "On July 23, 2025, President Trump (a Republican) issued the order \"Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure.\" It tells federal agencies to streamline permitting reviews, provide financial support and make federal land available for data center projects. It covers projects that commit $500 million or more, add 100 MW or more of electric load, or protect national security (White & Case). It tells the Council on Environmental Quality to work with agencies on new NEPA categorical exclusions for these projects. It tells EPA to develop or modify rules under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and other laws to speed permitting. It also tells the Secretary of the Army to review nationwide permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and decide whether these projects need their own activity-specific nationwide permit (White & Case). The companion AI Action Plan says the United States' environmental permitting system makes this infrastructure \"almost impossible to build\" at the speed required (White & Case). The Southern Environmental Law Center said the plan would advance data centers and fossil-fuel infrastructure without consulting localities and residents (Inside Climate News). The order covers federal permits only and does not preempt state permitting, zoning or energy rules (MultiState).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/trump-administration-issues-executive-order-streamline-data-center-development", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitecase.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24072025/trump-ai-action-plan-waives-federal-environmental-rules/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "insideclimatenews.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.multistate.us/insider/2026/4/14/federal-ai-data-center-policy-meets-resistance-from-state-lawmakers", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "multistate.us", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/trump-administration-issues-executive-order-streamline-data-center-development", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "whitecase.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "directs federal agencies to streamline permitting reviews, provide financial support, and utilize federal land for the expeditious development of data centers", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24072025/trump-ai-action-plan-waives-federal-environmental-rules/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "insideclimatenews.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The Trump administration has manufactured barriers and a fake sense of urgency to roll back public safeguards…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-07-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/republican-push-to-fast-track-data-centers-over-local-opposition/#2026-07-14", "start": "2026-07-14", "end": "2026-09-02", "title": "Townsite Data Center on BLM land near Boulder City, Nevada", "why_it_fits": "On June 26, 2026, the BLM, part of the Trump administration's Interior Department, approved changing a 2023 right-of-way for a solar-and-battery project into the Townsite Data Center on 81 acres of federal land near Boulder City. It used the 2023 environmental review and did not prepare a new or revised environmental assessment. The BLM said the approval was consistent with Trump's Executive Order 14318, \"Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure.\" An Interior spokesperson said the project reflects \"the growing role of public lands in supporting the infrastructure needed to power innovation, advanced technology, and the nation's future economic growth.\"\n\nOpposition is documented:\n- Boulder City filed its own administrative appeal and said it was not consulted.\n- The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club's Toiyabe Chapter filed an appeal arguing the approval skipped public participation and project-specific review.\n- Newsweek reported that residents packed council meetings. The Nevada Independent reported that dozens of people came out against the project.\n\nAround September 1, an Interior Department appeals board stayed the approval. It found that a solar farm and a data center are not \"substantially the same,\" and construction was halted. Nevada Current reported on October 20 that the approval was formally rejected after BLM asked to withdraw it for more review, sending the project back to square one.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-data-center-public-legal-challenge-12258877", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/08/donald-trump-data-center-public-opinion-federal-government/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spotlightpa.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/judge-orders-pause-on-boulder-city-data-center", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thenevadaindependent.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://nevadacurrent.com/2026/10/20/data-center-project-proposed-on-federal-land-gets-sent-back-to-square-one/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nevadacurrent.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-data-center-public-legal-challenge-12258877", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The BLM said its approval was consistent with President Donald Trump's Executive Order 14318", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/08/donald-trump-data-center-public-opinion-federal-government/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "spotlightpa.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "“Tyranny,” one resident described it in front of the City Council in July.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/judge-orders-pause-on-boulder-city-data-center", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thenevadaindependent.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A Department of Interior judge has ordered a stay on the construction of a data center", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-physical-health-questions", "title": "The recurring questions about Trump's physical health", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/", "summary": "Since 2018, public questions about Donald Trump's physical health have come back again and again. The triggers have included physician briefings, unannounced or unexplained visits to Walter Reed hospital, his 2020 COVID-19 hospitalization, and visible signs such as swollen ankles, hand bruises and a neck rash. The White House and his physicians have repeatedly described his health in strong terms (\"excellent,\" \"exceptional,\" \"perfectly normal\"). Some accounts were later added to or changed: how sick he was with COVID-19, whether a 2025 scan was an MRI or a CT scan, and the explanations given for the bruises on his hands.", "summary_sources": [ "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-and-dr-ronny-jackson-01162018/", "https://abcnews.com/us/trump-makes-unannounced-visit-walter-reed-medical-center/story?id=67082769", "https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics/donald-trump-covid-19-ventilator/index.html", "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-addresses-redness-side-trumps-neck-rcna261379", "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-doctor-explains-trumps-visible-neck-rash", "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/redness-trumps-neck-caused-common-201204586.html" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2018-01-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2018-01-12", "start": "2018-01-12", "end": "2018-01-17", "title": "Ronny Jackson's exam briefing", "why_it_fits": "On January 16, 2018, White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson said from the briefing room podium that \"The President's overall health is excellent,\" following Trump's first presidential physical on January 12. Jackson released Trump's figures: 75 inches tall, 239 pounds, blood pressure 122/74. He recommended losing 10–15 pounds through diet and exercise. CNN reported that Trump's total cholesterol had risen from 169 in 2016 to 223. When reporters pressed him, Jackson said Trump \"technically\" has \"nonclinical... coronary atherosclerosis,\" with a coronary calcium score of 133, up from 98 in 2013. He also said Trump \"does not have heart disease.\" The coverage set the \"excellent health\" summary against the numbers released that day.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-and-dr-ronny-jackson-01162018/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/578424523/white-house-doctor-says-trump-is-in-excellent-physical-cognitive-health", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/politics/ronny-jackson-health-donald-trump/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/5104183/donald-trump-health-ronny-jackson/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-and-dr-ronny-jackson-01162018/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In summary: The President's overall health is excellent. His cardiac performance during his physical exam was very good.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/politics/ronny-jackson-health-donald-trump/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump weighs 239 pounds, Jackson said, three pounds more than he weighed in 2016.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/578424523/white-house-doctor-says-trump-is-in-excellent-physical-cognitive-health", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It's called genetics,\" Jackson said. \"Some people just have great genes. I told the president if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years he might live to be 200.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-05-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2018-05-01", "start": "2018-05-01", "end": "2018-05-02", "title": "Bornstein says Trump dictated the 2015 \"healthiest\" letter", "why_it_fits": "Trump's campaign released a letter from Dr. Harold Bornstein in December 2015. It said Trump \"will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.\" In September 2016, Bornstein told CNN the words were his own (\"Did I really write that letter? Yeah\"). On May 1, 2018, he told CNN, \"He dictated that whole letter. I didn't write that letter.\" That changes the earlier account of where an official-seeming health statement came from, which is the \"later disclosed / accounts changed\" part of the thread. According to CBS/CNN and TIME, the White House did not comment on the letter claim.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/dr-harold-bornstein-donald-trump-health-letter", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/5262611/harold-bornstein-donald-trump-doctor-letter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385765-trumps-ex-doctor-says-trump-dictated-letter-claiming-he-would-be/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/dr-harold-bornstein-donald-trump-health-letter", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"He dictated that whole letter. I didn't write that letter,\" Bornstein told CNN on Tuesday. \"I just made it up as I went along.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/5262611/harold-bornstein-donald-trump-doctor-letter/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Neither the White House nor Trump have commented on Bornstein's latest allegations about the 2015 letter.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385765-trumps-ex-doctor-says-trump-dictated-letter-claiming-he-would-be/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Bornstein now says that Trump had dictated the language as the doctor and his wife drove across Central Park.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3De0EWbsm1M", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-11-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2019-11-16", "start": "2019-11-16", "end": "2019-11-19", "title": "Unscheduled Walter Reed visit (November 2019)", "why_it_fits": "On a Saturday, Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. ABC News reported that the visit \"was not on the president's weekend public schedule,\" unlike his 2018 and 2019 physicals, which were announced in advance. The Washington Post said the circumstances \"renewed questions about the status of his health and the White House's handling of his medical information,\" citing several medical experts. On Saturday, press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump was beginning \"portions of his routine annual physical exam\" and described a \"quick exam and labs.\" Late Monday, physician Sean Conley's memo called it a \"routine, planned interim checkup\" and said there had been no chest pain and no urgent treatment. Nearly two years later, CNN reported that Grisham's 2021 book, \"I'll Take Your Questions Now,\" described the visit as a \"very common procedure\" during which \"a patient is put under.\" CNN said the book \"does not use the term colonoscopy but heavily implies that's what the trip was for,\" and that Grisham wrote Trump did not want then-Vice President Mike Pence in power while he was sedated.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/us/trump-makes-unannounced-visit-walter-reed-medical-center/story?id=67082769", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/11/19/doctor-says-president-trump-unscheduled-trip-walter-reed-was-routine/qUGdrIQT5OUnBnnjAntUoM/story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-health-under-scrutiny-again-after-unplanned-visit-to-walter-reed/2019/11/18/f83c91a4-0a26-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/28/politics/stephanie-grisham-donald-trump-melania-trump-book/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/us/trump-makes-unannounced-visit-walter-reed-medical-center/story?id=67082769", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Anticipating a very busy 2020, the President is taking advantage of a free weekend here in Washington, D.C., to begin portions of his routine annual physical exam at Walter Reed", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/11/19/doctor-says-president-trump-unscheduled-trip-walter-reed-was-routine/qUGdrIQT5OUnBnnjAntUoM/story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Despite some of the speculation, the President has not had any chest pain, nor was he evaluated or treated for any urgent or acute issues", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-health-under-scrutiny-again-after-unplanned-visit-to-walter-reed/2019/11/18/f83c91a4-0a26-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It is unusual for a president to do a physical exam in multiple stages months apart", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/28/politics/stephanie-grisham-donald-trump-melania-trump-book/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In the book, Grisham does not use the term colonoscopy but heavily implies that’s what the trip was for.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-06-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2020-06-13", "start": "2020-06-13", "end": "2020-06-22", "title": "West Point ramp and water glass", "why_it_fits": "After Trump's June 13, 2020 commencement speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, video of his slow walk down a ramp circulated widely, and Fox News reported concerns about how he handled a glass of water and walked down the ramp. CNN reported that Trump \"appeared to have difficulty lifting his right arm to his mouth, so he used his left hand to push the bottom of the glass higher.\" Trump explained the ramp in a tweet, saying it was \"very long & steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery.\" CNN noted that \"it had not rained beforehand and others were seen walking normally down the decline,\" and that Trump \"did not address the water glass episode on Twitter.\" At his June 20 Tulsa rally he gave a longer account, which a CNN analysis put at 1,798 words. In it he said he was \"wearing leather bottom shoes,\" which are \"not good for ramps,\" and that he did not want to \"get water on the tie.\" Fox News reported that he also said he had difficulty lifting his arm to drink water because he \"just saluted 600 times.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/donald-trump-health-ramp-water/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-14/trump-says-slippery-ramp-lack-of-handrail-caused-shaky-walk", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-media-coverage-west-point-ramp-walk-tulsa-rally", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/donald-trump-tulsa-rally-west-point-ramp/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/donald-trump-health-ramp-water/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump did not address the water glass episode on Twitter, defending instead the way he cautiously took to the ramp alongside West Point superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/donald-trump-tulsa-rally-west-point-ramp/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I’ve got myself a problem, general, because I’m wearing leather bottom shoes, which is good if you’re walking on flat surfaces. It’s not good for ramps.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-media-coverage-west-point-ramp-walk-tulsa-rally", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"These people are sick, the fake news,\" Trump told a Tulsa, Okla., rally crowd", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?473034-1%2Fpresident-trump-delivers-west-point-commencement-address=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-10-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2020-10-02", "start": "2020-10-02", "end": "2020-10-05", "title": "COVID-19 hospitalization and the shifting oxygen accounts", "why_it_fits": "At a briefing outside Walter Reed on October 3, 2020, White House physician Sean Conley repeatedly refused to say whether the president ever needed supplemental oxygen, despite repeated questioning. That same day, the AP reported, citing an unnamed person familiar with Trump's condition, that the president was administered oxygen at the White House on Friday before he was transported to the military hospital. On October 4, Conley confirmed Trump had received supplemental oxygen at the White House when his blood oxygen level dipped. He also said Trump had been given the steroid dexamethasone after his oxygen level had dropped down to 93% on Saturday. This is an episode where the official account of Trump's physical condition changed within about 24 hours.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://amp.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.5749455", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbc.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.witf.org/2020/10/04/the-latest-doctor-tried-to-show-trumps-upbeat-attitude/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "witf.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/4/trump-doctors-say-he-is-improving-was-given-steroid-dexamethason", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://amp.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.5749455", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbc.ca", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Thursday no oxygen. None at this moment. And yesterday with the team, while we were all here, he was not on oxygen,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.witf.org/2020/10/04/the-latest-doctor-tried-to-show-trumps-upbeat-attitude/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "witf.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude of the team, that the president, that his course of illness has had.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/4/trump-doctors-say-he-is-improving-was-given-steroid-dexamethason", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "transient low oxygen levels", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?476593-1%2Fwhite-house-physician-president-doing-well=&live=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "he is not on oxygen right now", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-02-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2021-02-11", "start": "2021-02-11", "end": "2021-02-12", "title": "Report that Trump was sicker with COVID-19 than disclosed", "why_it_fits": "On February 11, 2021, CNBC reported that the New York Times, citing four people familiar with his condition, said that during his October 2020 COVID-19 illness Trump had \"extremely depressed blood oxygen levels at one point and a lung problem associated with pneumonia caused by the coronavirus,\" and that \"officials believed he would be put on a ventilator\" before he was taken to Walter Reed. CNN reported the same day that \"there was talk of putting him on a ventilator, according to what Trump told one person at the time.\" At the time, his physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said Trump \"is not on oxygen right now\" and that scans showed \"expected findings, but nothing of any major clinical concern.\" Conley later said he had tried to \"reflect the upbeat nature of the team\" (per Global News). Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, told CNN that Conley \"at that time was clearly being evasive and deceptive.\" The report is a later disclosure that differs from the official account given during the hospitalization.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/11/covid-trump-was-sicker-from-coronavirus-than-first-said.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/7636304/trump-coronavirus-case-severe", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics/donald-trump-covid-19-ventilator/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics/donald-trump-covid-19-ventilator/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Former President Donald Trump’s condition after testing positive for Covid-19 became so concerning last October that there was talk of putting him on a ventilator, according to what Trump told one person at the time.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/11/covid-trump-was-sicker-from-coronavirus-than-first-said.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Former President Donald Trump was more seriously sick from the coronavirus in October than the public was told at the time, a new report said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2025-07-13", "start": "2025-07-13", "end": "2025-07-18", "title": "Swollen ankles, chronic venous insufficiency diagnosis, hand bruise and makeup", "why_it_fits": "On July 17, 2025, Leavitt read a memo from White House physician Sean Barbabella. It said Trump had been evaluated after noticing \"mild swelling\" in his lower legs and had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, \"a benign and common condition, particularly in individuals over the age of 70.\" The memo said the bruising on the back of his hand was \"consistent with minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin.\" The announcement followed photos of swollen ankles at the July 13 Club World Cup final and a July 15 close-up of makeup on his hand. NPR noted that the April 2025 physical did not mention the condition and had said \"blood flow to his extremities is unimpaired.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-vascular-testing-leg-swelling-white-house/story?id=123839307", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-diagnosed-with-chronic-venous-insufficiency-swelling-spotted-leavitt-says/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/nx-s1-5471453/trump-chronic-venous-insufficiency-swelling", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-explains-after-trumps-hand-pictured-caked-with-makeup/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-diagnosed-with-chronic-venous-insufficiency-swelling-spotted-leavitt-says/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This is consistent with minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin, which is taken as part of a standard cardiovascular prevention regimen,\" the memo said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-vascular-testing-leg-swelling-white-house/story?id=123839307", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The president remains in excellent health,\" Leavitt said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-explains-after-trumps-hand-pictured-caked-with-makeup/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump was speaking to reporters when a camera zoomed in on the president's hand.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2025-08-29", "start": "2025-08-29", "end": "2025-09-02", "title": "Labor Day weekend \"Trump is dead\" rumors", "why_it_fits": "Over the Labor Day weekend, social media posts questioned whether Trump was seriously ill or dead. PolitiFact rated false a viral video claiming his official schedule had been \"suspended\" after a \"vascular condition\" diagnosis; PolitiFact noted that the White House had announced in July 2025 that he has chronic venous insufficiency. Fox News reported the speculation was also fed by \"an empty public schedule and recycled photos showing bruising on his hand.\" On Aug. 31, Trump posted on Truth Social, \"NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE\" (per Snopes). On Sept. 2 he told reporters \"I was very active during the weekend\" (PolitiFact) and called the speculation \"fake news\" (Fox News).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/sep/02/tweets/Donald-Trump-schedule-health-rumor-dead", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-responds-bizarre-weekend-rumors-his-death-i-very-active", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/09/02/trump-labor-day-weekend-death-rumor/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/sep/02/Donald-Trump-Died-Rumor-False-misinformation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/sep/02/tweets/Donald-Trump-schedule-health-rumor-dead", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It all began when the president's official schedule was suddenly suspended without any convincing explanation, sparking doubts about his true state of health.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views": 1400000 } }, { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115125318282199234", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-responds-bizarre-weekend-rumors-his-death-i-very-active", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I didn't do anything for two days, and they said, 'There must be something wrong with him,'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2025-10-08", "start": "2025-10-08", "end": "2025-10-27", "title": "Second Walter Reed visit of 2025 and the \"MRI\"", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 8, 2025, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: \"While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up.\" An Associated Press report carried by Military.com noted that Trump \"had his annual physical in April\" and that the White House \"declined to explain why Trump was getting a yearly checkup at Walter Reed\" six months later. Trump told reporters on Oct. 9 that it was a \"semiannual physical.\" After the Oct. 10 visit, physician Sean Barbabella's letter said Trump \"remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.\" According to ABC News, the letter said the visit included advanced imaging, lab testing and preventive health assessments by a team of specialists. On Oct. 27, aboard Air Force One, Trump said, \"I did. I got an MRI. It was perfect.\" CNN reported this was \"the first time he has provided a reason for his second medical exam this year,\" and that Trump declined to say why he received the MRI, telling reporters to \"ask the doctors.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-get-routine-yearly-medical-check-second-6-months-rcna236538", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/10/10/president-donald-trump-visits-walter-reed-semiannual-physical.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "military.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-undergo-semiannual-physical-walter-reed-friday/story?id=126380791", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/politics/donald-trump-mri-health-walter-reed", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/Acyn/status/1982742400058724361", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Reporter: Did you get an MRI? Trump: I did. I got an MRI. It was perfect.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/politics/donald-trump-mri-health-walter-reed", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Donald Trump said that he received an MRI scan during a recent trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center – marking the first time he has provided a reason for his second medical exam this year and raising new questions about the president’s health.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-undergo-semiannual-physical-walter-reed-friday/story?id=126380791", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NY5AyEBBLYA", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It was perfect.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2025-11-30", "start": "2025-11-30", "end": "2025-12-03", "title": "\"Advanced imaging\" memo and Cabinet meeting", "why_it_fits": "In late October, Trump said he had an MRI as part of \"advanced imaging\" tests at Walter Reed. He didn't say what the scan was for. On Nov 30 he said of the body part, \"I have no idea… It wasn't the brain.\" On Dec 1, a memo from physician Sean P. Barbabella said the imaging covered his heart and abdomen. It called the imaging \"preventive\" and the results \"perfectly normal,\" and did not use the word \"MRI.\" A day later, the New York Times reported that Trump appeared to fight sleep during the Cabinet meeting. Leavitt responded that he was \"listening attentively and running the entire\" meeting.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-from-the-physician-the-president-providing-summary-president-donald-j-trumps", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/white-house-physician-trumps-imaging-test-results-perfectly/story?id=128010313", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/03/trump-appears-to-fight-sleep-in-cabinet-meeting-after-attacking-media-scrutiny-of-his-age/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "irishtimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-from-the-physician-the-president-providing-summary-president-donald-j-trumps", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Trump's cardiovascular imaging is perfectly normal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/white-house-physician-trumps-imaging-test-results-perfectly/story?id=128010313", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I have no idea. It was just an MRI -- what part of the body? It wasn't the brain, because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/03/trump-appears-to-fight-sleep-in-cabinet-meeting-after-attacking-media-scrutiny-of-his-age/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "irishtimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the president, who is 79, sometimes appeared to struggle to keep his eyes open", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C9iHMhuuM_M", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It Wasn't the Brain", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2026-01-01", "start": "2026-01-01", "end": "2026-01-03", "title": "WSJ interview: aspirin dose and \"It wasn't an MRI\"", "why_it_fits": "In an interview the Wall Street Journal published January 1, 2026, Trump said he takes more aspirin than his doctors recommend. He linked it to the hand bruising seen through 2025: \"I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart.\" His physician, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, said the dose is 325 milligrams a day. The official account of the October 2025 Walter Reed imaging also changed. Trump had said for weeks that he had an MRI. He told the Journal, \"It wasn't an MRI… It was less than that. It was a scan,\" and Barbabella confirmed it was a CT scan. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president's \"physicians and the White House have always maintained the president received advanced imaging.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-defends-his-health-and-energy-while-revealing-new-details-on-medical-screenings-he-underwent", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-ct-mri/story?id=128832409", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-02/donald-trumps-health-key-points-from-wsj-interview/106194812", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc.net.au", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2026/01/02/nx-s1-5665112/trump-aspirin-325-81-mg-low-dose-cardiac-stroke-heart-attack-bleeding", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wsj.com/us-news/as-signs-of-aging-emerge-trump-responds-with-defiance-769c5dcd", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wsj.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-defends-his-health-and-energy-while-revealing-new-details-on-medical-screenings-he-underwent", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In retrospect, it's too bad I took it because it gave them a little ammunition.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-ct-mri/story?id=128832409", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It wasn't an MRI,\" Trump told the Journal. \"It was less than that. It was a scan.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2026-01-22", "start": "2026-01-22", "end": "2026-01-24", "title": "Davos hand bruise", "why_it_fits": "On Thursday, January 22, 2026, MS NOW reported that a \"deep purple, blue and red mark\" was visible on the back of Trump's left hand while he spoke at the Board of Peace signing ceremony in Davos. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Trump \"hit his hand on the corner of the signing table, causing it to bruise.\" Trump himself said he \"clipped it on the table,\" according to CNN's headline as republished by CTV News. MS NOW said that \"various photographs in recent months have shown discoloration on his hands,\" and that the White House has blamed that bruising on his daily aspirin and frequent handshaking. This bruise was on his left hand rather than his right.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ms.now/news/trump-hand-bruise-photo", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ms.now", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/trump-says-heavy-bruise-on-his-left-hand-came-after-he-clipped-it-on-the-table/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ctvnews.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.ms.now/news/trump-hand-bruise-photo", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ms.now", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "An MS NOW review of video footage from the ceremony could not identify a moment when such an incident occurred, although it is possible the injury happened off-camera.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/trump-says-heavy-bruise-on-his-left-hand-came-after-he-clipped-it-on-the-table/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ctvnews.ca", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The White House said Thursday that bruising on President Donald Trump's left hand stemmed from him hitting it on the signing table during a Board of Peace event in Davos, Switzerland, earlier in the day.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2026-03-02", "start": "2026-03-02", "end": "2026-03-03", "title": "Neck redness at the Medal of Honor ceremony", "why_it_fits": "On March 2, 2026, photos from the Medal of Honor ceremony in the White House East Room showed red, irritated skin on the right side of Trump's neck. NBC reported it had also been seen in photographs from his State of the Union address the previous week, and AP photos showed redness on his neck as early as Feb. 19. The same day, his physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, said in a statement: \"President Trump is using a very common cream on the right side of his neck, which is a preventative skin treatment, prescribed by the White House Doctor… The President is using this treatment for one week, and the redness is expected to last for a few weeks.\" NBC reported that Barbabella didn't say which cream it was or what the treatment was for. Dr. Elizabeth Bahar Houshmand, a dermatologist quoted by HuffPost (via Yahoo News), speculated that the \"most likely explanation\" was treatment for sun-induced skin damage; the White House did not say what the cream treats. The coverage tied the episode to earlier questions about Trump's health, including his hand bruises and his October 2025 evaluation at Walter Reed.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-addresses-redness-side-trumps-neck-rcna261379", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/whats-trumps-angry-neck-rash-180106545.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-doctor-explains-trumps-visible-neck-rash", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/redness-trumps-neck-caused-common-201204586.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-addresses-redness-side-trumps-neck-rcna261379", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Barbabella didn't specify what cream Trump is using and didn't explain the purpose of the preventive treatment.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/whats-trumps-angry-neck-rash-180106545.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the most likely explanation is that the president is undergoing treatment for actinic (sun-induced) skin damage", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-doctor-explains-trumps-visible-neck-rash", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Trump is using a very common cream on the right side of his neck, which is a preventative skin treatment, prescribed by the White House Doctor", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-physical-health-questions/#2026-05-26", "start": "2026-05-26", "end": "2026-05-31", "title": "Third Walter Reed checkup in 13 months (May 2026)", "why_it_fits": "On May 26, 2026, Trump had what ABC called his \"third scheduled medical appointment at Walter Reed in 13 months.\" Axios counted it as his fourth publicly acknowledged checkup of his second term. He called it a \"6 month physical.\" Three days later the White House released a memo from physician Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella saying Trump \"remains in excellent health.\" The memo again explained the hand bruising and the lower-leg swelling, which had drawn coverage since his July 2025 diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency. Axios reported that the memo \"didn't put to rest persistent questions about apparent bruising on Trump's hands, swollen ankles,\" and quoted outside physicians Jonathan Reiner and Bob Wachter raising unanswered questions.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/white-house-releases-report-trumps-physical-exam/story?id=133440907", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/05/31/trump-checkup-medical-questions-unanswered", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/trump-visits-walter-reed-for-3rd-physical-exam-of-his-2nd-term-what-to-know-about-the-presidents-health-162111962.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/white-house-releases-report-trumps-physical-exam/story?id=133440907", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Donald Trump remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and overall physical function.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/white-house-releases-report-trumps-physical-exam/story?id=133440907", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/05/31/trump-checkup-medical-questions-unanswered", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It took three days to release the findings, which arrived at 10:44pm ET on a Friday night.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-insults-mens-weight", "title": "The recurring Trump insults about men's weight and size", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-insults-mens-weight/", "summary": "Donald Trump has repeatedly insulted men's weight, height or size, including a 2017 tweet saying he would never call Kim Jong Un \"short and fat,\" remarks about Michael Bloomberg's height in 2020, comments about Chris Christie's weight in 2023, and repeated remarks about Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's weight from 2024 through 2026.", "summary_sources": [], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-11-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-insults-mens-weight/#2017-11-11", "start": "2017-11-11", "end": "2017-11-13", "title": "\"Short and fat\" tweet about Kim Jong Un", "why_it_fits": "Trump tweeted from Hanoi during his Asia tour: \"Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?' Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend — and maybe someday that will happen!\" (CNBC, BuzzFeed News, Newsweek). CNBC reported he was responding to a North Korean Foreign Ministry statement that called his South Korea speech \"reckless remarks by an old lunatic.\" Times of Israel (AFP) described the tweet as Trump \"taunting the North Korean leader over his height and weight.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/12/trump-taunts-kim-i-would-never-call-him-short-and-fat.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-mocks-north-koreas-kim-says-he-would-never-call-him-short-and-fat", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-goes-sarcastic-kim-jong-un-short-and-fat-jibe-708974", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/old-trump-takes-dig-at-short-and-fat-kim-jong-un/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-goes-sarcastic-kim-jong-un-short-and-fat-jibe-708974", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "On Twitter, critics compared the spat to an exchange between high school students", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/old-trump-takes-dig-at-short-and-fat-kim-jong-un/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "taunting the North Korean leader over his height and weight before musing over the idea of them eventually becoming friends.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/president-trump-called-kim-jung-un-short-and-fat-but-said", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "buzzfeednews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Might be a strange thing to happen but it's certainly a possibility,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/president-trump-taunts-kim-jong-un-i-would-never-call-him-short-and-fat-1094191171569", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?' Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend — and maybe someday that will happen!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-02-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-insults-mens-weight/#2020-02-02", "start": "2020-02-02", "end": "2020-02-20", "title": "\"Mini Mike\" remarks about Michael Bloomberg's height", "why_it_fits": "In a Feb. 13, 2020 tweet, Trump called Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg \"a 5'4\" mass of dead energy\" and added \"No boxes please.\" Earlier, in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity that aired before the Feb. 2 Super Bowl, Trump called Bloomberg \"very little\" and said he \"wants a box for the debates to stand on.\" The Bloomberg campaign answered: \"The president is lying.\" The AP fact-checked the height claim and reported that Bloomberg's doctor put him at 5 feet 7 inches. PolitiFact rated as False a viral photo, posted the same day as the tweet, that had been altered to make Bloomberg look much shorter next to Trump. On Feb. 2, Bloomberg press secretary Julie Wood said: \"The president is lying. He is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan.\" (FOX 32). The AP reported that Bloomberg answered the Feb. 13 tweet with his own tweet, quoted there as: \"Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown.\" The AP also reported that at a Greensboro, North Carolina rally, Bloomberg said, \"He calls me Little Mike and the answer is, 'Donald, where I come from we measure your height from your neck up.'\" The AP fact check said \"Bloomberg is not that short,\" citing his doctor's December letter (5 feet 7 inches) and New York newspaper reports of 5-6 to just under 5-8. It also said Trump's own height \"has been a moving target.\" PolitiFact said the original photo, from the New York Observer's 25th anniversary in March 2013, shows \"Bloomberg's head clears Trump's chin.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-blasts-bloomberg-mini-mike-is-a-54-mass-of-dead-energy", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/ap-fact-check-trump-gets-rise-out-of-mini-mike-bloomberg/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "seattletimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/viral-image/donald-trump-isnt-really-much-taller-michael-bloom/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bloomberg-campaign-calls-trump-pathological-liar-with-a-spray-on-tan-after-trump-makes-box-claim", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox32chicago.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-blasts-bloomberg-mini-mike-is-a-54-mass-of-dead-energy", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Mini Mike is a 5’4” mass of dead energy who does not want to be on the debate stage with these professional politicians,\" … \"No boxes please. He hates Crazy Bernie and will, with enough money, possibly stop him. Bernie’s people will go nuts!\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bloomberg-campaign-calls-trump-pathological-liar-with-a-spray-on-tan-after-trump-makes-box-claim", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox32chicago.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "[He's] very little. I just think of little. You know, now he wants a box for the debates to stand on.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/viral-image/donald-trump-isnt-really-much-taller-michael-bloom/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A photo of Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg has been altered to make Bloomberg look shorter.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/atrupar/status/1224053046960906240", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Very little. I just think of little. Now he wants a box for the debates to stand on ... he wants a box for the debates! Why should he be entitled to that?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-08-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-insults-mens-weight/#2023-08-08", "start": "2023-08-08", "end": "2023-08-09", "title": "Trump's remarks about Chris Christie's weight in Windham, New Hampshire", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 8, 2023, during a speech in a high school gym in Windham, New Hampshire, Trump said of Chris Christie, then running against him for the Republican nomination, \"Christie, he's eating right now. He can't be bothered,\" and then told an audience member not to call Christie \"a fat pig\" (NBC News; Fox News). NBC News described this as mocking Christie \"over his eating habits and his weight,\" and Fox News called it \"just the latest instance\" of Trump poking fun at Christie's weight. Fox cited earlier Truth Social posts, including a June 2023 post asking whether Christie had \"a psychological problem with SIZE.\" The same day, Trump posted that he had been \"extremely respectful of Sloppy Chris Christie today in New Hampshire\" (Fox News).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-mocks-fat-pig-chris-christies-weight-rcna98859", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-mockery-chris-christie-weight-audience-member-fat-pig", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-response-christie-fat-pig-remark-extremely-respectful", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/trump-christie-republican-2024-primary", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-mocks-fat-pig-chris-christies-weight-rcna98859", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Sir, please do not call him a fat pig. I’m trying to be nice. Don’t call him a fat pig,\" Trump said. \"You can’t do that.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-response-christie-fat-pig-remark-extremely-respectful", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I was extremely respectful of Sloppy Chris Christie today in New Hampshire,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-mocks-fat-pig-chris-christies-weight-rcna98859", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"He’s such a hot mess,\" Christie said. \"And he’s like, talking to me about what I look like.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-mocks-chris-christie-s-weight-190376005963", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "he's eating right now.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/former-president-trump-speaks-in-windham-new-hampshire/630830", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-insults-mens-weight/#2025-08-25", "start": "2025-08-25", "end": "2025-08-26", "title": "Trump says Pritzker should \"spend more time in the gym\"", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 25, 2025, during Oval Office remarks about a possible National Guard deployment to Chicago, Trump called Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker \"a slob\" and said he should spend \"more time in the gym, actually\" (Mediaite transcript; The Hill/NewsNation). A syndicated news report described Trump as \"mocking the Illinois governor's weight.\" The Hill/NewsNation reported that Trump had commented on Pritzker's weight before, including at a 2024 Ohio campaign rally where he said Pritzker was \"too busy eating\" to lead his state.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/pritzker-responds-trump-slob-weight-remarks-chicago-2119024", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-advises-slob-dem-governor-to-hit-the-gym-while-threatening-to-send-troops-to-his-state/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/pritzker-trump-weight-comments/amp/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsnationnow.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/president-donald-trump-appears-waffle-002700731.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-advises-slob-dem-governor-to-hit-the-gym-while-threatening-to-send-troops-to-his-state/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A slob like Pritzker criticizing us before we even go there.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/pritzker-trump-weight-comments/amp/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsnationnow.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It takes one to know one on the weight question,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-insults-mens-weight/#2025-11-25", "start": "2025-11-25", "end": "2025-11-26", "title": "\"Big fat slob\" remark at the 2025 White House turkey pardon", "why_it_fits": "At the White House turkey pardon on Nov. 25, 2025, President Trump called Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker \"a big fat slob\" while talking about Chicago crime, according to the Rev transcript. Later in the same speech he mentioned a speechwriter's \"joke about his weight\" and said, \"I refuse to talk about the fact that he's a fat slob.\" Democracy Now called it fat-shaming, and the Express Tribune said Trump \"used the turkey pardon event to mock Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's weight.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/white-house-turkey-pardon", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/26/headlines/trump_fat_shames_illinois_governor_jb_pritzker_at_annual_turkey_pardon", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "democracynow.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2579241/trump-mocks-illinois-gov-jb-pritzkers-weight-during-white-house-turkey-pardon-event", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "tribune.com.pk", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/white-house-turkey-pardon", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The mayor is incompetent and the governor is a big fat slob.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/26/headlines/trump_fat_shames_illinois_governor_jb_pritzker_at_annual_turkey_pardon", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "democracynow.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump yesterday turned the annual Thanksgiving holiday turkey pardon into a campaign-style rant against his political enemies and fat-shamed Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2579241/trump-mocks-illinois-gov-jb-pritzkers-weight-during-white-house-turkey-pardon-event", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "tribune.com.pk", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He followed it with a self-deprecating aside that he \"would like to lose a few pounds too.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/video/11542998/a-big-fat-slob-trump-roasts-chicago-governor-jb-pritzker-at-thanksgiving-turkey-pardoning", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/national-thanksgiving-turkey-pardon-gobble-and-waddle/669586", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The mayor is incompetent and the governor is a big fat slob.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-05-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-insults-mens-weight/#2026-05-09", "start": "2026-05-09", "end": "2026-05-12", "title": "AI-generated Truth Social image of Pritzker eating", "why_it_fits": "The Journal Star reported that Trump used his Truth Social account on Saturday to \"lob yet more attacks at Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over his weight.\" The post was an AI-generated image of Pritzker at a table holding \"a double cheeseburger in one hand and a slice of pizza in the other.\" The table also held a \"jumbo-sized\" bucket of fried chicken, nachos, spaghetti and meatballs, a milkshake and a chili dog. The caption read \"JB is too busy to keep Chicago safe!\" The same article says it wasn't the first time: in November 2025, at the White House turkey pardon, Trump called Pritzker a \"Big, fat slob.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-uses-ai-generated-photo-162422545.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/politics/gut-punch-trump-trashes-jb-pritzker-with-jumbo-sized-pic-of-governor-devouring-pizza-and-nachos/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-mocks-pritzkers-weight-ai-115801558.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116546708342495207", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "JB is too busy to keep Chicago safe!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-uses-ai-generated-photo-162422545.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Pritzker had not commented on Trump's latest attack on his weight as of publication of this article Monday morning.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UaFkgPjSQkw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "weaponized-doj-fbi-claims", "title": "The recurring claim that the DOJ and FBI have been \"weaponized\"", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/", "summary": "Since 2017, politicians and officials in both parties have said the Justice Department and FBI were being \"weaponized\" against political opponents. Trump and Republicans said this about the Russia investigation, the 2022 Mar-a-Lago search and the 2023–24 prosecutions of Trump, and in 2025 Attorney General Pam Bondi created a \"Weaponization Working Group\" to review those cases. Democrats and people charged in 2025–26, including James Comey, Letitia James and John Bolton, said the same about the Trump administration's prosecutions of its critics. The record is mixed. A 2019 inspector-general report found no documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias influenced the opening of the Russia investigation but found serious problems with surveillance applications. A 2023 special-counsel report criticized how the FBI opened that investigation. The federal cases against Trump were withdrawn after the 2024 election. A judge dismissed the 2025 Comey and James indictments because the prosecutor was unlawfully appointed, and Bolton pleaded guilty to one count.", "summary_sources": [ "https://fortune.com/2025/02/06/attorney-general-pam-bondi-weaponization-review-jack-smith-trump-cases/", "https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/786323546/doj-inspector-general-testifies-on-fbi-probe-of-trump-campaign", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-durham-report-released-special-counsel-fbi-trump-russia-investigation/", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-case-dismissed-judge-lindsey-halligan/", "https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5871292/john-bolton-national-security-classified-documents" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-05-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2017-05-17", "start": "2017-05-17", "end": "2017-06-16", "title": "Special counsel appointed; Trump calls the inquiry a \"witch hunt\"", "why_it_fits": "On May 17, 2017, the Justice Department announced that Rosenstein, acting as attorney general, had appointed Mueller as special counsel. Mueller was to oversee the FBI's investigation of Russian government efforts to influence the 2016 election \"and related matters.\" The next day, President Trump posted that it was \"the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!\" After the Post's June 14 report, Trump posted on June 15 that the probe was the \"single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history - led by some very bad and conflicted people!\" On June 16 he posted: \"I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/president-trump-calls-appointment-special-counsel-witch-hunt", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-investigated-firing-fbi-director-james-comey/story?id=48082175", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/06/16/533211155/trump-tweets-hes-the-subject-of-a-witch-hunt", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/president-trump-calls-appointment-special-counsel-witch-hunt", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-investigated-firing-fbi-director-james-comey/story?id=48082175", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/06/16/533211155/trump-tweets-hes-the-subject-of-a-witch-hunt", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "some news outlets have taken that last tweet as confirmation from the president himself that, in fact, he is under investigation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-02-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2018-02-02", "start": "2018-02-02", "end": "2018-02-04", "title": "The Nunes memo", "why_it_fits": "On February 2, 2018, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee released a memo with the subject line \"Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the FBI.\" It claims the FBI and DOJ relied on an opposition-research dossier, paid for by the DNC and the Clinton campaign, to get surveillance warrants on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. The FBI had said it had \"grave concerns\" about the memo's accuracy and that it left out key information. That day, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said \"the Justice Department and FBI have been weaponized through the actions of a political party.\" Trump tweeted that FBI and DOJ leaders had \"politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans.\" Rep. Adam Schiff, the senior Democrat on the committee, said the memo was \"designed to impugn the credibility of the FBI, to undermine the investigation\" (CBS). On Feb. 4, Sen. Dick Durbin warned that using the memo to fire Rosenstein or Mueller \"could precipitate a constitutional crisis\" (CNN). The Justice Department inspector general's review of the Page applications, posted December 9, 2019 (DOJ OIG), found 17 \"inaccuracies and omissions\" in the first Page warrant application and its three renewals (CBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/gop-russia-probe-memo-declassified", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/donald-trump-memo/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wncw.org/2018-02-02/nunes-memo-russian-overtures-to-trump-aide-triggered-fbi-investigation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wncw.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-fisa-application-carter-page-problems-watchdog/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://oig.justice.gov/reports/review-four-fisa-applications-and-other-aspects-fbis-crossfire-hurricane-investigation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "oig.justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/04/politics/dick-durbin-constitutional-crisis-cnntv/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/gop-russia-probe-memo-declassified", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the Justice Department and FBI have been weaponized through the actions of a political party", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/donald-trump-memo/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This memo totally vindicates 'Trump' in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/04/politics/dick-durbin-constitutional-crisis-cnntv/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "this could precipitate a constitutional crisis", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-03-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2019-03-24", "start": "2019-03-24", "end": "2019-04-19", "title": "Mueller findings and Attorney General Barr's summary", "why_it_fits": "On March 24, 2019, Barr's summary quoted Mueller's finding that the investigation \"did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government.\" It also quoted Mueller saying the report \"does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him\" (PolitiFact). The same day, Trump called the investigation \"an illegal takedown that failed\" (Roll Call). On April 10, Barr told senators \"I think spying did occur\" and said he would review how the Russia investigations began, while adding \"I'm not saying it wasn't adequately predicated\" (CNBC). After the report came out on April 18, Rep. Devin Nunes said in a statement that \"our nation's counter-intelligence capabilities should never again be abused to target an administration's political opponents\" (PBS). Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer criticized what they called Barr's \"regrettably partisan handling of the Mueller report\" (PBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2019/mar/24/summary-special-counsel-robert-muellers-report-now/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2019/03/24/trump-spikes-football-saying-mueller-probe-was-illegal-takedown-that-failed/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/10/ag-barr-says-justice-department-will-look-at-origins-of-russia-probe.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-trump-and-lawmakers-are-saying-now-that-the-mueller-report-is-public", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2019/03/24/trump-spikes-football-saying-mueller-probe-was-illegal-takedown-that-failed/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump laid into the special counsel's investigation, calling it \"an illegal takedown that failed.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2019/mar/24/summary-special-counsel-robert-muellers-report-now/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "(T)he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-trump-and-lawmakers-are-saying-now-that-the-mueller-report-is-public", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "our nation's counter-intelligence capabilities should never again be abused to target an administration's political opponents", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aklI9SIVt1o", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "was an illegal takedown that failed", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-12-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2019-12-09", "start": "2019-12-09", "end": "2019-12-11", "title": "Inspector General Horowitz's report on the FBI's Russia investigation (\"Crossfire Hurricane\")", "why_it_fits": "NPR and NBC News reported that Trump and his allies had long called the Russia investigation a politically motivated \"witch hunt,\" and NBC added that they had claimed the Obama administration spied on his campaign. The report came out on December 9, 2019. NPR reported that it found the FBI's decision to open the investigation \"was in compliance with Department and FBI policies,\" and that the OIG \"did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced\" the decision. It also found serious problems with the FBI's surveillance applications targeting former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. The same day, Trump said the report documented an \"attempted overthrow.\" U.S. Attorney John Durham said he disagreed with some of its conclusions about how the case was opened. At the December 11 hearing, Chairman Lindsey Graham (R) compared the FBI's conduct to the J. Edgar Hoover era. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the panel's top Democrat, said, \"There is no deep state.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-ig-report-finding-2016-campaign-probe-justified-actually-documents-n1098396", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/786323546/doj-inspector-general-testifies-on-fbi-probe-of-trump-campaign", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/statement-us-attorney-john-h-durham", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/2019-12-09.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "oig.justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/2019-12-09.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "oig.justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "more than one million documents", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-ig-report-finding-2016-campaign-probe-justified-actually-documents-n1098396", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "far worse than I ever thought possible", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/statement-us-attorney-john-h-durham", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "we do not agree with some of the report's conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/786323546/doj-inspector-general-testifies-on-fbi-probe-of-trump-campaign", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-08-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2022-08-08", "start": "2022-08-08", "end": "2022-08-11", "title": "FBI search of Mar-a-Lago", "why_it_fits": "FBI agents searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home on Aug. 8, 2022, looking for presidential records and classified material (FactCheck.org). That same day, Republican leaders described the search as \"weaponization\": Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called it \"another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime's political opponents\" (Fox News, Aug. 8, 2022); Trump called it \"the weaponization of the Justice System\" (Fox News); House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said the Justice Department \"has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization\" and that if Republicans won the House, it would investigate Attorney General Merrick Garland and the department (The Hill). Rep. Matt Gaetz posted that the search \"was a political performance against Trump\" (FactCheck.org). On the record so far: Biden's press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, said on Aug. 9 that Biden \"was not briefed\" and learned of the search from public reports. On Aug. 11, Garland said: \"I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter.\" FactCheck.org found \"nothing to support\" a viral claim that Biden directed the search (FactCheck.org, Aug. 11, 2022).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-slams-weaponization-doj-after-trumps-mar-a-lago-raided-fbi-dems-call-accountability.print", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/3594254-heres-what-we-know-about-the-fbi-search-of-trumps-mar-a-lago/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/social-media-politicians-make-unfounded-claims-of-politicized-mar-a-lago-search/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-slams-weaponization-doj-after-trumps-mar-a-lago-raided-fbi-dems-call-accountability.print", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime's political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/3594254-heres-what-we-know-about-the-fbi-search-of-trumps-mar-a-lago/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/social-media-politicians-make-unfounded-claims-of-politicized-mar-a-lago-search/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It was a political performance against Trump. The antidote has to be NOT ONE MORE damn penny for this administrative state that has been weaponized against our people in a very fascist way", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-01-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2023-01-10", "start": "2023-01-10", "end": "2023-02-10", "title": "House creates the \"Weaponization\" subcommittee; first hearing", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 10, 2023, House Republicans voted 221–211, along party lines, to create a Judiciary subcommittee to investigate the \"weaponization\" of the federal government, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Its mandate covered investigating \"citizens of the United States, including ongoing criminal investigations\" (UPI). NBC reported that Republicans said the panel would look at how the Justice Department, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies had investigated conservatives, including former President Donald Trump, and would likely examine the FBI's August search of Mar-a-Lago. Ahead of the first hearing, a White House memo called it \"a political stunt that weaponizes Congress\" (CNN). Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) said its \"primary purpose\" was \"to interfere with the special counsel's ongoing investigation\" (The Hill). Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told CNN that \"one basic question is whether weaponization is the target of the committee or if weaponization is the purpose of the committee,\" and later cited examples in which, he claimed, Trump had tried to influence the Justice Department's decision-making, saying, \"If weaponization of the DOJ has any meaning, this it!\" (CNN).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/01/10/house-republicans-select-committee-weaponization-federal-government/4821673393211/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "upi.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/3807584-house-gop-approves-resolution-to-create-panel-to-probe-weaponization-of-federal-government/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-house-committee-weaponization-government-hold-first-hearing-rcna69789", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/09/politics/politicization-first-public-hearing-house-republicans/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/3807584-house-gop-approves-resolution-to-create-panel-to-probe-weaponization-of-federal-government/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We don't want to go after anyone, we just want it to stop.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/09/politics/politicization-first-public-hearing-house-republicans/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We're focused on the whole weaponization of government, and the idea that the government is not working for the American people", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-05-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2023-05-15", "start": "2023-05-15", "end": "2023-05-17", "title": "Durham report", "why_it_fits": "On May 15, 2023, the Justice Department released special counsel John Durham's report on the FBI's 2016 \"Crossfire Hurricane\" investigation of the Trump campaign. The report said the FBI opened that investigation \"based on raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence.\" House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik said in a statement that the report showed officials \"illegally weaponized the federal government against Donald J. Trump.\" The Hill reported that House Republicans said the report supported their argument that federal agencies had been \"weaponized\" against political enemies. On the record: Durham's prosecutions produced one guilty plea, from former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, and two acquittals (Michael Sussmann and Igor Danchenko), and the report called for no additional charges. PolitiFact noted that Durham did not conclude the FBI shouldn't have investigated at all. CBS noted that Inspector General Michael Horowitz's 2019 review found no evidence of political bias by the bureau, though it did find 17 \"significant inaccuracies and omissions\" in the warrant applications to surveil Carter Page.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-durham-report-released-special-counsel-fbi-trump-russia-investigation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2023/may/17/durham-report-criticized-elements-of-fbis-investig/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4005376-trump-reacts-to-durham-fbi-report-scammed/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4007328-durhams-fbi-trump-report-fuels-house-gop-weaponization-attacks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-durham-report-released-special-counsel-fbi-trump-russia-investigation/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The speed and manner in which the FBI opened and investigated Crossfire Hurricane during the presidential election season based on raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence also reflected a noticeable departure from how it approached prior matters", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4005376-trump-reacts-to-durham-fbi-report-scammed/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "WOW! After extensive research, Special Counsel John Durham concludes the FBI never should have launched the Trump-Russia Probe! In other words, the American Public was scammed", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4007328-durhams-fbi-trump-report-fuels-house-gop-weaponization-attacks/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The long-awaited Durham Report confirmed what the American people already know; that individuals at the highest levels of government attempted to overthrow democracy when they illegally weaponized the federal government against Donald J. Trump", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-06-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2023-06-08", "start": "2023-06-08", "end": "2023-08-03", "title": "Weaponization claims around the 2023 Trump indictments", "why_it_fits": "On June 8, 2023, Trump said he had been indicted in special counsel Jack Smith's classified-documents investigation. AP reported that he called the investigation a \"witch hunt\" and said \"I AM AN INNOCENT MAN!\" The same day, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of Trump's rivals for the Republican nomination, tweeted, \"The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society\" (CNN). On June 9, before the indictment was unsealed, former Vice President Mike Pence called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to release it so Americans could \"judge for themselves whether this is just the latest incident of weaponization and politicization at the Justice Department or it's something different\" (CNN). The indictment unsealed that day had 37 counts (CNBC), and Trump pleaded not guilty (CBS). On Aug. 1, 2023, a federal grand jury indicted Trump on four counts tied to his efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election. His campaign said in a statement that the indictment was \"the latest corrupt chapter in the continued pathetic attempt by the Biden Crime Family and their weaponized Department of Justice to interfere with the 2024 Presidential Election\" (CBS). AP later reported that both of Smith's cases \"resulted in indictments that were withdrawn after Trump's November presidential win because of longstanding Justice Department policy prohibiting the federal prosecution of a sitting president\" (Fortune/AP).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/donald-trump-says-hes-been-indicted-on-charges-of-mishandling-classified-documents", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-indictment-classified-documents-06-09-23/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/politics/fact-check-trump-bedminster-speech/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/09/trump-indictment-in-classified-records-case-is-unsealed.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-indicted-grand-jury-jan-6/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jack-smith-dismiss-charges-trump-d-c-election-case/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/02/06/attorney-general-pam-bondi-weaponization-review-jack-smith-trump-cases/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-indictment-classified-documents-06-09-23/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/donald-trump-says-hes-been-indicted-on-charges-of-mishandling-classified-documents", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He declared in a video, \"I AM AN INNOCENT MAN!\" and repeated his familiar refrain that the investigation is a \"witch hunt.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/politics/fact-check-trump-bedminster-speech/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Biden \"had his top political opponent arrested on fake and fabricated charges\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-indicted-grand-jury-jan-6/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the Biden Crime Family and their weaponized Department of Justice to interfere with the 2024 Presidential Election", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-05-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2024-05-30", "start": "2024-05-30", "end": "2024-05-31", "title": "Trump's New York conviction", "why_it_fits": "A jury found Donald Trump \"guilty on all 34 felony counts in his New York hush money trial\" on May 30, 2024 (ABC News). That day, Trump said outside the courtroom, \"This was a rigged, disgraceful trial\" (ABC News). House Speaker Mike Johnson put out a statement the same day saying, \"The weaponization of our justice system has been a hallmark of the Biden Administration,\" and called the verdict \"a purely political exercise, not a legal one\" (Johnson's House press release, May 30, 2024). Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell posted on X that \"These charges never should have been brought in the first place,\" and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan called the trial a \"travesty of justice\" (ABC News). Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said, \"Everyone is entitled to due process, and Donald Trump had his\" (ABC News). The case was a New York state prosecution in Manhattan criminal court, not a Justice Department case; Johnson's statement framed it as part of the Biden Administration's \"weaponization of our justice system.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/amp/Politics/shameful-republicans-quickly-trumps-defense-after-conviction/story?id=110693679", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1401", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mikejohnson.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1401", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "mikejohnson.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The weaponization of our justice system has been a hallmark of the Biden Administration, and the decision today is further evidence that Democrats will stop at nothing to silence dissent and crush their political opponents.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/amp/Politics/shameful-republicans-quickly-trumps-defense-after-conviction/story?id=110693679", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This was a rigged, disgraceful trial", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2025-02-05", "start": "2025-02-05", "end": "2025-02-06", "title": "Attorney General Bondi's \"Weaponization Working Group\"", "why_it_fits": "On February 5, 2025, hours after being sworn in, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo titled \"Restoring the Integrity and Credibility of the Department of Justice.\" It said \"I hereby establish the Weaponization Working Group.\" The memo quoted President Trump's January 20, 2025 executive order, which said the prior administration had engaged in \"third-world weaponization of prosecutorial power.\" It told the group to review Special Counsel Jack Smith's work, \"the unprecedented raid on President Trump's home,\" and \"Federal cooperation with the weaponization\" by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James. An AP report published by Fortune said the memo \"satisfies the longstanding contention of Trump and his allies\" that the Biden Justice Department had become \"weaponized\" against conservatives, and added that \"there's been no evidence to support the idea that the prosecutions against Trump were launched for a partisan purpose.\" The AP also reported that Bondi told senators at her confirmation hearing that the department \"had been weaponized for years and years and years, and it's got to stop.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388506/dl?inline=", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/bondi-new-ag-launches-weaponization-working-group-review-118501463", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "goodmorningamerica.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/02/06/attorney-general-pam-bondi-weaponization-review-jack-smith-trump-cases/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388506/dl?inline=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I hereby establish the Weaponization Working Group, which will be led by the Office of the Attorney General", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/bondi-new-ag-launches-weaponization-working-group-review-118501463", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "goodmorningamerica.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive Wednesday establishing a \"Weaponization Working Group\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/02/06/attorney-general-pam-bondi-weaponization-review-jack-smith-trump-cases/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The memo satisfies the longstanding contention of Trump and his allies that the Justice Department under the Biden administration had become \"weaponized\" against conservatives", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2025-09-20", "start": "2025-09-20", "end": "2025-09-26", "title": "Trump's post to \"Pam\" and the Comey indictment", "why_it_fits": "On Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social in a message addressed to \"Pam,\" saying \"We can't delay any longer.\" He named Adam Schiff, James Comey and Letitia James. In a follow-up post he named Lindsey Halligan to replace Erik Siebert as U.S. attorney and described her past work \"in the winning fight against the Weaponization of our Justice System by Crooked Joe Biden and the Radical Left Democrats\" (Time). On Sept. 25 a grand jury in Northern Virginia indicted Comey on two counts: making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. It voted against a third count (CBS). That night House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Trump and \"his sycophants\" in the Justice Department had \"viciously weaponized the criminal justice system against their perceived adversaries\" (Jeffries press release), and Sen. Chris Murphy wrote on X, \"We are IN the crisis\" (ABC News). Within the same week, Trump used the word about the Biden-era department and Jeffries used it about Trump's. On Nov. 24, 2025, a judge dismissed the Comey indictment after finding Halligan was unlawfully appointed (CBS; NPR).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7319161/trump-pam-bondi-letitia-james/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/constitutional-crisis-democrats-hit-trump-administration-doj-james/story?id=125962402", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/comey-trump-grand-jury-2-criminal-counts-rejects-a-third-heres-what-they-say/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5619597/judge-dismisses-comey-james-cases-after-finding-prosecutor-was-unlawfully-appointed", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-case-dismissed-judge-lindsey-halligan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/leader-jeffries-statement-indictment-james-comey", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "democraticleader.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7319161/trump-pam-bondi-letitia-james/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "[I]t's killing our reputation and credibility. They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-releases/leader-jeffries-statement-indictment-james-comey", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "democraticleader.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Donald Trump and his sycophants in the Department of Justice are completely and totally out of control, and have viciously weaponized the criminal justice system against their perceived adversaries.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/constitutional-crisis-democrats-hit-trump-administration-doj-james/story?id=125962402", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2025-10-09", "start": "2025-10-09", "end": "2025-10-17", "title": "Letitia James and John Bolton indictments", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 9, 2025, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution (AP via PBS). In a statement, James called the indictment \"nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system\" and said the charges \"are baseless\" (AP via PBS). On Oct. 16, a federal grand jury indicted former national security adviser John Bolton in federal court in Maryland on eight counts of transmission and 10 counts of retention of national defense information. NBC News described him as \"the third critic of President Donald Trump to face criminal charges in recent weeks,\" after James Comey and James. Bolton said in a statement, \"Now, I have become the latest target in weaponizing the Justice Department to charge those he deems to be his enemies with charges that were declined before or distort the facts\" (NBC News). FBI Director Kash Patel used the same word from the other side: \"Weaponization of justice will not be tolerated\" (Justice Department). Bolton pleaded not guilty (CBS). A judge dismissed the James indictment on Nov. 24, 2025 (CBS). On June 26, 2026, Bolton pleaded guilty to one of the 18 counts, retention of national defense information; NPR reported that his sentencing hearing was scheduled for Oct. 28.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/read-the-trump-administrations-full-indictment-of-new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/john-bolton-indicted-trump-rcna236983", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-statements-regarding-indictment-former-national-security-advisor-john", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-bolton-pleads-not-guilty-charges-mishandling-classified-information/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5871292/john-bolton-national-security-classified-documents", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-case-dismissed-judge-lindsey-halligan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/john-bolton-indicted-trump-rcna236983", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Now, I have become the latest target in weaponizing the Justice Department to charge those he deems to be his enemies with charges that were declined before or distort the facts.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-statements-regarding-indictment-former-national-security-advisor-john", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Weaponization of justice will not be tolerated, and this FBI will stop at nothing to bring to justice anyone who threatens our national security.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/read-the-trump-administrations-full-indictment-of-new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2025-11-24", "start": "2025-11-24", "end": "2025-12-11", "title": "Comey and James cases dismissed; grand juries refuse to re-indict James", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 24, 2025, U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie dismissed the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. CBS and NPR reported that she ruled interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, who secured both indictments, was unlawfully appointed. Currie wrote that \"all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment\" must be set aside, and she dismissed the indictments without prejudice (CBS). Both Comey and James had argued their prosecutions were retaliatory. In a video statement, Comey said \"the president of the United States cannot use the Department of Justice to target his political enemies.\" Attorney General Pam Bondi said the department would pursue \"an immediate appeal,\" and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Halligan \"was in fact legally appointed.\" After a grand jury in Norfolk declined to re-indict James on Dec. 4, she said, \"It is time for this unchecked weaponization of our justice system to stop\" (CBS). On Dec. 11, a grand jury in Alexandria also declined to return an indictment (AP via PBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-case-dismissed-judge-lindsey-halligan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/letitia-james-grand-jury-doj-declines-to-indict/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/justice-department-fails-twice-to-re-indict-new-york-attorney-general-james-ap-source-says", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5619597/judge-dismisses-comey-james-cases-after-finding-prosecutor-was-unlawfully-appointed", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-case-dismissed-judge-lindsey-halligan/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I conclude that all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey's indictment, constitute unlawful exercises of executive power and must be set aside", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/letitia-james-grand-jury-doj-declines-to-indict/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "As I have said from the start, the charges against me are baseless. It is time for this unchecked weaponization of our justice system to stop.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/justice-department-fails-twice-to-re-indict-new-york-attorney-general-james-ap-source-says", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The Justice Department asked a grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, to return an indictment Thursday after a different grand jury in Norfolk last week refused to do so.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-04-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/weaponized-doj-fbi-claims/#2026-04-28", "start": "2026-04-28", "end": "2026-04-29", "title": "Comey indicted a second time (\"86 47\" post)", "why_it_fits": "On April 28, 2026, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two counts. The charges are threatening the President and sending a threat across state lines. They are based on a May 15, 2025 Instagram image showing \"86 47\" (DOJ press release). The AP reported that this was the second time the Trump Justice Department had charged Comey. A judge dismissed the first indictment, which alleged lying to Congress, after finding the prosecutor was illegally appointed. The AP described the new case as \"part of the Trump administration Justice Department's relentless effort to prosecute political opponents of the Republican president.\" Comey said in a video statement, \"this won't be the end of it.\" Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the case as \"the same kind of conduct that we will never tolerate and that we will always investigate and regularly prosecute.\" On July 27, 2026, Comey's lawyers asked the judge to dismiss the indictment, arguing that the post was protected speech and not a \"true threat.\" Their motion said \"the government now singles out Mr. Comey to prosecute one of the President's most prominent critics for publishing another person's statement of political opposition\" (CNBC). As of that report, the case was pending.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-threats-harm-president-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/james-comey-indicted-in-probe-over-online-post-officials-say-constituted-trump-threat", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-justice-department-holds-news-briefing-on-comey-indictment-over-86-47-photo", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/james-comey-trump-seashells-threat.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-threats-harm-president-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Threatening the life of the President of the United States is a grave violation of our nation's laws.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/james-comey-indicted-in-probe-over-online-post-officials-say-constituted-trump-threat", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Well, they're back – this time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach a year ago, and this won't be the end of it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSmbkZOuOk", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "musk-full-self-driving-next-year", "title": "The recurring promise of full self-driving \"next year\"", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/", "summary": "Since 2016, Elon Musk has repeatedly set near-term dates for fully autonomous Teslas. These included a coast-to-coast self-driving demo by 2017, over a million robotaxis by 2020, and unsupervised Full Self-Driving \"this year\" or \"next year\" from 2021 through 2026. Tesla's consumer system is still sold as \"FSD (Supervised),\" which requires an attentive driver. Since June 2025, Tesla has run a small, geofenced Robotaxi service in Texas, adding monitor-free rides in 2026.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/autonomous-driving/timeline-of-tesla-self-driving-aspirations-a9686689375/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autonomous_Tesla_vehicles_by_Elon_Musk" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-01-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2016-01-10", "start": "2016-01-10", "end": "2016-01-11", "title": "Musk says a Tesla can be summoned \"from across the country\" within about two years", "why_it_fits": "On January 10, 2016, Musk spoke to reporters about Tesla's 7.1 software update. He said \"within two years you'll be able to summon your car from across the country\" and added that he \"might be slightly optimistic.\" He tweeted the same day that \"in ~2 years\" summon should work anywhere connected by land. He also repeated that in 24 to 36 months, cars would be technically capable of fully autonomous driving. What shipped at the time was a beta Summon feature: the owner had to stand within 10 feet, the car had to be within 33 feet of its parking space, and Tesla said to use it only on private property. Musk called it \"more like remote-control parking.\" In October 2019, Consumer Reports tested Smart Summon, which Tesla said could drive the car across a parking lot with no one inside. CR found it wandered erratically \"like a drunken or distracted driver.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2016/01/10/teslas-elon-musk-in-two-years-you-can-summon-car-from-across-the-country/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.inc.com/associated-press/new-tesla-software-update-allows-self-parking.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-two-years-car-202858960.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/autonomous-driving/timeline-of-tesla-self-driving-aspirations-a9686689375/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "consumerreports.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2016/01/10/teslas-elon-musk-in-two-years-you-can-summon-car-from-across-the-country/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "forbes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "So, let's say, if you're in New York and your car is in Los Angeles, it will find its way to you,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/686279251293777920", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "In ~2 years, summon should work anywhere connected by land & not blocked by borders, eg you're in LA and the car is in NY", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.inc.com/associated-press/new-tesla-software-update-allows-self-parking.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "“I actually think, and I might be slightly optimistic on this, within two years you’ll be able to summon your car from across the country,” Musk said on a conference call with reporters.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-10-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2016-10-19", "start": "2016-10-19", "end": "2016-10-20", "title": "\"Full self-driving hardware\" in every new Tesla; Musk targets an LA-to-New York autonomous drive by end of 2017", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 19, 2016, Tesla said all vehicles in production, including the upcoming Model 3, would have the hardware needed for full self-driving \"at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver\": eight cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors and a forward radar (CNBC). On a press call, Musk said the goal was \"a demonstration drive of full autonomy all the way from LA to New York\" by the end of the next year (TechCrunch). At that point, the self-driving software still needed validation and regulatory approval, which Musk said would take time (CNBC; NPR). NPR also reported that the new hardware would at first lack some existing Autopilot features. By the deadline: the drive never happened, and in February 2018 Musk said it would have produced a \"brittle\" solution (Inverse, 2019).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/19/musk-targeting-coast-to-coast-test-drive-of-fully-self-driving-tesla-by-late-2017/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/19/all-tesla-vehicles-being-produced-now-have-full-self-driving-hardware.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/autonomous-driving/timeline-of-tesla-self-driving-aspirations-a9686689375/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "consumerreports.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.inverse.com/article/60403-elon-musk-details-ambitious-full-self-driving-tesla", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inverse.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/20/498753508/tesla-has-begun-making-all-its-new-cars-self-driving", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/19/musk-targeting-coast-to-coast-test-drive-of-fully-self-driving-tesla-by-late-2017/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "a demonstration drive of full autonomy all the way from LA to New York", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/19/all-tesla-vehicles-being-produced-now-have-full-self-driving-hardware.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/20/498753508/tesla-has-begun-making-all-its-new-cars-self-driving", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Tesla drives itself (no human input at all) thru urban streets to highway to streets, then finds a parking spot", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vjGEEF_p5E", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "a demonstration drive of full autonomy all the way from LA to New York", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-02-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2018-02-07", "start": "2018-02-07", "end": "2018-02-08", "title": "Coast-to-coast deadline missed; new estimate of \"three months, six months at the outside\"", "why_it_fits": "1. When Tesla introduced its \"Hardware 2.0\" Autopilot hardware in October 2016, Musk said Tesla would prove it could drive itself with a cross-country demonstration run in 2017 (The Drive).\n2. On Feb 7, 2018, Tesla's Q4 2017 shareholder letter called the drive \"upcoming.\" On the earnings call, Musk said he had \"missed the mark\" and that Tesla could \"probably\" do the drive \"in three months, six months at the outside\" (TechCrunch).\n3. What had been delivered by then, per Electrek: Tesla was selling \"Enhanced Autopilot\" features for $5,000 that were supposed to arrive by software update in 2017, and \"Full Self-Driving Capability\" as a $3,000 add-on. Electrek reported that the new features named in the letter were delayed and were now promised for 2018.\n4. Six months later, on the Aug 1, 2018 earnings call, no drive had happened. Musk said Tesla \"might be able to pull off coast-to-coast demo toward the end of the year\" (Jalopnik).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/07/elon-musk-expects-to-do-coast-to-coast-autonomous-tesla-drive-in-3-to-6-months/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2018/02/07/tesla-autopilot-features-2018-coast-to-coast-drive/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "electrek.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/18337/tesla-still-planning-coast-to-coast-autonomous-drive", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedrive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.jalopnik.com/tesla-delays-coast-to-coast-autonomous-demo-drive-again-1828041207/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "jalopnik.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-autonomous-coast-to-coast-self-driving-trip/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "teslarati.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/07/elon-musk-expects-to-do-coast-to-coast-autonomous-tesla-drive-in-3-to-6-months/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "do a coast-to-coast drive in three months, six months at the outside.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2018/02/07/tesla-autopilot-features-2018-coast-to-coast-drive/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "electrek.co", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The upcoming autonomous coast-to-coast drive will showcase a major leap forward for our self-driving technology.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-autonomous-coast-to-coast-self-driving-trip/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "teslarati.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We could have done the coast-to-coast drive, but it would have required too much specialized code to effectively game it or make it somewhat brittle", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-04-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2019-04-22", "start": "2019-04-22", "end": "2019-04-23", "title": "Autonomy Day, \"over a million robotaxis\" by 2020", "why_it_fits": "At Tesla's Autonomy Investor Day on 22 April 2019, Elon Musk said \"next year for sure, we'll have over a million robotaxis on the road.\" He said the cars would join a Tesla ride-hailing network through a software update, with Tesla taking 25–30% of the fares (TechCrunch; TheStreet). He also said the software would be reliable enough that \"no one needs to pay attention\" by the middle of 2020 (TechCrunch). At the time, Tesla's \"Full Self-Driving\" package, priced at $5,000 or more, included Summon and Navigate on Autopilot, and Tesla cautioned drivers that its Autopilot features \"require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous\" (CNBC). As of May 2026, Carscoops reported that Tesla's robotaxi service had launched in Texas in 2025 and had since expanded to other cities, including in California, and that a third-party tracker showed 20 unsupervised Tesla robotaxis in use over the previous week.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/22/tesla-plans-to-launch-a-robotaxi-network-in-2020/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/22/elon-musk-says-tesla-robotaxis-will-hit-the-market-next-year.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/27605/tesla-network-promises-one-million-robotaxis-on-the-road-by-2020", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedrive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/tesla-robotaxi-fleet-shrinking/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "carscoops.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thestreet.com/investing/elon-musk-promises-over-a-million-tesla-robotaxis-by-the-end-of-2020-14933703", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thestreet.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/22/tesla-plans-to-launch-a-robotaxi-network-in-2020/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "next year for sure, we’ll have over a million robotaxis on the road", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/22/elon-musk-says-tesla-robotaxis-will-hit-the-market-next-year.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Sometimes I am not on time, but I get it done.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thestreet.com/investing/elon-musk-promises-over-a-million-tesla-robotaxis-by-the-end-of-2020-14933703", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thestreet.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "over one million", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucp0TTmvqOE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-07-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2020-07-09", "start": "2020-07-09", "end": "2020-10-25", "title": "The thread's 2020 instance: \"Very close\" to Level 5, then a limited FSD beta", "why_it_fits": "On July 9, 2020, in a prerecorded video at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Musk said Tesla was \"very close\" to Level 5 autonomy. He said he remained confident the \"basic functionality for Level 5 autonomy\" would be \"complete this year\" (Bloomberg via Transport Topics; Electrek). At that time, Tesla still required Autopilot users to be fully attentive and ready to take over (Bloomberg). Electrek described \"Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control\" as a new feature. On October 20, 2020, Tesla began rolling out \"FSD Beta\" (\"Autosteer on City Streets,\" as The Drive names it) to a small number of owners. According to a screenshot shared on Twitter and reported by Digital Trends, the on-screen warning said drivers \"must always keep your hands on the wheel\" (Digital Trends). In emails to the California DMV, made public in March 2021, a Tesla associate general counsel wrote that City Streets stayed at SAE Level 2. The Drive reported that about 200 people had access by December 2020 (The Drive).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ttnews.com/articles/musk-says-tesla-very-close-developing-fully-autonomous-vehicles", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ttnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2020/07/09/tesla-tsla-elon-musk-level-5-autonomy-complete/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "electrek.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/tesla-full-self-driving-beta/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "digitaltrends.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/39647/tesla-admits-current-full-self-driving-beta-will-always-be-a-level-2-system-emails", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedrive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.ttnews.com/articles/musk-says-tesla-very-close-developing-fully-autonomous-vehicles", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ttnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I remain confident that we will have the basic functionality for Level 5 autonomy complete this year,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2020/10/20/tesla-full-self-driving-beta-rollout-elon-musk-slow-cautious/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "electrek.co", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "FSD beta rollout happening tonight. Will be extremely slow & cautious, as it should.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/tesla-full-self-driving-beta/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "digitaltrends.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It may do the wrong thing at the worst time, so you must always keep your hands on the wheel and pay extra attention to the road.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwe2ABPkZLU", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I remain confident that we will have the basic functionality for Level 5 autonomy complete this year.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-01-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2022-01-26", "start": "2022-01-26", "end": "2022-01-27", "title": "I would be shocked if we do not achieve full self-driving safer than human this year", "why_it_fits": "On Tesla's Q4 2021 earnings call on Jan 26, 2022, Elon Musk said he \"would be shocked\" if Tesla did not achieve full self-driving \"safer than human this year.\" He also said his \"personal guess\" was that Tesla would \"achieve full self-driving this year.\" At that point, Tesla's Q4 2021 shareholder deck said FSD Beta was on nearly 60,000 vehicles in the US. Tesla's website said the features then available \"do not make the vehicle autonomous.\" By Nov 24, 2022, FSD Beta had been opened to every North American owner who had bought the package. It still required the driver to \"remain vigilant and ready to take control at all times,\" and it was still classed as a Level 2 driver-assist system.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2022/01/27/tesla-tsla-q4-2021-earnings-call-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fool.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://insideevs.com/news/563531/60000-teslas-running-fsd-beta/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "insideevs.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thestreet.com/lifestyle/cars/elon-musk-promises-full-self-driving-teslas-in-2022", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thestreet.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2022/11/24/tesla-full-self-driving-beta-available-all-owners-north-america/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "electrek.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2022/01/27/tesla-tsla-q4-2021-earnings-call-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "fool.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "So, yeah, I would be shocked if we do not achieve full self-driving safer than human this year. I would be shocked.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thestreet.com/lifestyle/cars/elon-musk-promises-full-self-driving-teslas-in-2022", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thestreet.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "However, both Autopilot and FSD Beta do not make Tesla vehicles fully autonomous.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2022/01/31/elon-musk-tesla-full-self-driving-safer-than-human-this-year-5-years-ahead-of-everyone/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "electrek.co", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It’s not “next year” anymore, but this year.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-02-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2023-02-16", "start": "2023-02-16", "end": "2023-02-16", "title": "Tesla recalls 362,758 vehicles with FSD Beta; Musk calls the word 'recall' wrong (checkpoint)", "why_it_fits": "Fortune notes that \"Full Self-Driving\" went on sale in late 2015 and that Musk \"at one point had promised that a fleet of autonomous robotaxis would be in use in 2020.\" In Tesla's own Feb 15, 2023 recall filing with NHTSA, it called FSD Beta \"an SAE Level 2 driver support feature.\" That means the driver \"must constantly supervise the feature and intervene.\" The recall covered 362,758 vehicles, every car that had FSD Beta or was waiting to receive it. Fortune reported that NHTSA asked for the recall on Jan. 25, 2023. According to the filing, Tesla agreed on Feb. 7 \"while not concurring with the agency's analysis.\" This wave is a record of what had been delivered by then, not a new promise.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23V085-3451.PDF", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "static.nhtsa.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2023/02/16/tesla-recalls-all-362758-vehicles-with-full-self-driving-beta-may-cause-crashes-ota-software-update-elon-musk/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/16/tesla-recalls-362758-vehicles-says-full-self-driving-beta-software-may-cause-crashes.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3862825-musk-says-calling-nhtsa-tesla-action-a-recall-flat-wrong/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCLRPT-23V085-3451.PDF", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "static.nhtsa.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "FSD Beta is an SAE Level 2 driver support feature that can provide steering and braking/acceleration support to the driver", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3862825-musk-says-calling-nhtsa-tesla-action-a-recall-flat-wrong/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The word 'recall' for an over-the-air software update is anachronistic and just flat wrong!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2023/02/16/tesla-recalls-all-362758-vehicles-with-full-self-driving-beta-may-cause-crashes-ota-software-update-elon-musk/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Musk at one point had promised that a fleet of autonomous robotaxis would be in use in 2020.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2024-10-10", "start": "2024-10-10", "end": "2024-10-11", "title": "\"We, Robot\" event: Cybercab shown, \"unsupervised FSD … next year\"", "why_it_fits": "At Tesla's \"We, Robot\" event on October 10, 2024, Musk said he expected Tesla to start \"unsupervised FSD in Texas and California next year\" with the Model 3 and Model Y. He also said the Cybercab would cost under $30,000 and be in production by 2026 or \"before 2027,\" while admitting he tends to be too optimistic about timelines (TechCrunch, Oct 10). TechCrunch's April 2024 coverage, published before the event, had documented his earlier promises: a coast-to-coast self-driving trip by end of 2017 (made in 2016), robotaxis in 2020 (made in 2019), and a dedicated robotaxi by 2024. TechCrunch said the first two did not happen. By December 31, 2025, InsideEVs reported that unsupervised FSD still wasn't available. Tesla's Austin robotaxi service had launched in June 2025, but safety riders were still on board.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/10/tesla-reveals-20-cybercabs-at-we-robot-event/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/elon-musk-says-hell-unveil-a-tesla-robotaxi-on-august-8/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://insideevs.com/news/783157/musk-promises-2025-eoy-robotaxis/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "insideevs.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/elon-musk-says-hell-unveil-a-tesla-robotaxi-on-august-8/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/10/tesla-reveals-20-cybercabs-at-we-robot-event/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "unsupervised FSD in Texas and California next year", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2025-01-29", "start": "2025-01-29", "end": "2025-01-30", "title": "Unsupervised full self-driving as a paid service in Austin in June", "why_it_fits": "On Tesla's Q4 2024 earnings call on January 29, 2025, Elon Musk said Tesla would launch unsupervised Full Self-Driving as a paid service in Austin in June, \"no one in the car.\" He also predicted unsupervised FSD in California \"later this year, as well as in many other regions of the US.\" At that point the unsupervised version had not been released: TechCrunch called it \"yet-to-be-released.\" Electrek reported that on the previous earnings call Musk had promised to \"launch unsupervised self-driving in California and Texas in Q2,\" and called the Austin claim \"in line with\" that earlier promise. Fortune noted that NHTSA was investigating FSD after four collisions, including a fatal crash.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/01/29/elon-musk-tesla-paid-robotaxi-service-austin-june-earnings/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/29/elon-musk-claims-tesla-will-launch-a-self-driving-service-in-austin-in-june/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2025/01/29/elon-musk-tesla-will-launch-unsupervised-full-self-driving-in-austin-as-paid-service-in-june/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "electrek.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/01/29/elon-musk-tesla-paid-robotaxi-service-austin-june-earnings/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We feel confident in being able to do an initial launch of unsupervised, no one in the car, full self-driving in Austin in June,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2025/01/29/elon-musk-tesla-will-launch-unsupervised-full-self-driving-in-austin-as-paid-service-in-june/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "electrek.co", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I predict Tesla will launch unsupervised FSD in California later this year, as well as in many other regions of the US.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "comments": 88 } }, { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/29/elon-musk-claims-tesla-will-launch-a-self-driving-service-in-austin-in-june/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "which will use the yet-to-be-released “unsupervised” version of its Full Self-Driving software", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gub5qCTutZo", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2025-06-20", "start": "2025-06-20", "end": "2025-06-24", "title": "Austin Robotaxi launches with a safety monitor on board", "why_it_fits": "On Tesla's Q4 2024 earnings call on January 29, 2025, Elon Musk said, \"Tesla will launch unsupervised full self-driving as a paid service in Austin in June.\" On June 22, 2025, Tesla started invite-only rides in Austin at a flat $4.20 fare. The fleet was about ten 2025 Model Ys, a Tesla employee sat in the front passenger seat as a \"safety monitor,\" and service could be limited in bad weather. Tesla's 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 refers to the Robotaxi service's \"June 2025 launch.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://electrek.co/2025/01/29/elon-musk-tesla-will-launch-unsupervised-full-self-driving-in-austin-as-paid-service-in-june/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "electrek.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/tesla-launches-robotaxi-rides-in-austin-with-big-promises-and-unanswered-questions", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbtnews.com/tesla-faces-safety-questions-after-austin-robotaxi-rollout/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbtnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/000162828026049270/tsla-20260630.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sec.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://electrek.co/2025/06/20/tesla-releases-details-robotaxi-launch-safety-monitor-front-seat/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "electrek.co", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The invitations confirm extreme limitations in the service, with the most significant one being the presence of a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/tesla-launches-robotaxi-rides-in-austin-with-big-promises-and-unanswered-questions", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "techcrunch.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "And, notably, a Tesla employee will be sitting in the right front passenger seat as a “safety monitor.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbtnews.com/tesla-faces-safety-questions-after-austin-robotaxi-rollout/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbtnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The safety agency is seeking further information after footage surfaced showing one of Tesla's driverless vehicles using the wrong lane and another reportedly speeding.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2025-07-23", "start": "2025-07-23", "end": "2025-07-24", "title": "Ride-hailing for \"probably half the population of the U.S.\" by year-end", "why_it_fits": "On Tesla's Q2 2025 earnings call on July 23, 2025, Musk said: \"I think we will probably have autonomous ride-hailing in probably half the population of the US by the end of the year.\" He added: \"That's at least our goal, subject to regulatory approvals.\" At that point Tesla's robotaxi service had launched in Austin in June with a safety driver in the passenger seat, and it was open only to invitees. On the same call, Tesla said it was seeking approval for the Bay Area, Nevada, Arizona and Florida. Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's head of self-driving (per Electrek), said the Bay Area service would start with a person in the driver's seat. On December 31, 2025, InsideEVs reported that the service ran in Austin and San Francisco and that safety riders were still in the Austin cars. It also said the Austin fleet might be only about three dozen vehicles, citing an analysis reported by Electrek.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/elon-musk-tesla-q2-earnings-adding-private-customer-vehicles-robotaxi-network-next-year/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://eletric-vehicles.com/tesla/tesla-q2-earnings-call-full-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eletric-vehicles.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2025/07/23/elon-musk-with-straight-face-tesla-robotaxi-will-cover-half-us-population-end-year/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "electrek.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://insideevs.com/news/783157/musk-promises-2025-eoy-robotaxis/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "insideevs.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://eletric-vehicles.com/tesla/tesla-q2-earnings-call-full-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "eletric-vehicles.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I think we will probably have autonomous ride-hailing in probably half the population of the US by the end of the year.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/elon-musk-tesla-q2-earnings-adding-private-customer-vehicles-robotaxi-network-next-year/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "As soon as we get the approvals and we prove our safety, then we'll be launching autonomous ride hailing in most of the country", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2025/07/23/elon-musk-with-straight-face-tesla-robotaxi-will-cover-half-us-population-end-year/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "electrek.co", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the Robotaxi service consists of an internal fleet operating within a geo-fenced area, currently only in Austin, Texas", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "comments": 225 } } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2025-10-09", "start": "2025-10-09", "end": "2025-11-07", "title": "NHTSA probe, then new year-end 2025 robotaxi targets and an April 2026 Cybercab date", "why_it_fits": "On Tesla's Oct 22, 2025 earnings call, Musk said Tesla expected \"no safety drivers in at least large parts of Austin by the end of this year.\" He also said it expected to run robotaxis in \"about eight to ten metro areas by the end of the year,\" depending on regulatory approvals. At that point, Tesla executive Ashok Elluswamy said the Austin fleet ran with no one in the driver's seat, while the Bay Area still had a person in the driver's seat because of regulations. FSD sold to customers was still a system that \"requires drivers to pay attention and intervene if needed\" (Reuters). Earlier that month, on Oct 9, NHTSA had opened a preliminary evaluation of 2.88 million FSD-equipped Teslas. It cited reports of cars running red lights and driving against traffic during lane changes. At the Nov 6 shareholder meeting, Musk said Cybercab production would begin at Gigafactory Texas in April 2026.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://wnflsports.com/2025/10/09/us-opens-probe-into-nearly-2-9-million-tesla-vehicles-over-fsd-traffic-violations/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wnflsports.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2025/10/22/tesla-tsla-q3-2025-earnings-call-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fool.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://insideevs.com/news/778232/tesla-cybercab-production-april-2026/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "insideevs.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2025/10/22/tesla-tsla-q3-2025-earnings-call-transcript/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "fool.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We are expecting to have no safety drivers in at least large parts of Austin by the end of this year.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://insideevs.com/news/778232/tesla-cybercab-production-april-2026/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "insideevs.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "production of the Cybercab will begin at the automaker's Gigafactory Texas in April 2026", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://wnflsports.com/2025/10/09/us-opens-probe-into-nearly-2-9-million-tesla-vehicles-over-fsd-traffic-violations/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wnflsports.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "induced vehicle behavior that violated traffic safety laws", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ9S7xbkGAY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2026-01-22", "start": "2026-01-22", "end": "2026-01-28", "title": "First rides with no monitor inside; seven new cities targeted for first half of 2026", "why_it_fits": "On January 22, 2026, Musk posted that Tesla had \"just started\" Austin robotaxi drives \"with no safety monitor in the car\" (as quoted by InsideEVs and Electrek). Tesla's Ashok Elluswamy described \"a few unsupervised vehicles mixed in with the broader robotaxi fleet with safety monitors\" (InsideEVs). Electrek and InsideEVs reported video showing the Robotaxis without a safety monitor being followed by a trailing Tesla. Tesla's Q4 2025 update said it had begun removing safety monitors \"on a limited basis.\" It showed the Bay Area service still using a safety driver and set new first-half-2026 targets for Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and Las Vegas.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026003837/exhibit991.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sec.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://insideevs.com/news/785220/tesla-robotaxi-austin-no-safety-monitor/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "insideevs.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/01/22/tesla-didnt-remove-the-robotaxi-safety-monitor-it-just-moved-them-to-a-trailing-car/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "electrek.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2014397578352226423", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Just started Tesla Robotaxi drives in Austin with no safety monitor in the car.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/01/22/tesla-didnt-remove-the-robotaxi-safety-monitor-it-just-moved-them-to-a-trailing-car/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "electrek.co", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Robotaxi cars spotted without “safety monitor” were all being followed by a trailing black Tesla supervising the “driverless” Robotaxi.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "comments": 275 } }, { "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026003837/exhibit991.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "sec.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "began removing the safety monitor from customer rides in January on a limited basis", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-04-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/musk-full-self-driving-next-year/#2026-04-22", "start": "2026-04-22", "end": "2026-05-19", "title": "Q1 2026 call pushes unsupervised FSD for owners to \"probably\" Q4 2026; May 18 \"widespread by end of year\" remark", "why_it_fits": "On Tesla's Q1 2026 earnings call on April 22, 2026, Elon Musk was asked when unsupervised FSD would reach customer cars. He answered \"I'm just guessing here, but probably in the fourth quarter,\" and cited complex intersections, bad road markings and weather. On the same call he said he hoped for unsupervised robotaxi operations in \"a dozen or so states\" by the end of the year, and said Hardware 3 cars cannot achieve unsupervised FSD. At that point, Tesla's Q1 2026 Update listed FSD (Supervised) v14.3 as its latest release and said unsupervised Robotaxi rides had launched in Dallas and Houston in April. The update listed Cybercab at pilot production. On April 24, two days after the call, Musk posted on X that \"Cybercab has started production\" (Claims Journal). On May 18, Musk said Tesla had \"some vehicles operating with no people inside and no safety monitors in three cities in Texas\" and that this would \"probably be widespread in the US by the end of this year.\" Electrek, citing the third-party Robotaxi Tracker, put that unsupervised fleet at about 30 vehicles, though the same Electrek article also gives figures of fewer than 30 and 38. Autoblog put it at roughly 30. Bloomberg noted Tesla had not disclosed its fleet sizes.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-elon-musk-unsupervised-fsd-consumer-cars-q4-delay-again/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "electrek.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2026/04/24/337155.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "claimsjournal.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.autoblog.com/news/tesla-says-unsupervised-fsd-will-be-widespread-but-the-numbers-say-otherwise", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "autoblog.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://assets-ir.tesla.com/tesla-contents/IR/TSLA-Q1-2026-Update.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "assets-ir.tesla.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/05/18/musk-unsupervised-fsd-widespread-us-end-of-year-smart-mobility-summit/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "electrek.co", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-elon-musk-unsupervised-fsd-consumer-cars-q4-delay-again/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "electrek.co", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'm just guessing here, but probably in the fourth quarter.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "comments": 44 } }, { "url": "https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2026/04/24/337155.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "claimsjournal.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Cybercab has started production", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://electrek.co/2026/05/18/musk-unsupervised-fsd-widespread-us-end-of-year-smart-mobility-summit/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "electrek.co", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "probably be widespread in the US by the end of this year.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "comments": 166 } } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "iran-nuclear-deal-promises", "title": "The recurring promises of a new Iran nuclear deal", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/", "summary": "Since 2016, US presidents of both parties have repeatedly promised to replace, rejoin or renegotiate the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement (JCPOA). Trump pledged to dismantle it in 2016, withdrew in 2018 and has since said many times that Iran would make a new deal. Biden pledged to rejoin, and indirect talks ran from 2021 to 2022. Trump's second-term talks in 2025–2026 were interrupted by strikes and war, and no replacement agreement had been finalized as of October 2026.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46663", "https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran-nuclear-deal-negotiations" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-03-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2016-03-21", "start": "2016-03-21", "end": "2016-03-22", "title": "Trump tells AIPAC his \"number one priority\" is to dismantle the Iran deal", "why_it_fits": "On March 21, 2016, Donald Trump, then the Republican front-runner, told the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, \"My number one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran\" (Fox, CBS). Later in the same speech he said that \"at the very least, we must enforce the terms of the previous deal.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-sticks-to-the-script-in-aipac-speech/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/donald-trumps-full-speech-to-aipac/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/donald-trumps-full-speech-to-aipac/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "My number-one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-sticks-to-the-script-in-aipac-speech/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump spent the majority of the address bashing the Iranian nuclear deal, as he has done many times on the campaign trail.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-clinton-battle-for-israel-vote-vow-support-in-major-washington-speeches", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "“My number one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran,” Trump said to applause.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2016/aipac-annual-conference-donald-trump-remarks/436193", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-10-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2017-10-05", "start": "2017-10-05", "end": "2017-10-15", "title": "Decertification and the call to \"fix\" the deal", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 13, 2017, Trump said he \"cannot and will not\" certify the deal under INARA (the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act). He told his administration to \"work closely with Congress and our allies to address the deal's many serious flaws,\" and said the deal was \"under continuous review\" and that it \"will be terminated\" if no solution was reached. The US stayed in the deal at that point, and Trump had certified it twice before. The Post reported that Iran's President Rouhani had said he would not reopen the agreement for negotiation.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/13/politics/iran-deal-decertify/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-iran-strategy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-plans-to-declare-that-iran-nuclear-deal-is-not-in-the-national-interest/2017/10/05/825c916e-a9e3-11e7-b3aa-c0e2e1d41e38_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-iran-strategy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "in the event we are not able to reach a solution working with Congress and our allies, then the agreement will be terminated.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-plans-to-declare-that-iran-nuclear-deal-is-not-in-the-national-interest/2017/10/05/825c916e-a9e3-11e7-b3aa-c0e2e1d41e38_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump is expected to announce next week that he will 'decertify' the international nuclear deal with Iran", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wicker.senate.gov/2017/10/wicker-statement-on-decertification-of-iran-deal", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "wicker.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Decertification does not end U.S. participation in the agreement, but it does represent the first step toward negotiating a better deal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/10/13/trump-we-cannot-and-will-not-certify-iran-nuclear-deal.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "in the event we are not able to reach a solution working with Congress and our allies, then the agreement will be terminated.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-05-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2018-05-08", "start": "2018-05-08", "end": "2018-05-10", "title": "US withdraws and predicts a \"new and lasting deal\"", "why_it_fits": "On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that the US would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) and said he would sign a memorandum \"to begin reinstating U.S. nuclear sanctions on the Iranian regime.\" In the same speech he predicted that Iran's leaders \"will naturally say that they refuse to negotiate a new deal,\" and then said \"they are going to want to make a new and lasting deal… When they do, I am ready, willing, and able.\" The Atlantic Council wrote that Iran opposed renegotiating the deal. Al Jazeera described the withdrawal as fulfilling his campaign promise to cancel the 2015 deal. It also reported that the IAEA \"has repeatedly confirmed that Tehran has been meeting its nuclear commitments fully.\" On May 9 the IAEA said it \"can confirm that the nuclear-related commitments are being implemented by Iran.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-joint-comprehensive-plan-action/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/5/8/donald-trump-declares-us-withdrawal-from-iran-nuclear-deal", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/statements/statement-by-iaea-director-general-yukiya-amano-9-may-2018", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "iaea.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/trump-quits-iran-nuclear-deal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "atlanticcouncil.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-joint-comprehensive-plan-action/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But the fact is they are going to want to make a new and lasting deal, one that benefits all of Iran and the Iranian people. When they do, I am ready, willing, and able.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-ending-united-states-participation-unacceptable-iran-deal/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald J. Trump is terminating the United States' participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran and re-imposing sanctions lifted under the deal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/president-trump-announces-us-withdrawal-from-iran-nuclear-deal/4728470", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-05-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2019-05-09", "start": "2019-05-09", "end": "2019-05-27", "title": "Call me", "why_it_fits": "On 9 May 2019, a year after Trump withdrew the US from the 2015 nuclear deal and a day after new US sanctions on Iran, Trump told reporters he would like Iran's leaders to \"call me.\" The same day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo quoted him as looking forward to meeting Iran's leaders \"in order to work out an agreement\" (AP via Fox News). CNN reported, citing a diplomatic source, that the White House gave the Swiss a phone number Iran could use to call the President. On 27 May in Tokyo, Trump said he believed Iran would like to talk and, according to Al Jazeera, that \"we'll make a deal.\" By then, a commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard had said \"there will be no negotiations with America,\" and on 8 May Iran had said it would scale back its compliance with the deal, giving European countries 60 days (CNN; AP via PBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/call-me-trump-tells-iran-as-tensions-flare", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/10/politics/white-house-iran-phone-number/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-prime-minister-abe-japan-bilateral-meeting-6/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2019/5/27/trump-says-us-not-seeking-regime-change-in-iran", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iran-commander-declines-trumps-invite-to-call-me", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/call-me-trump-tells-iran-as-tensions-flare", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "What I would like to see with Iran, I would like to see them call me,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/10/politics/white-house-iran-phone-number/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the White House contacted the Swiss on Thursday to share a phone number the Iranians could call the President on", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-prime-minister-abe-japan-bilateral-meeting-6/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "And I do believe that Iran would like to talk.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-08-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2019-08-25", "start": "2019-08-25", "end": "2019-08-27", "title": "Possible Trump–Rouhani meeting at the Biarritz G7", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 26, 2019, at the end of the G7 summit in Biarritz, Trump said he would meet Rouhani \"if the circumstances were correct or right.\" He said he wanted a longer nuclear agreement that would bar nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles and expand surveillance of possible weapons sites (Air Force Times/Defense News; Axios). Macron said he hoped the meeting would happen within weeks and lead to a new nuclear deal (Axios). By then, Trump had withdrawn the US from the 2015 deal in May 2018 and reimposed sanctions (The Hill; Al Jazeera). The IAEA had verified on July 1, 2019 that Iran's enriched uranium stockpile exceeded the deal's 300 kg limit (The Hill). On Aug. 27 Rouhani said there would be no talks until sanctions were lifted (Al Jazeera).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2019/08/26/trump-g7-iran-rouhani-meeting", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2019/08/27/macron-broker-trump-rouhani-iran-meeting-at-g7", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/8/27/irans-rouhani-tells-us-no-talks-until-sanctions-lifted", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/451149-nuclear-monitor-confirms-iran-exceeds-uranium-stockpile-limit/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/08/26/trump-signals-thaw-in-us-iran-tensions-says-hes-willing-to-meet-rouhani/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "airforcetimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If the circumstances were correct or right, I would certainly agree to that,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2019/08/27/macron-broker-trump-rouhani-iran-meeting-at-g7", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Macron sounded bullish, saying he hoped the meeting would take place within weeks and ultimately lead to a new nuclear deal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/8/27/irans-rouhani-tells-us-no-talks-until-sanctions-lifted", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Without America withdrawing from sanctions and abandoning the wrong path it has chosen, we will not witness any positive development.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?463636-1%2F7-summit-closing-news-conference=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-06-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2020-06-04", "start": "2020-06-04", "end": "2020-08-11", "title": "A deal promised if Trump is re-elected", "why_it_fits": "On June 5, 2020, after Iran released Navy veteran Michael White, President Trump tweeted: \"Don't wait until after U.S. Election to make the Big deal. I'm going to win. You'll make a better deal now!\" On August 9, 2020, at a New Jersey fundraiser, he said, \"If we win … we will have a deal with Iran within four weeks.\" Times of Israel reported that Trump \"did not elaborate.\" The US had left the JCPOA in May 2018, and Iran had said after Soleimani's killing in January 2020 that it would no longer honor any part of the deal. Tehran had rejected negotiating a new deal with the US (Newsweek; Times of Israel). The IAEA's June 5, 2020 report put Iran's low-enriched uranium stockpile at about 1,571 kg, against the deal's 300 kg limit, while saying Iran still complied with monitoring and verification (Arms Control Association summary of the report).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-iran-make-big-deal-before-2020-election-michael-white-returns-home-1508870", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-us-deal-iran-165302146.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-vows-deal-with-iran-within-four-weeks-of-reelection/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.armscontrol.org/blog/2020-06-08/iaea-report-shows-iran-stockpile-uranium-grows", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "armscontrol.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://2017-2021.state.gov/this-week-in-iran-policy-14/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "2017-2021.state.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-iran-make-big-deal-before-2020-election-michael-white-returns-home-1508870", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Don't wait until after U.S. Election to make the Big deal. I'm going to win. You'll make a better deal now!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-vows-deal-with-iran-within-four-weeks-of-reelection/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"If we win,\" he told a group of cheering supporters at a fundraising event in New Jersey on Sunday, \"we will have a deal with Iran within four weeks.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2020-09-13", "start": "2020-09-13", "end": null, "title": "Biden pledges to rejoin the JCPOA (Sept–Nov 2020)", "why_it_fits": "In a September 2020 op-ed for CNN, as quoted by NBC News, The Hill and USIP, candidate Joe Biden wrote that if Iran returned to strict compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, the US would rejoin it as a starting point for follow-on negotiations. After the election, NBC News, calling him President-elect, reported that he \"has promised to rejoin\" the deal if Iran abides by it. In November 2020, NBC News also reported, citing the IAEA, that Iran had built up 12 times the low-enriched uranium allowed under the deal, gone above its enrichment levels and installed more centrifuges than it permits. At that point Biden was not in office, NBC and The Hill described any talks as something for his term, and NBC reported that the Trump administration was \"imposing fresh sanctions this week.\" Iran's leaders said they were ready to talk if Washington honoured the deal's terms.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-faces-race-against-clock-u-s-rejoin-iran-nuclear-n1248356", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/526603-biden-faces-mounting-hurdles-on-path-to-rejoin-iran-deal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2020/nov/09/joe-biden-iran", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "iranprimer.usip.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/13/opinions/smarter-way-to-be-tough-on-iran-joe-biden/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will offer Tehran a credible path back to diplomacy. If Iran returns to strict compliance with the nuclear deal, the United States would rejoin the agreement as a starting point for follow-on negotiations,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-faces-race-against-clock-u-s-rejoin-iran-nuclear-n1248356", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Iran has amassed 12 times the amount of low enriched uranium allowed under the agreement, exceeded enrichment levels set by the deal and introduced more centrifuges than permitted by the accord, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/526603-biden-faces-mounting-hurdles-on-path-to-rejoin-iran-deal/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "By any objective measure, Trump's 'maximum pressure' has been a boon to the regime in Iran and a bust for America's interests,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-02-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2021-02-18", "start": "2021-02-18", "end": "2021-02-28", "title": "US accepts an EU invitation to meet", "why_it_fits": "On 18 February 2021, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said the US \"would accept an invitation\" from the EU High Representative to a meeting of the P5+1 and Iran. Middle East Eye reported that the US and the E3 (UK, France and Germany) released a joint statement that day, and that Secretary of State Blinken reiterated that if Iran returned to strict compliance with the JCPOA, the US would do the same. By then the US had not rejoined the deal or lifted sanctions. What it had done was drop the previous administration's claim that UN sanctions had been reinstated (\"snapback\") and ease travel limits on Iranian diplomats at the UN (State Department briefing). On 28 February Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said the \"time isn't ripe\" for the meeting. A US official said the administration was \"disappointed\" but still open to talks.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-would-accept-invitation-direct-nuclear-deal-talks-iran", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "middleeasteye.net", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/the-americas/us-accepts-talks-with-iran-and-backtracks-on-trump-sanctions-claim-1.1168921", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thenationalnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://2021-2025.state.gov/briefing-with-senior-state-department-officials-on-diplomacy-to-constrain-irans-nuclear-program/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "2021-2025.state.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-would-accept-invitation-direct-nuclear-deal-talks-iran", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "middleeasteye.net", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "would accept an invitation from the European Union High Representative to attend a meeting of the P5+1 and Iran", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://2021-2025.state.gov/briefing-with-senior-state-department-officials-on-diplomacy-to-constrain-irans-nuclear-program/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "2021-2025.state.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "this is just a very first initial step to say that we are prepared to attend the meeting", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pressreader.com/usa/las-vegas-review-journal/20210301/281565178491116", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pressreader.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the U.S. was “disappointed” in the rejection but was flexible as to the timing and format of the talks", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-04-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2021-04-06", "start": "2021-04-06", "end": "2021-04-20", "title": "Vienna talks begin", "why_it_fits": "Biden \"campaigned on a pledge to return to the 2015 agreement\" (Washington Post) and came into office saying a return was a priority (AP). On April 6, 2021, indirect talks on both sides returning to the deal's terms opened in Vienna. The US and Iranian delegations did not meet directly, and the other parties to the deal acted as go-betweens (USIP; Washington Post). Iran's chief negotiator, Abbas Araghchi, said the talks were on \"the right track\" but that it was \"too soon to say it has been successful\" (USIP). When round 2 ended on April 20, the US had not rejoined the deal or lifted sanctions. The IAEA's February 23, 2021 report, as analysed by ISIS, showed Iran's low-enriched uranium stockpile far above the deal's limit, enrichment near 20% since January 4, and inspections under the Additional Protocol stopped as of February 23 (ISIS, USIP).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/iran-nuclear-deal-vienna-talks/2021/04/06/02ac1afe-93e4-11eb-aadc-af78701a30ca_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-iran-expected-to-begin-indirect-nuclear-talks-in-vienna", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2021/jul/19/iran-delays-return-vienna-talks", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "iranprimer.usip.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/analysis-of-iaea-iran-verification-and-monitoring-report-february-2021", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "isis-online.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/middle-east_us-iran-see-indirect-nuclear-talks-constructive/6204248.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/iran-nuclear-deal-vienna-talks/2021/04/06/02ac1afe-93e4-11eb-aadc-af78701a30ca_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Diplomacy can take time, and sometimes it is not at the pace that everyone would prefer", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-iran-expected-to-begin-indirect-nuclear-talks-in-vienna", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Efforts to bring the United States back into the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear program stepped up a gear Tuesday", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2021/jul/19/iran-delays-return-vienna-talks", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "iranprimer.usip.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There has been some progress, but there remains a long road ahead,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-08-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2022-08-08", "start": "2022-08-08", "end": "2022-09-07", "title": "The EU's \"final text\"", "why_it_fits": "On Aug 8, 2022, after 16 months of indirect US–Iran talks, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell circulated what he called a \"final text\" to restore the JCPOA. He said \"if these answers are positive, then we can sign this deal.\" A State Department spokesperson said the US stood \"ready to quickly conclude a deal on the basis of the EU's proposals.\"\n\nBy then the deal had not been restored. The US had left it in 2018, and Iran was enriching uranium up to 60 percent. The IAEA's Sept 7 report put Iran's enriched uranium stockpile at about 3,940 kg, more than 19 times the deal's limit, and said the agency could not provide assurance that the program was exclusively peaceful.\n\nIran sent a response on Aug 15 and the US on Aug 24. Iran then sent another reply, and an Al Jazeera headline said the US called it \"not constructive.\" Reports on Sept 7 described a continuing impasse.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/talks-to-revive-iran-nuclear-deal-end-decision-on-final-text-rests-with-iranian-and-u-s-governments", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/8/iran-nuclear-talks-end-producing-final-text-official", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2022-09/news/iran-nuclear-deal-negotiations-reach-final-stage", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "armscontrol.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/middleeast/iran-nuclear-deal-final-text-borrell-intl/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "What can be negotiated has been negotiated, and it's now in a final text.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.armscontrol.org/blog/2022-08/p4-1-iran-nuclear-deal-alert", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "armscontrol.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Tehran rejected the description of the draft as “final,”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/7/iaea-cannot-assure-peaceful-nature-of-iran-nuclear-programme", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "not in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2025-03-07", "start": "2025-03-07", "end": "2025-03-10", "title": "Trump says he sent Khamenei a letter urging a nuclear deal; Iran's leaders publicly reject the outreach", "why_it_fits": "In a Fox News interview recorded on 2025-03-06 and partly released on 2025-03-07, President Trump said he had sent Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei a letter. He said it urged Iran to negotiate a nuclear deal and warned that otherwise the US might act militarily. He said he \"would rather negotiate a deal\" (ABC; RFE/RL). By then, no new agreement had been reached: Trump had withdrawn the US from the 2015 deal in 2018 (RFE/RL; Al Jazeera); Biden-era efforts to revive that deal \"proved fruitless\" (Al Jazeera); in February 2025 Trump had brought back his \"maximum pressure\" sanctions campaign (ABC); and Iran was enriching uranium to 60 percent purity, and the IAEA had expressed \"serious concern\" about how fast Iran was building up highly enriched uranium (RFE/RL). On 2025-03-08, Khamenei publicly rejected negotiations pushed by \"bullying governments\" (NPR).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-letter-iran-urging-negotiations-nuclear-weapons/story?id=119550672", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/09/g-s1-52882/trump-iran-nuclear", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2025/iran-250307-rferl02.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "globalsecurity.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/8/bully-irans-khamenei-rejects-trump-demands-for-nuclear-talks", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-letter-iran-urging-negotiations-nuclear-weapons/story?id=119550672", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There are two ways Iran can be handled, militarily or you make a deal. I would prefer to make a deal,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/09/g-s1-52882/trump-iran-nuclear", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The insistence of some bullying governments to negotiate is not to solve problems, but to impose their own expectations,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/09/g-s1-52882/trump-iran-nuclear", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Should the aim be the dismantlement of Iran's peaceful nuclear program to claim that what Obama failed to achieve has now been accomplished, such negotiations will never take place,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2025-04-07", "start": "2025-04-07", "end": "2025-04-19", "title": "Talks open in Oman", "why_it_fits": "On 7 April 2025, President Trump said the US was \"having direct talks with Iran.\" He added that \"doing a deal would be preferable\" and that Iran would be \"in great danger\" if talks failed (official transcript). The National reported that the two sides were \"seeking a new deal on Iran's nuclear programme,\" after Trump pulled out of the 2015 agreement in his first term. PBS reports that when he withdrew on 8 May 2018, Trump said he would get better terms through new talks; PBS added, \"Those talks don't happen in his first term.\" When this wave began, there was no agreement.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/04/12/negotiators-arrive-in-oman-for-landmark-us-iran-talks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thenationalnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-timeline-of-tensions-over-irans-nuclear-program-as-talks-with-u-s-approach", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/04/12/this-is-just-a-beginning-united-states-and-iran-begin-nuclear-talks-in-oman/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fdd.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-and-exchange-with-8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're having direct talks with Iran, and they've started. It will go on Saturday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://ir.usembassy.gov/statement-from-the-white-house/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "ir.usembassy.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Special Envoy Witkoff’s direct communication today was a step forward in achieving a mutually beneficial outcome.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/nx-s1-5369412/u-s-and-iran-hold-second-round-of-talks-on-tehrans-nuclear-program", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The U.S. and Iran are holding a second round of talks in Rome today to discuss Tehran's nuclear program.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stxou4dnyg8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're having direct talks with Iran, and they've started. It will go on Saturday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2025-06-25", "start": "2025-06-25", "end": "2025-06-27", "title": "After the strikes and ceasefire: \"We're going to talk to them next week\"", "why_it_fits": "On June 25, 2025, at the news conference closing the NATO summit in The Hague, President Trump said \"We're going to talk to them next week, with Iran.\" He also said he didn't think an agreement was needed because Iran's nuclear sites were \"blown up to kingdom come\" (CBS). By then there was no deal. Axios reported that the last meeting between envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was more than a month earlier. US and Israeli officials told Axios that a meeting planned for June 15 in Oman fell through, and the US had struck Iran's nuclear facilities the Saturday before. On June 12 the IAEA Board of Governors had found Iran in non-compliance with its obligations, the first such finding since 2005 (RFE/RL). On Thursday, June 26, Araghchi said Iran had no plan to meet the United States, as Iranian lawmakers passed a bill suspending cooperation with the IAEA (Times of Israel).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/texas/news/trump-nato-summit-the-hague-news-conference-iran-israel-ceasefire", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/06/25/trump-iran-meeting-nuclear-deal-israel", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-says-its-still-mulling-talks-with-us-after-trump-claims-meeting-planned-next-week/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-iaea-resolution-enrichment-site-us-britain-germany-france/33440883.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rferl.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/texas/news/trump-nato-summit-the-hague-news-conference-iran-israel-ceasefire", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're going to talk to them next week, with Iran,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/06/25/trump-iran-meeting-nuclear-deal-israel", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Iran has not publicly confirmed any planned meeting with U.S. officials", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-says-its-still-mulling-talks-with-us-after-trump-claims-meeting-planned-next-week/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Iran currently has no plan to meet with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday in an interview on state TV", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-holds-news-conference-as-he-departs-nato-summit/661690", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2026-02-06", "start": "2026-02-06", "end": "2026-02-28", "title": "Talks in Oman and Geneva, then war", "why_it_fits": "After indirect talks in Oman on 6 Feb 2026, President Trump said the US had \"very good talks\" with Iran (CNN). On 19 Feb he said Iran had \"10, 15 days, pretty much, maximum\" to reach a deal (ABC). By the end of the third round in Geneva on 26 Feb there was no agreement, though technical talks were planned in Vienna the next week (NPR). US and Israeli strikes began on 28 Feb (CRS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/02/26/g-s1-111595/u-s-iran-to-third-round-nuclear-talks", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/middleeast/us-iran-oman-talks-explained-intl", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48887", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "congress.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/02/26/iran-nuclear-talks-geneva", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The meeting was seen by many in the Trump administration as a last chance for diplomacy before President Trump decides whether to launch a war.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/02/26/g-s1-111595/u-s-iran-to-third-round-nuclear-talks", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations Thursday over Tehran's nuclear program but walked away without a deal", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-iran-10-day-timeline-board-peace-meeting/story?id=130302044", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I would think that will be enough time -- 10, 15 days, pretty much, maximum,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/iran-nuclear-deal-promises/#2026-04-07", "start": "2026-04-07", "end": "2026-04-26", "title": "Ceasefire and the Islamabad talks", "why_it_fits": "After Trump announced a Pakistan-brokered two-week pause on 7 April, a US team led by Vice President JD Vance met an Iranian team in Islamabad on 11 April. The talks ended on 12 April without an agreement after more than 21 hours (TIME; Al Jazeera). Vance said the US needed \"an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon.\" A US official told TIME the US red lines included ending all uranium enrichment, taking apart major enrichment sites, and letting the US remove Iran's highly enriched uranium. By 26 April no deal had been reached. Al Jazeera reported that Trump cancelled a planned trip to Pakistan by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and posted \"If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!\" Citing the IAEA (the UN nuclear watchdog), Al Jazeera added that Iran had enriched uranium to 60 percent.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/11/us-iran-talks-on-ending-war-begin-in-pakistan", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/04/11/strait-of-hormuz-iran-peace-talks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/26/us-iran-conflict-whats-the-latest-as-the-islamabad-talks-stall", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/trump-suspends-iran-bombing-for-two-weeks-following-dire-threats", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/04/11/strait-of-hormuz-iran-peace-talks/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/26/us-iran-conflict-whats-the-latest-as-the-islamabad-talks-stall", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw70FIyuoTM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "in-two-weeks", "title": "The recurring \"in two weeks\"", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/", "summary": "Starting early in his first term, Donald Trump often said a decision, plan or announcement would come in \"two weeks\" (sometimes \"two or three weeks\"). He used the phrase for taxes, infrastructure, the Paris climate accord, health care, Russia and Ukraine, Iran, TikTok and Greenland. News reviews by Bloomberg (2017), NBC News and NPR (2025) list many of these statements and found that the promised items often came months later or not at all. Some did arrive early: the June 2025 decision to strike Iran came two days later. No source found shows the phrase as a habit before 2016.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/in-trump-s-white-house-everything-s-coming-in-two-weeks", "https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5440143/trump-two-weeks-deadline-pattern" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-02-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2017-02-09", "start": "2017-02-09", "end": "2017-02-10", "title": "A \"phenomenal\" tax plan", "why_it_fits": "On Feb. 9, 2017, at a White House meeting with U.S. airline executives, Trump said \"something… phenomenal in terms of tax\" would be announced \"over the next two or three weeks\" (CNBC). Bloomberg reported that Trump gave no details, and that Press Secretary Sean Spicer said specifics would come in the coming weeks. NPR reports that the administration unveiled its tax overhaul on April 26, 2017, more than two months later, and that Trump signed it into law after Congress passed it in late December. In June 2017, Axios, summarizing a Bloomberg analysis, put this statement first in its list of Trump's \"two weeks\" timelines.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/09/trump-says-he-will-make-tax-announcement-in-a-few-weeks.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-09/trump-promises-phenomenal-tax-plan-as-ryan-s-ideas-draw-fire", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5440143/trump-two-weeks-deadline-pattern", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/trumps-timeline-always-two-weeks-1513302785", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/09/trump-says-he-will-make-tax-announcement-in-a-few-weeks.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we're going to announce something I would say over the next two or three weeks that will be phenomenal in terms of tax", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-09/trump-promises-phenomenal-tax-plan-as-ryan-s-ideas-draw-fire", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump offered no details", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2017/02/09/trump-s-phenomenal-tax-plan-promise-boosts-dollar-and-shares", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "euronews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump's promise of a \"phenomenal\" tax plan in the next few weeks boosted the dollar and US shares.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-03-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2017-03-15", "start": "2017-03-15", "end": "2017-03-29", "title": "Wiretapping \"interesting items\"", "why_it_fits": "On March 15, 2017, Trump said in a Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson that \"you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks,\" backing up his March 4 tweets that Obama had his \"wires tapped\" in Trump Tower. That same day, Nunes said, \"We don't have any evidence that that took place.\" On March 20, Comey told the committee, \"I have no information that supports those tweets,\" and said the Justice Department had none either. On March 22, Nunes said transition members' communications had been \"incidentally collected.\" He said this was unrelated to Russia, and the next day his spokesperson said Nunes did not know \"for sure\" whether Trump or his associates were in the intercepted communications.", "sources": [ { "url": "http://politifact.com/article/2017/mar/21/timeline-donald-trumps-false-wiretapping-charge/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/03/15/520252977/house-intelligence-chair-no-evidence-of-alleged-trump-tower-wiretap", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/timeline-president-trumps-unsubstantiated-wiretapping-claims-46198888", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "goodmorningamerica.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/trumps-timeline-always-two-weeks-1513302785", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/03/trump-talks-to-fox-news-tucker-carlson-about-obama-wiretap-claim.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "slate.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I think you’re going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/03/15/520252977/house-intelligence-chair-no-evidence-of-alleged-trump-tower-wiretap", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He also said in the interview that he expects \"some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/timeline-president-trumps-unsubstantiated-wiretapping-claims-46198888", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "goodmorningamerica.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump, asked that day whether he felt \"vindicated by Chairman Nunes,\" said, “I somewhat do.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGH6ejacN0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-04-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2017-04-27", "start": "2017-04-27", "end": "2017-04-29", "title": "Paris climate accord decision \"in about two weeks\"", "why_it_fits": "In an interview published April 27–28, 2017, Trump told Reuters he would announce \"in about two weeks\" whether the US would stay in the Paris climate agreement. On April 29, at his 100-days rally, he said: \"I will be making a big decision on the Paris Accord over the next two weeks.\" On May 27, Trump tweeted \"I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!\" On June 6, Axios wrote that \"the Paris decision took more than a month.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2017/04/28/donald-trump-paris-climate-agreement-unfair/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/politics/trump-paris-climate-agreement-decision/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/trumps-timeline-always-two-weeks-1513302785", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/3483008/trump-tweets-final-decision-paris-climate-agreement-next-week/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2017/04/28/donald-trump-paris-climate-agreement-unfair/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "told Reuters in an interview he would announce his decision “in about two weeks,”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-rally-harrisburg-pa-april-29-2017/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will be making a big decision on the Paris Accord over the next two weeks.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/politics/trump-paris-climate-agreement-decision/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump said Saturday he will decide the future of the United States' role in the Paris climate accord over the next two weeks.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-06-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2017-06-06", "start": "2017-06-06", "end": null, "title": "Bloomberg's 'everything's coming in two weeks' roundup (infrastructure, tax, Paris, ISIS)", "why_it_fits": "Axios, summarizing Bloomberg's roundup, listed Trump statements in 2017 that gave short deadlines: a tax announcement \"over the next two or three weeks\" (Feb. 9); infrastructure \"in two weeks\" (April 5) and \"over the next two or three weeks — maybe sooner\" (April 29); a Paris accord decision \"over the next two weeks\" (April 29); and an ISIS news conference \"in about two weeks\" (May 21). By June 6, the tax plan had been unveiled on April 26, about two months after the February promise (NPR). The Paris withdrawal was announced June 1, more than a month after the promise (NPR, Axios). Per NPR, the infrastructure plan did not come out until February 2018.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/in-trump-s-white-house-everything-s-coming-in-two-weeks", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/trumps-timeline-always-two-weeks-1513302785", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5440143/trump-two-weeks-deadline-pattern", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trumps-favorite-policy-position-check-back-later-rcna153548", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/in-trump-s-white-house-everything-s-coming-in-two-weeks", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A big announcement is coming in just “two weeks.” It rarely does.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/trumps-timeline-always-two-weeks-1513302785", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're going to make an announcement in two weeks.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-06-06/trump-says-everything-s-coming-in-two-weeks-video", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-07-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2020-07-19", "start": "2020-07-19", "end": "2020-08-31", "title": "A \"full and complete health care plan\"", "why_it_fits": "In a Fox News Sunday interview aired July 19, 2020, Trump said, \"We're signing a health care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health care plan.\" On Aug. 1, as the two weeks were set to expire on Sunday, Aug. 2, the Washington Post reported \"there is no evidence that the administration has designed a replacement\" for the Affordable Care Act. On July 31 Trump had said \"Might be Sunday.\" On Aug. 3 he said the plan would come \"hopefully, prior to the end of the month.\" On Aug. 7, KFF Health News reported, he said he would pursue an executive order within two weeks requiring insurers to cover pre-existing conditions. MSNBC reported on Aug. 31 that no plan had been unveiled, and Yahoo News reported in January 2021 that no Trump health care plan was ever released.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-obamacare-promise/2020/08/01/856ce250-d348-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/rachel-maddow-show/trump-faces-awkward-health-care-deadline-his-own-making-ncna1238853", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-leaves-office-no-health-care-plan-two-weeks-away-164850326.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're signing a health care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health care plan that the Supreme Court decision on DACA gave me the right to do.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-obamacare-promise/2020/08/01/856ce250-d348-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Now, with the two weeks expiring Sunday, there is no evidence that the administration has designed a replacement for the 2010 health-care law.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "requiring health insurance companies to cover all preexisting conditions for all customers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvR7ljqjD9c", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2025-05-28", "start": "2025-05-28", "end": "2025-06-14", "title": "Russia and Ukraine, \"I'll let you know in about two weeks\"", "why_it_fits": "On May 28, 2025, a reporter asked Trump whether Putin wanted to end the war. He said, \"I'll let you know in about two weeks.\" He added that it would take \"about a week and a half, two weeks\" to find out whether Putin was \"tapping us along\" (CNN, NBC News, Kyiv Post). CNN listed earlier two-week answers on Ukraine: April 24 (on continued military aid), three days later (on whether he trusted Putin), and May 19 (on whether Ukraine was doing enough). CNN also reported that Trump had \"so far, stopped short of imposing sanctions or taking other action.\" On June 14, the Kyiv Independent reported that Trump \"has so far taken no action\" against Russia's escalating attacks, even though he had hinted at new sanctions.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/politics/two-weeks-trump-ukraine-war", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/trump-putin-warning-two-weeks-sanctions-military-oil-economic-ukraine-rcna209468", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/trump-imposed-a-two-week-deadline-on-putin-it-passed-and-he-did-nothing/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kyivindependent.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5440143/trump-two-weeks-deadline-pattern", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/politics/two-weeks-trump-ukraine-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Since at least the end of April, President Donald Trump has been telling reporters he will decide what to do in Ukraine in two weeks", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/53550", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kyivpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I can't tell you that, but I'll let you know in about two weeks, within two weeks", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/trump-imposed-a-two-week-deadline-on-putin-it-passed-and-he-did-nothing/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kyivindependent.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump has so far taken no action against the ongoing escalation of violence by Moscow's forces.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG1efWeed5g", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2025-06-19", "start": "2025-06-19", "end": "2025-06-22", "title": "Decision on striking Iran", "why_it_fits": "On June 19, 2025, press secretary Karoline Leavitt read reporters a statement she said came directly from Trump: he would decide whether to strike Iran \"within the next two weeks,\" citing a chance of negotiations. The next day, an NBC News review reported he had promised action \"in two weeks\" over a dozen times in the previous two months. On Saturday, June 21, Trump posted that the U.S. had completed strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites: Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan. PBS reported this was two days after Leavitt's statement. So unlike most reruns of this story, the decision arrived well inside the two weeks.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/06/19/nx-s1-5439075/israel-iran-conflict-hospital", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/19/trump-to-decide-whether-us-will-strike-iran-within-two-weeks", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-two-weeks-deadline/3591934/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcconnecticut.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-says-u-s-has-struck-3-iranian-nuclear-sites-joining-israeli-military-campaign", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/06/19/nx-s1-5439075/israel-iran-conflict-hospital", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-two-weeks-deadline/3591934/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcconnecticut.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump has promised action on questions or decisions in “two weeks” over a dozen times in the last two months, according to an NBC News review", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/06/21/nx-s1-5441127/iran-us-strike-nuclear-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/white-house-daily-briefing/661453", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2025-08-22", "start": "2025-08-22", "end": "2025-09-04", "title": "Putin again", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 22, 2025, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that \"over the next two weeks\" they would find out \"which way it's going to go.\" He said he would then decide whether to impose \"massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both,\" or do nothing (Anadolu Agency). CNN reported that he was giving Putin \"a couple of weeks,\" which pushed back his deadline for possible consequences against Moscow again. On Sept. 4, Military Times reported that the two-week deadline had ended \"with Russia showing no signs of stopping the violence.\" On Sept. 2, HuffPost reported that Putin had faced none of the \"severe consequences\" Trump had promised over several deadlines.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/putin-trump-two-weeks-peace-talks", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-warns-of-massive-sanctions-or-tariffs-on-russia-in-2-weeks/3666773", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aa.com.tr", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/09/04/trumps-2-week-deadline-for-russia-to-start-peace-talks-comes-and-goes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "militarytimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-putin-two-weeks_n_68b75ec2e4b0735128b89a7b", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/putin-trump-two-weeks-peace-talks", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I think in two weeks, we'll know which way I'm going, because I'm going to go one way or the other, and they'll learn which way.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-warns-of-massive-sanctions-or-tariffs-on-russia-in-2-weeks/3666773", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aa.com.tr", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "that's whether or not it's massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both, or do we do nothing and say it's your fight?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-putin-two-weeks_n_68b75ec2e4b0735128b89a7b", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "a favorite time frame for Trump for any number of other goals that also have never come to pass", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEiK1AU27Bc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2026-01-22", "start": "2026-01-22", "end": "2026-01-23", "title": "Greenland deal details", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 21, 2026, Trump announced on Truth Social a \"framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland\" (HuffPost). On Jan. 22, a reporter on Air Force One asked what the concept was and whether the U.S. would take ownership. Trump replied, \"We'll have something in two weeks,\" and Mediaite and the Independent both linked this to his earlier \"two weeks\" promises (Mediaite; Independent via AOL). That same day, CNN reported that no written document recorded the framework, and a White House spokeswoman said details \"will be released accordingly\" once finalized. A MaddowBlog post from about July 2026, roughly six months later, said the White House had never released any more information about the \"framework\" (MS NOW); that claim covers roughly January to July 2026. As a later development, not the promise being kept, the U.S., Denmark and Greenland signed an agreement expanding the U.S. military presence on Sept. 22, 2026 (CNBC), about eight months after the remark.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/two-weeks-trump-strikes-again-reveals-alleged-timeline-for-greenland-details/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/22/politics/future-deal-framework-greenland", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-greenland-leverage-europe-troop-levels", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ms.now", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/22/trump-greenland-security-deal-military-bases-.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/two-weeks-trump-strikes-again-reveals-alleged-timeline-for-greenland-details/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"We'll have something in two weeks,\" Trump replied, invoking a well-worn timeline he has put forth on a myriad of occasions.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/news/trump-brings-back-infamous-two-151610853.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aol.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Donald Trump says that he'll give more details on his Greenland deal with Europe in \"two weeks,\" reviving an oft-given timeline from his first term.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/in-two-weeks/#2026-03-31", "start": "2026-03-31", "end": "2026-04-02", "title": "When the Iran war would end", "why_it_fits": "On March 31, 2026, a reporter asked Trump whether the U.S. would be done with the Iran war in two weeks. He replied \"I think two or three weeks\" and said the job would take \"maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer\" (CBS, Poynter/PolitiFact, Euronews). In his April 1 national address he said the U.S. would hit Iran \"extremely hard over the next two to three weeks\" (CBS). At that point the war, which started Feb. 28, was in its fifth week, and Trump's first projection had been \"four to five weeks\" (CBS). The war did not end within the promised window. Trump announced a two-week suspension of bombing on April 7. CBS wrote on June 11 that \"ending the war has proven elusive,\" and Poynter/PolitiFact described the conflict as \"seven months\" old on Oct. 6.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/01/trump-says-iran-war-could-end-in-two-weeks-with-or-without-deal", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "euronews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/when-will-the-iran-war-end-what-trump-has-said/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/trump-iran-war-timeline-media-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "poynter.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/01/trump-says-iran-war-could-end-in-two-weeks-with-or-without-deal", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "euronews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "within maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer to do the job", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/when-will-the-iran-war-end-what-trump-has-said/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "soros-paying-protesters", "title": "The recurring claim that George Soros is paying the protesters", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/", "summary": "Since at least 2015, people have claimed that billionaire donor George Soros funds, organizes or directly pays people to protest. The claim has been attached to protests over policing, the 2016 election results, the Trump administration, immigration enforcement and the Gaza war. Fact-checkers have repeatedly found that Soros's Open Society Foundations (OSF) has given grants to some advocacy groups involved in protests, but they have found no evidence that Soros or OSF pays individual protesters. PolitiFact notes that criticizing how Soros spends his money is not in itself antisemitic, but that he is often the target of antisemitic conspiracy theories. Attention almost always peaked within days of a large protest, and since 2018 several peaks were set off by a sitting president, a member of Congress or a major platform owner.", "summary_sources": [ "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/candace-owens/no-soros-and-foundation-do-not-pay-people-protest/", "https://politifact.com/article/2024/may/02/fact-checking-claims-that-george-soros-is-paying-s/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-11-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2016-11-09", "start": "2016-11-09", "end": "2016-11-26", "title": "Protests after the 2016 election", "why_it_fits": "In the days after the November 2016 election, posts online claimed that Soros was paying for the anti-Trump street protests. CNBC reported that conservative criticism of Soros \"reached a fever pitch online\" after the election. Infowars ran a Nov. 14 headline saying the protests used paid professional protesters \"financed by George Soros.\" The two non-profits whose job ads Infowars cited said the claim was false. Open Society Foundations President Chris Stone said there was \"no truth\" to reports that Soros or OSF funded the protests. Photos and video of buses said to be carrying paid protesters in Austin (Nov. 9–10) and Chicago (Nov. 13) were debunked by Snopes. The Austin buses were for a Tableau Software conference.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/25/george-soros-targeted-by-trump-supporters-over-protests.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anti-trump-protesters-bused-into-austin/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-tweets-during-protests-go-from-stormy-to-respectful/2016/11/11/b25fcf3e-a84a-11e6-8fc0-7be8f848c492_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anti-trump-protesters-bused-into-austin/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I presumed the busses had something to do with the protests.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "followers before post (Tucker, approx., per Snopes)": 40 } }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/25/george-soros-targeted-by-trump-supporters-over-protests.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Jones' website, Infowars, trumpeted the \"investigative report\" on Nov. 14, under the headline \"Proof — The Trump Protests Utilizing Paid Professional Protesters financed by George Soros.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anti-trump-protesters-bused-into-austin/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Zero Hedge published a video on 13 November 2016 showing a large number of buses parked on a street", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-01-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2017-01-21", "start": "2017-01-21", "end": "2017-01-31", "title": "Women's March \"paid by Soros\" claims", "why_it_fits": "After the Women's March, held the day after President Trump's inauguration, Bill O'Reilly said on Fox News that the march \"was not a spontaneous event\" and was organized by groups that \"receive millions of dollars\" from George Soros. Trump adviser Roger Stone told the New York Post the march was \"a large AstroTurf operation paid for by Soros.\" A PPP survey of 1,043 registered voters found that 38% of Trump voters believed most of the marchers were paid by Soros (1% of Clinton voters and 17% overall). The Washington Times called this \"an unfounded allegation.\" A spokesperson for Soros's Open Society Foundations told PolitiFact, \"There is no truth to these reports.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/27/george-soros-paid-womens-march-protesters-say-1-in/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/bill-oreilly/oreilly-womens-march-protesters-were-told-show-just-totalitarian-governments-20th", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2017-01-24/ty-article/bill-oreilly-womens-march-organized-by-george-soros-funding/0000017f-e795-dc7e-adff-f7bd9bdc0000", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "haaretz.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/bill-oreilly/oreilly-womens-march-protesters-were-told-show-just-totalitarian-governments-20th", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They were very well organized and targeted, and the target this time is Trump, to get them out of there before the four years are over.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/27/george-soros-paid-womens-march-protesters-say-1-in/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "38 percent of Trump voters believe the people who participated in the post-inaugural protest were paid to attend by Mr. Soros", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-08-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2017-08-12", "start": "2017-08-12", "end": "2017-09-05", "title": "Alex Jones claims Charlottesville protests were staged and funded by liberal interests, citing Soros", "why_it_fits": "After the Aug. 11–12, 2017 protests and counter-protests in Charlottesville, Jones said in videos on Infowars.com, as PolitiFact summarized it, that they were staged acts of civil unrest funded by liberal interests. He cited supposed emails between the Democratic Party and George Soros. PolitiFact searched the leaked DNC and Podesta emails and Clinton's State Department emails, found nothing like what Jones described, and rated the claim Pants on Fire on Aug. 14, 2017. In June 2020, PolitiFact listed the Charlottesville claim alongside the Women's March claim as examples of \"false claims\" about Soros funding and even orchestrating protests. On Aug. 20, 2017, a \"We the People\" petition was created on the White House site asking that Soros be declared a domestic terrorist.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/14/alex-jones/infowars-alex-jones-falsely-says-george-soros-hill/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/candace-owens/no-soros-and-foundation-do-not-pay-people-protest/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "http://petitions.trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/petition/declare-george-soros-terrorist-and-seize-all-his-related-organizations-assets-under-rico-and-ndaa-law", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "petitions.trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1820412/petition-to-declare-george-soros-a-terrorist-reaches-threshold-for-white-house-response/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/14/alex-jones/infowars-alex-jones-falsely-says-george-soros-hill/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "said the Charlottesville, Va., protests and counter-protests on Aug. 11-12, were staged acts of civil unrest funded by liberal interests to hurt conservatives and President Donald Trump.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "http://petitions.trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/petition/declare-george-soros-terrorist-and-seize-all-his-related-organizations-assets-under-rico-and-ndaa-law", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "petitions.trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Declare George Soros a terrorist and seize all of his related organizations' assets under RICO and NDAA law", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed the rally name, which the cited sources do not use, and removed quotation marks from a phrase that is PolitiFact's paraphrase of Jones rather than his words. Aligned the 2020 PolitiFact description with that article's wording." } ] }, { "anchor": "2018-10-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2018-10-04", "start": "2018-10-04", "end": "2018-10-06", "title": "Kavanaugh confirmation protests (Oct. 2018)", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 5, 2018, Trump tweeted that protesters confronting senators about Kavanaugh were \"paid professionals\" and that their signs were \"Paid for by Soros and others.\" Less than two hours earlier, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley had told Fox Business that he \"tend[s] to believe\" Soros was paying protesters. CNN and NBC News reported that no evidence supported the claim. BuzzFeed News reported that Trump repeated the paid-protester claim on Oct. 6. Kavanaugh was expected to be confirmed that day.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/politics/donald-trump-protesters-george-soros-brett-kavanaugh/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/kavanaugh-vote-near-trump-says-protesters-sharing-stories-sex-assault-n917051", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/giuliani-twitter-soros", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "buzzfeednews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/politics/donald-trump-protesters-george-soros-brett-kavanaugh/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don't fall for it!\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/politics/donald-trump-protesters-george-soros-brett-kavanaugh/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I have heard so many people believe that. I tend to believe it.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/giuliani-twitter-soros", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "buzzfeednews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"paid professional protesters who are handed expensive signs.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-10-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2018-10-17", "start": "2018-10-17", "end": "2018-11-01", "title": "Migrant caravan", "why_it_fits": "On Oct 17, 2018, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) tweeted a video that he said showed cash being given to women and children in Honduras to \"join the caravan & storm the US border.\" In the tweet he asked \"Soros? US-backed NGOs?\" Snopes found the video was shot in Chiquimula, Guatemala, of people who were already in the caravan. Gaetz corrected the location but kept the Soros question. The Open Society Foundations said neither Soros nor the foundation was funding the group. FactCheck.org called the claim \"unsubstantiated\" and said the video had been \"shared tens of thousands of times\" after Gaetz and later President Trump posted it. On Oct 31, Trump told reporters he \"wouldn't be surprised\" if Soros or someone else was paying for the caravan. The Hill reported this and cited a Washington Post report that the theory had spread among conservatives, including Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo and Lou Dobbs.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soros-caravan-refugees/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2018/10/no-evidence-soros-is-funding-immigrant-caravan", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/414171-trump-i-wouldnt-be-surprised-if-soros-were-paying-for-migrant-caravan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-pipe-bombs-and-explosive-rhetoric/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thesoufancenter.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1052629557826736129", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "BREAKING: Footage in Honduras giving cash 2 women & children 2 join the caravan & storm the US border @ election time. Soros? US-backed NGOs? Time to investigate the source!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/414171-trump-i-wouldnt-be-surprised-if-soros-were-paying-for-migrant-caravan/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I don't know who, but I wouldn't be surprised,\" Trump said. \"A lot of people say yes.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-05-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2020-05-28", "start": "2020-05-28", "end": "2020-06-21", "title": "George Floyd protests", "why_it_fits": "On May 28, 2020, commentator Candace Owens tweeted that George Soros was \"funding the chaos\" in Minneapolis through his Open Society Foundations. OSF replied that Soros and the foundations \"oppose all violence and do not pay people to protest.\" On June 1, PolitiFact rated the claim False and said it found no evidence that Soros or OSF had funded any group that paid for street protests in Minneapolis. In the days that followed, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller posted on Facebook that protesters were \"organized and paid for by George Soros.\" The AP cited an ADL analysis showing negative Soros tweets jumping from about 20,000 to more than 500,000 a day. The AP called the claim \"a new take on an old hoax,\" noting that earlier versions targeted the 2017 Women's March. It also cited the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which found 68,746 Facebook mentions of Soros in May 2020. The previous record was 38,326, in October 2018, during the migrant caravan claims.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/candace-owens/no-soros-and-foundation-do-not-pay-people-protest/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/05/sid-miller-george-floyd-protests/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "texastribune.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/rising-conspiracy-theory-claims-george-soros-behind-us-unrest-adl-says/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2020/06/21/george-soros-conspiracy-theories-surge-as-protests-sweep-us/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ksat.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/candace-owens/no-soros-and-foundation-do-not-pay-people-protest/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He is funding the chaos via his Open Society Foundation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/05/sid-miller-george-floyd-protests/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "texastribune.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The so-called 'protestors' are, in fact, domestic terrorists who were organized and paid for by George Soros to further divide our country.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/rising-conspiracy-theory-claims-george-soros-behind-us-unrest-adl-says/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We have definitely seen a very dramatic increase in the number of anti-Soros conspiracy theories", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-04-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2024-04-26", "start": "2024-04-26", "end": "2024-05-03", "title": "Campus protests over Gaza", "why_it_fits": "On April 26, 2024, the New York Post published an article headlined \"George Soros is paying student radicals who are fueling nationwide explosion of Israel-hating protests.\" Social media users shared it, including Reps. Elise Stefanik and Beth Van Duyne on Facebook and Kari Lake on X, according to PolitiFact. PolitiFact found that OSF had given grants to some of the groups the Post named, but that the money and the protesters were separated by \"several degrees of separation.\" Snopes rated the claim \"Mixture.\" In early May, Rep. Nancy Mace said on Fox News that Soros-funded groups were involved. Speaker Johnson said the FBI should find out whether the protests were \"funded by, I don't know, George Soros or overseas entities,\" according to The Hill.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/04/29/george-soros-funding-college-protests/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2024/may/02/fact-checking-claims-that-george-soros-is-paying-s/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-anchor-pushes-back-mace-024047543.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2024/may/02/fact-checking-claims-that-george-soros-is-paying-s/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We all knew it but now it's confirmed … ", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-anchor-pushes-back-mace-024047543.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I think [FBI officials] need to look at the root causes and find out if some of this was funded by, I don't know, George Soros or overseas entities", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-anchor-pushes-back-mace-024047543.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There's no proof that these are funded by George Soros, by the way… their folks have denied that.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2025-03-08", "start": "2025-03-08", "end": "2025-04-08", "title": "Musk links Soros and Hoffman to Tesla protests via ActBlue; fake Trump post about Soros paying protesters", "why_it_fits": "On March 8, 2025, according to Anadolu (Fox News reported the post as Sunday morning), Elon Musk posted on X that \"an investigation\" had found five ActBlue-funded groups responsible for the Tesla protests. In the same post he listed George Soros and Reid Hoffman among ActBlue's funders (Anadolu, Fox News). Fox and Fortune reported this as a claim that Soros and Hoffman were funding the protests. Hoffman denied funding any Tesla demonstrations. Soros did not reply to Fox, and Fortune said neither Soros's Open Society nonprofit nor ActBlue replied to it. After the April 5 \"Hands Off\" rallies, a screenshot claiming to be a Trump Truth Social post saying Soros paid protesters circulated online. Snopes rated it Fake: there was no such post on Trump's account.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/musk-claims-george-soros-linkedin-co-founder-reid-hoffman-funding-protests-against-tesla", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/elon-musk-accuses-democratic-donors-george-soros-reid-hoffman-of-funding-tesla-protests/3505280", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aa.com.tr", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/03/10/elon-musk-anti-tesla-protests-financed-democrat-donors-george-soros-reid-hoffman/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-dont-believe-fake-215700945.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1898369343399899218", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "ActBlue funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman, and Leah Hunt-Hendrix", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-dont-believe-fake-215700945.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "there was no evidence of the post on Trump's Truth Social account and the screenshot displayed several signs of being digitally created", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Clarified that the March 8 date comes from Anadolu; Fox News reported the post as made on Sunday morning." } ] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2025-06-07", "start": "2025-06-07", "end": "2025-06-15", "title": "Los Angeles protests against immigration raids", "why_it_fits": "CBS News reported on June 11, 2025 that \"Conspiracy theories alleging rich donors orchestrated the protests have also resurfaced, echoing patterns from past demonstrations.\" In one widely shared claim, social media users falsely presented images of stacked bricks as supplies Soros had planted. CBS traced one bricks photo, which a poster said was left near \"ICE facilities,\" to a Malaysian building-materials company's website. PEN America reported that the photo was shared on X with claims that \"Soros funded organizations\" had stockpiled the bricks. CBS also noted that rumors about pallets of bricks had been debunked during the 2020 racial justice protests and came back in 2021 and 2022.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-videos-conspiracies-falsehoods-los-angeles-protests/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://pen.org/guide-to-combating-los-angeles-immigration-protest-mis-disinformation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pen.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/george-soros-possibly-behind-anti-ice-riots-in-los-angeles/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "euvsdisinfo.eu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-accuses-some-los-angeles-protesters-of-being-paid-insurrectionists", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-videos-conspiracies-falsehoods-los-angeles-protests/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "One widely shared claim involved images of stacked bricks, which social media users falsely presented as supplies planted by billionaire George Soros to incite violence.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://pen.org/guide-to-combating-los-angeles-immigration-protest-mis-disinformation/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pen.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "An image of a pile of bricks has been amplified on X, claiming that the bricks were intentionally stockpiled by \"Democrat militants\" and \"Soros funded organizations\" near ICE facilities", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2025-08-27", "start": "2025-08-27", "end": "2025-08-28", "title": "Trump calls for RICO charges against George and Alex Soros", "why_it_fits": "In a Truth Social post, President Trump wrote that \"George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America\" (Axios, Al Jazeera, Euronews). Al Jazeera called this \"a baseless claim that the president has pushed before.\" As an example, it cited Trump's 2018 post about protesters against Brett Kavanaugh's nomination, which said their signs were \"Paid for by Soros and others.\" Euronews reported that Trump \"did not offer any evidence in his post.\" An Open Society Foundations spokesperson told Axios, Reuters (as reported by Al Jazeera) and Euronews: \"These accusations are outrageous and false.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-urges-rico-charges-george-soros", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/27/trump-threatens-charges-for-george-soros-frequent-target-of-far-right-ire", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/28/trump-calls-for-billionaire-george-soros-to-face-federal-charges", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "euronews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115100792784831675", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-urges-rico-charges-george-soros", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have caused great damage to our Country! That includes his Crazy, West Coast friends. Be careful, we're watching you!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2025-09-12", "start": "2025-09-12", "end": "2025-09-26", "title": "After Charlie Kirk's killing: White House scrutiny and a DOJ directive", "why_it_fits": "In a Fox News interview, Trump said protesters \"get paid for their profession from Soros and other people.\" He added that he thought there was \"a RICO case against him and other people\" (Bloomberg, Sept 12, 2025). AP reported on Sept 17 that, without establishing any link to the shooting, the White House pointed to Indivisible and OSF as potential subjects of scrutiny. Asked for examples, the White House pointed to protests where officers were injured, and to goggles and face masks handed out at the Los Angeles immigration protests. ABC reported on Sept 25 that Aakash Singh, a senior official in Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's office, told US attorney's offices in at least seven states to prepare investigations of OSF. OSF told ABC and Reuters that the accusations were \"politically motivated attacks on civil society.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/trump-renews-threat-to-investigate-soros-for-funding-agitation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/09/17/trump-kirk-assassination-target-soros/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/doj-official-directs-prosecutors-prepare-probes-george-soros/story?id=125941089", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kfgo.com/2025/09/25/soros-foundation-says-reported-justice-department-push-for-probe-is-politically-motivated/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kfgo.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/trump-renews-threat-to-investigate-soros-for-funding-agitation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "get paid for their profession from Soros and other people", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/09/17/trump-kirk-assassination-target-soros/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "pointed to Indivisible, a progressive activist network, and the Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/doj-official-directs-prosecutors-prepare-probes-george-soros/story?id=125941089", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The DOJ order was sent to U.S. attorney's offices in at least seven states.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2025-10-16", "start": "2025-10-16", "end": "2025-10-24", "title": "October 2025 \"No Kings\" protests", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 19, 2025, aboard Air Force One, President Trump told reporters about the Oct. 18 \"No Kings\" protests: \"I guess it was paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics,\" adding \"we're checking it out.\" Forbes reported that he offered no evidence. In a statement quoted in an Oct. 16 Fox News Digital article, Sen. Ted Cruz said the march was \"organized by Soros operatives and funded by Soros money.\" On Oct. 24, Snopes rated viral posts saying billionaires including Soros put nearly $300 million into the protests \"Mostly False.\" It found that some organizing groups had received grants from charities linked to Soros, but that billionaires did not spend $300 million funding the protests.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-investigate-no-kings-protests-soros-10903951", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/10/20/trump-targets-george-soros-billionaire-accused-of-funding-no-kings-protests/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forbes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/billionaires-no-kings-protests/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-soros-bankruptcy-no-kings/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-investigate-no-kings-protests-soros-10903951", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I guess (the protest) was paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/soros-foundation-helping-fund-anti-trump-no-kings-protests-nationwide", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This politicized march is being organized by Soros operatives and funded by Soros money.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/billionaires-no-kings-protests/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Billionaires did not spend $300 million on funding the \"No Kings\" protests.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed a reference to Axios, which is not among the cited sources, and clarified that the Cruz quote comes from a statement in an Oct. 16 Fox News Digital article." } ] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2026-01-08", "start": "2026-01-08", "end": "2026-02-01", "title": "Minneapolis protests against immigration enforcement", "why_it_fits": "Trump said Minnesota protesters included \"many highly paid professional agitators and anarchists\" (Jan. 18) and called them \"paid agitators and insurrectionists\" (Jan. 20). PolitiFact found no evidence for this and rated the claim False. It also noted that \"None of these politicians explained who they believed was underwriting the protests.\" A New York Post report, as summarized by The National News Desk, linked Indivisible Twin Cities to the \"No Kings\" protests, which it said \"reportedly received millions of dollars\" from Open Society Foundations between 2018 and 2023. The Washington Free Beacon and the Daily Caller News Foundation tied groups active in the protests to past Open Society grants: to the Sunrise Movement, and $300,000 in 2020 to Headwaters Foundation for Justice, a Minneapolis funder of local groups. None of these three reports documents any individual being paid to protest.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://api.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jan/26/donald-trump/Trump-paid-protesters-ICE-Minnesota-Minneapolis/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/far-left-groups-are-behind-the-funding-of-anti-ice-protests-in-minnesota-report-new-york-post-renee-good-immigration-dc", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "komonews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://freebeacon.com/crime/minneapolis-hotel-smashed-by-anti-ice-rioters-was-on-soros-funded-groups-target-list/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "freebeacon.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/01/soros-paid-protesters-ice-minnesota-minneapolis-somalis-antifa/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dailycaller.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/far-left-groups-are-behind-the-funding-of-anti-ice-protests-in-minnesota-report-new-york-post-renee-good-immigration-dc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "komonews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "reportedly received millions of dollars from Soros’ Open Society Foundations between 2018 and 2023", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://freebeacon.com/crime/minneapolis-hotel-smashed-by-anti-ice-rioters-was-on-soros-funded-groups-target-list/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "freebeacon.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Open Society Foundations has sent it $2 million since 2019", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/01/soros-paid-protesters-ice-minnesota-minneapolis-somalis-antifa/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dailycaller.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "financial support from a nonprofit backed by the Soros family’s Open Society Foundations", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qqB2NztcScE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "After an apparent protester shouted out, interrupting his speech on Tuesday, President Donald Trump called the protesters \"paid agitators,\" \"paid insurrectio…\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the description of the New York Post report: it linked Indivisible Twin Cities to the \"No Kings\" protests, which it said reportedly received Open Society money, but did not state that Indivisible itself received the grants." } ] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/soros-paying-protesters/#2026-03-28", "start": "2026-03-28", "end": "2026-04-03", "title": "The March 2026 \"No Kings\" protests", "why_it_fits": "On March 28, 2026, the day of the nationwide \"No Kings\" protests, Fox News Digital published an investigation by Asra Nomani. It said a network of about 500 groups with an estimated $3 billion in combined annual revenue was behind the protests. It also described Indivisible, which Fox said a copy of the march permit named as lead coordinator, as \"funded by billionaire George Soros.\" Snopes said it had not seen the permit. Social media posts then repeated the claim. Snopes quoted one Facebook post saying Soros and Neville Roy Singham \"fund the network.\" On April 3, Snopes reported that Soros' Open Society Foundations gave Indivisible $3 million to spend over 2023 and 2024. An Open Society spokesperson said the money was for general operations, not a specific event, and Snopes found \"no evidence of Soros' nonprofit directly funding\" the protests.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/analyzing-rumor-george-soros-neville-193500874.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://themedialine.org/headlines/massive-no-kings-protests-claim-unity-no-leader-fox-report-says-coordinated-money-machine-at-helm/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "themedialine.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/500-groups-3b-revenues-behind-nokings-protests-communist-call-revolution", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/500-groups-3b-revenues-behind-nokings-protests-communist-call-revolution", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "According to a copy of the permit for the 'flagship' march in St. Paul, Minn., Indivisible, a national well-heeled Democratic political advocacy organization funded by billionaire George Soros, is the lead coordinator for the protest.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1364295902183212&set=a.291442642801882", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "facebook.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Socialists like Neville Roy Singham and George Soros fund the network.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Attributed the claim that the march permit named Indivisible as lead coordinator to Fox News, since Snopes could not verify the permit, and restored the full sentence in the Fox News quote." } ] } ] }, { "slug": "welfare-queens", "title": "The recurring \"welfare queen\" claim that recipients are gaming public benefits", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/", "summary": "The \"welfare queen\" claim says that people on public assistance commonly cheat the system or live well off benefits. Ronald Reagan made it famous in his 1976 campaign with an exaggerated version of the case of Chicago woman Linda Taylor, saying one woman used eighty names to collect $150,000 a year. Since 2016 the claim has returned in debates over SNAP and Medicaid work requirements, in viral social-media content, and in federal \"war on fraud\" efforts. Audits show real fraud, but much of the large documented fraud was committed by organizations, vendors or officials rather than recipients. USDA estimated SNAP trafficking (selling benefits for cash) at about 1.6% of benefits, or about $1.27 billion a year, for 2015–2017. The Congressional Research Service says SNAP fraud is rare based on available data, but no single figure captures every type. A large, growing share of documented SNAP losses is benefits stolen from recipients through card skimming. A USDA official said this could be as high as $12 billion a year and stressed that nobody knows the true scope.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/725023771/the-queen-reveals-the-story-of-the-woman-who-became-a-symbol-of-welfare-fraud", "https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10860", "https://www.fna.usda.gov/research/snap/extent-trafficking-2015-2017", "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/usda-official-says-snap-theft-100000572.html" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2018-04-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2018-04-10", "start": "2018-04-10", "end": "2018-04-12", "title": "Trump executive order on welfare work requirements", "why_it_fits": "On April 10, 2018, President Trump signed an executive order telling federal agencies to strengthen existing work requirements and add new ones for people getting Medicaid, food stamps, public housing and welfare. Agencies had 90 days to report back with recommendations (Washington Post; UPI). The order also told agencies to make sure \"only eligible persons receive benefits,\" and said technology should be used to \"reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in the current system\" (text of the order). The AP's story noted that Trump \"has long accused beneficiaries of abusing government assistance programs.\" It quoted his November 2017 claim that a person \"not working at all\" was \"making more money and doing better\" than a neighbor working three jobs. It also quoted Rebecca Vallas of the Center for American Progress, who tweeted that Trump was trying to paint benefit users as Reagan's \"mythical 'welfare queen'\" (CBS/AP).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-executive-order-strengthens-work-requirements-for-neediest-americans/2018/04/10/21e21382-3d08-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-pushing-work-requirements-to-receive-welfare-benefits/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/04/10/Trump-signs-order-seeking-work-requirements-for-welfare-programs/4201523409033/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "upi.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-reducing-poverty-america-promoting-opportunity-economic-mobility/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-reducing-poverty-america-promoting-opportunity-economic-mobility/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Technology and innovation should drive initiatives that increase program integrity and reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in the current system.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-pushing-work-requirements-to-receive-welfare-benefits/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump has long accused beneficiaries of abusing government assistance programs", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-executive-order-strengthens-work-requirements-for-neediest-americans/2018/04/10/21e21382-3d08-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Conservatives praised the executive order, calling it “Welfare Reform 2.0.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-05-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2018-05-16", "start": "2018-05-16", "end": "2018-06-21", "title": "House farm bill fight over SNAP work requirements", "why_it_fits": "In May–June 2018, the House Republican farm bill sought tougher SNAP work requirements. It would have required many adult recipients to work 20 hours a week, enroll in job training, or lose benefits. Speaker Ryan said it would \"encourage people to move from welfare to work\" (NPR). The bill failed 198–213 on May 18, when 30 Republicans joined every Democrat in voting no (ABC News). It then passed 213–211 on June 21 with more than $20 billion in SNAP cuts over 10 years (CNBC). Republicans argued that work requirements promote self-sufficiency. Democrats called the changes cruel and said they would increase food insecurity. Existing law already had work requirements for adults aged 18–49 without dependents or a disability (NPR). What the fraud data showed: in June 2018 the USDA published an FY2017 SNAP payment error rate of 6.30%, made up of 5.19% overpayments and 1.11% underpayments. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) says this rate is \"sometimes misunderstood\" as a measure of fraud, and that errors are not the same as fraud. The most-cited fraud measure, the share of benefits illegally sold through stores, was 1.5% for FY2012–2014. CRS notes there is no overall rate for recipient fraud.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/farm-bill-fails-house-198-213/story?id=55261207", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/21/house-passes-farm-bill-213-211-that-could-cut-food-stamps-for-millions.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R45147.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "everycrsreport.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://cheac.org/congress-passes-reconciled-farm-bill-does-not-include-snap-work-requirements/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cheac.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wosu.org/news-partners/2018-05-18/house-farm-bill-fails-as-conservatives-revolt-over-immigration", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wosu.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The vote was 198-213. Every Democrat voted against the measure, as did 30 Republicans.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.bpr.org/news/2018-06-21/house-passes-farm-bill-with-controversial-work-requirements", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bpr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Farm Bill just passed in the House. So happy to see work requirements included. Big win for the farmers!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/21/house-passes-farm-bill-213-211-that-could-cut-food-stamps-for-millions.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But the House farm bill includes cuts of more than $20 billion in SNAP benefits over 10 years.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-06-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2018-06-29", "start": "2018-06-29", "end": "2018-07-02", "title": "Court blocks Kentucky's Medicaid work requirement", "why_it_fits": "On June 29, 2018, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg cancelled the federal approval of Kentucky HEALTH. Kentucky had been the first state approved to make Medicaid recipients work or do other community activities. The plan would have required \"able-bodied\" recipients aged 19–64 to log 80 hours a month of work, school, job training, volunteering or caregiving. Boasberg found the approval \"arbitrary and capricious\" because officials never weighed coverage losses. Kentucky's own estimate was that 95,000 people would lose Medicaid. Trump administration officials said the rule gave low-income adults an incentive to enter the workforce. Gov. Matt Bevin (R) said the state's Medicaid expansion was not fiscally sustainable. On the data side, KFF Health News reported a Kaiser Family Foundation estimate: only 6% of adult Medicaid enrollees would be affected, because most already worked or qualified for an exemption.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/kentuckys-requirement-that-medicaid-recipients-must-work-is-blocked-by-a-federal-judge/2018/06/29/2c10156c-7bd7-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/394880-judge-blocks-kentucky-medicaid-work-requirements/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/judge-blocks-kentucky-medicaid-work-requirement/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-strikes-down-medicaid-work-requirements-in-kentucky-and-arkansas/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/judge-blocks-kentucky-medicaid-work-requirement/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This signal omission renders his determination arbitrary and capricious.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/kentuckys-requirement-that-medicaid-recipients-must-work-is-blocked-by-a-federal-judge/2018/06/29/2c10156c-7bd7-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the first state in the nation to require that low-income people work or otherwise engage in their communities", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/nearly-500-000-kentucky-losing-vision-dental-coverage-following-medicaid-n888321", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "cutting dental and vision coverage for nearly a half-million Kentuckians", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-07-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2019-07-23", "start": "2019-07-23", "end": "2019-12-05", "title": "USDA rules to tighten SNAP eligibility (2019)", "why_it_fits": "On July 23, 2019, USDA proposed limiting SNAP's \"expanded categorical eligibility.\" Secretary Sonny Perdue said the \"loophole\" had \"been used to effectively bypass important eligibility guidelines\" and that the change was needed for \"preventing abuse.\" USDA estimated that 3.1 million people would no longer meet eligibility rules (AP). PolitiFact reported that when announcing the proposal, Perdue referred to Minnesota retiree Rob Undersander. Undersander had said his net worth exceeded $1 million and that he applied for food stamps in 2016 to expose the loophole. PolitiFact later rated True a congressman's claim that millionaires were eligible (not that they were receiving benefits), while noting such millionaires \"may be outliers.\" On December 4, 2019, USDA announced a final rule narrowing state waivers from work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents. USDA said the rule \"restores the system to what Congress intended: assistance through difficult times, not a way of life.\" NACo reported USDA's projection that nearly 700,000 able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) would leave the program once the rule's carry-over limit took effect in October 2020.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/23/20707433/food-stamps-snap-usda-rule-trump-administratoin", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "chicago.suntimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/glenn-grothman/wisconsin-lawmakers-claim-millionaires-are-eligibl/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.naco.org/blog/usda-finalizes-rule-expanding-snap-work-requirements", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "naco.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2019/12/04/usda-restores-original-intent-snap-second-chance-not-way-life", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "usda.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/23/20707433/food-stamps-snap-usda-rule-trump-administratoin", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "chicago.suntimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "For too long, this loophole has been used to effectively bypass important eligibility guidelines.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2019/12/04/usda-restores-original-intent-snap-second-chance-not-way-life", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "usda.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The rule restores the system to what Congress intended: assistance through difficult times, not a way of life.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-12-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2021-12-20", "start": "2021-12-20", "end": "2021-12-21", "title": "Manchin and the child tax credit \"drugs\" report", "why_it_fits": "On Dec. 20, 2021, the day after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he would not vote for the Build Back Better bill, HuffPost reported that he had privately told fellow Democrats that parents would spend monthly child tax credit payments on drugs. HuffPost cited two sources; ABC News and NBC News, each citing three sources, reported the same thing that day. The reports also said Manchin had privately suggested people would abuse a proposed paid leave program to go hunting. HuffPost connected the concern to earlier fights over drug testing for SNAP, unemployment and TANF recipients. It reported that fewer than 1% of applicants tested positive in states with testing policies from 2011 to 2017, and that 131 applicants had tested positive under West Virginia's TANF screening since 2017. Manchin's office told ABC and NBC that he \"supports the Child Tax Credit and believes the money should be targeted to those who need it most.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/joe-manchin-privately-told-colleagues-104509135.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/sen-joe-manchin-suggests-child-tax-credit-payments/story?id=81865740", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/manchin-privately-raised-concerns-parents-would-use-child-tax-credit-n1286321", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbpp.org/blog/9-in-10-families-with-low-incomes-are-using-child-tax-credits-to-pay-for-necessities-education", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbpp.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/joe-manchin-privately-told-colleagues-104509135.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Manchin has told several of his fellow Democrats that he thought parents would waste monthly child tax credit payments on drugs instead of providing for their children", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/sen-joe-manchin-suggests-child-tax-credit-payments/story?id=81865740", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., privately questioned whether parents would misuse Child Tax Credit payments to buy drugs, according to three sources familiar with his comments.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-09-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2022-09-12", "start": "2022-09-12", "end": "2022-10-22", "title": "Mississippi welfare (TANF) scandal and Brett Favre", "why_it_fits": "A May 2020 audit by Mississippi's state auditor found the Department of Human Services wasted tens of millions in federal welfare money. A later forensic audit found more than $77 million was improperly used through the nonprofits, including on expensive cars, a private school and favored projects of celebrities and politically connected people (CNN). In September 2022, newly filed court documents showed then-Gov. Phil Bryant, Brett Favre and nonprofit founder Nancy New working to send at least $5 million in welfare funds to a volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi. At the time, neither Bryant nor Favre had been charged with a crime (Mississippi Today, CNN). By October 2022, six people had been charged and five had pleaded guilty. Those named by CNN include a former DHS director, nonprofit founder Nancy New, Zach New of the nonprofit, a nonprofit accountant, and former pro wrestler Brett DiBiase, who got funds for fake work (CNN). In this case, the sources describe misuse of welfare money by officials, nonprofit leaders and politically connected figures, not by recipients. A January 2023 Clarion Ledger story citing AP research, published after this period, reported that DHS director Bob Anderson told lawmakers in October that about 90% of people who apply for TANF in Mississippi don't receive it, because their applications were denied or abandoned, and that the number of recipients fell from 24,180 in budget year 2012 to 2,880 in 2021 (Clarion Ledger via Yahoo).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/us/favre-mississippi-welfare-explainer/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://mississippitoday.org/2022/09/13/phil-bryant-brett-favre-welfare/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mississippitoday.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/us/brett-favre-mississippi-governor-texts/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/welfare-scandal-sharpens-contrasts-long-164241630.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://mississippitoday.org/2022/09/13/phil-bryant-brett-favre-welfare/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mississippitoday.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Nonprofit leaders had misspent at least $77 million in funds that were supposed to help the needy, forensic auditors found.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/us/brett-favre-mississippi-governor-texts/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If you were to pay me is there anyway the media can find out where it came from and how much?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/us/favre-mississippi-welfare-explainer/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "No one ever told me, and I did not know, that funds designated for welfare recipients were going to the University or me", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-05-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2023-05-27", "start": "2023-05-27", "end": "2023-06-04", "title": "Debt-ceiling deal expands SNAP work requirements", "why_it_fits": "The Biden-McCarthy debt-ceiling deal raised the upper age for SNAP's work requirement on \"able-bodied adults\" without dependents from 49 to 54, phased in over the following years (Axios; Time). It exempted veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and young adults leaving foster care. It also tightened work rules for TANF (cash welfare) but did not change Medicaid's requirements (NYT via Spokesman-Review; NBC News). McCarthy called the work requirements a win (Spokesman-Review; Rolling Stone), and Republicans said they would help people get jobs, while anti-hunger advocates cited research showing the requirements have little measurable effect on employment (NBC News; NYT). According to Axios, CBO estimated about 78,000 more people would get benefits in an average month and SNAP costs would rise about $2.1 billion over a decade (the new age limit saves $6.5 billion, the new exemptions cost $6.8 billion). Rolling Stone quoted McCarthy saying, \"Instead of borrowing money from China to pay somebody to sit on the couch…\" The sources record no claim that recipients were committing fraud.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/may/29/debt-ceiling-deal-includes-new-work-requirements-f/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spokesman.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/anti-hunger-advocates-slam-expanded-work-requirements-snap-participant-rcna86832", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2023/05/31/snap-expands-with-debt-ceiling-deal", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/6284724/debt-ceiling-deal-snap/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/may/29/debt-ceiling-deal-includes-new-work-requirements-f/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "spokesman.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It increases work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and cash welfare but does not alter requirements for Medicaid.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/anti-hunger-advocates-slam-expanded-work-requirements-snap-participant-rcna86832", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "While Republicans say the expanded work requirements will help people get jobs, anti-hunger advocates argue that requirements should be eliminated altogether", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kevin-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-work-requirements-1234743512/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "work requirements to help people out of poverty into jobs.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-09-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2023-09-12", "start": "2023-09-12", "end": "2023-09-13", "title": "GAO estimate of pandemic unemployment fraud", "why_it_fits": "GAO said in September 2023 that, based on statistical sampling and imputation, fraud in pandemic unemployment insurance was \"likely between $100 billion and $135 billion.\" That is about 11% to 15% of all such benefits paid from April 2020 to May 2023. The Department of Labor said the estimate was likely overstated, and GAO disagreed. As of May 1, 2023, states had identified $5.3 billion in fraudulent overpayments and recovered $1.2 billion. Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) cited the estimate to criticize the administration's anti-fraud efforts and to push a bill on recovering fraudulent payments.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-106696-highlights.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gao.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2023/09/pandemic-unemployment-fraud-high-135b-watchdog-says/390224/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govexec.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-106696-highlights.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "gao.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Based on statistical sampling and imputation techniques, GAO estimates that the amount of fraud in unemployment insurance (UI) programs during the COVID-19 pandemic was likely between $100 billion and $135 billion.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2023/09/pandemic-unemployment-fraud-high-135b-watchdog-says/390224/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "govexec.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "These shocking estimates continue to grow, and, as GAO notes, we may never know the full scope and scale of fraudulent pandemic payments.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2025-02-11", "start": "2025-02-11", "end": "2025-02-21", "title": "DOGE / Trump claims that dead people are getting Social Security", "why_it_fits": "On Feb 11, 2025, Elon Musk said a DOGE \"cursory examination of Social Security\" found \"people in there that are 150 years old.\" On Feb 18, President Trump said \"we have millions and millions of people over 100 years old\" and that \"maybe millions\" could be getting paid fraudulently (FactCheck.org). The audits tell a different story. A 2023 report by SSA's inspector general (the agency's internal watchdog) found 18.9 million people born in 1920 or earlier with no death date on file, but only about 44,000 of them were receiving payments. In December 2024, 89,106 people aged 99 or older received benefits (FactCheck.org). On improper payments generally, a July 2024 watchdog report put them at 0.84% ($71.8 billion) for fiscal years 2015–2022, mostly overpayments to living people, and a 2021 report found about $298 million paid to roughly 24,000 dead beneficiaries (FactCheck.org; CBS/AP). On Feb 19, acting Commissioner Dudek said the people in question \"are not necessarily receiving benefits\" (CBS/AP).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/musk-misreads-social-security-data-millions-dead-people/story?id=118960821", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trump-musk-exaggerate-scale-of-improper-social-security-payments-to-the-dead/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-doge-100-150-year-olds-cobol-elon-musk/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aei.org/economics/doge-and-dead-people/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aei.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1891350795452654076", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/live/s4_oK1KBw7Q?si=Dhq06XM3B0B7Kkbg&t=1624", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we have millions and millions of people over 100 years old", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IatRmhSDths", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2025-05-25", "start": "2025-05-25", "end": "2025-07-05", "title": "\"One Big Beautiful Bill\" Medicaid and SNAP work requirements", "why_it_fits": "On May 25, 2025, House Speaker Mike Johnson told CBS's \"Face the Nation\" that Medicaid recipients who are able to work and \"refuse\" are \"defrauding the system\" and \"gaming the system.\" He said about 4.8 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients were \"not working\" and \"taking advantage of the system.\" CBS later reported a June 4 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis: about 18.5 million enrollees would be subject to the work requirement, and roughly 4.8 million of them were projected to lose coverage because of it. In other words, the 4.8 million figure CBS reported from CBO was a projection of coverage loss, not a count of fraud. The final law, signed July 4, 2025, added work requirements for some able-bodied Medicaid adults and expanded SNAP work requirements. CMS has said that \"not all improper payments represent fraud or abuse.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-house-speaker-trump-bill-medicaid-work-requirements/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-tax-bill-medicaid-snap-work-requirements-age-64-impact/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-final-vote-trump-big-beautiful-bill-republicans-rcna216626", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/fiscal-year-2024-improper-payments-fact-sheet", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cms.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-house-speaker-trump-bill-medicaid-work-requirements/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If you are able to work and you refuse to do so, you are defrauding the system", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-final-vote-trump-big-beautiful-bill-republicans-rcna216626", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The House took up the bill after the Senate voted 51-50 to pass it on Tuesday, with Vance breaking the tie.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-sign-one-big-beautiful-bill-ceremony-today-watch-live-2025-07-04/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The bill imposes work requirements for some able-bodied adults and more frequent eligibility checks.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbJYRTlbFto", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2025-10-30", "start": "2025-10-30", "end": "2025-11-05", "title": "SNAP lapse during the shutdown: AI \"welfare queen\" videos", "why_it_fits": "In late October 2025, USDA warned that SNAP benefits for about 42 million people would lapse on November 1 during the government shutdown. AI-generated videos of SNAP recipients then spread on TikTok, X, YouTube and Facebook. One, made with OpenAI's Sora, shows a Black woman saying she sells her benefits for cash. Futurism reported that this clip had nearly 500,000 TikTok views, and that X user Mila Joy's repost got over 1.7 million views before it was removed. Fox News ran a story that treated some of these videos as real, then rewrote it with a new headline and an editor's note. Futurism tied the videos to the Reagan-era \"welfare queen\" stereotype. On fraud, it cited a WLBT fact-check: 592 of Mississippi's 390,761 SNAP recipients were investigated for misuse in 2024, and about a third of those cases found fraud.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/racist-sora-snap-welfare", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "futurism.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/fox-news-fake-ai-video", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "futurism.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thebulwark.com/p/fox-news-got-duped-by-aiand-lied", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thebulwark.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/racist-sora-snap-welfare", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "futurism.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Imma keep it real with you, I get over $2,500 a month in stamps,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "TikTok views of Sora clip (\"nearly\", as stated by Futurism)": 500000, "X views of Mila Joy repost (\"over\", as stated by Futurism)": 1700000 } }, { "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/fox-news-fake-ai-video", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "futurism.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2025-12-26", "start": "2025-12-26", "end": "2026-01-10", "title": "Minnesota child care fraud claims: Nick Shirley video, federal child care funding freezes, Walz drops re-election bid", "why_it_fits": "On Dec. 26, 2025, YouTuber Nick Shirley posted a 42-minute video claiming that day care centers in Minneapolis run by Somali Americans took public child care money without caring for children. NPR reported it passed 131 million views on X by Dec. 31 and was shared by Vice President Vance and Elon Musk. HHS froze federal child care payments to Minnesota, citing the video. It then sought to hold back about $10 billion in social services funds from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York. Its letters said there was \"reason to believe\" these states were giving benefits to \"illegal aliens,\" but NPR said the administration offered no evidence of ongoing fraud. Fraud in Minnesota programs is documented: more than 60 people have been convicted in a years-long scandal. But state inspectors found children at eight of the nine centers in the video on Jan. 2, and NPR reported that most benefits fraud is by providers or outside scammers, and that those convicted are overwhelmingly U.S. citizens.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5662600/nick-shirley-minnesota-daycare-fraud", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/10/nx-s1-5672684/benefits-fraud-unlawful-accusation-new-york-california-colorado-social-services", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-daycare-fraud-federal-raids-2026-timeline/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hhs-freezes-child-care-payments-minnesota/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5662600/nick-shirley-minnesota-daycare-fraud", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "posted the 42-minute video on X and YouTube the day after Christmas.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views on X (NPR, as of Dec. 31)": 131000000, "views on YouTube (NPR, as of Dec. 31)": 2500000 } }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/10/nx-s1-5672684/benefits-fraud-unlawful-accusation-new-york-california-colorado-social-services", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "freezing social services funding for five Democratic-led states", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-daycare-fraud-federal-raids-2026-timeline/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "On Jan. 5, Walz announces he will not seek a third term", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://youtu.be/r8AulCA1aOQ", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtu.be", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/welfare-queens/#2026-03-16", "start": "2026-03-16", "end": "2026-09-24", "title": "Trump's benefits fraud task force: executive order, Rollins's SNAP claim and ACA removals", "why_it_fits": "On March 16, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order creating a fraud task force of benefit-paying agencies (including USDA, HHS, HUD, Labor and VA), chaired by Vice President Vance. The order says \"proactively pausing certain types of funding\" may be needed, and it names California, Illinois, New York, Maine, Minnesota and Colorado. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins later said nearly 700,000 SNAP \"fraudsters\" had been found in cooperating states, and that most blue states were shielding what USDA projects are \"MILLIONS\" more. On September 22, Vance announced that about 750,000 ACA marketplace enrollees would be removed for alleged fraud, saving an estimated $2.2 billion. He said the system had rewarded brokers for \"enrolling fake people.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2026/03/trump-brings-war-on-fraud-into-focus-with-task-force-of-benefits-paying-agencies/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalnewsnetwork.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/05/26/Vance-fraud-task-force/8871779824952/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "upi.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/politics/vance-fraud-obamacare-enrollees", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/state-auditor-finds-millions-in-snap-masshealth-fraud/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wwlp.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2026/03/trump-brings-war-on-fraud-into-focus-with-task-force-of-benefits-paying-agencies/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "federalnewsnetwork.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The executive order says that, in some cases, \"proactively pausing certain types of funding\" may be necessary until these types of controls can be put in place.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/rollins-says-nearly-700k-snap-fraudsters-found-in-cooperating-states-tip-of-the-iceberg-social-security-trump-jd-vance-task-force", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wjla.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Most blue states are actively shielding what we project are MILLIONS of criminal fraudsters in their states", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/vances-anti-fraud-task-force-remove-750000-allegedly/story?id=136664373", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We had a system in this country that rewarded brokers, that made people rich for enrolling fake people in programs", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us2_LUEkMXE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "school-litter-box-claims", "title": "The recurring claim that schools provide litter boxes for students", "type": "coverage_amplification", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/", "summary": "Since late 2021, people including parents, state and federal lawmakers, candidates, a governor and a podcast host have claimed that schools were putting litter boxes in bathrooms or classrooms for students who \"identify as cats\" or as furries. Wikipedia describes it as an urban legend spread in 2021 and 2022, and the claim kept resurfacing through 2026. In every case covered here where a school or district was named, it said it had no such litter boxes. PolitiFact reported in April 2022 that school districts in several states had debunked the claim, and an October 2022 NBC News review of statements by at least 20 conservative candidates and officials found that every district they named called the claims untrue. NBC News reported that the rumor appears to have begun among parents on social media. The one documented use of cat litter that NBC and Wikipedia describe is separate from the rumor. Colorado's Jefferson County school district gave some classrooms \"go buckets\" containing cat litter, for use as a toilet during an emergency lockdown such as a school shooting. NBC reported that this had nothing to do with accommodating students who identify as animals.", "summary_sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_boxes_in_schools_hoax", "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/08/facebook-posts/claim-about-schools-providing-litter-boxes-student/", "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/urban-myth-litter-boxes-schools-became-gop-talking-point-rcna51439", "https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/05/litter-boxes-in-schools-hoax/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2022-01-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2022-01-20", "start": "2022-01-20", "end": "2022-02-10", "title": "The Midland, Michigan school-board claim spreads", "why_it_fits": "At the Dec. 20, 2021 Midland Public Schools board meeting, a parent said during public comment that she had \"heard\" one local school had a litter box in a unisex bathroom \"for the kids that identify as cats.\" She also said she would \"do some more investigation.\" The video went national in mid-January after Michigan GOP Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock shared it on Facebook with the caption: \"Kids who identify as 'furries' get a litter box in the school bathroom. Parent heroes will TAKE BACK our schools.\" Midland Public Schools Superintendent Michael Sharrow responded on Jan. 20: \"There is no truth whatsoever to this false statement/accusation! There have never been litter boxes within MPS schools.\" USA TODAY rated the claim False, citing the superintendent's denial and noting the parent gave no evidence. Snopes rated it \"Unproven.\" Within weeks the rumor had reached Carroll, Iowa, where the superintendent issued his own denial.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-no-michigan-public-002452181.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/litter-boxes-bathrooms/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.edweek.org/leadership/litter-boxes-in-schools-how-a-disruptive-and-demeaning-hoax-frustrated-school-leaders/2022/11", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "edweek.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/02/09/carroll-superintendent-no-litter-boxes-in-schools/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "iowacapitaldispatch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/litter-boxes-bathrooms/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "On Jan. 20, Michigan GOP Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock shared a video of a Midland Public Schools board of education meeting", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-no-michigan-public-002452181.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "many who shared the video claimed unequivocally that school administrators were responsible", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "YouTube views of the meeting video (\"over 80,000 views\")": 80000, "Views of Jan. 21 Facebook post (\"viewed over 8,600 times\")": 8600, "Shares of tweet (\"shared over 5,000 times\")": 5000 } }, { "url": "https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/02/09/carroll-superintendent-no-litter-boxes-in-schools/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "iowacapitaldispatch.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It is very unfortunate that this rumor has been spread over the last several weeks.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-03-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2022-03-28", "start": "2022-03-28", "end": "2022-04-08", "title": "A Nebraska state senator repeats the litter-box claim in a floor debate, then apologizes", "why_it_fits": "AP reported that Nebraska state Sen. Bruce Bostelman, a Republican, \"repeated the false claim during a public, televised debate on a bill intended to help school children who have behavioral problems,\" saying \"now schools are wanting to put litter boxes in the schools for these children to use.\" The same AP report said one Twitter video of his remarks had more than 300,000 views by Monday afternoon. It also said that hours later Bostelman acknowledged the story wasn't true, after checking with state Sen. Lynne Walz, chair of the Education Committee, and confirming there were no such incidents. Within two weeks PolitiFact rated a separate Facebook version of the claim \"Pants on Fire!\", noting that school districts in Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska had debunked it.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wowt.com/2022/03/29/nebraska-lawmaker-apologizes-debunked-litter-box-claim/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wowt.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/nebraska-lawmaker-apologizes-debunked-litter-box-claim-rcna21951", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/08/facebook-posts/claim-about-schools-providing-litter-boxes-student/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wowt.com/2022/03/29/nebraska-lawmaker-apologizes-debunked-litter-box-claim/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wowt.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"They meow and they bark and they interact with their teachers in this fashion,\" Bostelman said during legislative debate. \"And now schools are wanting to put litter boxes in the schools for these children to use. How is this sanitary?\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/nebraska-lawmaker-apologizes-debunked-litter-box-claim-rcna21951", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "His comments quickly went viral, with one Twitter video garnering more than 300,000 views as of Monday afternoon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "Twitter video views (as of afternoon of March 28, 2022, per AP)": 300000 } }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/08/facebook-posts/claim-about-schools-providing-litter-boxes-student/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A Nebraska state lawmaker publicly repeated the claim then apologized when he learned it wasn't true.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-09-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2022-09-29", "start": "2022-09-29", "end": "2022-10-08", "title": "Claims by Rep. Lauren Boebert and Scott Jensen", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 3, 2022, Rep. Lauren Boebert told a Mesa County luncheon that schools were \"putting litter boxes in schools for people who identify as cats\" and named Durango. The district's public information officer, Karla Sluis, said this was \"absolutely not true\" (Colorado Times Recorder). On Sept. 29, 2022, Minnesota GOP governor nominee Scott Jensen asked why \"some of the school districts\" had litter boxes for students who \"identify as a furry.\" His campaign declined to name any school, and the Minnesota Department of Education said it had no evidence this was happening (Star Tribune). NBC News counted at least 20 candidates and officials who made the claim that year and reported that every district they named said it was untrue. The only cat-litter case NBC found on campus was a \"go bucket\" of emergency supplies for classroom lockdowns (per PolitiFact's summary of NBC's review).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/urban-myth-litter-boxes-schools-became-gop-talking-point-rcna51439", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/campaign-check-do-minnesota-schools-have-litter-boxes-for-furry-students-as-jensen-claims/600212763", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "startribune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-school-district-turns-the-other-cheek-at-boeberts-unfounded-litter-box-remarks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "durangoherald.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2022/dec/15/debunking-rebuttals-didnt-stop-claim-about-litter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2022/10/they-are-putting-litter-boxes-in-schools-for-people-who-identify-as-cats-says-boebert-not-true-responds-durango-school-district/49272/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "coloradotimesrecorder.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "They are putting litter boxes in schools for people who identify as cats,\" Boebert said. \"Durango is doing this. This is how extreme it is.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.startribune.com/campaign-check-do-minnesota-schools-have-litter-boxes-for-furry-students-as-jensen-claims/600212763", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "startribune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Why do we have litter boxes in some of the school districts so kids can pee in them, because they identify as a 'furry'?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/scott-jensen-repeats-false-rumor-about-litter-boxes-in-schools/89-f3f72174-db76-441b-95a3-9e73f4c239d0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kare11.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Litterboxgate is, in fact, complete nonsense,\" Superintendent Paul Peterson said in a statement.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-10-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2022-10-11", "start": "2022-10-11", "end": "2022-10-16", "title": "The Joe Rogan episode and NBC News's count of officials", "why_it_fits": "On his Oct 11, 2022 episode, Joe Rogan told former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard that a school \"had to install a litter box in the girls' room because there is a girl who's a furry, who identifies as an animal.\" He said he heard this from a friend whose wife is a teacher, and he didn't name the school (Media Matters; NBC News). NBC said a clip \"quickly began to circulate on social media.\" On Oct 14, NBC News reported that at least 20 conservative candidates and elected officials had made similar claims that year. It said every school district those politicians named called the claims untrue, and wrote: \"There is no evidence that any school has deployed litter boxes for students to use because they identify as cats.\" NBC found one district that did keep cat litter: Jefferson County, Colorado, which since 2017 had stocked small amounts in classroom \"go buckets\" for use during a lockdown in a shooting. NBC said that litter \"had nothing to do with accommodating children who identify as animals,\" and that the rumor \"appears to have begun among parents on social media.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-experience/joe-rogan-and-tulsi-gabbard-spread-debunked-internet-hoax-students-are-using", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/urban-myth-litter-boxes-schools-became-gop-talking-point-rcna51439", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2022/dec/15/debunking-rebuttals-didnt-stop-claim-about-litter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.today.com/video/republicans-push-hoax-that-schools-have-litter-boxes-for-students-150723653826", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "today.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-experience/joe-rogan-and-tulsi-gabbard-spread-debunked-internet-hoax-students-are-using", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "had to install a litter box in the girls' room because there is a girl who's a furry, who identifies as an animal", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/urban-myth-litter-boxes-schools-became-gop-talking-point-rcna51439", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "At least 20 conservative candidates and elected officials have claimed this year that K-12 schools are placing litter boxes on campus or making other accommodations for students who identify as cats, according to an NBC News review of public statements.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.today.com/video/republicans-push-hoax-that-schools-have-litter-boxes-for-students-150723653826", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "today.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A misinformation campaign claims that some school districts are providing litter boxes for students who identify as animals.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4nqB79YisE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "My friend, his wife is a school…", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-10-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2022-10-29", "start": "2022-10-29", "end": "2022-11-04", "title": "Don Bolduc's claim about New Hampshire schools, and coverage of Joe Rogan's retraction", "why_it_fits": "CNN reported that Bolduc, the Republican Senate nominee in New Hampshire, told supporters at a Thursday event in North Hampton (Oct. 27, 2022, going by CNN's Oct. 29 publication date): \"They're putting litter boxes, right? Litter boxes for that.\" The Concord Monitor reported that he named Pinkerton Academy in Derry and also mentioned Dover. Pinkerton called his statements \"entirely untrue,\" and Dover's superintendent confirmed there are no litter boxes in Dover classrooms. PolitiFact reported that an NBC News review of claims by more than 20 conservative candidates and officials found that every district they named said the claims were false. NBC found only one case of cat litter on a campus, kept in a \"go bucket\" of emergency supplies for lockdowns. Coverage of Rogan's Oct. 26 walk-back came during the same days.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/politics/kfile-republican-nominee-new-hampshire/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.concordmonitor.com/2022/11/02/pinkerton-disputes-bolduc-furry-claim-48660465/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "concordmonitor.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-rogan-admits-claims-schools-050803502.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2022/dec/15/debunking-rebuttals-didnt-stop-claim-about-litter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/29/politics/kfile-republican-nominee-new-hampshire/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Guess what? We have furries and fuzzies in classrooms,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.concordmonitor.com/2022/11/02/pinkerton-disputes-bolduc-furry-claim-48660465/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "concordmonitor.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We want to assure our community that Mr. Bolduc's statements are entirely untrue.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-rogan-admits-claims-schools-050803502.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I don't think they actually did it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-08-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2023-08-18", "start": "2023-08-18", "end": "2023-09-05", "title": "Montana's schools superintendent says some Montana schools have litter boxes", "why_it_fits": "In an Aug. 15, 2023 radio interview, Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen said \"some schools\" were putting out litter boxes for children who see themselves as animals. When host Tom Schultz asked if there was evidence of this in Montana schools, she said \"Yes sir.\" Asked if her office was looking into it, she said \"Of course we are\" (MTFP, Daily Montanan). Her own office then told MTFP the reports \"were not investigated because no formal complaints were filed.\" A spokesperson told the Daily Montanan that the office has no authority over sanitation issues. Miles City Schools' superintendent said the district does not provide litter boxes. Miles City was one of the places callers had mentioned. The Montana School Boards Association, the state health department and the state's largest teachers' union all said they had no reports of it. MTFP's follow-up called around again and found no cat litter use in Montana schools for any purpose. It noted that NBC News had confirmed in October 2022 that one Colorado district, Jefferson County, kept small amounts of cat litter for classroom lockdowns.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://montanafreepress.org/2023/08/21/state-superintendent-arntzen-claims-to-have-evidence-for-litter-box-use-in-montana-schools/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "montanafreepress.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://dailymontanan.com/2023/08/24/montana-education-chief-claims-evidence-of-litterboxes-in-schools-department-provides-none/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dailymontanan.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://montanafreepress.org/2023/09/05/giving-the-kitty-litter-one-more-look/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "montanafreepress.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/30/montana-students-cats-litter-boxes-schools/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thepinknews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://montanafreepress.org/2023/08/21/state-superintendent-arntzen-claims-to-have-evidence-for-litter-box-use-in-montana-schools/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "montanafreepress.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Let's talk about those litter boxes that some schools are putting out for children who want to view themselves as some sort of an animal. Is this where public education should be? I say no.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://dailymontanan.com/2023/08/24/montana-education-chief-claims-evidence-of-litterboxes-in-schools-department-provides-none/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dailymontanan.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Miles City Schools DO NOT provide litter boxes, nor do we have any plans to,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/30/montana-students-cats-litter-boxes-schools/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thepinknews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Montana's top state education official has claimed that schools are making litter boxes available for students who self-identify as cats.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-01-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2024-01-16", "start": "2024-01-16", "end": "2024-02-13", "title": "Oklahoma HB 3084 \"furries\" bill", "why_it_fits": "Oklahoma state Rep. Justin Humphrey, a Republican, filed House Bill 3084 in January 2024. It would bar students \"who purport to be an imaginary animal or animal species, or who engage in anthropomorphic behavior commonly referred to as furries\" from school activities, and would call animal control if a parent could not pick the student up (bill text as quoted by PopCrush). Humphrey told KJRH that part of the bill was meant to be sarcastic and said, \"We can always change the language in that; we should get these kids to some mental health experts.\" In an interview with Rolling Stone he asked, \"Are they allowing those kids to actually use litter boxes?\" Rolling Stone reported he had heard \"reports\" of litter boxes but did not cite a specific incident. PopCrush called the litter-box rumor behind the bill \"fake\" and cited Reuters as reporting there is \"no publicly-available evidence that proves schools are providing litter boxes to self-identified 'furries' anywhere in the U.S.\" The Advocate cited NBC News' October 2022 investigation, which found \"no evidence that any school has deployed litter boxes for students to use because they identify as cats.\" According to the Advocate, the one instance NBC found was a bucket kept for emergencies that contained cat litter for use in a situation like a school shooting. Only a partial fit: the bill text quoted in coverage does not mention litter boxes.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/politics/furries-bill-oklahoma-republicans", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "advocate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://popcrush.com/republican-bill-animal-control-furries-students-litter/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "popcrush.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/furries-school-bill-animal-control-1234948434/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/okla-lawmaker-backpedals-on-bills-controversial-language-one-day-after-filing", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kjrh.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/furries-school-bill-animal-control-1234948434/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Are they allowing those kids to actually use litter boxes?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://popcrush.com/republican-bill-animal-control-furries-students-litter/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "popcrush.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Students who purport to be an imaginary animal or animal species, or who engage in anthropomorphic behavior commonly referred to as furries at school shall not be allowed to participate in school curriculum or activities.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.advocate.com/politics/furries-bill-oklahoma-republicans", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "advocate.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "An Oklahoma Republican lawmaker, state Rep. Justin Humphrey, has introduced a controversial bill seemingly targeting students who identify as furries in schools.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/okla-lawmaker-backpedals-on-bills-controversial-language-one-day-after-filing", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kjrh.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We can always change the language in that; we should get these kids to some mental health experts", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-08-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2024-08-29", "start": "2024-08-29", "end": "2024-09-19", "title": "Litter box in school bathrooms rumor: Great Falls, Montana, and Flint, Michigan (2024)", "why_it_fits": "On August 29, 2024, a Great Falls woman claimed on Facebook that North Middle School had placed litter boxes in a girls' bathroom (KRTV). Great Falls Public Schools Superintendent Heather Hoyer told KRTV in an email that \"this rumor is entirely false\" and that \"such items are not present in any of our facilities.\" She called it a modern-day \"urban legend\" that \"began in 2021 and has impacted schools across the US and Canada since then,\" and said it \"periodically resurfaces, usually around the start of school.\" On September 17, 2024, outside the venue where Donald Trump held an event in Flint, Michigan (Mediaite called it a town hall; Raw Story called it a rally), a supporter told RSBN host Titus Smith, \"These kids are terrified. They have more put into litter boxes in the bathrooms and everything else, instead of teaching our kids.\" Neither outlet reports her naming a school or district. Mediaite called it \"a long-debunked claim\" and cited an October 2022 NBC News report in which every school district named by politicians said there was no evidence of litter boxes in its bathrooms. Raw Story wrote that in 2022 \"at least 20 Republican politicians falsely claimed\" that schools were installing litter boxes.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/rumor-control-cat-litter-boxes-at-north-middle-school", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "krtv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-supporter-at-town-hall-pushes-debunked-claim-that-children-are-terrified-in-school-because-of-litter-boxes-in-the-bathrooms/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediaite.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-litter-boxes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rawstory.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-supporter-at-town-hall-pushes-debunked-claim-that-children-are-terrified-in-school-because-of-litter-boxes-in-the-bathrooms/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "These kids are terrified. They have more put into litter boxes in the bathrooms and everything else, instead of teaching our kids.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-litter-boxes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rawstory.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Ahead of a rally in Flint, Michigan, RSBN host Titus Smith spoke to a woman who said she supported Trump to be \"the voice for our children.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/rumor-control-cat-litter-boxes-at-north-middle-school", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "krtv.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Contrary to a rumor being spread on social media, North Middle School in Great Falls has not \"installed\" cat litter boxes in bathrooms.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2025-03-13", "start": "2025-03-13", "end": "2025-03-19", "title": "Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells pastors about \"furries\" and classroom litter boxes", "why_it_fits": "While promoting private school vouchers, Gov. Greg Abbott told a group of pastors in Austin that in some rural Texas school districts, \"Kids go to school dressed up as cats with litter boxes in their classrooms,\" according to the Houston Chronicle (as reported by SA Current and The Dallas Morning News). Abbott didn't name the districts. When asked for details, his office gave none: spokesperson Andrew Mahaleris told the Dallas Morning News the governor \"has heard from countless parents growing frustrated at the quality of schools,\" and SA Current reported the office couldn't tell the Chronicle which schools were involved. The Dallas Morning News reported that earlier rumors of furry culture in Texas public schools had been debunked, and that Round Rock ISD publicly refuted a 2022 claim about its cafeterias. KUT described the claims behind the related bill as \"debunked.\" A Dallas Morning News editorial said, \"No, there aren’t schools in Texas putting out litter boxes for kids to use.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.sacurrent.com/news/greg-abbott-falsely-claims-texas-schools-providing-litter-boxes-to-student-furries-36987361/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sacurrent.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2025/03/17/texas-bill-would-ban-furry-subculture-from-public-schools/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kut.org/politics/2025-03-14/furries-texas-school-choice-vouchers", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kut.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2025/03/19/gov-greg-abbotts-furry-fear-in-texas-schools-is-hiss-terical/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.sacurrent.com/news/greg-abbott-falsely-claims-texas-schools-providing-litter-boxes-to-student-furries-36987361/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "sacurrent.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He continued: “Kids go to school dressed up as cats with litter boxes in their classrooms.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2025/03/17/texas-bill-would-ban-furry-subculture-from-public-schools/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Abbott referenced two rural school districts but did not name them.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2025/03/19/gov-greg-abbotts-furry-fear-in-texas-schools-is-hiss-terical/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "No, there aren’t schools in Texas putting out litter boxes for kids to use.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2025-04-29", "start": "2025-04-29", "end": "2025-05-03", "title": "Texas FURRIES Act committee hearing (HB 54)", "why_it_fits": "Rep. Stan Gerdes (R-Smithville) filed the \"Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education\" Act as HB 4814 on March 13, 2025. Gerdes said Speaker Burrows reassigned it as House Bill 54, which was filed March 14 (Texas Legislature Online; KBTX). The bill bans students from \"using a litter box to relieve oneself\" (Fox 4). Fox 4 reports that he cited claims that schools were providing litter boxes. Smithville ISD, in his district, said in a public statement that its superintendent had told Gerdes there were no litter boxes for students and walked the campus to confirm (Fox 4; Houston Chronicle). HB 54 was heard in the House Public Education Committee on April 29 and left pending on April 30 (Texas Legislature Online). At the hearing, Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) asked, \"Can you name a school where it has been confirmed that students are using litter boxes?\" and Gerdes could not name one (KBTX; Fox 4). Talarico said, \"Texas schools are not providing litter boxes\" (Fox 4). Gerdes told the committee his office had received \"some reports of them\" (Houston Chronicle). The Houston Chronicle wrote that school districts in Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska had debunked litter-box claims and that PolitiFact \"could not find any credible news reports that supported the claim.\" Texas Monthly links the bill's roots to the 2022 viral cat-litter claims and notes that a Colorado district that includes Columbine High School said it kept cat litter for students locked in rooms during a school shooting.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-furries-bill-litterbox", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox4news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-schools-anti-furries-legislation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "texasmonthly.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/furries-bill-greg-abbott-20294538.php", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "houstonchronicle.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kbtx.com/2025/05/02/brazos-valley-representative-defends-furries-act-during-education-hearing/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kbtx.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB4814", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "capitol.texas.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB54", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "capitol.texas.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-furries-bill-litterbox", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox4news.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Burns informed Rep. Gerdes that there were not, but as a courtesy to Rep. Gerdes, Mrs. Burns made the extra effort to walk the campus to confirm that there were no litter boxes.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-schools-anti-furries-legislation/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "texasmonthly.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Did I go to these school districts and visit and see it with my own eyes? No.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kbtx.com/2025/05/02/brazos-valley-representative-defends-furries-act-during-education-hearing/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kbtx.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Can you name a school where it has been confirmed that students are using litter boxes?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB54", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "capitol.texas.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Relating to the display of and allowance for non-human behaviors in Texas schools.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-03-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/school-litter-box-claims/#2026-03-04", "start": "2026-03-04", "end": "2026-03-05", "title": "Pastor Tony Suarez, FlashPoint broadcast", "why_it_fits": "On March 4, 2026, Right Wing Watch posted a clip in which pastor Tony Suarez said that in eastern Tennessee there are \"kitty litter boxes in the public schools for the girls who identify as furries,\" adding, \"This is in the Bible Belt.\" LGBTQ Nation said he spoke on the FlashPoint broadcast. It also said Suarez claimed knowledge from when one of his children was in middle school. The sources don't show him naming a school or district. In 2022, NBC News reviewed claims by at least 20 conservative candidates and officials. Every district they named said the claims were untrue, and NBC found \"no evidence that any school has deployed litter boxes for students to use because they identify as cats.\" The documented use of cat litter in some schools is different: PinkNews, citing Insider, said some Colorado schools asked parents for buckets of cat litter to serve as emergency toilets during active-shooter lockdowns.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/maga-pastor-tony-suarez-claims-there-are-kitty-litter-boxes-public-schools-tennessee", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "peoplefor.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/maga-pastor-lies-about-student-furries-using-litter-boxes-in-public-schools/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "lgbtqnation.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/05/litter-boxes-in-schools-hoax/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thepinknews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/urban-myth-litter-boxes-schools-became-gop-talking-point-rcna51439", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/maga-pastor-tony-suarez-claims-there-are-kitty-litter-boxes-public-schools-tennessee", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "peoplefor.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "kitty litter boxes in the public schools for the girls who identify as furries", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/maga-pastor-lies-about-student-furries-using-litter-boxes-in-public-schools/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "lgbtqnation.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "There have been zero documented cases of any American public school accommodating litter box usage by student \"furries\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/05/litter-boxes-in-schools-hoax/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thepinknews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "There remains no evidence that any school has deployed litter boxes for students to use because they identify as cats.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "foreign-countries-pay-tariffs", "title": "The recurring claim that foreign countries pay the tariffs", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/", "summary": "Since at least early 2017, President Trump and members of his administration have repeatedly said that US tariffs are paid by foreign countries, such as China, Mexico or \"foreign countries\" in general. Fact-checkers and economists note that US Customs and Border Protection bills the US importer. They also say that how much of the cost foreign exporters absorb, by cutting their prices, is a separate question. Studies published since 2019 by the New York Fed, Goldman Sachs, the Kiel Institute and others estimate that most of the cost fell on US firms and consumers. A 2026 paper reported by the Tax Foundation found that foreign exporters absorbed a larger share.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cfr.org/articles/who-pays-trumps-tariffs", "https://taxfoundation.org/blog/exporters-bore-higher-share-2025-tariffs-than-previously-estimated/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-01-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2017-01-26", "start": "2017-01-26", "end": "2017-01-27", "title": "White House suggests a 20% tax on Mexican imports to pay for the wall", "why_it_fits": "On January 26, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters on Air Force One that a 20 percent tax on imports from Mexico, possibly as part of a broader tax reform plan, could \"easily pay for the wall.\" The Dallas Morning News and The Hill report this came after President Trump again vowed to make Mexico pay for the wall and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto canceled a planned meeting. Hours later Spicer called it one option among many, adding that reporters had asked \"There's no way that Mexico will pay for it\" and saying \"Here's one way.\" The National Retail Federation's David French called the idea \"a flawed understanding of how tariffs work,\" and CNNMoney wrote that American companies, not Mexican ones, pay such a tariff.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-great-irony-mexico-tariff-american-consumers-pay", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/01/26/white-house-floats-tax-on-mexican-imports-that-would-force-americans-to-pay-for-wall/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/finance/316390-white-house-mexican-import-tax-just-one-way-to-pay-for-wall/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/26/news/economy/trump-mexico-tariff/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/trump-revises-history-on-mexicos-wall-payment/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/01/26/white-house-floats-tax-on-mexican-imports-that-would-force-americans-to-pay-for-wall/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dallasnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "If you tax that $50 billion at 20 percent of imports... we can do $10 billion a year and easily pay for the wall just through that mechanism alone.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/finance/316390-white-house-mexican-import-tax-just-one-way-to-pay-for-wall/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It's to show that there are ways that the wall could be paid for. Full stop. That's it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-great-irony-mexico-tariff-american-consumers-pay", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "a significant share of the tariff will be passed through into higher U.S. prices, thus actually resulting in U.S. consumers paying for the wall", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/26/news/economy/trump-mexico-tariff/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/trump-revises-history-on-mexicos-wall-payment/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In the first month of Trump’s presidency, then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump was mulling a 20 percent tariff on all imports from Mexico to pay for the wall.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-05-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2019-05-09", "start": "2019-05-09", "end": "2019-05-21", "title": "\"Paid for mostly by China,\" and Kudlow's response", "why_it_fits": "In remarks at the White House on May 9, 2019, Trump said, \"So our country can take in $120 billion a year in tariffs, paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us,\" as quoted by PolitiFact. On May 10 he tweeted that \"Tariffs are NOW being paid to the United States by China of 25% on 250 Billion Dollars worth of goods & products. These massive payments go directly to the Treasury of the U.S.\" (Washington Post; CBS/AP; American Presidency Project). On May 12, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow was asked about this claim on \"Fox News Sunday.\" The Washington Post reported that \"Pressed again by Wallace, Kudlow acknowledged that China does not actually 'pay' the tariffs.\" PolitiFact wrote that \"Chinese exporters don't make the payment. The importers do — usually U.S. companies,\" and quoted Howard Gleckman of the Tax Policy Center, who concluded, \"The Chinese government pays nothing.\" PolitiFact rated Trump's claim False.", "sources": [ { "url": "http://politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/14/donald-trump/does-china-mostly-pay-us-tariffs-rather-us-consume/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kudlow-acknowledges-us-consumers-not-china-pay-for-tariffs-on-imports/2019/05/12/3cbe100e-74b9-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-china-trade-talk-misinformation-tweet-claim-review-2019-05-13/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-may-10-2019", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "http://politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/14/donald-trump/does-china-mostly-pay-us-tariffs-rather-us-consume/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "So our country can take in $120 billion a year in tariffs, paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us. A lot of people try and steer it in a different direction. It's really paid — ultimately, it's paid for by — largely, by China.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-may-13-2019", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "There is no reason for the U.S. Consumer to pay the Tariffs which take effect on China today. This has been proven recently when only 4 points were paid by the U.S. 21 points by China because China subsidizes product to such a large degree.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kudlow-acknowledges-us-consumers-not-china-pay-for-tariffs-on-imports/2019/05/12/3cbe100e-74b9-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"Fair enough,\" Kudlow replied. \"In fact, both sides will pay. Both sides will pay in these things.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-08-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2019-08-01", "start": "2019-08-01", "end": "2019-08-26", "title": "New China tariffs and \"China is paying\" claims", "why_it_fits": "On Aug 1, 2019 Trump announced tariffs on another $300 billion of Chinese imports, starting Sept 1 (Reuters via Al Jazeera; White House transcript). That day he told reporters \"China eats it because they have to pay it.\" In Ohio, NBC reported, he said \"China's paying for those tariffs.\" On Aug 18 he said \"China is paying for the tariffs, for the one-hundredth time\" (AP). Reuters wrote that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collects the tariffs from US importers, and that Chinese suppliers \"do shoulder some of the cost... in indirect ways.\" AP cited a May 2019 New York Fed–Princeton–Columbia estimate of $831 per household per year. NBC cited a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study that found the full cost of the 2018 tariffs was passed on to US consumers.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-says-china-paying-his-tariffs-he-s-n1038751", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/02/donald-trump/no-china-not-paying-us-farmers-16b-through-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2019/8/2/trumps-china-tariffs-paid-by-us-importers-not-by-china", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/cincinnati/ap-top-news/2019/08/26/ap-fact-check-trumps-illusory-claims-of-gains-from-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spectrumnews1.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2019/08/mil-190801-whitehouse02.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "globalsecurity.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "And they're paying for these tariffs; we're not.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-says-china-paying-his-tariffs-he-s-n1038751", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "you’re not paying for those tariffs. China’s paying for those tariffs,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/cincinnati/ap-top-news/2019/08/26/ap-fact-check-trumps-illusory-claims-of-gains-from-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "spectrumnews1.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "And we're not paying for the tariffs; China is paying for the tariffs, for the one-hundredth time.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-10-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2020-10-22", "start": "2020-10-22", "end": "2020-10-23", "title": "\"China pays $28 billion\" at the final presidential debate", "why_it_fits": "At the October 22, 2020 debate, Trump said \"I just gave $28 billion to our farmers.\" Biden replied that it was \"taxpayers' money\" that \"didn't come from China.\" Trump answered: \"You know who the taxpayer is? It's called China. China pays $28 billion.\" (all as transcribed by Fortune). Fortune reported that the $28 billion appears to refer to the subsidies the USDA gave farmers in 2018–2019 through its Market Facilitation Program. Fortune also reported that the tariffs are \"paid by U.S. importers of Chinese goods, not by Chinese entities or China itself.\" CFR's Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca wrote that \"the tariffs are paid entirely by U.S. importers.\" They also found that farm payments had used up \"over 92 percent\" of the $66 billion in China tariff revenue. This fits the thread's \"2020 claims that farm aid was 'paid for by China'\" example.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2020/10/23/trump-debate-china-farm-subsidies-pays/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cfr.org/articles/92-percent-trumps-china-tariff-proceeds-has-gone-bail-out-angry-farmers", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cfr.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2020/10/23/trump-debate-china-farm-subsidies-pays/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "No, no. You know who the taxpayer is? It's called China. China pays $28 billion, and you know what they did to pay it, Joe? They devalued their currency, and they also paid up", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cfr.org/articles/92-percent-trumps-china-tariff-proceeds-has-gone-bail-out-angry-farmers", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cfr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The president is therefore right when he says farmers \"got\" his tariff money. That money came not from China, however, but from taxes he imposed on Americans.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-08-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2024-08-23", "start": "2024-08-23", "end": "2024-09-10", "title": "\"A tax on another country\" on the campaign trail", "why_it_fits": "At an August 2024 rally in Arizona, which CNN dated to \"mid-August,\" Trump answered Kamala Harris's \"Trump tax\" label for his tariff plan by saying the tariffs have \"nothing to do with taxes to us. That is a tax on another country.\" At a rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, he said: \"It's not going to be a cost to you. It's going to be a cost to another country.\" CNN's Sept. 9 fact check said a tariff is paid by US businesses, not other countries. It also noted that a foreign company may choose to pay the tariff or lower its prices to stay competitive. FactCheck.org later said US importers pay tariffs as customs duties, which US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collects at ports of entry.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/fact-check-trump-vance-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abc17news.com/politics/national-politics/cnn-us-politics/2024/09/09/fact-check-trump-and-vance-keep-falsely-describing-how-tariffs-work/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc17news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2024/11/trumps-agenda-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/30/trump-vance-tariffs-tax/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-rally-in-wisconsin", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/fact-check-trump-vance-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "She makes up crap … I am going to put tariffs on other countries coming into our country, and that has nothing to do with taxes to us. That is a tax on another country,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-rally-in-wisconsin", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We’re going to be a tariff nation. It’s not going to be a cost to you. It’s going to be a cost to another country.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2025-01-14", "start": "2025-01-14", "end": "2025-01-21", "title": "The \"External Revenue Service\" announcement and the inaugural address", "why_it_fits": "On January 14, 2025, President-elect Trump posted on Truth Social that he would create the \"EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE to collect our Tariffs, Duties, and all Revenue that come from Foreign sources.\" He added that trading partners \"will start paying, FINALLY, their fair share\" (CBS News). In his January 20 inaugural address he said \"we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.\" He also said the new service's revenue would be \"coming from foreign sources\" (White House transcript). CBS reported that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is \"the primary collector and enforcer of tariffs.\" It also wrote that \"experts say higher tariffs are typically passed on to the consumer.\" FactCheck.org said Trump's proposed tariffs \"would be paid by U.S. importers — not foreign nations.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/external-revenue-service-trump-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/01/the-inaugural-address/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/factchecking-trumps-inaugural-address/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113827650534234057", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying, FINALLY, their fair share.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/01/the-inaugural-address/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/president-trump-delivers-inaugural-address/5153450", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich foreign nations, we should be tariffing and taxing foreign nations to enrich our citizens.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2025-04-02", "start": "2025-04-02", "end": "2025-04-07", "title": "Liberation Day", "why_it_fits": "On April 2, 2025, while announcing global tariffs, President Trump said of China, \"I took in hundreds of billions of dollars in my term—hundreds of billions. They never paid 10 cents to any other President, and yet they paid hundreds of billions,\" according to the transcript in the American Presidency Project. On April 6, aboard Air Force One, he told reporters, \"I took in, during my 4 years, hundreds of billions of dollars from China,\" according to the American Presidency Project's transcript of that exchange. In a review published March 30, 2026, the Tax Foundation said tariffs are \"legally paid by the importer,\" with the economic cost split among importers, downstream businesses, final consumers and foreign sellers.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-additional-united-states-tariff-actions-foreign-imports", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-joint-base-andrews-2", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://taxfoundation.org/blog/liberation-day-trump-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "taxfoundation.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-additional-united-states-tariff-actions-foreign-imports", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "If you look at China, I took in hundreds of billions of dollars in my term—hundreds of billions. They never paid 10 cents to any other President, and yet they paid hundreds of billions.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-joint-base-andrews-2", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I took in, during my 4 years, hundreds of billions of dollars from China, and we also took in a lot of money from other countries—but, in particular, China, because it was just getting started.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2025-08-12", "start": "2025-08-12", "end": "2025-08-13", "title": "Trump vs. Goldman Sachs on who pays the tariffs", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 12, 2025, Trump wrote on Truth Social that it was mostly \"companies and governments, many of them foreign, picking up the tabs\" for tariffs. Reuters paired the post with a Goldman Sachs research note, though it said Trump did not specify which Goldman report he meant; Fortune described the post as a response to the note. Goldman's Aug. 10 note, led by chief economist Jan Hatzius, estimated that US consumers had absorbed 22% of tariff costs through June. It said that share would rise to 67% by October if later tariffs followed the pattern of the earliest ones. Over the same period, Fortune reported in an article syndicated on Yahoo Finance, the note estimated foreign suppliers' share rising from 14% to 25% and US businesses' share falling from 64% to 8%. On Aug. 13, Goldman economist David Mericle told CNBC, \"We stand by the results of this study.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2025/08/12/trump-rebukes-goldmans-solomon-and-banks-economics-research-on-tariff-impact/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bnnbloomberg.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/08/12/trump-goldman-sachs-david-solomon-dj-hatzius-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/goldman-sachs-doubles-down-tariff-200748735.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2025/08/12/trump-rebukes-goldmans-solomon-and-banks-economics-research-on-tariff-impact/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bnnbloomberg.ca", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In a post on Truth Social, Trump said it was mostly “companies and governments, many of them foreign, picking up the tabs.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/08/12/trump-goldman-sachs-david-solomon-dj-hatzius-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "“I think that David should go out and get himself a new Economist or, maybe, he ought to just focus on being a DJ, and not bother running a major Financial Institution,” Trump wrote on social media.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/goldman-sachs-doubles-down-tariff-200748735.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "“We stand by the results of this study,” Goldman economist David Mericle told CNBC's Squawk on the Street the next day.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2026-01-19", "start": "2026-01-19", "end": "2026-01-23", "title": "The Kiel Institute study", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 19, 2026, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research institute, published a policy brief titled \"America's Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs?\" by Julian Hinz, Aaron Lohmann, Hendrik Mahlkow and Anna Vorwig. It analyzed more than 25 million shipment records covering almost $4 trillion in US imports. It reported that foreign exporters absorbed about 4% of the tariff burden and that 96% passed through to US buyers. The institute's release presented this as \"Contrary to US government rhetoric,\" and Hinz said, \"The claim that foreign countries pay these tariffs is a myth.\" Coverage on Jan. 20 described the study against the administration's claim. Time wrote that Trump \"promised foreign countries would pay the levies,\" and CFO Dive wrote that the report was \"contradicting a Trump administration claim that foreigners rather than U.S. citizens shoulder the burden.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.kielinstitut.de/media/news/americas-own-goal-americans-pay-almost-entirely-for-trumps-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kielinstitut.de", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/01/20/americans-pay-nearly-all-of-tariff-burden-study/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7353475/trump-tariffs-who-pays/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cfodive.com/news/us-bears-96-percent-tariff-costs-belying-trump-claims-kiel-institute-greenland-trade/810042/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cfodive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kielinstitut.de/media/news/americas-own-goal-americans-pay-almost-entirely-for-trumps-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "kielinstitut.de", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The claim that foreign countries pay these tariffs is a myth. The data show the opposite: Americans are footing the bill.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/01/20/americans-pay-nearly-all-of-tariff-burden-study/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "After nearly a year of promises that tariffs would boost the U.S. economy while other countries footed the bill, a new study shows almost all of the tariff burden is falling on American consumers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/7353475/trump-tariffs-who-pays/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Foreign exporters absorb only about 4% of the tariff burden—the remaining 96% is passed through to U.S. buyers", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-02-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/foreign-countries-pay-tariffs/#2026-02-12", "start": "2026-02-12", "end": "2026-02-25", "title": "Trump's State of the Union claim that foreign countries pay the tariffs", "why_it_fits": "In his Feb 24, 2026 State of the Union, President Trump said he believed \"the tariffs, paid for by foreign countries,\" would \"substantially replace the modern-day system of income tax.\" This is per NPR's transcript. Twelve days earlier, New York Fed researchers estimated that \"nearly 90 percent of the tariffs' economic burden fell on U.S. firms and consumers.\" That share was 94% for January–August 2025 and 86% in November, as foreign exporters absorbed somewhat more. Responding to the paper, National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett told CNBC, \"I mean, the paper is an embarrassment,\" CBS News reported. CBS News's fact-check rated Trump's speech claim \"Misleading.\" On Feb 20, four days before the speech, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump's use of an emergency powers law (IEEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs \"was not valid,\" PBS NewsHour reported. The Penn Wharton Budget Model projected that the ruling would generate \"up to $175 billion in refunds.\" CBS had cited a Wharton estimate of \"as much as $168 billion\" two days before the ruling.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-check-state-of-the-union-2026/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-know-about-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-trumps-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-consumers-business-nearly-90-percent-new-york-federal-reserve/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/p/2026-02-20-supreme-court-tariff-ruling/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5716159/trump-congress-state-union-read", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "And as time goes by, I believe the tariffs, paid for by foreign countries, will, like in the past, substantially replace the modern-day system of income tax, taking a great financial burden off the people that I love.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/02/who-is-paying-for-the-2025-u-s-tariffs/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We find that nearly 90 percent of the tariffs' economic burden fell on U.S. firms and consumers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-consumers-business-nearly-90-percent-new-york-federal-reserve/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I mean, the paper is an embarrassment,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/event/joint-session-of-congress/president-trump-delivers-2026-state-of-the-union-address-democratic-response/440395", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "wind-power-doesnt-work", "title": "The recurring claims that wind power is bad, doesn't work, and \"doesn't work at night\"", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/", "summary": "Wind power keeps getting attacked with a mix of claims that aren't equally true. Wind output does vary, which is real and is handled by mixing power sources on the grid and by storage. Turbines do kill some birds, but far fewer than some speakers claimed. Other claims had no support in the sources: that turbine noise causes cancer, that offshore wind work was killing whales, and that wind failures caused the 2021 Texas blackouts. Donald Trump has been the most frequent and most covered source since before 2016. Others, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2021 and Energy Secretary Chris Wright in 2025, have made versions of these claims during particular events.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/10/politics/biden-trump-windmill-cancer", "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/trumps-faulty-wind-power-claims" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2019-03-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2019-03-02", "start": "2019-03-02", "end": "2019-03-29", "title": "\"When the wind doesn't blow… turn off the television\"", "why_it_fits": "Trump told CPAC on March 2, 2019, that \"When the wind stops blowing, that's the end of your electric,\" and joked about someone unable to watch television (PolitiFact). He repeated the TV joke at the Lima tank plant on March 20 (White House transcript) and at the Grand Rapids rally on March 28. In between, on Hannity, he said wind \"wouldn't have worked… because it only blows sometimes\" (Newsweek, HuffPost). PolitiFact rated the CPAC line Mostly False. It said wind's intermittency is \"a legitimate concern\" that experts call manageable on the current interconnected grid. FactCheck.org said people \"do not lose their electricity when the wind doesn't blow.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "http://politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-take-wind-energy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/trumps-faulty-wind-power-claims", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-wind-power-malicious-ignorance-mocked-1379821", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-wind-energy-hannity_n_5c9d575be4b0474c08cb3452", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-lima-army-tank-plant/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "When the wind doesn't blow, just turn off the television, darling, please.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-wind-power-malicious-ignorance-mocked-1379821", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Windmills. Weeeee. And if it doesn't blow, you can forget about television for that night.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-wind-energy-hannity_n_5c9d575be4b0474c08cb3452", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "You look at the fact that we would have been powered by wind, which wouldn't have worked, by the way, because it only blows sometimes and lots of problems come about.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trumps-full-cpac-speech/2019/03/06/9d00622f-b938-41f5-9244-93aa3fcaa796_video.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "When the wind stops blowing, that's the end of your electric", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-04-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2019-04-02", "start": "2019-04-02", "end": "2019-04-08", "title": "The noise causes cancer", "why_it_fits": "On April 2, 2019, at a Republican fundraising dinner, Trump said a windmill near your house cuts its value by 75% and that \"they say the noise causes cancer\" (AP). In the same speech he repeated a story about a woman who can't watch TV because \"the wind hasn't blown for three days.\" CNN noted that homes using wind power don't lose power when the wind stops. So the speech combined the health claim with the \"doesn't work when the wind isn't blowing\" claim. AP and PolitiFact found no evidence that turbine noise causes cancer, and the American Cancer Society said it was \"unaware of any credible evidence.\" Iowa's two Republican senators publicly rejected the claim: Grassley called it \"idiotic\" and Ernst called it \"ridiculous.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/04/03/ap-fact-check-trump-is-tilting-at-wind-farms-again/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "boston.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/04/politics/chuck-grassley-trump-wind-energy-cancer-idiotic/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "http://politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/08/donald-trump/republicans-dismiss-trumps-windmill-and-cancer-cla/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/03/trump-claims-that-wind-farms-cause-cancer-very-trumpian-reasons/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/04/03/ap-fact-check-trump-is-tilting-at-wind-farms-again/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "boston.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations. Your house just went down 75% of value. And they say the noise causes cancer.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/04/politics/chuck-grassley-trump-wind-energy-cancer-idiotic/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "were first of all idiotic", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "http://politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/08/donald-trump/republicans-dismiss-trumps-windmill-and-cancer-cla/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump said windmill noise causes cancer. The White House provided no evidence. No study supports the statement.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?c4790089%2Fuser-clip-trump-wind-cancer-kills-bald-eagles=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "if you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations: Your house just went down 75 percent in value. And they say the noise causes cancer.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-12-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2019-12-21", "start": "2019-12-21", "end": "2019-12-27", "title": "I never understood wind", "why_it_fits": "In the December 21, 2019 speech, while criticizing the Green New Deal, Trump called wind turbines expensive and said making them sends \"tremendous fumes\" into the air. He also said they lower nearby home values, are noisy, kill birds, \"will kill many bald eagles,\" and need large government subsidies (govinfo transcript). The Hill's fact-check found turbines kill far fewer birds than cats or towers. It also quoted the wind-industry trade group (AWEA): there is no rule forcing turbines to shut off after a set number of eagle deaths. Snopes said building turbines does have a carbon footprint, but studies find it is far outweighed by the fossil fuels wind replaces. Newsweek tied the speech to Trump's earlier anti-wind remarks, including an April 2019 line that \"they say the noise causes cancer.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-201900886/html/DCPD-201900886.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-wind-windmills-fumes/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/475757-what-trump-got-right-and-wrong-about-windmills/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-lashes-out-windmills-again-says-they-will-kill-many-bald-eagles-i-never-understood-wind-1478756", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-201900886/html/DCPD-201900886.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We'll have an economy based on wind. I never understood wind.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-wind-windmills-fumes/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Occupy Democrats did not misquote Trump and quoted word-for-word from his actual remarks", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trump-lashes-out-windmills-again-says-they-will-kill-many-bald-eagles-i-never-understood-wind-1478756", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump on Saturday renewed his long standing feud against windmills", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfx9pFZR2jE", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We'll have an economy based on wind. I never understood wind.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-10-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2020-10-22", "start": "2020-10-22", "end": "2020-10-24", "title": "Final 2020 debate, wind \"kills all the birds\"", "why_it_fits": "In the final 2020 presidential debate, Trump told Biden: \"I know more about wind than you do. It's extremely expensive. Kills all the birds. It's very intermittent.\" In the same exchange, Biden said, \"He thinks wind causes cancer, windmills.\" That refers to an earlier claim by Trump that CBS News reported the American Cancer Society said it had no credible evidence for. Fact-checkers said turbines do kill some birds but far fewer than cats or glass windows. CBS reported that the power grid is able to handle the variability of any power source, citing the Department of Energy. NBC and CBS both described the debate remarks as a repeat of Trump's earlier criticism of wind power.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-joe-biden-final-presidential-debate-transcript-2020", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/live-blog/2020-10-22-trump-biden-election-n1244210/ncrd1244464", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-wind-energy-kills-birds-presidential-debate-joe-biden/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/factchecking-the-final-2020-presidential-debate/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-joe-biden-final-presidential-debate-transcript-2020", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I know more about wind than you do. It's extremely expensive. Kills all the birds. It's very intermittent.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/live-blog/2020-10-22-trump-biden-election-n1244210/ncrd1244464", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Wind turbines do kill birds, though cats and cell towers kill significantly more winged creatures.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-wind-energy-kills-birds-presidential-debate-joe-biden/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The American Cancer Society is unaware of any credible evidence linking the noise from windmills to cancer", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the Department of Energy sentence: the quoted wording was CBS's own, not a Department of Energy quote, so it is now given as CBS's report." } ] }, { "anchor": "2021-02-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2021-02-15", "start": "2021-02-15", "end": "2021-02-20", "title": "Texas winter storm, frozen turbines blamed for the blackouts", "why_it_fits": "After about half of Texas's 24,000 MW of installed wind capacity froze, several officials and commentators said in nationally covered statements that wind power had failed and caused the blackouts. They included Gov. Greg Abbott on Hannity (Feb. 16), Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Commissioner Sid Miller and Tucker Carlson. Grid operator ERCOT said on Feb. 16 that about 16,000 MW of renewable generation was offline, compared with about 29,000–30,000 MW of thermal generation (gas, coal and nuclear). PolitiFact reported that the turbines that kept running produced more than forecast. The episode had mixed truth values: wind did underperform, and Crenshaw framed this as intermittency (\"isn't there when you need it\"). Fact-checkers rated the broader claims that wind caused or \"thrust\" Texas into the blackouts as False (Abbott) or Pants on Fire (Carlson).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/19/greg-abbott/fact-checking-texas-republicans-blackout-blame/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-winter-storms-2021/2021/02/18/968967137/no-the-blackouts-in-texas-werent-caused-by-renewables-heres-what-really-happened", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-wind-turbines-frozen/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "texastribune.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/texas-blackouts-fuel-false-claims-about-renewable-energy", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/19/greg-abbott/fact-checking-texas-republicans-blackout-blame/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Our wind and our solar got shut down and … that thrust Texas into this situation where it was lacking power at a statewide basis", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2021/feb/19/how-fox-news-conservative-tv-blamed-green-energy-t/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Then it got cold, and the windmills broke, because that's what happens in the Green New Deal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-wind-turbines-frozen/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "texastribune.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This is what happens when you force the grid to rely in part on wind as a power source", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-01-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2023-01-11", "start": "2023-01-11", "end": "2023-03-31", "title": "East Coast whale deaths blamed on offshore wind", "why_it_fits": "In January 2023, Fox News host Jesse Watters posted \"Wind Surveying Is KILLING our Whales\" on Facebook (Jan. 12). The next day Tucker Carlson blamed wind farms for \"killing a huge number of whales\" and called offshore wind \"the DDT of our times.\" Laura Ingraham repeated the claim in March (FactCheck.org). On Jan. 30, 12 New Jersey Shore mayors asked for a moratorium on offshore wind activities. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) asked for one too (PolitiFact). NOAA officials told reporters no whale deaths had been attributed to offshore wind (CNN). FactCheck.org and PolitiFact found no evidence of a link. Both noted that a humpback \"unusual mortality event\" has been running since 2016, and that ship strikes and fishing-gear entanglement are leading known causes. Media Matters found that 241 of 288 Facebook posts about wind energy from Jan. 1 to Mar. 1, 2023 (84%) mentioned whales.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/no-evidence-offshore-wind-development-killing-whales/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/20/us/whale-deaths-offshore-wind-climate/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/08/instagram-posts/undersea-sounds-wind-farms-killing-whales-jersey-s/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/misinformation-about-recent-whale-deaths-dominated-discussions-offshore-wind-energy", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=844571763291880", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "facebook.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Wind Surveying Is KILLING our Whales", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/no-evidence-offshore-wind-development-killing-whales/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the DDT of our times", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.app.com/story/news/local/land-environment/2023/01/30/whale-deaths-ny-nj-offshore-wind-moratorium-renewable-energy/69855167007/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "app.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "coincides with ongoing activity from acoustic survey vessels", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/video/6318650849112", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Re-pointed the \"DDT of our times\" quote from a Fox News video page that does not contain it to the FactCheck.org article that quotes it. Removed CNN as a source for Laura Ingraham's March remarks, since CNN's January article could not cover them." } ] }, { "anchor": "2023-09-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2023-09-25", "start": "2023-09-25", "end": "2023-09-26", "title": "Trump says windmills are \"driving the whales… a little batty\" (Sept 2023)", "why_it_fits": "At a campaign rally in Summerville, S.C., on Sept. 25, 2023, Trump said \"windmills\" were causing whales \"to die in numbers never seen before\" and were \"driving the whales… a little batty.\" HuffPost described the remark as the latest in a list of his complaints about wind turbines, which it said included the false claims that they cause cancer and kill \"all the birds.\" HuffPost also quoted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). NOAA said there was no scientific evidence that noise from offshore wind surveys could kill whales. BOEM said it had found no evidence and pointed to vessel strikes and fishing-gear entanglement as the ongoing threats. HuffPost noted that Fox News and Republican lawmakers had earlier in 2023 suggested that East Coast whale deaths were linked to offshore wind development.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-whales-windmills-reactions_n_6512885ee4b018d0253a566d", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/trump-rant-batty-whales-windmills-100643700.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trump-bizarrely-claims-windmills-driving-065607404.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/donald-trump-news-speech-whales-b2418549.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "independent.co.uk", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/2446935/daily-on-energy-fact-checking-trumps-claims-on-whale-deaths-windmills-and-more/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trump-bizarrely-claims-windmills-driving-065607404.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Mr Trump then turned the focus on \"windmills\" and said they are \"causing whales to die in numbers never seen before\".", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-whales-windmills-reactions_n_6512885ee4b018d0253a566d", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Donald Trump's on the warpath against his mortal enemy again, and it made a big splash on social media.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/2446935/daily-on-energy-fact-checking-trumps-claims-on-whale-deaths-windmills-and-more/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "claiming instead that new \"windmills\"—or presumably offshore wind turbines in the area—are the biggest contributor to the uptick in new East Coast whale deaths.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R6_pRLnAFY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2025-01-20", "start": "2025-01-20", "end": "2025-01-22", "title": "Day-one order pausing wind leasing", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 20, 2025, the White House issued a memorandum that did three things: it withdrew all Outer Continental Shelf areas from offshore wind leasing, paused new or renewed federal approvals for onshore and offshore wind projects, and ordered a federal review of wind leasing and permitting. The review it ordered must consider \"the economic costs associated with the intermittent generation of electricity and the effect of subsidies on the viability of the wind industry.\" That repeats the \"wind is unreliable / doesn't work\" framing. FactCheck.org reported that Trump told a rally after his inauguration that day: \"We're not going to do the wind thing.\" FactCheck.org says it has fact-checked his false and misleading wind claims for nearly a decade. That includes claims that wind \"doesn't work,\" which it says grids handle by managing variability. FactCheck.org also said the same-day energy emergency order's language about an \"intermittent energy supply\" mirrors some of Trump's misleading criticisms of wind's reliability.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-offshore-wind-leasing-permitting-executive-orders-energy/737835/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "utilitydive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/01/22/trump-wind-executive-order-massachusetts-vineyard-wind", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wbur.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/what-to-know-about-trumps-executive-order-on-wind-energy/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/temporary-withdrawal-of-all-areas-on-the-outer-continental-shelf-from-offshore-wind-leasing-and-review-of-the-federal-governments-leasing-and-permitting-practices-for-wind-projects/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/temporary-withdrawal-of-all-areas-on-the-outer-continental-shelf-from-offshore-wind-leasing-and-review-of-the-federal-governments-leasing-and-permitting-practices-for-wind-projects/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the economic costs associated with the intermittent generation of electricity", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/what-to-know-about-trumps-executive-order-on-wind-energy/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Big, ugly windmills, they ruin your neighborhood.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-offshore-wind-leasing-permitting-executive-orders-energy/737835/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "utilitydive.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "pauses permitting, approvals and loans for all onshore and offshore wind projects", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2025-04-28", "start": "2025-04-28", "end": "2025-06-18", "title": "Spain–Portugal blackout blamed on renewables", "why_it_fits": "On April 28, 2025, as Spain and Portugal were still without power, Wright told CNBC: \"when you hitch your wagon to the weather, it's just a risky endeavor.\" Scientific American called this \"a thinly veiled swipe at wind and solar,\" which were supplying almost three-quarters of Spain's grid at the time. It also noted that REE's chief executive said no \"definitive conclusions\" had been reached. In June 2025, Spain's government released its investigation report, which ruled out renewables as the cause and placed the blame on REE and conventional power plants (PV Tech). NPR later rebutted a claim by commentator Michael Shellenberger that \"too little 'inertia' due to excess solar resulted in system collapse,\" saying there is no indication that a lack of inertia caused the outage.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-energy-secretary-baselessly-blames-spains-power-outage-on-renewables/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "scientificamerican.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5534949/spain-blackout-misinformation-renewable-energy", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pv-tech.org/investigation-renewables-not-responsible-spains-april-blackout/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pv-tech.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/spain-power-outage-sparks-a-blackout-blame-game-over-green-energy.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-energy-secretary-baselessly-blames-spains-power-outage-on-renewables/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "scientificamerican.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "when you hitch your wagon to the weather, it's just a risky endeavor", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5534949/spain-blackout-misinformation-renewable-energy", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "it's clear that too little 'inertia' due to excess solar resulted in system collapse.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the date of Spain's investigation report from June 17 to June 2025, since the source does not give June 17, and extended the end date to cover it. Removed an unconfirmed E&E News attribution and an editorial remark about the \"doesn't work at night\" claim. Identified the NPR quote as Michael Shellenberger's claim, which NPR rebutted." } ] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2025-07-25", "start": "2025-07-25", "end": "2025-08-05", "title": "\"Ugliest windmills\" in Scotland (Trump's July 2025 visit)", "why_it_fits": "During his July 2025 visit to Scotland, Trump repeatedly said wind power is costly, ugly and deadly to birds. STV quoted him on July 28 saying \"Wind is a disaster\" and \"Wind is the most expensive form of energy.\" Euronews reported he called wind a \"con job\" that \"doesn't work,\" and CBS quoted him saying of windmills, \"They don't do anything.\" The remarks tied back to his long fight against the wind farm near his Aberdeenshire course: he sued in 2013 and lost (CBS), and the UK Supreme Court dismissed his challenge in December 2015 (Euronews). Euronews checked two of his claims against outside data. It cited the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as finding onshore wind the cheapest source of new power, and putting average turbine lifespan at about 20–25 years, not the eight he claimed.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.stv.tv/politics/donald-trump-says-scotland-has-the-ugliest-windmills-ive-ever-seen", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.stv.tv", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-scotland-visit-new-golf-course-balmedie/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/30/trump-calls-wind-energy-a-con-job-heres-what-the-data-actually-says-about-his-tirade-on-tu", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "euronews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scotland-wind-farm-trump-golf/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://news.stv.tv/politics/donald-trump-says-scotland-has-the-ugliest-windmills-ive-ever-seen", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "news.stv.tv", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Donald Trump has said Scotland has \"the ugliest windmills I've ever seen\" when asked his opinion about wind power.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/30/trump-calls-wind-energy-a-con-job-heres-what-the-data-actually-says-about-his-tirade-on-tu", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "euronews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "calling it a \"con job\" that \"doesn't work\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scotland-wind-farm-trump-golf/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump went to Scotland and ranted about windmills, so Scotland decided to build 300 more off the shore of Trump's new golf course", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed the turbine count and \"unanimously\", which the sources do not support for this wind farm, and replaced the Forbes attribution with Euronews, which reports the December 2015 Supreme Court dismissal." } ] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2025-08-20", "start": "2025-08-20", "end": "2025-08-25", "title": "\"Scam of the century\" and the Revolution Wind stop-work order", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 20, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social that states relying on \"WINDMILLS and SOLAR\" were seeing \"RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS.\" He called renewables \"THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY!\" (Heatmap) and said he \"will not approve\" wind or solar projects (Fortune). Heatmap's analysis of state data found no clear link between how much renewable power a state uses and its electricity prices. Fortune reported that Trump has repeatedly called windmills a scam and has \"falsely said the noise can cause cancer.\" On Aug. 22, BOEM ordered work stopped on Ørsted's Revolution Wind project. gCaptain reported the project was 80% complete, with 45 of 65 planned turbines in place.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://heatmap.news/energy/renewables-electricity-prices-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "heatmap.news", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/08/22/trump-war-wind-way-beyond-tax-credits/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://gcaptain.com/orsteds-revolution-wind-project-hit-with-federal-stop-work-order-at-80-completion/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gcaptain.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/3761731/trump-vows-block-wind-solar-projects-scam-century/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115061417084982814", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Any State that has built and relied on WINDMILLS and SOLAR for power are seeing RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://gcaptain.com/orsteds-revolution-wind-project-hit-with-federal-stop-work-order-at-80-completion/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "gcaptain.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The directive, issued on August 22, 2025, comes as the project has reached 80% completion with all foundations installed and 45 of 65 planned wind turbines already in place.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views": 1174 } } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the attribution of the Revolution Wind completion figures to gCaptain, which reported them, rather than Ørsted. Credited the \"will not approve\" quote to Fortune only, since Heatmap does not contain it." } ] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2025-09-23", "start": "2025-09-23", "end": "2025-09-27", "title": "UN speech: \"They're a joke, they don't work\"", "why_it_fits": "In his Sept. 23, 2025 speech to the UN General Assembly, Trump said of wind turbines, \"They don't work,\" \"The wind doesn't blow,\" and called windmills \"so pathetic and so bad.\" The AP (via PBS) wrote that he called wind power a \"joke\" and \"pathetic,\" \"falsely claiming they don't work, are too expensive and too weak.\" ABC News fact-checked the \"don't work\" claim against IEA and IRENA data. FactCheck.org called the \"wind doesn't blow\" line misleading. It said wind power \"does come with extra variability,\" but people don't lose power when the wind stops, because wind is one of many sources feeding the grid. That is the split: intermittency is real and managed; \"doesn't work\" is not supported.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trump-misleads-on-climate-change-and-renewables-at-u-n/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-called-climate-change-a-con-job-at-the-united-nations-here-are-the-facts-and-context", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/fact-checking-trump-climate-change-general-assembly/story?id=125855451", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27092025/unpacking-trump-climate-change-comments-at-un/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "insideclimatenews.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-speaks-at-un", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "By the way, they're a joke. They don't work. They're too expensive. They're not strong enough to fire up the plants that you need to make your country great. The wind doesn't blow.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6379992783112", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/09/23/trump-un-speech-climate-immigration", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Windmills, however, he mentioned at least three times.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wkHCSbSwkw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "so pathetic and so bad", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2025-12-22", "start": "2025-12-22", "end": "2026-01-16", "title": "Interior pauses leases for five offshore wind projects; Burgum calls them \"expensive, unreliable\"", "why_it_fits": "On Dec 22, 2025, the Interior Department said it was pausing, \"effective immediately,\" the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction. It named five projects and cited classified Department of War reports plus unclassified findings that turbines cause radar \"clutter.\" Burgum announced the pause on X, calling the projects \"expensive, unreliable, heavily subsidized.\" He added that one natural gas pipeline supplies as much energy as all five combined. Reuters reported in the same story that President Trump has said he finds wind turbines ugly, costly and inefficient. It also reported that he campaigned on a promise to end the offshore wind industry, saying \"windmills\" are too expensive and hurt whales and birds.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-offshore-wind-projects-leasing-security-risks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/12/22/trump-pauses-more-offshore-wind-projects-citing-national-security-concerns", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/12/22/interior-department-pauses-offshore-wind-projects-national-security/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailyrecord.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/judge-blocks-trump-revolution-orsted-order", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "canarymedia.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/SecretaryBurgum/status/2003094666040787213", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "PAUSING leases for 5 expensive, unreliable, heavily subsidized offshore wind farms!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/trump-administration-protects-us-national-security-pausing-offshore-wind-leases", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "doi.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "pausing—effective immediately—the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/judge-blocks-trump-revolution-orsted-order", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "canarymedia.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the height of arbitrary and capricious", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/wind-power-doesnt-work/#2026-01-21", "start": "2026-01-21", "end": "2026-01-23", "title": "Davos: windmills are \"losers\"", "why_it_fits": "On Jan 21, 2026, in his Davos speech, Trump said \"there are windmills all over Europe… and they are losers.\" He said the more windmills a country has, \"the more money that country loses.\" He also said he hadn't \"been able to find any wind farms in China,\" and that China's wind farms \"don't spin, they don't do anything\" (TNR; E&E News).\n\nThe next day, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said China's installed wind capacity had ranked first in the world for 15 years in a row (Reuters). E&E News reported that China had 561 GW installed by the end of 2024, according to the Global Wind Energy Council, about 10% of its electricity. CNBC said Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen disputed \"Trump's claim that wind energy doesn't work.\" Reuters noted that Trump has called wind turbines ugly, expensive and inefficient. The framing keeps coming back.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/davos-china-defends-wind-power-094452811.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-says-china-doesnt-use-wind-power-its-actually-no-1-by-a-lot-2/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "eenews.net", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/trump-davos-canada-carney-france-macron-spain-china-wind.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/205478/trump-davos-speech", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newrepublic.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/atrupar/status/2013974917423710561", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There are windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place. And they are losers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/davos-china-defends-wind-power-094452811.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "China's installed capacity of wind power has ranked first in the world for 15 consecutive years", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-says-china-doesnt-use-wind-power-its-actually-no-1-by-a-lot-2/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "eenews.net", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "it's by far the world's biggest producer of electricity from wind", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-remarks-at-the-2026-world-economic-forum/671750", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There are windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place. And they are losers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed quotation marks from \"ugly, expensive and inefficient\", which Reuters paraphrased rather than quoted, and separated the archive's own observation from what Reuters reported." } ] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-awards-and-gifts", "title": "The recurring awards and gifts given to, or claimed by, Trump", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/", "summary": "Donald Trump has received honors and costly gifts from foreign governments, companies and organizations. They include Saudi Arabia's highest civilian honor in 2017 and, in 2025, a Qatari Boeing 747 and a gold bar and Rolex clock from Swiss executives. Foreign leaders and lawmakers have nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, which he has said he deserves. Fact-checkers, including CNN and Snopes, have found no evidence for some honors he has described, such as a Michigan \"Man of the Year\" award. Democrats and ethics experts have raised questions under the Emoluments Clause and the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, and about where gifts end up, whether the National Archives or his presidential library. The White House says Trump accepts gifts on behalf of the American people.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.ms.now/news/trump-gifts-world-leaders-tariffs", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foreign-gifts-missing-house-democrats-report/", "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-receives-regal-welcome-saudi-arabia", "https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/16/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-michigan-man-of-the-year", "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-michigan-man-year-award/", "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/trump-nobel-peace-prize-machado-cheung.html" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-05-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2017-05-20", "start": "2017-05-20", "end": "2017-05-22", "title": "Saudi Arabia's Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud", "why_it_fits": "On May 20, 2017, during the Riyadh stop of his first foreign trip as president, King Salman placed the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud around Trump's neck at the Royal Court. The host said Trump was being honored for \"his quest to enhance security and stability in the region and around the world.\" AP reporting on PBS called it the kingdom's highest civilian honor and noted that Saudi Arabia had previously given it to Vladimir Putin, Theresa May and Barack Obama. This is a real decoration that a foreign government gave to a sitting US president. Much of the coverage focused on whether Trump bowed to receive the medal. CNN reported that the moment split social media and recalled Trump's earlier criticism of Obama's 2009 bow to King Abdullah. The cited reports give no value for the medal, do not say where it went, and do not report ethics objections to it.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.arabnews.com/node/1102196/saudi-arabia", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "arabnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-receives-royal-welcome-honors-from-saudi-leader/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-receives-regal-welcome-saudi-arabia", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/20/politics/trump-saudi-bow-medal/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/20/politics/trump-saudi-bow-medal/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The action lasted mere seconds, but it has split social media and left people pondering: When is a bend a bow?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-receives-royal-welcome-honors-from-saudi-leader/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The king placed the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud around Trump’s neck at a ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-receives-regal-welcome-saudi-arabia", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump bent down so the king could place the gold medal around his neck.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-06-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2017-06-27", "start": "2017-06-27", "end": "2017-06-28", "title": "TIME says a framed cover at Trump golf clubs is not real", "why_it_fits": "On June 27, 2017, The Washington Post reported that a framed TIME cover dated March 1, 2009 hung in at least four of Donald Trump's golf clubs, \"from South Florida to Scotland,\" according to the Post story as syndicated by The Boston Globe. The cover featured Trump and the headline \"The 'Apprentice' is a television smash!\" TIME published no issue on that date; its closest cover, on March 2, 2009, featured Kate Winslet (NBC News, VOA). Time Inc. spokeswoman Kerri Chyka said: \"I can confirm that this is not a real TIME cover\" (Boston Globe). TIME asked the Trump Organization to remove the covers (NBC News, CNBC). NBC reported that Post reporter David Fahrenthold had counted seven locations by June 28, and that it was unclear who made the cover or whether Trump knew of it. The Trump Organization did not respond to questions, and White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, \"We couldn't comment on the decor at Trump Golf clubs one way or another\" (Boston Globe).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/06/27/march-time-cover-trump-phony/ip39S4xI5QEOT3P6ikAtnI/story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://nbcnews.com/news/us-news/time-asks-donald-trump-s-golf-clubs-remove-phony-magazine-n777546", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/trump-fake-time-magazine/3920195.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "learningenglish.voanews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/trump-org-fakes-time-magazine-issues-for-golf-resorts.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/06/27/march-time-cover-trump-phony/ip39S4xI5QEOT3P6ikAtnI/story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bostonglobe.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The framed copy of Time Magazine was hung up in at least four of President Trump’s golf clubs, from South Florida to Scotland.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/trump-org-fakes-time-magazine-issues-for-golf-resorts.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Time magazine has since requested the Trump Organization to remove all fake copies from display.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://nbcnews.com/news/us-news/time-asks-donald-trump-s-golf-clubs-remove-phony-magazine-n777546", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "That's because the cover hanging in several Trump Organization clubs is a phony, a Time spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-02-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2019-02-15", "start": "2019-02-15", "end": "2019-02-18", "title": "Trump says Abe nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize", "why_it_fits": "At a White House news conference on Feb. 15, 2019, Trump said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had given him \"the most beautiful copy\" of a five-page letter nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize over his talks with North Korea (Washington Post, CNBC/Reuters). On Feb. 17 the Asahi Shimbun, citing an unnamed Japanese government source (CNBC/Reuters; NBC News described \"multiple\" sources), reported that Abe made the nomination in the fall of 2018 after an \"unofficial\" US request following the Singapore summit. The Nikkei also reported that Abe had sent a nomination (Washington Post). On Feb. 18 Abe told parliament he would not comment because the Nobel committee keeps nominations secret for 50 years, but added, \"I am not saying it's not true\" (Washington Post). FactCheck.org later listed it among Trump's Nobel nominations and noted that he did not win the prize that year.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/japans-abe-wont-confirm-trump-nobel-prize-nomination-but-media-reports-say-he-did/2019/02/18/26f62310-3337-11e9-946a-115a5932c45b_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/18/japans-abe-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize-on-us-request-asahi.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/barack-obama/japan-nominated-trump-nobel-peace-prize-after-white-house-asked-n972661", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-nobel-nonsense/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/barack-obama/japan-nominated-trump-nobel-peace-prize-after-white-house-asked-n972661", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He said: 'I have nominated you, respectfully, on behalf of Japan. I am asking them to give you the Nobel Peace Prize.' I said, 'Thank you.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/18/japans-abe-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize-on-us-request-asahi.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The U.S. government had sounded Abe out over the Nobel Peace Prize nomination after Trump's summit in June last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/japans-abe-wont-confirm-trump-nobel-prize-nomination-but-media-reports-say-he-did/2019/02/18/26f62310-3337-11e9-946a-115a5932c45b_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Pushed again to confirm or deny the report, he added: “I am not saying it’s not true.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2020-09-09", "start": "2020-09-09", "end": "2020-09-10", "title": "Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize", "why_it_fits": "On September 9, 2020, Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a Norwegian MP from the Progress Party, said he had nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. He cited Trump's work \"for a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel\" (CBS/AP; Al Jazeera/AP). Trump responded on Twitter with \"Thank you!\" (CBS). The White House said the same day that Trump \"is honored to be considered by the Nobel Committee.\" The Norwegian Nobel Committee does not comment on nominees and keeps nomination records secret for 50 years (CBS/AP). Later, FactCheck.org (September 23) reviewed how Trump talked about the nomination. It found that he \"repeatedly conflated winning a Nobel Peace Prize with being nominated for one.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nominated-2021-nobel-peace-prize-norwegian-parlaiment-christian-tybring-gjedde/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/norwegian-lawmaker-nominates-trump-nobel-peace-prize-200909134551370.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-president-donald-j-trumps-nomination-2021-nobel-peace-prize/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-nobel-nonsense/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nominated-2021-nobel-peace-prize-norwegian-parlaiment-christian-tybring-gjedde/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "No matter how Trump acts at home and what he says at press conferences, he has absolutely a chance at getting the Nobel Peace Prize", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-president-donald-j-trumps-nomination-2021-nobel-peace-prize/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This peace deal is a testament to the bold diplomacy and vision of President Trump, and he is honored to be considered by the Nobel Committee.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/norwegian-lawmaker-nominates-trump-nobel-peace-prize-200909134551370.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I am not a big Trump supporter", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-03-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2023-03-17", "start": "2023-03-17", "end": "2023-03-18", "title": "House Oversight Democrats' report on Trump's undisclosed foreign gifts", "why_it_fits": "On March 17, 2023, Democratic staff on the House Oversight Committee, led by ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, released a 15-page interim report. It said Trump and his family received \"117 unreported foreign gifts, valued at roughly $291,000\" during his first term, and that these were never reported to the State Department (CNN, ABC). The givers included Chinese President Xi Jinping, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (CBS). The report said some gifts were unaccounted for: a \"larger-than-life-sized\" painting of Trump from El Salvador's president, golf clubs from Japan's prime minister valued at more than $7,200, and a $450 decorated box given to Jared Kushner (CBS). Under the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, gifts above a minimal value ($415 for most of Trump's term, $480 at the time of the report) become U.S. government property unless the recipient buys them, and they must still be reported to the State Department (CBS).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/17/politics/trump-gifts-democrats-report/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foreign-gifts-missing-house-democrats-report/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-oversight-democrats-trump-failed-disclose-report-300k/story?id=97945242", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/17/donald-trump-foreign-gift/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-democrats-release-evidence-showing-trump-first-family-failed-to", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "oversightdemocrats.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "If the president doesn't comply with the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, it just becomes the Foreign Grifts Act", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/17/politics/trump-gifts-democrats-report/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The report does not provide any specific evidence that US policy was influenced by the gifts.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foreign-gifts-missing-house-democrats-report/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CBS News about the report.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-06-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2024-06-15", "start": "2024-06-15", "end": "2024-06-17", "title": "Trump repeats the \"Michigan Man of the Year\" claim in Detroit; CNN fact-checks it again", "why_it_fits": "In a June 15, 2024 speech in Detroit, Trump said he had been named \"Man of the Year\" in Michigan \"long before politics, like 12, 13 years ago\" (Roll Call Factba.se and Rev transcripts). CNN's fact check said the claim \"remains false\" and that nobody had ever found evidence of the award. CNN also said the state of Michigan does not give out a \"Man of the Year\" award and that Trump has never specified who gave it to him or when. CNN noted that the Oakland County Republican Party gave Trump its first-ever \"Man of the Decade\" award in 2023, but said Trump made clear he was talking about an earlier \"Man of the Year\" award. Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to CNN's request for evidence. Snopes had rated the claim \"False\" in September 2020, noting that Trump first told the story at a 2016 campaign rally.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/16/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-michigan-man-of-the-year", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-michigan-man-year-award/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-turning-point-action-convention-detroit-june-15-2024/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-speaks-in-detroit-at-turning-point-event", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-turning-point-action-convention-detroit-june-15-2024/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I got the man of the year in Michigan years ago, long before politics, like 12, 13 years ago.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/16/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-michigan-man-of-the-year", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Nobody has ever been able to find any evidence that he was ever named “Man of the Year” in Michigan before he ran for president.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-michigan-man-year-award/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "snopes.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump had told versions of this story since first bringing it up at a campaign rally in 2016.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2025-05-11", "start": "2025-05-11", "end": "2025-05-21", "title": "Qatar's Boeing 747 offered as Air Force One", "why_it_fits": "The gift: On May 11, 2025, ABC News reported that the administration was getting ready to accept a Boeing 747-8 from Qatar's royal family. Trump would use it as Air Force One, and ownership would pass to the Trump presidential library foundation shortly before he leaves office. Value: NPR said industry groups put the plane's value at around $400 million. In its May 22 update, FactCheck.org cited a New York Times report that industry experts valued it at $200 million. The rule at issue: The debate was about the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause. Trump said the plane was a gift to the Defense Department, not to him. Where it went: On May 21 the Pentagon said Defense Secretary Hegseth had accepted it \"in accordance with all federal rules and regulations.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5395696/qatar-trump-plane-gift-ethics", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/unwrapping-qatars-400-million-winged-gift-to-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/qatari-pm-denies-jumbo-jet-gift-to-trump-is-bribery.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/unwrapping-qatars-400-million-winged-gift-to-trump/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5395696/qatar-trump-plane-gift-ethics", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I mean, I could be a stupid person and say, 'No, we don't want a free, very expensive airplane,' ", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2025-06-21", "start": "2025-06-21", "end": "2025-07-08", "title": "Pakistan and Netanyahu nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize", "why_it_fits": "On June 21, 2025, Pakistan's government said it had formally recommended Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his \"decisive diplomatic intervention\" and \"pivotal leadership\" during the May fighting between India and Pakistan (CNN). CNN reported that Indian and Pakistani officials gave contradictory accounts of how the truce was reached, with New Delhi saying the two neighbors \"directly\" collaborated on it. The day before, Trump had written on Truth Social, \"I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do\" (CNN). On July 7, 2025, at the start of a White House dinner, Netanyahu presented Trump with the letter he said he had sent to the Nobel Prize Committee nominating him. Trump responded, \"Coming from you, in particular, this is very meaningful\" (CNN; Gulf News).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/21/asia/pakistan-trump-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-intl", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/politics/trump-netanyahu-middle-east-hamas-peace-israel-visit", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/netanyahu-says-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize-1.500190368", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gulfnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/21/asia/pakistan-trump-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-intl", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Pakistan has formally recommended US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his “decisive diplomatic intervention” following a spike in violence between India and Pakistan earlier this year.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/politics/trump-netanyahu-middle-east-hamas-peace-israel-visit", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "So, I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize Committee; it’s nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well deserved, and you should get it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/netanyahu-says-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize-1.500190368", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "gulfnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful,\" Trump said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2025-08-06", "start": "2025-08-06", "end": "2025-08-07", "title": "Tim Cook's glass-and-gold plaque", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave President Donald Trump a customized glass plaque mounted on a 24-karat gold base. At the same event Cook announced that Apple would add $100 billion to its U.S. manufacturing investment, bringing its total pledge to $600 billion (Fortune; MS NOW). CNN reported that the glass was made at Corning's plant in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Cook pointed out that the gift box was made in California, that the engraved glass was designed by a former Marine Corps corporal who works at Apple, and that the gold base came from Utah. Trump replied, \"Thank you very much, it's fantastic\" (Fortune). No value for the plaque was reported in the cited coverage. In a September 2026 review, MS NOW listed it among gifts to Trump from \"private companies or trade groups affected by Trump's fiscal policies.\" In that piece, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said Trump accepts gifts \"strictly on behalf of the American people\" and that the suggestion that a ceremonial item has any influence on decisions like tariffs \"is completely preposterous.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/video/tim-cook-oval-office-trump-gift-gold-vrtc", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/apple-trump-tim-cook-100-billion-manufacturing-gift-plaque-gold", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/news/trump-gifts-world-leaders-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ms.now", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/video/tim-cook-oval-office-trump-gift-gold-vrtc", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Apple CEO Tim Cook gifted President Donald Trump a plaque made of glass manufactured in Corning’s Harrodsburg, Kentucky, which he announced would be the cover glass on all iPhones and Apple Watches soon.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/apple-trump-tim-cook-100-billion-manufacturing-gift-plaque-gold", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "“It’s a unique unit of one,” Cook said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/news/trump-gifts-world-leaders-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ms.now", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "On Aug. 6, 2025, Cook, the CEO of Apple, presented Trump with a glass plaque mounted on a 24-karat gold base in the Oval Office", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2025-10-10", "start": "2025-10-10", "end": "2025-10-11", "title": "Nobel Peace Prize goes to Machado", "why_it_fits": "On 10 October 2025, the Norwegian Nobel Committee gave the Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and not to Donald Trump. Newsweek said Trump had been \"widely rumored to be a contender,\" with \"several governments reportedly submitting nominations.\" Newsweek also reported that many of those nominations \"came after the February 1 deadline.\" According to Newsweek, Machado \"dedicated her win to both the Venezuelan people and President Trump.\" White House communications director Steven Cheung wrote that \"The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace\" (CNBC; Newsweek). Trump said he \"didn't do it for that,\" a remark Newsweek reported he first made on Oct. 9, before the announcement.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2025-donald-trump-live-updates-10858264", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/trump-nobel-peace-prize-machado-cheung.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/trump-nobel-peace-prize-machado-cheung.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Machado's shoutout came less than three hours after White House communications director Steven Cheung claimed that by snubbing Trump, \"The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2025-donald-trump-live-updates-10858264", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump, who has long sought the Nobel honor, said he \"didn't do it for that\" but claimed credit for saving lives through his foreign policy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2025-10-29", "start": "2025-10-29", "end": "2025-11-03", "title": "South Korea gives Trump a replica Silla gold crown and its highest honor", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 29, 2025, at a ceremony at Gyeongju National Museum, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung gave Trump a specially gilded replica of an ancient Korean crown (TIME), which Korea Times and MS NOW identified as a Silla-era crown. He also awarded him the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, which TIME calls South Korea's highest honor and Axios its \"highest civil honor\"; Trump was the first US president to receive it (TIME; Axios). Trump said of the medal, \"It's really beautiful. I'd like to wear it right now\" (TIME). Axios reported that the Foreign Emoluments Clause bars officeholders from accepting gifts \"from any king, prince or foreign state,\" and that the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act bars the president from keeping personal gifts worth more than \"minimal value\" (currently $480). White House spokesperson Anna Kelly responded that \"Foreign leaders recognize that under this president's leadership, our country has restored its standing as leader of the free world\" (Axios). MS NOW later reported that the ceremony coincided with the two governments' finalization of a trade framework. No value for the crown or medal, and no record of where they went, was reported in the cited coverage.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7329197/south-korea-trump-gift-crown-no-kings-protests-china-us/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/trump-gift-crown-south-korea-no-kings", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20251103/us-commentary-over-silla-crown-gift-to-trump-draws-backlash-in-korea", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "koreatimes.co.kr", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/news/trump-gifts-world-leaders-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ms.now", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7329197/south-korea-trump-gift-crown-no-kings-protests-china-us/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It's really beautiful. I'd like to wear it right now.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/trump-gift-crown-south-korea-no-kings", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump also became the first U.S. president to receive a gold medal representing the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, South Korea's highest civil honor.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20251103/us-commentary-over-silla-crown-gift-to-trump-draws-backlash-in-korea", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "koreatimes.co.kr", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "These jokes, which were clipped as shorts for social media, went viral in Korea over the weekend, sparking outrage and debate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2025-11-10", "start": "2025-11-10", "end": "2025-11-28", "title": "Swiss executives' Rolex desk clock and 1-kg gold bar", "why_it_fits": "On November 4, 2025, a group of Swiss business leaders visiting the White House gave Trump a Rolex desk clock (NPR described it as gold-plated) and a 1-kilogram gold bar stamped \"45\" and \"47.\" Rolex head Jean-Frédéric Dufour gave the clock and MKS head Marwan Shakarchi gave the bar. Axios put the bar's value at a little over $130,000. White House officials said Trump accepted the gifts on behalf of his presidential library, which made them legal (Axios); MS NOW reported that this exempted them from the standard National Archives transfer process. On November 14 the U.S. announced a cut in tariffs on Swiss goods from 39% to 15% (Axios, NPR). Richard Painter, formerly the chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, told NPR, \"It appears as if there's a quid pro quo of a gift from foreign interests to the president in return for concession on tariffs.\" Swiss lawmakers lodged a criminal report against the executives (swissinfo). White House spokesperson Davis Ingle later told MS NOW that the suggestion that a ceremonial item influences decisions like tariffs \"is completely preposterous.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/trump-swiss-gifts-gold-rolex", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5609341", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affairs/swiss-politicians-decry-gold-bar-diplomacy-in-trump-trade-deal/90541517", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "swissinfo.ch", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/global-trade/swiss-lawsuit-against-gold-bar-us-trade-delegation/90520895", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "swissinfo.ch", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/news/trump-gifts-world-leaders-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ms.now", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/trump-swiss-gifts-gold-rolex", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump accepted the gifts on behalf of his presidential library, making them legal, White House officials say.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5609341", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It appears as if there's a quid pro quo of a gift from foreign interests to the president in return for concession on tariffs.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/global-trade/swiss-lawsuit-against-gold-bar-us-trade-delegation/90520895", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "swissinfo.ch", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Swiss parliamentarians have lodged a criminal report against business leaders who presented United States president Donald Trump with a Rolex and a gold ingot", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2025-12-05", "start": "2025-12-05", "end": "2025-12-10", "title": "The new FIFA Peace Prize", "why_it_fits": "FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Trump with the first \"FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World\" and a commemorative medal at the World Cup 2026 draw at the Kennedy Center on December 5, 2025. FIFA said the prize would be given every year. Al Jazeera reported that Infantino handed Trump \"a gold trophy, a gold medal and a certificate.\" Trump said: \"This is truly one of the great honors of my life,\" according to a CQ Factbase transcript. FIFA's own site confirms the award. Within days, the rights group FairSquare filed a formal ethics complaint saying that giving the prize to a sitting political leader breached FIFA's duty of neutrality (Al Jazeera).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://inside.fifa.com/campaigns/football-unites-the-world/news/president-trump-peace-prize-football-unites-the-world", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inside.fifa.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/10/fifas-gianni-infantino-faces-ethics-complaint-over-trump-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://inside.fifa.com/campaigns/football-unites-the-world/news/president-trump-peace-prize-football-unites-the-world", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "inside.fifa.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Trump received the FIFA Peace Prize award and a commemorative medal", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-receives-the-newly-established-fifa-peace-prize-12525", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "democrats.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This is truly one of the great honors of my life.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/10/fifas-gianni-infantino-faces-ethics-complaint-over-trump-peace-prize", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "to a sitting political leader is in and of itself a clear breach of FIFA's duty of neutrality", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2025-12-29", "start": "2025-12-29", "end": "2025-12-30", "title": "Israel Prize announced for Trump", "why_it_fits": "On Dec. 29, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced after a meeting at Mar-a-Lago that President Trump would receive the Israel Prize in 2026. JTA reported that this was the first time a foreign leader would get the award. Education Minister Yoav Kisch told Trump by phone during the meeting that the prize committee had chosen him for the category \"special contribution to the Jewish people.\" Trump called it a \"great honor.\" The Israel Prize is the country's top civilian honor (JTA). JTA's announcement story placed it alongside FIFA's \"FIFA Peace Prize\" earlier that month and Trump's repeated statements that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump did not attend the Independence Day ceremony and was awarded the prize in absentia on April 22, 2026.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.jta.org/2025/12/29/israel/in-a-first-president-donald-trump-to-receive-israel-prize-the-countrys-top-civilian-honor", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "jta.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-to-be-awarded-israel-prize-next-year-the-countrys-top-honor/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.jta.org/2026/04/23/israel/trump-in-absentia-becomes-first-non-israeli-to-receive-israels-top-civilian-honor", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "jta.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.jta.org/2025/12/29/israel/in-a-first-president-donald-trump-to-receive-israel-prize-the-countrys-top-civilian-honor", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "jta.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "So we decided to break a convention to or create a new one, and that is to award the Israel Prize, which, in almost our 80 years, we've never awarded it to a non-Israeli, and we're going to award it this year to President Trump.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-to-be-awarded-israel-prize-next-year-the-countrys-top-honor/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "great honor, really amazing being the first one outside of Israel, it's really something.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sNLh8wl5D4", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2026-01-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-awards-and-gifts/#2026-01-15", "start": "2026-01-15", "end": "2026-01-16", "title": "Machado gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal", "why_it_fits": "Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado met Trump at the White House and gave him her Nobel Peace Prize medal. Following the Thursday meeting, a White House official confirmed to ABC News that Trump did accept the medal. Trump wrote on Truth Social: \"María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,\" calling it a \"wonderful gesture of mutual respect.\" The ABC reported that Trump has coveted and openly campaigned for winning the Nobel Prize himself since his return to office. Al Jazeera reported that under the Nobel Foundation's rules, while Trump can hold the physical prize, it has still been awarded to Machado, which is a decision that will continue to stand.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/trump-meet-venezuelan-opposition-leader-mara-corina-machado/story?id=129234741", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/venezuelas-machado-gives-trump-her-nobel-peace-prize-is-it-his-now", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/trump-meet-venezuelan-opposition-leader-mara-corina-machado/story?id=129234741", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Following the Thursday meeting, a White House official confirmed to ABC News that Trump did accept the medal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/venezuelas-machado-gives-trump-her-nobel-peace-prize-is-it-his-now", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "war-on-christmas", "title": "The annual \"War on Christmas\" coverage", "type": "timed_coverage", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/", "summary": "\"War on Christmas\" coverage is a December claim, made every year by some commentators and politicians, that \"Happy Holidays,\" secular store and coffee-cup designs, or public policies are pushing Christmas out of American life. Supporters present it as defending the holiday; critics and fact-checkers say the record shows no real decline. Donald Trump made \"saying Merry Christmas again\" a campaign promise in 2016 and repeated it as president. A December 2024 YouGov poll found that the share of Americans who agree there is a war on Christmas fell from 39% in 2022 to 23%. The pattern predates 2016: Media Matters says Fox's O'Reilly Factor began a recurring \"Christmas Under Siege\" segment in December 2004 and attributes an early online \"War Against Christmas\" piece to VDare in 2000; Fox notes the 2015 backlash over Starbucks' plain red cups; Snopes calls it part of a century-old debate.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/11/29/the-war-on-christmas/", "https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/51143-falling-share-of-americans-think-there-is-a-war-on-christmas", "https://www.mediamatters.org/war-christmas/war-christmas-story-how-fox-news-built-dumbest-part-americas-culture-war", "https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/starbucks-risks-more-war-on-christmas-backlash-with-merry-coffee-cups" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-12-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/#2016-12-09", "start": "2016-12-09", "end": "2016-12-22", "title": "\"Merry Christmas again\" after the 2016 election", "why_it_fits": "On Dec 20, 2016, the Christian Science Monitor wrote that the \"Merry Christmas\" vs. \"Happy Holidays\" debate \"inevitably returns each year.\" It said that in 2016 the pro-\"Merry Christmas\" side gained \"a powerful ally\" in President-elect Donald Trump. At a Dec 13 \"thank you\" rally in Wisconsin, with Christmas trees behind him, Trump said he had told his first Wisconsin crowd \"we are going to come back here someday and we are going to say merry Christmas again\" (The Hill). In his \"Talking Points\" segment, most likely broadcast Dec 13 and published as text on FoxNews.com on Dec 15, Fox host Bill O'Reilly said \"the War on Christmas has basically been won.\" He cited the American Family Association's annual \"naughty or nice\" list of companies and quoted Trump. The Houston Chronicle reported a Public Policy Polling survey released Dec 19: 34% of Americans said there is a War on Christmas, down from 41% three years earlier, and 60% of Trump supporters said so.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2016/1220/Tis-the-season-What-the-War-on-Christmas-looks-like-in-2016", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "csmonitor.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.chron.com/national/article/Bill-O-Reilly-declares-the-War-on-Christmas-is-10816366.php", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "chron.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/bill-oreilly-war-on-christmas-won-by-the-good-guys-but-insurgents-remain", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/310311-trump-fulfills-merry-christmas-campaign-promise-at-wisconsin/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/310311-trump-fulfills-merry-christmas-campaign-promise-at-wisconsin/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we are going to come back here someday and we are going to say merry Christmas again", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/bill-oreilly-war-on-christmas-won-by-the-good-guys-but-insurgents-remain", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Since the War on Christmas has basically been won, this is a cleanup operation.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2016/president-elect-donald-trump-victory-rally-in-west-allis-wisconsin/463677", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we are going to come back here someday and we are going to say merry Christmas again.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-11-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/#2017-11-15", "start": "2017-11-15", "end": "2017-12-25", "title": "Trump's first December in office and the Starbucks \"hands\" cup", "why_it_fits": "NPR reported that at a Nov. 29, 2017 tax event in Missouri, Trump repeated a pledge he had made many times since 2015 to end \"the so-called war on Christmas.\" He opened by saying, \"I told you that we would be saying Merry Christmas again, right?\" NPR's fact-check found Obama had said \"Merry Christmas\" publicly, including in his Christmas Eve 2016 address, and concluded the phrase \"never left the White House.\" The NYT story reprinted on Boston.com calls the Starbucks cup fight \"one front in an annual culture war.\" That year, some critics asked whether two linked hands on the cup promoted homosexuality.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.boston.com/food/business/2017/11/20/starbucks-criticized-holiday-cups/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "boston.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/11/30/567525913/fact-check-trump-s-pledge-to-restore-merry-christmas-to-the-white-house", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-call-to-troops-trump-says-america-is-saying-merry-christmas-very-proudly/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2017-11-29/trump-promotes-tax-cut-plan-in-st-charles-speech", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "stlpr.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.boston.com/food/business/2017/11/20/starbucks-criticized-holiday-cups/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "boston.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This year, critics wonder if Starbucks is using its holiday cups to promote homosexuality.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/11/30/567525913/fact-check-trump-s-pledge-to-restore-merry-christmas-to-the-white-house", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I told you that we would be saying Merry Christmas again, right?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-call-to-troops-trump-says-america-is-saying-merry-christmas-very-proudly/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We say Merry Christmas, again, very, very proudly", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-11-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/#2018-11-28", "start": "2018-11-28", "end": "2018-12-16", "title": "\"War on Christmas,\" 2018", "why_it_fits": "On Nov 28, 2018, Trump wished everyone a Merry Christmas on Twitter with a photo from the National Tree Lighting. Newsweek reported that some users reacted to the November timing. Newsweek also recalled that at a July 2018 Florida rally, Trump took credit for ending what he called the \"attack on Merry Christmas,\" pointing to stores that had said \"happy holidays.\" In a Dec 15 piece, Salon wrote that \"War on Christmas\" season had started on Fox News. It cited Sean Hannity's segment \"Christmas Under Siege\" and Tucker Carlson objecting to criticism of \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.\" On Nov 30, a Religion News Service opinion piece said Trump \"has consistently invoked a fictitious 'War on Christmas' at his rallies\" and argued that immigration enforcement was the real one.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-wishes-everyone-merry-christmas-november-1235705", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.salon.com/2018/12/15/what-fox-news-could-learn-about-the-war-on-christmas-from-the-lower-east-side/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "salon.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://religionnews.com/2018/11/30/ices-war-on-christmas/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "religionnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-wishes-everyone-merry-christmas-november-1235705", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump wished everyone a Merry Christmas on Wednesday evening, including a photo from the National Tree Lighting", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.salon.com/2018/12/15/what-fox-news-could-learn-about-the-war-on-christmas-from-the-lower-east-side/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "salon.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's \"War on Christmas\" season again, launched as per tradition on Fox News", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/national-christmas-tree-lighting/516863", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-11-26", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/#2019-11-26", "start": "2019-11-26", "end": "2019-12-23", "title": "\"War on Thanksgiving\" and the \"Merry Christmas again\" victory claims", "why_it_fits": "At a Nov. 26, 2019 rally in Sunrise, Florida, Trump said \"some people\" wanted to change the name of Thanksgiving and that \"that was true also with Christmas.\" He gave no specifics. ABC said the remark suggested a new version of what he and others have called the \"War on Christmas.\" ABC also reported that during his first campaign, Trump pledged the White House would go back to saying \"Merry Christmas,\" and that he has since declared victory. In December, Eric Trump told Fox host Jeanine Pirro \"It is nice to say 'Merry Christmas' again\" (Inquirer). Trump told a Turning Point USA crowd on Dec. 21 that \"They're all saying 'Merry Christmas' again,\" which Snopes described as \"another victory lap.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-florida-rally-suggests-fighting-war-thanksgiving/story?id=67345066", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/27/whatliberalscallthanksgiving-mocks-trumps-claim-that-some-people-want-rename-holiday/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/news/christmas-holidays-trump-foxnews-christianity-20191216.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inquirer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/collections/debunker-12-23-2019/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-florida-rally-suggests-fighting-war-thanksgiving/story?id=67345066", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But now everybody’s using Christmas again. Remember, I said that?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/war-thanksgiving-trending-trump-1474435", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "By mid-morning, the hashtag was No. 3 in the United States trend list with more than 3,000 mentions.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "#WarOnThanksgiving mentions by mid-morning Nov. 27 (Newsweek)": 3000 } }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-turning-point-usa-student-action-summit-west-palm-beach-florida", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "They're all saying \"Merry Christmas\" again. You remember?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?466539-1%2Fpresident-trump-rally-sunrise-florida=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-11-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/#2020-11-15", "start": "2020-11-15", "end": "2020-12-22", "title": "2020 — The pandemic version", "why_it_fits": "On the Dec 3, 2020 episode of \"Tucker Carlson Tonight,\" Carlson said politicians \"figured out that Christmas is bigger than they are and therefore it's a threat to them. Better cancel it, and in fact, they're trying hard.\" He then played a clip of Dr. Anthony Fauci urging Americans to avoid travel and \"congregate settings.\" HuffPost said the segment gave Fox's \"War on Christmas\" rhetoric \"a pandemic-era twist.\" The conservative Daily Caller wrote that the phrase \"has taken on a whole new meaning in 2020\" because of COVID restrictions. Other figures used the same framing, including Rep. Jim Jordan, whose Nov 27 tweet read \"They tried to cancel Thanksgiving. Didn't work! They're coming for Christmas next.\" Critics in Slate (Nov 21) and HuffPost argued it could make the pandemic worse.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-war-on-christmas-coronavirus_n_5fc98b26c5b619bc4c319e7c", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/war-on-christmas-fox-news-coronavirus_n_5fd3ca07c5b68256b1152e6b", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/11/war-on-christmas-family-covid-19.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "slate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/22/war-on-christmas-pandemic-2020-covid-newsom-cuomo/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dailycaller.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/tucker-our-power-hungry-leaders-are-trying-to-cancel-christmas", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "What Fauci is saying here in English is that you need to avoid going to church. You need to avoid your own family.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/war-on-christmas-fox-news-coronavirus_n_5fd3ca07c5b68256b1152e6b", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's happening again this year, but the debate has taken on a new meaning amidst the coronavirus pandemic", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/11/war-on-christmas-family-covid-19.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "slate.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This holiday season, partisan posturing about who hates 'family' is the best accelerant the coronavirus could hope for.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20201204_010000_Tucker_Carlson_Tonight", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "archive.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Avoid congregate settings. So say what you will about Tony Fauci, he has mastered, after many decades, the weird euphemisms of Washington, D.C. What Fauci is saying here in English is that you need to avoid going to church. You need to avoid your own family. Those are the congregate settings he just mentioned.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-10-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/#2021-10-14", "start": "2021-10-14", "end": "2021-12-09", "title": "How Joe Biden Stole Christmas", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 20, 2021, GZERO Media reported that right-wing media had called President Biden \"the Grinch Who Stole Christmas\" over supply-chain shortages. On Oct. 21, Fox News reported on an internal memo to Republican Study Committee members in which its chairman, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), blamed the administration for a shortage-hit Christmas. On Dec. 9, House Natural Resources Republicans, led by Ranking Member Bruce Westerman, held a forum titled \"How Joe Biden Stole Christmas: Addressing America's Ongoing Supply Chain Crisis.\" On Dec. 2, a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll reported that 37% of Americans said politicians were trying to remove the religious elements of the holiday season, up from 29% in 2013.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-supply-chain-christmas-ruined", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.gzeromedia.com/will-biden-be-the-grinch-this-year", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gzeromedia.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://naturalresources.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410563", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "naturalresources.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.prweb.com/releases/belief_in_war_on_christmas_bigger_than_ever_nationally/prweb18370624.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "prweb.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-supply-chain-christmas-ruined", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "what the grinches at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave did to ruin Christmas", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=410555", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "naturalresources.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "How Joe Biden Stole Christmas: Addressing America's Ongoing Supply Chain Crisis", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.prweb.com/releases/belief_in_war_on_christmas_bigger_than_ever_nationally/prweb18370624.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "prweb.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "politicians are trying to remove the religious elements of the Holiday season, up from 29 percent in 2013", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-12-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/#2023-12-07", "start": "2023-12-07", "end": "2023-12-15", "title": "Satanic Temple display at the Iowa Capitol", "why_it_fits": "In December 2023 the Satanic Temple of Iowa put up a holiday display in the Iowa Capitol, about 100 feet from the Christmas tree in the rotunda (NBC/AP). On Dec 12, Gov. Kim Reynolds called it \"absolutely objectionable.\" She urged people of faith to pray over the Capitol and to recognize the nativity scene, which she called \"the true reason for the season\" (KCRG). On Dec 14 the display's Baphomet statue was destroyed. Michael Cassidy, a Republican who lost a Mississippi state House race in November, was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief and told Fox News Digital the display \"was extremely anti-Christian\" (Fox News; NBC). Salon's Dec 3, 2023 commentary traces the \"War on Christmas\" idea to Bill O'Reilly's 2004 segment, which cited bans on Christian Christmas symbols in some public schools and New York City's \"holiday tree.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-mississippi-house-candidate-charged-satanic-temple-display-dest-rcna130031", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/satanic-display-inside-iowa-state-capitol-destroyed-man-charged-officials.amp", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kcrg.com/2023/12/12/gov-reynolds-calls-satanic-temple-display-iowa-capitol-building-objectionable/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kcrg.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kcrg.com/2023/12/14/satanic-display-iowa-capitol-vandalized-beyond-repair/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kcrg.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.salon.com/2023/12/03/from-starbucks-cups-outrage-to-the-bud-light-boycott-the-war-on-christmas-is-now-waged-year-round/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "salon.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.kcrg.com/2023/12/12/gov-reynolds-calls-satanic-temple-display-iowa-capitol-building-objectionable/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kcrg.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Like many Iowans, I find the Satanic Temple’s display in the Capitol absolutely objectionable.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-mississippi-house-candidate-charged-satanic-temple-display-dest-rcna130031", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said Friday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/satanic-display-inside-iowa-state-capitol-destroyed-man-charged-officials.amp", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It was extremely anti-Christian,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODHZkIeq2OY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Like many Iowans, I find the Satanic Temple's display in the Capitol absolutely objectionable.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-12-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/#2024-12-13", "start": "2024-12-13", "end": "2024-12-24", "title": "War on Christmas coverage fades in 2024", "why_it_fits": "On December 13, 2024, YouGov published a poll taken December 3–5 of 1,107 U.S. adult citizens. It found 23% of Americans agreed there is a war on Christmas, down from 39% in December 2022. Among Republicans the figure fell from 59% to 36%. Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Dec 16) and an MSNBC opinion piece repeated these numbers. On December 20, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Stephen L. Carter published his yearly \"Christmas wars\" roundup of lawsuits over Christmas parades, light displays and a Nativity scene. In it he wrote that President-elect Donald Trump \"has promised to bring 'Merry Christmas' back.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/51143-falling-share-of-americans-think-there-is-a-war-on-christmas", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "today.yougov.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/there-is-no-war-on-christmas-there-are-many-stephen-l-carter", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-there-isnt-a-war-on-christmas-there-are-several/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "heraldnet.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/americans-are-realizing-that-theres-no-war-on-christmas-and-there-never-has-been/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "au.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/51143-falling-share-of-americans-think-there-is-a-war-on-christmas", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "today.yougov.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The share of Americans who agree there is a war on Christmas in the United States has fallen since December 2022, to 23% from 39%.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/there-is-no-war-on-christmas-there-are-many-stephen-l-carter", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "In other words, it's time for this year's dispatches from the Christmas wars.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/war-christmas-missing-2024-republicans-conservative-christians-rcna184691", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ms.now", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "According to a YouGov poll, the percentage of Americans who believe there is a war on Christmas has fallen since December 2022, from 39% to 23%.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-12-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/war-on-christmas/#2025-12-01", "start": "2025-12-01", "end": "2025-12-29", "title": "\"We're saying MERRY CHRISTMAS again!\": White House greetings and the Washington Post dispute", "why_it_fits": "On Dec 1, 2025, the White House posted \"We're saying MERRY CHRISTMAS again!\" on X, credited to @POTUS, with a photo of the president beside the decorated Oval Office tree (Daily Citizen; Fox News). This repeats a line Trump used during his first campaign. In a January 2016 speech at Liberty University, he said \"If I'm president, you will see 'Merry Christmas' in department stores\" (quoted by Daily Citizen). In August 2024 he said \"we brought it back, it was in deep trouble\" (quoted by Fox News). On Dec 26, the Washington Post published an article calling top officials' Christmas messages \"explicitly sectarian.\" White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson replied: \"While the Washington Post would prefer we stick to 'Happy Holidays,' we're saying Merry Christmas again\" (Fox News, Dec 28).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/president-trump-were-saying-merry-christmas-again/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-launches-merrychristmas-gov-roll-out-12-days-federal-gifts-christmas-comeback-ramps-up", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-article-fretting-over-trump-officials-religious-christmas-messages-draws-strong-pushback", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1995610845632757781", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're saying MERRY CHRISTMAS again!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-article-fretting-over-trump-officials-religious-christmas-messages-draws-strong-pushback", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "While the Washington Post would prefer we stick to 'Happy Holidays,' we're saying Merry Christmas again.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-launches-merrychristmas-gov-roll-out-12-days-federal-gifts-christmas-comeback-ramps-up", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Trump administration launched a new website boasting the URL \"MerryChristmas.gov\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia", "title": "The recurring scrutiny of Trump associates' ties to Russia", "type": "recurring_scandal", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/", "summary": "Starting with the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump associates' contacts with Russian officials and intermediaries drew repeated coverage and official investigations. Examples include Michael Flynn's calls with the Russian ambassador and the FBI's surveillance of former campaign aide Carter Page. CNBC reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation \"did not establish collusion.\" It also reported that Attorney General William Barr's earlier summary of the 448-page report, which was released in April 2019, said the investigation found no conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia. CBS News reported that a December 2019 review by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz found no evidence of political bias in the FBI's Russia probe but did find 17 \"significant inaccuracies and omissions\" in the applications to surveil Page. CBS also reported that Special Counsel John Durham's May 2023 report found the Justice Department and FBI \"failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law.\" Of the three people Durham prosecuted, two were acquitted and one, a former FBI lawyer, pleaded guilty.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/18/special-counsel-muellers-report-has-been-releashed-to-the-public.html", "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-durham-report-released-special-counsel-fbi-trump-russia-investigation/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-12-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2016-12-13", "start": "2016-12-13", "end": "2017-01-11", "title": "Tillerson's nomination and Exxon's Russia business", "why_it_fits": "As Exxon Mobil CEO, Rex Tillerson negotiated Arctic drilling rights with Russia in 2011. CBS reported that under that deal Russia's state oil company, Rosneft, became an investor in Exxon's global operations, and that \"at Putin's behest\" he was given Russia's Order of Friendship in 2013. When Trump named him for Secretary of State on December 13, 2016, CBS reported that some leading lawmakers were already raising concerns about his relationship with Vladimir Putin. Before the hearing, PBS/AP reported that Tillerson had opposed the 2014 Crimea sanctions, which halted Exxon's Kara Sea drilling and blacklisted his main Rosneft partner, Igor Sechin. In his opening address at his January 11, 2017 confirmation hearing, IBTimes reported, he said \"Russia today poses a danger, but it is not unpredictable in advancing its own interests,\" and that NATO allies were right to be alarmed at a resurgent Russia. The Senate confirmed him 56-43 on February 1, 2017.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-picks-exxonmobil-ceo-rex-tillerson-as-secretary-of-state/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-rex-tillerson-confirmation-hearing", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russia-poses-danger-exxonmobiles-rex-tillerson-says-during-confirmation-hearing-1600471", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ibtimes.co.uk", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2017/02/01/senate-confirms-rex-tillerson-as-secretary-of-state/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-picks-exxonmobil-ceo-rex-tillerson-as-secretary-of-state/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "At Putin's behest, Tillerson was given Russia's Order of Friendship in 2013.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-rex-tillerson-confirmation-hearing", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Russia today poses a danger, but it is not unpredictable in advancing its own interests.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russia-poses-danger-exxonmobiles-rex-tillerson-says-during-confirmation-hearing-1600471", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ibtimes.co.uk", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Our Nato allies are right to be alarmed at a resurgent Russia", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-02-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2017-02-09", "start": "2017-02-09", "end": "2017-02-14", "title": "Flynn resigns over his Kislyak calls", "why_it_fits": "Michael Flynn was President Trump's national security adviser. Mother Jones describes him as the national security adviser Trump fired after 22 days. Mother Jones says he held five calls with Russian Ambassador Kislyak on Dec 29, 2016, the day Obama announced sanctions, and that sanctions came up at some point. According to Mother Jones, on Feb 9, 2017 a Flynn spokesman softened Flynn's earlier denial in comments to the Washington Post. Mother Jones reports that Flynn resigned on Feb 13 after reports that Sally Yates had warned the White House, and that her warning was that Flynn was vulnerable to Russian blackmail. In his Feb 13 resignation letter, Flynn wrote: \"I inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/michael-flynn-scandal-timeline-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "motherjones.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/text-of-michael-flynns-resignation-letter.amp", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/text-of-michael-flynns-resignation-letter.amp", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Vd3d5MXjw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-03-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2017-03-01", "start": "2017-03-01", "end": "2017-03-03", "title": "Sessions' meetings with Russian Ambassador Kislyak", "why_it_fits": "Sessions was a prominent Trump campaign supporter and was attorney general when the meetings were reported. GovExec (a syndicated Atlantic article) says the Post found he had spoken with Kislyak twice during the campaign: once with about 50 other ambassadors at the Republican convention in July, and once one-on-one in September. The meetings appeared to conflict with his confirmation answers. In a written questionnaire he answered \"no\" to whether he had been in contact with anyone connected to the Russian government about the election. Under oath he told Sen. Al Franken that he \"did not have communications with the Russians.\" On March 2 he recused himself \"from matters with the Trump campaign.\" Sessions said at a press conference: \"My response to Senator Franken was honest and correct as I understood it at the time.\" Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said of the controversy, \"this all looks like a witch hunt.\" Roll Call reports that the 2019 Mueller report concluded \"the evidence was insufficient to prove that Sessions was willfully untruthful in his answers.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2017/03/jeff-sessions-recuses-russia/135851/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govexec.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/03/politics/russia-spy-claims-trump-sessions/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2019/04/25/3-things-about-congress-buried-in-the-mueller-report/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2017/03/jeff-sessions-recuses-russia/135851/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "govexec.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"I believe those recommendations are right and just,\" he said. \"Therefore I have recused myself from matters with the Trump campaign.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/03/politics/russia-spy-claims-trump-sessions/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "this all looks like a witch hunt.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-news-conference/472371", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I believe those recommendations are right and just… Therefore I have recused myself from matters with the Trump campaign.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-05-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2017-05-25", "start": "2017-05-25", "end": "2017-05-31", "title": "Kushner's proposed back channel and meeting with a Russian state banker", "why_it_fits": "Jared Kushner was President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law. The Forward, citing NBC, reported that the FBI was looking closely at his December 2016 meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and with Sergey Gorkov, head of the state-owned bank Vnesheconombank (VEB). The bank was under American sanctions imposed after Russia's invasion of Crimea. The Forward also cited the Washington Post's report that at the Kislyak meeting Kushner suggested using Russian diplomatic facilities to set up a back channel between the White House and the Kremlin. Later, in House Intelligence Committee transcripts released in May 2020, Kushner said he had suggested that Michael Flynn use secure communications at the Russian embassy to talk with Russian generals. In Kushner's account, the ambassador turned the idea down.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://forward.com/fast-forward/373309/jared-kushner-russia-backchannel-explained/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "forward.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/kushner-details-his-wild-idea-to-use-russias-secret-comms/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://forward.com/fast-forward/373309/jared-kushner-russia-backchannel-explained/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "forward.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Kushner suggested using Russian diplomatic facilities to create a back channel line of communication between the White House and the Kremlin", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/kushner-details-his-wild-idea-to-use-russias-secret-comms/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thedailybeast.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "was ultimately nixed by the Russian ambassador, according to Kushner.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-07-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2017-07-08", "start": "2017-07-08", "end": "2017-07-14", "title": "The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting", "why_it_fits": "At a June 9, 2016 meeting at Trump Tower, Trump Jr., Paul Manafort (then the Trump campaign chairman), and Jared Kushner (Trump's son-in-law, then a senior White House adviser) met with Natalia Veselnitskaya in a session set up by music publicist Rob Goldstone. In a June 3, 2016 email, Goldstone offered \"official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia\", and Trump Jr. replied \"if it's what you say I love it especially later in the summer.\" A June 7 email from Goldstone mentioned \"The Russian government attorney who is flying over from Moscow\". Trump Jr. posted the email chain publicly in July 2017. Veselnitskaya said she \"never had damaging or sensitive information about Hillary Clinton.\" In April 2019, Mueller declined to prosecute Trump Jr., Kushner and Manafort for coordinating with a foreign agent (in this case the Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya) or for related campaign finance law violations.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-jr-tweets-his-emails-led-russia-meeting-n781736", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-son-met-russian-lawyer-who-promised-info-helpful-campaign-n781156", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/donald-trump-jr-emails", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "buzzfeednews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/4852691/russian-lawyer-donald-trump-jr/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2019/04/18/trump-russia-collusion-what-the-mueller-report-says-and-doesnt-say/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-jr-tweets-his-emails-led-russia-meeting-n781736", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday tweeted his email chain showing him making plans to meet with a Russian attorney", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/donald-trump-jr-emails", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "buzzfeednews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "if it's what you say I love it especially later in the summer", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/4852691/russian-lawyer-donald-trump-jr/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "never had damaging or sensitive information about Hillary Clinton. It was never my intention to have that.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JCfit24jVo", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-10-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2017-10-30", "start": "2017-10-30", "end": "2017-11-02", "title": "Papadopoulos guilty plea unsealed", "why_it_fits": "Trump named George Papadopoulos a campaign foreign policy adviser in March 2016. On March 14, 2016, in Italy, he met a London-based professor who said he had ties to Russian officials (Newsweek). According to the court documents, the professor told him that Russians had \"dirt\" on Hillary Clinton in the form of \"thousands of emails.\" The professor and a Russian woman also tried to set up a meeting between the campaign and Russian government officials (NBC). Papadopoulos was arrested in July 2017 and pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2017, to lying to the FBI. He had told agents the contacts happened before he joined the campaign, when they actually came after (NBC). In September 2018 he was sentenced to two weeks in jail (Washington Times).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-campaign-adviser-george-papadopoulos-pleads-guilty-lying-n815596", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/george-papadopoulos-who-joseph-mifsud-professor-697441", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/9/george-papadopoulos-sentenced-to-2-weeks-in-jail-f/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-campaign-adviser-george-papadopoulos-pleads-guilty-lying-n815596", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "secretly pleading guilty three weeks ago to lying to federal agents about his contacts with Kremlin-connected Russians", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/george-papadopoulos-who-joseph-mifsud-professor-697441", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He later confirmed to The Telegraph that he is the academic mentioned in the documents, but he said he did nothing wrong.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-11-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2017-11-05", "start": "2017-11-05", "end": "2017-11-14", "title": "Wilbur Ross's Navigator–Sibur stake in the Paradise Papers", "why_it_fits": "Wilbur Ross was Trump's Commerce Secretary. ICIJ reported on Nov 5, 2017 that he had kept a stake in Navigator Holdings through Cayman Islands partnerships. Offshore entities in which Ross and other investors held stakes controlled 31.5% of Navigator in 2016. ICIJ said Navigator had earned more than $68 million since 2014 from Sibur, a Russian company whose key owners included Putin's son-in-law Kirill Shamalov and Gennady Timchenko, who was under U.S. Treasury sanctions. Sibur itself was not under sanctions. This is a business tie, not a campaign contact. Ross was not charged with anything, and CBC/Reuters noted that he \"is not accused of any illegality.\" Ross and the Commerce Department said he had no role in the Sibur deal, had never met Sibur's owners and had disclosed the holding. On Nov 6 Ross told Bloomberg he would \"probably not\" keep the stake and said this had nothing to do with the news reports. ICIJ noted that he stopped short of committing to divest. On Nov 7 an unnamed administration official told Reuters that Ross had begun divesting his Navigator interests in May and was nearing completion of that process. On Nov 14 Commerce Department spokesman James Rockas confirmed the plan to divest in response to questions from ICIJ.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/donald-trumps-commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-and-his-russian-business-ties/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "icij.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-says-its-totally-wrong-that-he-did-not-disclose-ties-to-putin-linked-firm.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ross-interview-sibur-paradise-papers-1.4389037", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbc.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/08/us-commerce-chief-wilbur-ross-divesting-shipping-interests-official-says.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/senators-call-for-investigation-as-ross-confirms-plan-to-sell-stake-in-russia-linked-company/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "icij.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/donald-trumps-commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-and-his-russian-business-ties/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "icij.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Ross joined the board only after Navigator began dealing with Sibur and “never met” Shamalov, Timchenko or Mikhelson, said James Rockas", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-says-its-totally-wrong-that-he-did-not-disclose-ties-to-putin-linked-firm.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Ross told CNBC Monday that it's \"totally wrong\" that he did not disclose ties to a Putin-linked firm.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ross-interview-sibur-paradise-papers-1.4389037", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbc.ca", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The fact that [Sibur] happens to be called a Russian company does not mean there's any evil in it,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P6y4YrKgKQ", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-12-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2017-12-01", "start": "2017-12-01", "end": "2020-11-25", "title": "Flynn plea, dismissal effort and pardon", "why_it_fits": "Michael Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, was a prominent adviser to Trump's 2016 campaign and became his first national security adviser. During the presidential transition he held meetings and phone calls with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. These included a Dec. 29, 2016 call about the sanctions the Obama administration imposed on Russia that day. In February 2017, 22 days into the job, he was forced to resign. White House officials said he had misled them about whether he had discussed sanctions with Kislyak. Vice President Mike Pence had publicly said Flynn assured him the topic did not come up. On Dec. 1, 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI about those conversations, and he later pleaded guilty to that charge a second time. He cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors. After he hired new lawyers, Flynn told the court he had not intended to lie, and his attorney Sidney Powell argued that he had been entrapped during his FBI interview. In May 2020, after a review ordered by Attorney General William Barr, the Justice Department moved to dismiss the case, writing that \"the Government is not persuaded that the January 24, 2017 interview was conducted with a legitimate investigative basis and therefore does not believe Mr. Flynn's statements were material even if untrue.\" Judge Emmet G. Sullivan did not immediately grant the request. He signaled that he wanted to examine whether the department had acted properly, and the D.C. Circuit ruled that he did not have to drop the case right away. Trump pardoned Flynn on Nov. 25, 2020, which ended the pending dismissal review before Judge Sullivan.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/michael-flynn-charged-with-making-false-statements-to-fbi", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardons-michael-flynn-who-twice-pleaded-guilty-lying-fbi-n1249031", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-flynn-trump-pardon/2020/11/25/3cd79198-2e65-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/doj-moves-dismiss-case-trump-adviser-michael-flynn/story?id=70560473", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/08/politics/michael-flynn", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/michael-flynn-charged-with-making-false-statements-to-fbi", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to the FBI", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/doj-moves-dismiss-case-trump-adviser-michael-flynn/story?id=70560473", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the Government is not persuaded that the January 24, 2017 interview was conducted with a legitimate investigative basis", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-flynn-trump-pardon/2020/11/25/3cd79198-2e65-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-08-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2018-08-21", "start": "2018-08-21", "end": null, "title": "2018-08-21, Manafort convicted", "why_it_fits": "Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman, was found guilty on 21 August 2018 in Alexandria, Virginia, on eight counts: five of tax fraud, two of bank fraud and one of failing to file foreign bank account reports. The judge, T.S. Ellis, declared a mistrial on the other 10 counts (CNBC). Prosecutors said that from 2010 to 2014 Manafort hid more than $15 million from the IRS, money he earned as a political consultant in Ukraine (Washington Post). The charges were connected to consulting work for a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine, not to the Trump campaign. It was the first trial to come out of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election (CNBC; TIME).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/21/paul-manafort-verdict.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/5369058/paul-manafort-trial-verdict/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/manafort-jury-suggests-it-cannot-come-to-a-consensus-on-a-single-count/2018/08/21/a2478ac0-a559-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/12/24/trump-pardons-ex-campaign-chief-manafort-associate-roger", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/21/paul-manafort-verdict.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The charges against Manafort and Gates were connected to their consulting work for a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine, and not to their work on the Trump campaign.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/5369058/paul-manafort-trial-verdict/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It's a very sad thing that happened. This has nothing to do with Russian collusion,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-11-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2018-11-29", "start": "2018-11-29", "end": "2018-11-30", "title": "Cohen pleads guilty over the Trump Tower Moscow timeline", "why_it_fits": "Michael Cohen was a longtime lawyer and executive for Trump. The charging document says he worked at a company it calls \"the Company\" from about 2007 to about January 2017, and that its owner is \"Individual 1.\" On Nov. 29, 2018, he pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to Congress, in a case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. In an August 2017 letter to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, and in later statements to Congress, Cohen had said a Trump-branded Moscow project ended in January 2016. The charging document says that \"as late as approximately June 2016\" Cohen and \"Individual 2\" discussed getting Russian government approval for the project. It also says Cohen had contact with the office of the Kremlin's press secretary about it. Cohen said in court that he made the false statements out of loyalty to \"Individual-1\" and to match that person's political messaging. Trump said the project was considered and then dropped, and that nothing would have been wrong with pursuing it. The case involves a business tie and a contact with a Russian government office. The one count charged was lying to Congress about those contacts; the charging document does not charge a conspiracy with Russia.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1115596/download", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/politics/michael-cohen-guilty-plea-misleading-congress", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/scuttled-trump-tower-moscow-project-back-limelight-after-cohen-guilty-n941796", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/ex-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-reaches-guilty-plea-deal-in-mueller-probe-reports.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1115596/download", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "as late as approximately June 2016, COHEN and Individual 2 discussed efforts to obtain Russian governmental approval for the Moscow Project", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/politics/michael-cohen-guilty-plea-misleading-congress", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I made these statements to be consistent with Individual-1's political messaging and out of loyalty to Individual-1", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/scuttled-trump-tower-moscow-project-back-limelight-after-cohen-guilty-n941796", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We were thinking about building a building ... I decided ultimately not to do it. There would have been nothing wrong if I did do it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-03-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2019-03-24", "start": "2019-03-24", "end": "2019-04-18", "title": "The Mueller report", "why_it_fits": "The special counsel's 448-page report wrapped up what CNBC calls \"Mueller's 22-month-long investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 election.\" The report says the investigation \"identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign.\" It describes those contacts as \"business connections, offers of assistance to the Campaign, invitations for candidate Trump and Putin to meet in person.\" It also says the investigation \"did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.\" It defined coordination as \"an agreement—tacit or express—between the Trump Campaign and the Russian government on election interference.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline=", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/04/18/708965026/highlights-from-the-mueller-report", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/18/special-counsel-muellers-report-has-been-releashed-to-the-public.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/04/18/708965026/highlights-from-the-mueller-report", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In some instances, the Campaign was receptive to the offer, while in other instances the Campaign officials shied away.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/18/special-counsel-muellers-report-has-been-releashed-to-the-public.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The attorney general's summary was made public March 24, two days after Mueller delivered the report to the Justice Department.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-12-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2019-12-09", "start": "2019-12-09", "end": "2019-12-11", "title": "Inspector general report on the FBI's surveillance of Carter Page", "why_it_fits": "On December 9, 2019, the Justice Department inspector general released a review of the FBI's \"Crossfire Hurricane\" investigation. Its scope covered the July 31, 2016 opening of the case and four individual cases on current and former members of the Trump campaign: George Papadopoulos, Carter Page, Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn. It also examined four FBI applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to monitor Page (OIG press release). The report found 17 significant errors and omissions in those four applications (FPRI). According to Axios, Horowitz found that the FBI was justified in opening the investigation and found no evidence of political bias in the FBI's scrutiny of the four advisers. Axios also reported that the errors included leaving out information that may have helped refute allegations that Page was an agent of the Russian government. The episode fits the thread as an official review of how investigators handled the scrutiny of one Trump adviser's alleged Russia ties.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/2019-12-09.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "oig.justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2019/12/11/fisa-horowitz-inspector-general-testimony", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.fpri.org/article/2019/12/the-horowitz-report-it-wasnt-a-witch-hunt-but-it-wasnt-pretty/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fpri.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/2019-12-09.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "oig.justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "During this review, the OIG examined more than one million documents that were in the DOJ’s and FBI’s possession and conducted over 170 interviews involving more than 100 witnesses.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2019/12/11/fisa-horowitz-inspector-general-testimony", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I think the activities we found here don't vindicate anybody who touched this,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-08-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2020-08-18", "start": "2020-08-18", "end": "2020-12-23", "title": "Senate Intelligence Volume 5 (Aug. 18, 2020) and Manafort's pardon (Dec. 23, 2020)", "why_it_fits": "Paul Manafort was Trump's 2016 campaign chairman. On Aug. 18, 2020, the Senate Intelligence Committee's bipartisan 966-page Volume 5 called his associate Konstantin Kilimnik a \"Russian intelligence officer.\" It found that Manafort sought, on numerous occasions, to pass sensitive internal polling data and campaign strategy to Kilimnik. The committee could not determine why he did so or what Kilimnik did with the information. On Dec. 23, 2020, Trump pardoned Manafort, who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for financial crimes related to his work in Ukraine. According to AP, those charges did not concern whether the campaign conspired with Russia, and Mueller never charged any Trump associate with conspiring with Russia.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2020/08/18/senate-intelligence-russia-interference", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-pardons-former-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/12/24/trump-pardons-ex-campaign-chief-manafort-associate-roger", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2020/08/18/senate-intelligence-russia-interference", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The committee was unable to determine why or what Kilimnik did with that information, in part due to the pair's use of encrypted messaging apps.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-pardons-former-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-05-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2023-05-15", "start": "2023-05-15", "end": "2023-05-17", "title": "The Durham report", "why_it_fits": "Special Counsel John Durham was appointed under Attorney General Bill Barr. His roughly 300-page report, released May 15, 2023, examined how the FBI opened and ran Crossfire Hurricane, its 2016 investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. The report concluded that the Justice Department and FBI \"failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law.\" It also said that at the start of the investigation, neither law enforcement nor the intelligence community \"appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion.\" The DOJ inspector general's 2019 review had reached a different conclusion: it found no political bias and a legitimate basis to open the investigation, though it documented 17 significant errors and omissions in the Carter Page FISA applications. Durham brought three prosecutions. Only one ended in a conviction: FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty to altering an email used for the Page surveillance warrant. Michael Sussmann and Igor Danchenko were both acquitted.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-durham-report-released-special-counsel-fbi-trump-russia-investigation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/special-counsel-issues-report-criticizing-fbi-launching-trump-russia-i-rcna84465", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2023/may/17/durham-report-criticized-elements-of-fbis-investig/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2023/0516/Durham-report-criticizes-FBI-role-in-Trump-Russia-probe", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "csmonitor.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-durham-report-released-special-counsel-fbi-trump-russia-investigation/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Neither U.S. law enforcement nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2023/0516/Durham-report-criticizes-FBI-role-in-Trump-Russia-probe", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "csmonitor.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Mr. Trump, too, sought to seize on the report, claiming anew in a post on his Truth Social platform that the Mr. Durham report had found \"the crime of the century\" and calling the Russia investigation the \"Democrat Hoax.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/after-4-year-probe-durham-report-slams-fbi/story?id=99338300", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In short, it is the Office's assessment that the FBI discounted or willfully ignored material information that did not support the narrative of a collusive relationship between Trump and Russia,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/scrutiny-of-trump-associates-ties-to-russia/#2025-11-25", "start": "2025-11-25", "end": "2025-12-02", "title": "Witkoff's leaked call with Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov", "why_it_fits": "On Nov 25, 2025, Bloomberg published a transcript of an Oct 14, 2025 call between Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin's foreign-policy adviser Yuri Ushakov. Bloomberg did not say how it got the recording, and AP said it had not independently verified the transcript. According to the transcript, Witkoff suggested Putin call Trump, congratulate him on the Gaza deal, and say he respects him as a \"man of peace.\" Witkoff also said a peace deal would take \"Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere\" (AP via PBS; PBS NewsHour; Meduza). Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Witkoff \"should be fired,\" and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said Secretary of State Marco Rubio should be allowed to do his job (AP via PBS; PBS NewsHour). The White House did not dispute the transcript. Communications director Steven Cheung said Witkoff talks to Russian and Ukrainian officials \"nearly every day to achieve peace,\" and Trump called the call \"standard negotiation\" (AP via PBS; PBS NewsHour). Ushakov did not question that the recording was authentic but said Moscow had not leaked it (AP via PBS; Meduza). The scrutiny was about what Witkoff said in a diplomatic call he made as Trump's envoy, not about a business or financial link.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/steve-witkoff-coached-a-putin-aide-on-how-russian-leader-should-pitch-trump-on-ukraine-peace-plan-report-reveals", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/war-rages-in-ukraine-as-push-for-peace-complicated-by-leaked-call-from-u-s-negotiator", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/11/26/leaked-recordings-show-witkoff-coached-kremlin-advisers-on-how-to-approach-trump-over-ukraine-bloomberg", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "meduza.io", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/steve-witkoff-coached-a-putin-aide-on-how-russian-leader-should-pitch-trump-on-ukraine-peace-plan-report-reveals", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The White House did not dispute the veracity of the transcript, and Trump described Witkoff's reported approach to the Russians in the call as \"standard\" negotiating procedure.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/war-rages-in-ukraine-as-push-for-peace-complicated-by-leaked-call-from-u-s-negotiator", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Yesterday, Bloomberg published an unprecedented leaked transcript of a phone conversation between Witkoff and Putin's top foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/11/26/leaked-recordings-show-witkoff-coached-kremlin-advisers-on-how-to-approach-trump-over-ukraine-bloomberg", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "meduza.io", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Someone is leaking, someone is listening in — but it's not us", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2OBhVhiVPo", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "lock-up-political-opponents", "title": "The recurring promise to jail or prosecute political opponents", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/", "summary": "Since 2016, Donald Trump has repeatedly said that named political opponents should be jailed, prosecuted or investigated. Examples include his 2016 debate line to Hillary Clinton that she'd \"be in jail,\" his 2023 promise to appoint a special prosecutor to \"go after\" Joe Biden, and his September 2025 post urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to charge James Comey, Adam Schiff and Letitia James. Starting in 2025, some of these demands were followed by indictments or attempted indictments. Courts dismissed some of those cases, and some grand juries declined to indict.", "summary_sources": [ "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-put-special-prosecutor-clinton-email-scandal/story?id=42689039", "https://abcnews.com/US/list-individuals-including-lisa-cook-targeted-trump-administration/story?id=124968309" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-07-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2016-07-18", "start": "2016-07-18", "end": "2016-07-21", "title": "\"Lock her up\" chants at the Republican convention", "why_it_fits": "At the Republican convention in Cleveland, delegates chanted \"Lock her up\" about Hillary Clinton. CNN reported that they said she should face charges for setting up a private email server for State Department business. On July 18 Michael Flynn repeated the chant from the stage. On July 19 Christie, a former federal prosecutor, staged a mock \"trial\" in which the crowd shouted \"Guilty!\" An article published by adn.com reported that at least three speakers called for Clinton to be jailed. It also reported that at a June rally in San Jose, Trump had said \"Hillary Clinton has got to go to jail\" and suggested his attorney general would revisit the case. When the chant came up in Trump's July 21 acceptance speech, he answered \"Let's defeat her in November,\" according to The Hill. Nothing had been done toward prosecution by then: on July 6, Attorney General Loretta Lynch closed the email investigation without charges, accepting FBI Director James Comey's recommendation.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/hillary-clinton-republican-convention-chants/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2016/07/20/the-gops-new-convention-theme-lock-her-up/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "adn.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/288824-trump-on-lock-her-up-chants-lets-defeat-her/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/06/485009859/attorney-general-announces-that-case-against-hillary-clinton-is-closed", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/hillary-clinton-republican-convention-chants/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "“Lock her up, that’s right,” Flynn said. “Lock her up.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/chris-christie-stages-raucous-mock-trial-hillary-clinton/story?id=40717891", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "leading the audience in Cleveland to shout \"Guilty!\" over and over again in response to his allegations about the former secretary of state", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/288824-trump-on-lock-her-up-chants-lets-defeat-her/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump took a pass on repeating the phrase as he largely stuck to prepared remarks in his closely watched convention address.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2016/lieutenant-general-michael-flynn-delivers-remarks-at-republican-national-convention/4611729", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-10-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2016-10-09", "start": "2016-10-09", "end": "2016-10-10", "title": "\"You'd be in jail\" at the second debate", "why_it_fits": "During the second presidential debate on October 9, 2016, Donald Trump told Hillary Clinton, \"If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation.\" When Clinton said it was \"awfully good\" that someone with Trump's temperament was \"not in charge of the law,\" Trump replied, \"Because you'd be in jail\" (ABC News; AP via PBS). The next night at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Trump answered a crowd chant with \"Lock her up is right\" and repeated his call for a special prosecutor (NBC News). As for what had been delivered: Trump was a candidate, not president. ABC, AP and NBC all reported that the FBI and Justice Department had already closed the investigation into Clinton's email server without charges.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-put-special-prosecutor-clinton-email-scandal/story?id=42689039", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-s-pledge-jail-clinton-would-be-unprecedented-n663351", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-aide-dismisses-quip-threat-jail-clinton", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-focuses-ire-media-gopers-jailing-clinton-n664111", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-put-special-prosecutor-clinton-email-scandal/story?id=42689039", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump shot back, \"Because you'd be in jail.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-aide-dismisses-quip-threat-jail-clinton", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump's \"jail\" line was one of the most-discussed debate moments on social media during the debate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-focuses-ire-media-gopers-jailing-clinton-n664111", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "“Lock her up is right,” he responded to a chant from the crowd as he reiterated a demand for a special prosecutor to look into her private server and missing emails.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTY_pzHZNJ0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Because you'd be in jail.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-11-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2018-11-20", "start": "2018-11-20", "end": "2018-11-21", "title": "Report that Trump wanted to order prosecutions of Clinton and Comey", "why_it_fits": "On November 20, 2018, the New York Times reported that Trump told White House counsel Don McGahn in spring 2018 that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey. The paper cited two people familiar with the conversation. According to the report, McGahn told Trump he had no authority to order a prosecution, and he had White House lawyers write a memo warning of the consequences, including possible impeachment (CNBC; Just Security). ABC News linked the report to Trump's October 2016 debate statement: \"If I win I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation.\" What had happened by then: McGahn's lawyer, William Burck, said Trump \"never, to his knowledge, ordered that anyone prosecute Hillary Clinton or James Comey.\" CNN noted that in March 2018 then-Attorney General Sessions said Utah U.S. Attorney John Huber was looking into allegations of FBI surveillance abuse and claims related to Clinton.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/20/trump-reportedly-sought-to-order-prosecutions-of-hillary-clinton-and-james-comey.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/donald-trump-don-mcgahn-clinton-comey/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/white-house-comment-nyt-report-trump-wanted-clinton/story?id=59346312", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.justsecurity.org/98703/chronology-trump-justice-department/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justsecurity.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/20/trump-reportedly-sought-to-order-prosecutions-of-hillary-clinton-and-james-comey.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Times, citing two people familiar with the conversation, reported that Trump made the remark in the spring to former White House counsel Don McGahn, who told the president that he had no authority to order such action by the DOJ.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/donald-trump-don-mcgahn-clinton-comey/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The President also wanted his previous White House counsel, Don McGahn, to ask the Justice Department to prosecute Clinton on numerous occasions, but McGahn rebuffed doing that, the source said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/white-house-comment-nyt-report-trump-wanted-clinton/story?id=59346312", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The report has raised new questions about whether President Trump sought to use the traditionally independent Justice Department to go after his political enemies.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/20/nyt-report-trump-justice-department-mcgahn-clinton-comey-blitzer-tsr-jarrett-vpx.cnn", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the president told the top White House lawyer in April that he wanted to have him order federal prosecutions of Clinton and Comey, according to two sources", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-10-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2020-10-07", "start": "2020-10-07", "end": "2020-10-08", "title": "Trump presses Barr to indict Obama and Biden ahead of the 2020 election", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 7, 2020, according to the UCSB American Presidency Project's archive, Trump tweeted that he had \"fully authorized the total Declassification\" of Russia investigation documents. In a later tweet he said the information \"was Declassified by me long ago\" and that \"people have acted very slowly\" on what he called \"perhaps the biggest political crime in the history of our Country. Act!!!\" The same day he tweeted \"Where are all of the arrests?\" On Oct. 8, in a Fox Business interview, he said \"Unless Bill Barr indicts these people for crimes… we'll get little satisfaction, unless I win.\" He said \"these people should be indicted,\" and that the alleged crime \"includes Obama, and that includes Biden.\" By then, the AP reported, Durham's review of the Russia investigation's origins had produced only one criminal case: former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith's guilty plea for altering a government email. That case \"didn't allege any broader FBI conspiracy.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-barr-at-odds-over-slow-pace-of-durham-investigation/2020/10/08/9e7eb05e-09b0-11eb-8719-0df159d14794_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/08/walls-close-trump-he-lashes-out-his-most-loyal-allies/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-calls-ag-barr-indict-joe-biden-26-days-until-election-1537518", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-october-7-2020", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-barr-at-odds-over-slow-pace-of-durham-investigation/2020/10/08/9e7eb05e-09b0-11eb-8719-0df159d14794_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Unless Bill Barr indicts these people for crimes — the greatest political crime in the history of our country — then we’ll get little satisfaction, unless I win", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-october-7-2020", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Where are all of the arrests? Can you imagine if the roles were reversed? Long term sentences would have started two years ago. Shameful!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "retweets": 28531, "favorites": 81042 } }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/08/walls-close-trump-he-lashes-out-his-most-loyal-allies/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump built upon tweets this week suggesting Barr needs to start indicting people tied to the Russia investigation, while explicitly citing President Barack Obama and Biden.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-03-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2023-03-04", "start": "2023-03-04", "end": "2023-03-06", "title": "\"I am your retribution\" at CPAC", "why_it_fits": "Trump was then a former president running for the 2024 nomination (ABC, NBC). At CPAC on March 4, 2023, he said: \"In 2016, I declared I am your voice. Today, I add I am your warrior, I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.\" According to excerpts of his prepared remarks reported by CNN, the next lines were that he would \"totally obliterate the deep state\" and fire \"the unelected bureaucrats and shadow forces who have weaponized our justice system.\" Rev's transcript of the delivered speech, which adds wording to the prepared excerpts, also has him saying he would \"direct the Department of Justice to go after Marxist prosecutor's offices.\" In none of these passages did he name a person to be charged or jailed; NBC described the speech as a vow of \"political revenge,\" and the Washington Post wrote of a \"revenge tour.\" The wave is included as general retribution rhetoric, not a pledge to jail a named opponent. As a former president he held no office at the time, and he was himself under investigation (NBC mentions the Fulton County and classified-documents probes).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-trolls-ron-desantis-cpac-speech-rcna73385", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-stay-2024-presidential-race-indicted-tells-cpac/story?id=97628469", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/04/politics/trump-cpac-speech/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-speaks-at-cpac-2023-transcript", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rev.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-speaks-at-cpac-2023-transcript", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rev.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-trolls-ron-desantis-cpac-speech-rcna73385", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump also vowed political revenge against those enemies.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/06/trumps-dark-i-am-your-retribution-pledge-how-gop-enabled-it/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The line validates long-held suspicions that Trump's 2024 campaign amounts to something of a \"revenge tour.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2024/former-pres-trump-i-am-your-justicei-am-your-retribution/5060238", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I am your justice...I am your retribution.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-06-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2023-06-12", "start": "2023-06-12", "end": "2023-06-14", "title": "Pledge of a \"real special prosecutor\" to \"go after\" Biden", "why_it_fits": "On 12 June 2023, days after the Justice Department unsealed a 37-count indictment against him over classified documents, Trump posted on Truth Social that he would \"appoint a real special 'prosecutor' to go after\" Joe Biden and \"the entire Biden crime family\" (The Hill). He repeated the pledge in his Bedminster speech on 13 June (CBS News; The Irish Times). Trump was a former president and candidate at the time, so nothing had been delivered. The Hill noted that in 2020 he had asked then–Attorney General Bill Barr to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Biden family. On NBC's Meet the Press (aired 8 December 2024), Welker asked whether he would follow through. Trump said, \"no, I'm not doing that unless I find something that I think is reasonable, but that's not going to be my decision\" (NBC transcript; Axios). He added that it would be \"Pam Bondi's decision\" (NBC transcript).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4045934-trump-vows-to-appoint-special-prosecutor-to-go-after-biden-if-former-president-wins-in-2024/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-speech-after-indictment-hearing-arraignment/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2023/06/14/trump-vows-to-appoint-real-special-prosecutor-to-go-after-biden-and-his-family-if-re-elected/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "irishtimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-interview-meet-press-kristen-welker-election-president-rcna182857", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2024/12/08/trump-meet-the-press-takewaways", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4045934-trump-vows-to-appoint-special-prosecutor-to-go-after-biden-if-former-president-wins-in-2024/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will appoint a real special 'prosecutor' to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the USA, Joe Biden, the entire Biden crime family", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-speech-after-indictment-hearing-arraignment/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-11-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2023-11-09", "start": "2023-11-09", "end": "2023-11-10", "title": "Univision interview on using the DOJ against opponents", "why_it_fits": "Univision's Enrique Acevedo asked Trump, then a former president and the front-runner for the Republican nomination, \"Would you do the same if you're re-elected?\" He was referring to Trump's claim that the Justice Department and FBI had been \"weaponized\" against him. Trump said \"it could certainly happen in reverse.\" He added that if he were president and saw someone \"doing well and beating me very badly, I say, 'Go down and indict them.'\" At the time, Trump faced 91 criminal charges in four jurisdictions and had pleaded not guilty to all of them (Axios). A Trump campaign spokesperson told Axios afterward that he was speaking in terms of \"future elected officials\" and said Biden's actions set \"a dangerous example.\" Semafor reported that a Trump aide said the Biden Justice Department had set a new precedent.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/11/09/2023/exclusive-trump-defends-family-separation-warns-weaponized-government-could-target-his-opponents-in-univision-sitdown", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "semafor.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-weaponization-justice-department-political-opponents", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2023/11/10/trump-justice-department-weaponized-univision-interview", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-enrique-acevedo-univision-mar-a-lago-november-9-2023/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/11/09/2023/exclusive-trump-defends-family-separation-warns-weaponized-government-could-target-his-opponents-in-univision-sitdown", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "semafor.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It could certainly happen in reverse. What they’ve done is they’ve released the genie out of the box.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-weaponization-justice-department-political-opponents", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "if I happen to be president and I see somebody who's doing well and beating me very badly, I say, 'Go down and indict them.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2023/11/10/trump-justice-department-weaponized-univision-interview", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "terms of future elected officials who see Biden going after his political opponent in this disgusting manner, it sets a dangerous example.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nID5J8dmRL4", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-12-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2024-12-08", "start": "2024-12-08", "end": "2024-12-10", "title": "Jan. 6 committee members \"should go to jail\"", "why_it_fits": "On NBC's \"Meet the Press,\" aired Dec. 8, 2024, President-elect Trump said Jan. 6 committee members \"should go to jail.\" He named Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson and, asked about the whole committee, said \"anybody that voted in favor.\" Welker asked whether he would direct his FBI director and attorney general to jail them. He said, \"No, not at all. I think that they'll have to look at that,\" and \"They can do whatever they want.\" The Washington Post noted that in March 2023 he had posted that committee members \"should be prosecuted for their lies and, quite frankly, TREASON!\" At the time of the interview Trump had not taken office, and his picks for attorney general (Pam Bondi) and FBI director (Kash Patel) were still awaiting Senate confirmation (ABC).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-interview-meet-press-kristen-welker-election-president-rcna182857", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/ridiculous-false-cheney-schiff-push-back-after-trump/story?id=116597841", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/dec/08/trump-says-members-of-jan-6-committee-should-be-ja/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spokesman.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/12/08/g-s1-37377/trump-meet-the-press-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-interview-meet-press-kristen-welker-election-president-rcna182857", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "– honestly, they should go to jail.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/ridiculous-false-cheney-schiff-push-back-after-trump/story?id=116597841", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "knows his claims about the select committee are ridiculous and false", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UsHJWEAj_I", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-04-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2025-04-09", "start": "2025-04-09", "end": null, "title": "Memos directing DOJ probes of Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor", "why_it_fits": "On April 9, 2025, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum ordering the Justice and Homeland Security departments to investigate Christopher Krebs, the former head of the federal cybersecurity agency (CISA). A second memo named Miles Taylor, a former DHS official from Trump's first term. The Krebs memo revokes his security clearance and orders the Attorney General and the DHS Secretary to fully review his time in government, including any possible sharing of classified information, and to issue a joint report with recommendations. At the signing in the Oval Office, Trump called Krebs \"the fraud\" and \"a disgrace\" and said \"we'll find out whether or not it was a safe election, and if it wasn't, he's got a big price to pay, and he's a bad guy\" (Votebeat). The memo also revokes the clearances of employees of Krebs' employer, SentinelOne (Votebeat). SentinelOne said it would \"actively cooperate in any review of security clearances held by any of our personnel.\" None of the cited pages, all from April 2025, reports charges.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.votebeat.org/2025/04/10/trump-investigation-chris-krebs-election-officials-anxiety/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "votebeat.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/an-official-statement-in-response-to-the-april-9-2025-executive-order/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "sentinelone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.votebeat.org/2025/04/10/trump-investigation-chris-krebs-election-officials-anxiety/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "votebeat.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we'll find out whether or not it was a safe election, and if it wasn't, he's got a big price to pay, and he's a bad guy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/an-official-statement-in-response-to-the-april-9-2025-executive-order/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "sentinelone.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we will actively cooperate in any review of security clearances held by any of our personnel", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/president-trump-signs-eos-directing-doj-to-investigate-miles-taylor-and-chris-krebs/5160077", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2025-07-20", "start": "2025-07-20", "end": "2025-07-24", "title": "Trump reposts AI video of Obama's arrest, then says Obama is \"guilty\" of \"treason\" and \"it's time to go after people\"", "why_it_fits": "Over the weekend, Trump reposted on his social media platform an AI-generated fake video, first posted on TikTok, that showed Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office (ABC News). On July 22, 2025, in the Oval Office, Trump said of Obama \"He's guilty … This was treason\" and \"whether it's right or wrong, it's time to go after people.\" The New York Post called this a call for criminal charges against Obama. Axios said Trump declared that Obama and other ex-officials \"must be prosecuted.\" What had been delivered by then: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department (ABC; the Post says it went to Attorney General Pam Bondi on the preceding Friday). None of the cited pages reports charges. AP noted that Obama \"has never been accused of any wrongdoing as part of the Russia investigation.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-accuses-obama-treason-oval-office/story?id=123963917", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7591138", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbc.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/news/trump-says-obama-guilty-treason-160710943.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aol.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/07/23/trump-obama-epstein-investigation-maga", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-accuses-obama-treason-oval-office/story?id=123963917", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The AI-generated fake video reposted on Trump's social media platform over the weekend showed Obama being arrested in the Oval Office.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aol.com/news/trump-says-obama-guilty-treason-160710943.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aol.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "After what they did to me, whether it's right or wrong, it's time to go after people. Obama has been caught directly,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/07/23/trump-obama-epstein-investigation-maga", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He raised the stakes Tuesday, declaring in the Oval Office that former President Obama and other ex-officials must be prosecuted", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-meets-with-philippine-president/662877", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2025-10-08", "start": "2025-10-08", "end": "2025-10-08", "title": "Trump says Pritzker and Brandon Johnson \"should be in jail\"", "why_it_fits": "On October 8, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social: \"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!\" (CBS Chicago, TIME). The post came as Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois, during the federal immigration operation in the Chicago area called \"Operation Midway Blitz.\" Illinois and Chicago had sued to block the troop deployment, and a court hearing was set for October 9 (CBS Chicago, Capitol News Illinois, TIME). Pritzker replied, \"Come and get me,\" and Johnson said \"I'm not going anywhere.\" None of the October 8 articles I read mention a criminal referral, investigation or charge against either official.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-posts-johnson-pritzker-jail/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/as-trump-says-pritzker-should-be-in-jail-illinois-governor-taunts-come-and-get-me/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "capitolnewsillinois.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7324132/trump-pritzker-johnson-chicago-jail/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-posts-johnson-pritzker-jail/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Officers!\" Mr. Trump posted. \"Governor Pritzker also!\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/as-trump-says-pritzker-should-be-in-jail-illinois-governor-taunts-come-and-get-me/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "capitolnewsillinois.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power,\" Pritzker wrote on social media.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhtVF9WWJHQ", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Officers!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2025-10-24", "start": "2025-10-24", "end": "2025-10-25", "title": "Trump posts that Garland, Wray, Smith and Monaco \"should be prosecuted\"", "why_it_fits": "On October 24, 2025, Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that former Attorney General Merrick Garland, former FBI Director Christopher Wray, former special counsel Jack Smith and former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco \"should be prosecuted.\" He was referring to the FBI's \"Arctic Frost\" investigation, which obtained phone records of nine Republican lawmakers. CBS reported that he did not say what crimes he believed they had committed. CBS called the post \"the latest instance of Mr. Trump urging the prosecution of people he has singled out as political foes.\" It noted that a month earlier he had pushed Attorney General Pam Bondi to look into James Comey, Letitia James and Adam Schiff, and that Comey and James had since been criminally indicted. As for what had happened to the four people named by then, CBS reported that a federal watchdog office had launched an investigation into Smith for alleged illegal political activity earlier in the year. Smith's lawyers called the claims \"imaginary and unfounded.\" Neither fetched source reports criminal charges against any of the four.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-for-jack-smith-merrick-garland-christopher-wray-prosecuted/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5572680-trump-targets-biden-officials/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-calls-jack-smith-others-030358514.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-calls-jack-smith-criminal-prison-latest-attack-perceived-foes-rcna240468", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/25/trump-rails-former-biden-officials-arctic-frost/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115432378654253078", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "These Radical Left Lunatics should be prosecuted for their illegal and highly unethical behavior!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-for-jack-smith-merrick-garland-christopher-wray-prosecuted/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He did not specify what crimes he believes they committed.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5572680-trump-targets-biden-officials/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Just in: Documents show conclusively that Christopher Wray, Deranged Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, and other crooked lowlifes from the failed Biden Administration, signed off on Operation Arctic Frost", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-11-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/lock-up-political-opponents/#2025-11-18", "start": "2025-11-18", "end": "2025-11-24", "title": "Trump posts \"SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!\" about six Democratic lawmakers", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 20, 2025, President Trump called the lawmakers' video \"SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL\" and said they should be \"ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL\" (CBS News). He also posted \"LOCK THEM UP???\" and \"SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!\" (TIME). The targets were six named Democratic members of Congress: Sens. Slotkin and Kelly and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan. All are veterans of the military or national security agencies (PBS/AP; TIME). At that point no charges had been filed. Several of the lawmakers were told in November that the FBI had opened an inquiry. On Feb. 10, 2026, a federal grand jury declined to indict the six, according to three sources cited by CBS News.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-democrats-video-message-to-military-is-seditious-behavior-punishable-by-death", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/7335430/trump-democrats-arrest-sedition-military-illegal-orders-video/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-investigates-5-democratic-lawmakers-over-their-video-message-to-troops/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grand-jury-declines-charges-against-6-democrats/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115582703277798715", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115582417825161974", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/SenElissaSlotkin/videos/2558895077819811/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "facebook.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "must refuse illegal orders.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE-eLvlwvBU", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl", "title": "The recurring claim that police overdosed from touching fentanyl", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/", "summary": "Beginning in 2016, police departments and news outlets have repeatedly reported that officers overdosed or fell ill after casual contact with fentanyl, such as touching powder or being near it. A 2020 study in the International Journal of Drug Policy linked the first notable surge in coverage to a 2016 DEA communique stating that \"a small amount [of fentanyl] ingested or absorbed through the skin can kill you.\" The study found 551 relevant news articles from 48 states published between January 2015 and September 2019, and its authors classified 506 of them as containing misinformation; the most-shared story involved a 2017 East Liverpool, Ohio officer who said he fell ill after brushing white powder off his uniform. In 2017 the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT) issued a joint position statement, which STAT summarized as concluding that, based on what had been publicly released, none of the recent incidents involving first responders was consistent with opioid toxicity.", "summary_sources": [ "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7492952/", "https://www.statnews.com/2017/08/09/fentanyl-falling-ill/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-06-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2016-06-10", "start": "2016-06-10", "end": "2016-06-30", "title": "DEA \"roll call\" video warns that skin contact with fentanyl can kill", "why_it_fits": "In June 2016 the DEA released a roll call video to law enforcement nationwide. In it, Acting Deputy Administrator Jack Riley said: \"A very small amount ingested, or absorbed through your skin, can kill you.\" The release added that \"just touching fentanyl\" can lead to absorption through the skin. The video featured two Atlantic County, NJ detectives, Dan Kallen and Eric Price, describing a 2015 exposure; one said: \"I thought I was dying.\" NJ Spotlight News, citing a 2020 International Journal of Drug Policy study, reported that the video caused the \"first notable surge\" of media coverage on the subject, reaching at least 80 news stories. Asked about the incident, Lewis Nelson, head of the Division of Medical Toxicology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, wrote: \"This is what the nocebo effect/stress response looks like.\" In 2023 Kallen told NJ Spotlight he disagrees that it was \"psychosomatic.\" The cited coverage reports no toxicology results from the 2015 incident.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://ndews.umd.edu/sites/ndews.umd.edu/files/DEA%20Fentanyl.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ndews.umd.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2016/09/22/dea-issues-carfentanil-warning-police-and-public", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dea.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://local12.com/news/local/dea-produces-video-warning-police-about-dangers-of-fentanyl", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "local12.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.njspotlightnews.org/special-report/fentanyl-myth-police-cry-overdose-facts-prove-otherwise/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "njspotlightnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://ndews.umd.edu/sites/ndews.umd.edu/files/DEA%20Fentanyl.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "ndews.umd.edu", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A very small amount ingested, or absorbed through your skin, can kill you.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://local12.com/news/local/dea-produces-video-warning-police-about-dangers-of-fentanyl", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "local12.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The drug can have an immediate effect if inhaled or absorbed through the skin.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2016/09/22/dea-issues-carfentanil-warning-police-and-public", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "dea.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "In June, DEA released a Roll Call video to all law enforcement nationwide about the dangers of improperly handling fentanyl and its deadly consequences.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-05-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2017-05-12", "start": "2017-05-12", "end": "2017-05-17", "title": "East Liverpool, Ohio (Patrolman Chris Green)", "why_it_fits": "The East Liverpool Police Department said Green collapsed after brushing white powder off his shirt with his bare hand. The powder was suspected to be fentanyl. Police Capt. Patrick Wright gave the department's account in the AP story, and Chief John Lane described the incident to NBC News. Lane told STAT that Green was given Narcan once at the station and several more times at a hospital: \"I think it was a total of four doses.\" The AP story stated as fact that \"Fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin, and a few specks can kill an adult.\" Lane used the incident to call for stronger penalties for transporting fentanyl, and said his officers had stopped field-testing drugs on duty. No toxicology results are reported in the cited coverage.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://woub.org/2017/05/15/officer-overdoses-from-powder-on-shirt-after-drug-arrest/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "woub.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic/fentanyl-crisis-ohio-cop-accidentally-overdoses-during-drug-call-n759741", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/16/overdose-officer-fentanyl-east-liverpool/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://woub.org/2017/05/15/officer-overdoses-from-powder-on-shirt-after-drug-arrest/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "woub.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Police say an Ohio officer suffered an accidental overdose after a drug arrest when he touched powder on his shirt without realizing it was the powerful opiod fentanyl.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic/fentanyl-crisis-ohio-cop-accidentally-overdoses-during-drug-call-n759741", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Without thinking, he brushed it off with his bare hand — and passed out about an hour later, Chief John Lane said. It took four doses of Narcan to revive him.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/16/overdose-officer-fentanyl-east-liverpool/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "“It’s just too dangerous,” East Liverpool Police Chief John Lane told STAT on Tuesday. “It’s not worth the risk.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5jNKFZtplg", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-06-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2017-06-06", "start": "2017-06-06", "end": "2017-08-09", "title": "Federal fentanyl exposure guidance and expert pushback", "why_it_fits": "On June 6, 2017, the DEA released an updated roll-call video and a briefing guide for first responders. The guide says fentanyl can be \"absorbed through the skin or eyes.\" At the same event, Rosenstein described the May 2017 East Liverpool, Ohio case. In his account, an officer brushed powder off his shirt without gloves, collapsed about an hour later, and was given four doses of naloxone. NBC reported that Patrolman Chris Green's case was one of the incidents the guide was produced \"thanks to.\" Within weeks, toxicologists quoted by the Inquirer (June 30) and STAT (August 9) said incidental skin contact of that kind was not a plausible cause of serious opioid toxicity. A joint position statement from the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), reposted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center's poison center on July 24, 2017, said \"Incidental dermal absorption is unlikely to cause opioid toxicity.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-j-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-dea-fentanyl-guidance", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "justice.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.adfs.alabama.gov/Content/pdfs/drug-chemistry/Fentanyl_BriefingGuideforFirstResponders_June2017.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "adfs.alabama.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic/fentanyl-crisis-dea-issues-guideline-first-responders-dealing-deadly-drug-n768901", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/philly/health/addiction/overdose-just-by-touching-fentanyl-scientifically-impossible-experts-say-20170630.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inquirer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2017/08/09/fentanyl-falling-ill/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.vumc.org/poison-control/toxicology-question-week/july-24-2017-what-protection-required-emergency-responders-when-exposed", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "vumc.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/video/roll-call-video-warns-about-dangers-fentanyl-exposure", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "justice.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Any fentanyl exposure can kill innocent law enforcement, first responders and the public.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic/fentanyl-crisis-dea-issues-guideline-first-responders-dealing-deadly-drug-n768901", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Exposure to an amount equivalent to a few grains of sand can kill you.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2017/08/09/fentanyl-falling-ill/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "And in a lot of the cases, the way that they were exposed doesn't make sense, like brushing a small amount of powder off a uniform.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2020-09-16", "start": "2020-09-16", "end": "2020-09-30", "title": "\"Fentanyl panic goes viral\" study", "why_it_fits": "The study, led by Leo Beletsky (Northeastern University), looked at news content from January 2015 to September 2019 about overdose risk from casual contact with fentanyl. It found \"551 relevant news articles (47 national and 504 across state and local sources),\" and coded 506 of them as misinformation. Those misinformed articles got 450,011 Facebook shares. The 18 fully corrective articles got 29,652 shares, which the authors describe as a 15-fold gap in social-media visibility. The study names the 2017 East Liverpool, Ohio officer as the most-shared case: 133,751 shares, with \"neither the composition of the powder nor his overdose\" confirmed by lab testing. In the Philadelphia Inquirer's September 2020 coverage, Beletsky said much of the misinformation came from reporters repeating law enforcement accounts of encounters with fentanyl without checking them with other experts. That coverage put the thread's central claim back in the news through this research.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7492952/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/health/opioid-addiction/fentanyl-overdose-touching-misinformation-study-opioid-crisis-20200923.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inquirer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/no-proof-touching-fentanyl-leads-191047188.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7492952/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "misinformation received excess social media visibility by a factor of 15 compared to corrective content", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/health/opioid-addiction/fentanyl-overdose-touching-misinformation-study-opioid-crisis-20200923.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inquirer.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Fentanyl is scary enough without making stuff up.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-08-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2021-08-05", "start": "2021-08-05", "end": "2021-08-13", "title": "San Diego County Sheriff's \"Dangers of Fentanyl\" video", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 5, 2021, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department released an edited bodycam video. In it, Deputy David Faiivae says he \"almost died of a fentanyl overdose\" while processing suspected drugs on July 3, and his field training officer gives him naloxone. Sheriff Bill Gore told the Union-Tribune that the deputy collapsed after touching a powder that a police report said tested presumptively positive as fentanyl. As quoted by the Washington Post, Gore said \"It was classic signs of fentanyl overdose — that's why we called it that.\" The Post noted that Gore is not a medical expert. Medical toxicologist Ryan Marino told ABC7 that the symptoms shown were not consistent with an opioid overdose. In a statement quoted by the Post, Marino said it is not possible to overdose on fentanyl through accidental skin contact or from proximity alone. Johns Hopkins associate professor Paul Christo told the Post that the account did not sound rational to him. The department said the hospital took no toxicology sample. Gore denied trying to deceive anyone, and the department said it would release documents and the full, unedited footage.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/10/police-touching-fentanyl/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abc7.com/post/fentanyl-overdose-san-diego-county-sheriffs-department-deputy-overdoses-on/10941792/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc7.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/crime/san-diego-sheriffs-department-says-toxicology-not-screened-for-deputy-fentanyl-overdose-video-releases-additional-footage/509-69487d14-493f-4cd5-ae06-0c96700a75e6", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbs8.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2021/a-widely-shared-video-shows-a-deputy-overdosing-on-fentanyl-experts-say-its-impossible/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "poynter.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ7TaLQDRR8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views": 5300000 } }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/10/police-touching-fentanyl/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "It was classic signs of fentanyl overdose — that's why we called it that.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abc7.com/post/fentanyl-overdose-san-diego-county-sheriffs-department-deputy-overdoses-on/10941792/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc7.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The symptoms being displayed are not consistent with an opioid overdose.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-12-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2022-12-13", "start": "2022-12-13", "end": "2022-12-22", "title": "Tavares, Florida bodycam (Officer Courtney Bannick)", "why_it_fits": "Tavares police released bodycam video showing Officer Courtney Bannick losing consciousness after she handled narcotics during a traffic stop. A sergeant and a K-9 lieutenant gave her three doses of Narcan. Police said she wanted the video released so the public could see how powerful the drug is. A department spokesperson told WFTV that Bannick believed she was exposed through \"the wind and loose powder.\" Bannick, who wore gloves, said she wasn't sure whether she had wiped her nose with her wrist. CNN criticized outlets for repeating the police account. When NPR asked in 2023 for toxicology reports, the department and Bannick declined to make the medical information public.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wftv.com/news/local/emergency-room-physician-reacts-body-camera-video-tavares-officers-fentanyl-exposure/ZD6LJTC3UZBVNAQ6V6QA3YFNCE/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wftv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1175726650/fentanyl-police-overdose-misinformation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/florida-police-officer-recounts-fentanyl-poisoning-traffic-stop-felt-like-choking", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/12/13/tavares-officer-overdoses-after-being-exposed-to-fentanyl-during-traffic-stop-department-says/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "clickorlando.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "\"I have done this (100) times before the same way,\" said Bannick, who was wearing gloves when handling the narcotics. \"It only takes one time and a minimal amount.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/12/15/i-couldnt-breathe-tavares-officer-who-overdosed-in-traffic-stop-recounts-fentanyl-exposure/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "clickorlando.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "\"I'm very mindful that I don't touch my face if I have gloves on, but did I wipe my nose with my wrist? I don't know,\" she said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/media/fentanyl-exposures-reliable-sources/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "media outlets often publish stories repeating the police narrative that the first responder nearly died after brief contact with the opioid.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-01-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2023-01-12", "start": "2023-01-12", "end": "2023-01-14", "title": "Collingswood, NJ — 11 officers treated for \"fentanyl exposure\" after a drug raid", "why_it_fits": "In a joint release posted January 12–13, 2023, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office and three local police chiefs said 11 officers at a Collingswood drug raid \"were transported to the Cooper University Medical Center for exposure to fentanyl.\" The release said all of the officers had been released and that hazmat teams from three agencies came to the scene. The prosecutor's office later gave arrest papers to NJ Spotlight News. They say the suspect dumped fentanyl down a kitchen sink and that, as a result, a \"large, powdery cloud spread throughout the apartment.\" That describes exposure to powder in the air, not only skin contact. The papers list the officers' symptoms as coughing, difficulty breathing, elevated heart rates and dizziness, and say two officers got Narcan at the scene. NJ Spotlight's report cites no toxicology results for the officers, and the prosecutor's spokeswoman declined to answer the outlet's questions. In its May 2023 report, NJ Spotlight used the case to open an investigation of police fentanyl-exposure claims. Rutgers toxicologist Lewis Nelson told the outlet: \"It's not possible to be in the location of this toxin and become ill.\" He also said hospitals don't test first responders for fentanyl when they are treated for suspected exposure.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ops-production-1/resources/agency/160/pdf/20230113-vPYRbRWyoU0DkAUE.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://6abc.com/collingswood-nj-hazmat-situation-ems-workers-injured-creswood-apartments-camden-county/12696632/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "6abc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://patch.com/new-jersey/collingswood/11-officers-treated-fentanyl-exposure-camden-co-prosecutor", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "patch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.njspotlightnews.org/special-report/fentanyl-myth-police-cry-overdose-facts-prove-otherwise/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "njspotlightnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ops-production-1/resources/agency/160/pdf/20230113-vPYRbRWyoU0DkAUE.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "First and foremost, we are very thankful that all of the officers who were exposed to fentanyl have recovered, and they are all healthy and safe.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://6abc.com/collingswood-nj-hazmat-situation-ems-workers-injured-creswood-apartments-camden-county/12696632/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "6abc.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Five men were arrested and 11 police officers had to be treated by medics for exposure to fentanyl following a drug bust on Thursday in Camden County, New Jersey.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.njspotlightnews.org/special-report/fentanyl-myth-police-cry-overdose-facts-prove-otherwise/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "njspotlightnews.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "As a result, large, powdery cloud spread throughout the apartment.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-05-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2023-05-16", "start": "2023-05-16", "end": "2023-05-16", "title": "NPR investigation into reports of police fentanyl \"poisoning\"", "why_it_fits": "NPR opened with a December 2022 incident in Tavares, Florida. Officer Courtney Bannick came into contact with a powder she believed was fentanyl, other officers gave her Narcan, and the department blamed fentanyl. NPR asked the department and Bannick for toxicology reports. Both declined to make the medical information public. After contacting many agencies and researchers, NPR said it \"couldn't find a single case\" of a reported officer fentanyl poisoning that toxicology reports confirmed. NPR reported that Brandon del Pozo, a former police chief who studies addiction and drug policy at Brown University, believes the more serious health impact on officers comes from anxiety and stress, driven by fear.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1175726650/fentanyl-police-overdose-misinformation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-05-16/cops-say-theyre-being-poisoned-by-fentanyl-experts-say-the-risk-is-extremely-low", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nprillinois.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wect.com/2023/02/02/science-or-superstition-does-exposure-fentanyl-pose-risks-overdose/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wect.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1175726650/fentanyl-police-overdose-misinformation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "We couldn't find a single case of a police officer who reported being poisoned by fentanyl or overdosing after encountering the street drug that was confirmed by toxicology reports.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1175726650/fentanyl-police-overdose-misinformation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The Tavares police department blamed the incident on fentanyl. Local officials declined NPR's requests for an interview, as did Bannick.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-09-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2023-09-22", "start": "2023-09-22", "end": "2023-09-25", "title": "Tampa police officer collapses during fentanyl field test (Sept 2023)", "why_it_fits": "On Sept 22, 2023, the Tampa Police Department put out a release saying that on the night of Sept 21 an officer was testing a substance that came back positive for fentanyl. While he was completing documentation, he began to feel \"numbness in his limbs, faint, and dizzy- all signs consistent with Fentanyl exposure,\" in the department's words. The release said he collapsed after getting out of his vehicle and that one dose of Narcan given by other officers \"was effective in diminishing the exposure symptoms.\" He was taken to a hospital as a precaution and released. In the release, Chief Lee Bercaw said the exposure was \"a stark reminder that even the most mundane tasks can result in a near-death experience.\" WFLA later reported that Bercaw said Narcan saved the officer's life, and it quoted him as saying he was \"not sure what we would be talking about\" without it. FOX 13 and WFLA repeated the department's account, and Police Magazine then repeated WFLA's. None of these sources says how the officer was supposedly exposed. They describe it only as \"exposure\" during field testing and do not mention touching or skin contact. None mentions toxicology or hospital findings.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.tampa.gov/news/2023-09/tampa-police-officer-exposed-fentanyl-128466", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "tampa.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa-officer-collapses-following-fentanyl-exposure-tpd", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fox13news.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/tampa-police-officer-collapses-after-hes-exposed-to-fentanyl/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wfla.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/undercover-tampa-officer-speaks-out-after-fentanyl-exposure-on-the-job/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wfla.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.policemag.com/patrol/news/15635064/tampa-officer-collapses-after-exposure-to-fentanyl", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "policemag.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.tampa.gov/news/2023-09/tampa-police-officer-exposed-fentanyl-128466", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "tampa.gov", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "It was because of officers' training and ability to quickly identify the exposure symptoms that a deadly situation was prevented.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/undercover-tampa-officer-speaks-out-after-fentanyl-exposure-on-the-job/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wfla.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "I started feeling the numbness in my legs and my arms, started feeling lightheaded, got a little dizzy, and I knew it wasn't normal,\" Vargas said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa-officer-collapses-following-fentanyl-exposure-tpd", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox13news.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "A police officer with the city of Tampa has been released from the hospital after officials say he collapsed from fentanyl exposure on Thursday night.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-02-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2024-02-14", "start": "2024-02-14", "end": "2024-04-10", "title": "State bills on exposing first responders to fentanyl (Feb–Apr 2024)", "why_it_fits": "On April 8, 2024, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 718. According to the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT), it makes it a second-degree felony for an adult to recklessly expose a first responder to fentanyl when the responder then overdoses or suffers serious bodily injury. The bill's House sponsor, Rep. Jessica Baker, said the law carries the threat of 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Local coverage of the signing presented it alongside August 2023 body-camera footage of a Flagler County deputy. The coverage said the deputy suffered a suspected fentanyl overdose after handling narcotics. Earlier, at a Senate committee hearing, a Collier County corporal testified that he had to be revived twice with Narcan during a domestic disturbance call. In West Virginia, the House passed HB 5319 by 93-3 on February 16, 2024; its definition of \"exposure\" included skin contact. In November 2024, ACMT said that because \"there is essentially no risk of illness from incidental contact with fentanyl,\" such laws are \"unnecessary, and potentially harmful.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wokv.com/news/local/florida-governor-signs-law-creating-new-penalties-exposing-first-responders-fentanyl/EBG3EUYE25E3RM3CGMACZSXLXI/?outputType=amp", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wokv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://westvirginiawatch.com/2024/02/16/it-will-create-real-harm-house-passes-bill-creating-felonies-for-fentanyl-exposure/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "westvirginiawatch.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2024/02/28/762538.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "insurancejournal.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.acmt.net/news/acmt-position-statement-on-fentanyl-exposure-laws/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "acmt.net", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wokv.com/news/local/florida-governor-signs-law-creating-new-penalties-exposing-first-responders-fentanyl/EBG3EUYE25E3RM3CGMACZSXLXI/?outputType=amp", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wokv.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Drug users and dealers who recklessly expose first responders to fentanyl and cause them to overdose will now face additional penalties", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://westvirginiawatch.com/2024/02/16/it-will-create-real-harm-house-passes-bill-creating-felonies-for-fentanyl-exposure/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "westvirginiawatch.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "HB 5319 passed the House on Friday 93-3 with four members absent and not voting.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2024/02/28/762538.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "insurancejournal.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "Palmer told the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee that he had to be revived twice with the anti-overdose drug known as Narcan during a domestic disturbance call.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2025-07-29", "start": "2025-07-29", "end": "2025-08-05", "title": "Berkeley County, S.C. bodycam: deputy collapses after handling a dollar bill said to contain fentanyl", "why_it_fits": "The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office released bodycam video from a July 26 call in Bonneau. In it, Lt. Kristin Riddle asks for Narcan and collapses shortly after touching a folded dollar bill found in a suspect's bra. Sheriff Duane Lewis told WCBD the bill contained fentanyl and that Riddle was \"in a dangerous, life-threatening situation.\" He said she was not wearing gloves and that the video would be used as a department-wide training tool. According to the incident report as described by WCSC, the bill held about 0.01 grams of brown powder that \"field-tested presumptive for fentanyl.\" A second deputy gave two doses of Narcan, and Riddle was taken to the hospital and released. None of the cited reports includes lab confirmation, toxicology results or hospital findings. ABC News 4 (WCIV) quoted Ed Johnson, a board member of Faces and Voices of the Lowcountry, who called the fear of overdosing from touching fentanyl \"an urban myth.\" It also quoted a recovered fentanyl user who said reactions like this can be an anxiety or panic response. In a follow-up ABC News 4 report, Dr. Brannon Traxler, chief medical officer of the South Carolina Department of Public Health, said \"Fentanyl doesn't get absorbed through the skin.\" Trident Medical Center emergency physician Dr. Kenneth Perry told the outlet that transdermal absorption of these drugs is \"very unlikely.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxcarolina.com/2025/07/30/video-berkeley-county-deputy-collapses-after-accidental-fentanyl-exposure/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxcarolina.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/video-berkeley-county-deputy-collapses-200014158.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews4.com/news/local/berkeley-county-deputy-collapses-after-fentanyl-exposure-raising-safety-concerns-wciv-abc-news-4-8-1-2025", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews4.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews4.com/news/local/medical-experts-debunk-fentanyl-skin-contact-myths-amid-overdose-fears-wciv-abc-news-4-charleston-sc-south-carolina-narcan-naloxone-addiction-transdermal-absorption-emergency-room-musc-trident-medical-center-scdph", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews4.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxcarolina.com/2025/07/30/video-berkeley-county-deputy-collapses-after-accidental-fentanyl-exposure/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxcarolina.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "In the video, you can hear the deputy ask for Narcan multiple times shortly after touching the bill before she falls to the ground.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/video-berkeley-county-deputy-collapses-200014158.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "She was overcome and was in a dangerous, life-threatening situation being overcome by the fentanyl", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-10-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/claim-that-police-overdosed-from-touching-fentanyl/#2025-10-15", "start": "2025-10-15", "end": "2025-10-16", "title": "Fitzgerald, Georgia: three officers hospitalized after reported fentanyl exposure", "why_it_fits": "WALB reported late on Oct 15, 2025 that five people were hospitalized that Wednesday after fentanyl exposure, including three Fitzgerald Police Department (FPD) officers. WALB said the officers were \"exposed simply by breathing the air while responding to two possible overdose calls,\" citing FPD. On Oct 16, WSB-TV reported that FPD had issued a public safety alert after the hospitalizations. WSB-TV said the officers were \"reportedly exposed to fentanyl through mere presence and inhalation,\" citing officials. This is the thread's \"being near it\" form of the claim, and regional TV stations repeated it from the department's account. WSB-TV reported that the officers' identities and condition were not released. WALB said it had asked FPD about their condition. Neither report cited toxicology or other medical findings.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.walb.com/2025/10/16/3-fitzgerald-pd-officers-2-others-hospitalized-due-fentanyl-exposure/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "walb.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wsbtv.com/news/georgia/5-including-3-georgia-officers-hospitalized-due-fentanyl-exposure/2V7POUFLCNF3ROQHOWHHSOYQ2I/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wsbtv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.walb.com/2025/10/16/3-fitzgerald-pd-officers-2-others-hospitalized-due-fentanyl-exposure/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "walb.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The officers were exposed simply by breathing the air while responding to two possible overdose calls, according to the Fitzgerald Police Department (FPD).", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wsbtv.com/news/georgia/5-including-3-georgia-officers-hospitalized-due-fentanyl-exposure/2V7POUFLCNF3ROQHOWHHSOYQ2I/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wsbtv.com", "captured": "2026-10-25", "quote": "The officers were reportedly exposed to fentanyl through mere presence and inhalation, highlighting the extreme danger of the substance even in trace amounts, officials said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare", "title": "The recurring claim that undocumented immigrants get free health care", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/", "summary": "Since at least 2009, politicians and ads have repeatedly said that undocumented immigrants get free, taxpayer-funded health care. Attention peaks around Democratic positions (the 2019 debate hands, Harris in 2024), state programs in California and Illinois, and federal budget fights such as the 2025 shutdown. Federal law bars undocumented immigrants from Medicaid and ACA coverage except emergency care, while some states have paid for their own coverage.", "summary_sources": [ "https://forumtogether.org/article/fact-sheet-undocumented-immigrants-and-federal-health-care-benefits/", "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/oct/01/jd-vance/government-shutdown-Democrats-immigrant-healthcare/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2019-06-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2019-06-27", "start": "2019-06-27", "end": "2019-08-01", "title": "Democratic debate show of hands", "why_it_fits": "At the June 27, 2019 debate, moderator Savannah Guthrie said, \"Raise your hand if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants,\" and all 10 candidates on stage raised their hands (PolitiFact; Democracy Now transcript; The Hill). The same night, President Trump tweeted: \"All Democrats just raised their hands for giving millions of illegal aliens unlimited healthcare. How about taking care of American Citizens first!? That's the end of that race!\" (NBC News). A July 2019 Trump campaign ad used the debate footage and said the candidates \"support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense.\" PolitiFact rated that Mostly False because the question \"did not ask if the coverage would be for free,\" and Buttigieg had described \"an insurance program\" people could \"buy into.\" CNBC noted that the 2010 Affordable Care Act \"largely excluded undocumented immigrants from buying into public programs.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/450797-all-candidates-raise-hands-on-giving-health-care-to-undocumented-immigrants/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/01/health-care-for-undocumented-immigrants-may-haunt-dems-against-trump.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-pans-democratic-debate-take-undocumented-health-care-s-end-n1023491", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/01/donald-trump/fact-checking-trump-ad-democrats-health-care-immig", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/28/dem_candidates_all_support_healthcare_for", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "democracynow.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Raise your hand if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-pans-democratic-debate-take-undocumented-health-care-s-end-n1023491", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "All Democrats just raised their hands for giving millions of illegal aliens unlimited healthcare.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMSmoNOZJ9Y", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "All Democrats on the stage raised their hands when asked if their health care plan would offer coverage for undocumented immigrants #DemDebate2", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-07-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2019-07-09", "start": "2019-07-09", "end": "2019-07-10", "title": "California first to cover low-income undocumented young adults in Medi-Cal", "why_it_fits": "On July 9, 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law making low-income undocumented adults age 25 and younger eligible for Medi-Cal, California's version of Medicaid. AP and NPR called California the first state to offer such benefits to this group. State officials put the cost at $98 million, paid with state money. Medicaid is a joint state-federal program, but CapRadio reported the state would use its own funds for these benefits. NPR, citing the National Conference of State Legislatures, said people in the country illegally are generally not eligible for federal programs like Medicaid and Medicare, except in some cases such as emergencies and pregnancies. CapRadio said most undocumented Californians could get only \"restricted\" Medi-Cal, which covers emergencies and pregnancy care. NPR quoted Trump saying California's policy was \"very unfair to our citizens.\" State Sen. Jeff Stone (R) said it would make California \"a magnet.\" Peak attention was July 9–10, 2019: Newsom signed the bill on Tuesday, July 9; CapRadio and NPR (KPBS repost) published that day, and AP's story ran on CBS News on July 10.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.capradio.org/articles/2019/07/09/california-becomes-first-in-nation-to-expand-medicaid-to-undocumented-young-adults/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "capradio.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-approves-tax-payer-funded-health-benefits-for-immigrants-in-country-illegally/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/07/09/california-first-state-to-offer-health-benefits", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kpbs.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-signing-h-r-3401/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.capradio.org/articles/2019/07/09/california-becomes-first-in-nation-to-expand-medicaid-to-undocumented-young-adults/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "capradio.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the new policy into law Tuesday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-approves-tax-payer-funded-health-benefits-for-immigrants-in-country-illegally/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "State officials expect the plan to cover about 90,000 people and cost taxpayers $98 million.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/07/09/california-first-state-to-offer-health-benefits", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "kpbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"It's crazy what they're doing. It's crazy,\" Trump told reporters last week.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-07-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2019-07-30", "start": "2019-07-30", "end": "2019-08-01", "title": "Trump campaign ad during Detroit Democratic debates claims Democrats support \"free health care\" for illegal immigrants", "why_it_fits": "At the June 27, 2019 Democratic debate in Miami, moderator Savannah Guthrie asked the 10 candidates on stage to \"raise your hand if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants,\" and all of them did. A Trump re-election ad that aired during the July 30–31 debates used that clip with the narration \"These Democrats support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense\" (PolitiFact). PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly False. Its reasons: the question didn't ask whether the coverage would be free, and the two candidates who explained their answers didn't say it would be. Buttigieg said \"This is not about a handout. This is an insurance program.\" A KFF brief from that July says undocumented immigrants could not enroll in Medicare, Medicaid or CHIP, or buy ACA Marketplace coverage. Federal law did require hospitals to screen and stabilize every patient seeking emergency care.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/01/donald-trump/fact-checking-trump-ad-democrats-health-care-immig/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/455375-trump-campaign-hits-democrats-on-health-care-for-immigrants-in-ad-to-air/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2019/07/30/donald-trump-debate-ad-commercial", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/health-coverage-and-care-of-undocumented-immigrants/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kff.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/455375-trump-campaign-hits-democrats-on-health-care-for-immigrants-in-ad-to-air/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "which will air on CNN, MSNBC and Fox during the debates Tuesday and Wednesday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2019/07/30/donald-trump-debate-ad-commercial", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The 30-second spot will air on MSNBC and Fox News Channel and CNN, the network that is sponsoring the debate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/01/donald-trump/fact-checking-trump-ad-democrats-health-care-immig/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "These Democrats support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-02-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2020-02-04", "start": "2020-02-04", "end": "2020-02-05", "title": "Trump's State of the Union attack on free health care for undocumented immigrants, and California's young-adult Medi-Cal expansion", "why_it_fits": "In his Feb. 4, 2020 State of the Union, President Trump said that \"over 130 legislators in this chamber\" had backed legislation that would \"bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded health care to millions of illegal aliens.\" He added, \"That is what is happening in California and other states.\" PolitiFact said the line seemed to refer to the Medicare for All bills from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, which were meant to cover people regardless of immigration status. It rated the claim Half True, calling the \"bankrupt\" part \"at best, a gross exaggeration.\" On Jan. 1, 2020, California opened full-scope Medi-Cal to income-eligible residents under 26 regardless of immigration status. The 2019-20 state budget set aside $98 million for the expansion, and about 90,000 undocumented young adults were expected to enroll. Before this, undocumented adults in this group could only get restricted-scope Medi-Cal, which mainly covers emergency services. Under federal law (EMTALA, 1986), hospitals must treat anyone who comes to an emergency room, whatever their ability to pay or citizenship (TIME). Peak attention: Feb. 4, 2020 (the speech) and Feb. 5 (PolitiFact and TIME fact-checks; 11alive recap the morning after).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/01/06/regardless-of-immigration-status-all-low-income-californians-up-to-age-26-can-now-sign-up-for-medi-cal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "capradio.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/05/donald-trump/bankrupt-strong-word/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/5777914/fact-check-state-of-the-union-2020/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://calmatters.org/health/2023/12/undocumented-health-insurance-new-california-laws-2024/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "calmatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/trump-healthcare-state-of-the-union/85-4cc552ae-a37d-4e27-8049-0bae49416c79", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "11alive.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "That is what is happening in California and other states. Their systems are totally out of control, costing taxpayers vast and unaffordable amounts of money.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/05/donald-trump/bankrupt-strong-word/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump is correct in his understanding that these proposals were intended to provide coverage regardless of immigration status.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/01/06/regardless-of-immigration-status-all-low-income-californians-up-to-age-26-can-now-sign-up-for-medi-cal/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "capradio.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This group can now access health benefits through Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, as of Jan. 1.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/joint-session-of-congress/president-trumps-2020-state-of-the-union-address/4960022", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-10-19", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2023-10-19", "start": "2023-10-19", "end": "2023-11-06", "title": "Illinois announces enrollment pause for Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors program", "why_it_fits": "Illinois's Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors program began enrolling low-income undocumented people 65 and older on Dec. 1, 2020. It provides \"Medicaid-like\" coverage to people who would qualify for Medicaid except for their immigration status. That includes people in the U.S. without legal permission and green-card holders still in the five-year federal waiting period. Because federal reimbursement for noncitizens is limited, the program is paid for almost entirely with state money. On Oct. 19, 2023, HFS announced new senior enrollment would pause Nov. 6 at about 16,500 enrollees. A September 2023 HFS analysis projected the two programs together would cost $831 million in FY2024, more than $280 million over the $550 million lawmakers set aside.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2023-10-19/state-to-pause-enrollment-in-health-care-program-for-immigrant-seniors-as-spending-again-outpaces-estimates", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nprillinois.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.wttw.com/2023/10/19/costs-jump-cutoff-date-set-enrollment-illinois-health-care-program-immigrants", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.wttw.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://ltgov.illinois.gov/news/press-release.27160.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ltgov.illinois.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.povertylaw.org/article/health-coverage-available-to-undocumented-seniors-in-illinois/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "povertylaw.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://ltgov.illinois.gov/news/press-release.27160.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "ltgov.illinois.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "a temporary pause on new enrollees will take effect Nov. 6", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2023-10-19/state-to-pause-enrollment-in-health-care-program-for-immigrant-seniors-as-spending-again-outpaces-estimates", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nprillinois.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the program is expected to cost $831 million in FY 2024, more than $280 million beyond the allocated amount", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.wttw.com/2023/10/19/costs-jump-cutoff-date-set-enrollment-illinois-health-care-program-immigrants", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "news.wttw.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Illinois is setting a Nov. 6 sign-up deadline", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-12-28", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2023-12-28", "start": "2023-12-28", "end": "2024-01-25", "title": "California's Medi-Cal expansion to undocumented adults of all ages", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 1, 2024, California opened full-scope Medi-Cal to income-eligible undocumented immigrants of any age. The final step made adults aged 26–49 eligible: about 700,000 people according to state Sen. María Elena Durazo (ABC), or 764,000 expected enrollees at a cost of $2.9 billion in 2024–25 according to PPIC. PPIC says the program is \"funded almost entirely with state dollars.\" CalMatters notes that the ACA bars people without legal status from federally subsidized insurance. Before this, undocumented adults could only get Medi-Cal for emergencies and pregnancy (ABC). Critics described the policy as taxpayer-funded care: a Jan. 4 release on the House Budget Committee website was headlined \"Newsom Extends Free Healthcare to 700,000 Illegal Immigrants.\" State Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones told ABC that covering all undocumented immigrants would cost \"over $6.5 billion annually,\" citing the Legislative Analyst's Office. In this rerun the claim had a real basis, but in a state-funded program, not a federal one.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/california-1st-state-offer-health-insurance-undocumented-immigrants/story?id=105986377", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ppic.org/blog/in-first-in-nation-state-law-all-low-income-residents-qualify-for-medi-cal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ppic.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://calmatters.org/health/2024/01/undocumented-health-care-politics/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "calmatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/california-undocumented-immigrants-health-insurance/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsnationnow.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://calmatters.org/health/2023/12/undocumented-health-insurance-new-california-laws-2024/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "calmatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Beginning Jan. 1, for the first time, undocumented immigrants of all ages will qualify for Medi-Cal", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/california-1st-state-offer-health-insurance-undocumented-immigrants/story?id=105986377", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "California will welcome the new year by becoming the first state to offer health insurance for all undocumented immigrants.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://budget.house.gov/press-release/icymi-newsom-extends-free-healthcare-to-700000-illegal-immigrants-despite-record-budget-deficit", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "budget.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "ICYMI: Newsom Extends Free Healthcare to 700,000 Illegal Immigrants Despite Record Budget Deficit", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-07-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2024-07-24", "start": "2024-07-24", "end": "2024-11-04", "title": "Claims about Kamala Harris (2024)", "why_it_fits": "After Harris became the presumptive nominee, Trump said at a July 24, 2024 rally that she \"endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.\" The NRSC posted a similar claim, and PolitiFact said the Republican National Committee and others made similar assertions. PolitiFact rated Trump's claim Mostly False. It found that Harris raised her hand at the June 2019 debate when candidates were asked if their plans would cover people in the country illegally. However, she \"has not expressly said she supports free, taxpayer-supported health coverage\" for them. On current law, PolitiFact notes three points: Under EMTALA (1986), all patients get emergency-room treatment regardless of immigration status. Federal law generally bars states from using federal money to cover people in the country illegally. California's Medicaid expansion for immigrants regardless of status is paid for almost entirely with state money, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. In late October, Wisconsin Watch found no evidence for Vance's claim that Harris \"promised to give Medicare to illegal aliens.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/donald-trump/gop-charge-that-kamala-harris-backed-taxpayer-fund", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/10/kamala-harris-medicare-undocumented-immigrants-health-care-wisconsin/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wisconsinwatch.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/donald-trump/gop-charge-that-kamala-harris-backed-taxpayer-fund", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Vice President Kamala Harris \"endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://x.com/NRSC/status/1815808480709599308", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"FLASHBACK: Kamala Harris tells Jake Tapper she endorses universal healthcare and Medicare-for-all for illegal immigrants.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/10/kamala-harris-medicare-undocumented-immigrants-health-care-wisconsin/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wisconsinwatch.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Harris \"promised to give Medicare to illegal aliens.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2025-03-01", "start": "2025-03-01", "end": "2025-06-30", "title": "States cut back", "why_it_fits": "California's health department told lawmakers in March 2025 that Medi-Cal had a $6.2 billion overrun. Part of the cause was that more immigrants without legal status enrolled than expected. The state estimated that covering them cost about $8.5 billion a year from the general fund (CalMatters). On May 14, 2025, Newsom proposed that, starting in 2026, Medi-Cal stop enrolling new adults 19 and older who lack legal status, and that some immigrant adults pay a $100 monthly premium starting in 2027. About 1.6 million were already enrolled and would keep coverage. Emergency and pregnancy care would stay covered (CalMatters, PolitiFact). In the same week, Trump and other Republican officials said the House bill would remove \"millions\" or \"1.4 million\" people in the country illegally from Medicaid. FactCheck.org found the claim false: people in the country illegally can't get federal Medicaid except for emergency services, and the 1.4 million figure from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) referred to state-funded programs.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://calmatters.org/health/2025/05/newsom-freeze-medi-cal-undocumented-immigrants/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "calmatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/may/16/gavin-newsom/free-healthcare-immigrants-California-Trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/a-false-claim-about-illegal-immigration-and-medicaid/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/state-on-track-to-end-health-coverage-program-for-immigrant-adults/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "capitolnewsillinois.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://calmatters.org/health/2025/03/medi-cal-shortfall-worsens/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "calmatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/05/18/nx-s1-5402202/medicaid-undocumented-immigrants-democrats-states", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/key-facts-on-health-coverage-of-immigrants/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kff.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://calmatters.org/health/2025/05/newsom-freeze-medi-cal-undocumented-immigrants/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "calmatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "beginning in 2026 would no longer accept new enrollees 19 and older who lack permanent legal status.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/a-false-claim-about-illegal-immigration-and-medicaid/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "it will kick millions of Illegal Aliens off of Medicaid to PROTECT it for those who are the ones in real need.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/state-on-track-to-end-health-coverage-program-for-immigrant-adults/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "capitolnewsillinois.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "State officials are on track to shut down a program at the end of June that provides publicly funded health care coverage to more than 30,000 non-U.S. citizens in Illinois", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2025-05-13", "start": "2025-05-13", "end": "2025-07-04", "title": "\"One Big Beautiful Bill\" debate", "why_it_fits": "On May 16, 2025, the White House said the bill would protect Medicaid \"by removing at least 1.4 million illegal immigrants from the program.\" On June 30, its \"Myth vs. Fact\" page said \"over a million illegal aliens are receiving free health care on the backs of taxpayers.\" FactCheck.org noted that undocumented immigrants already can't get Medicaid except for emergency services, and Georgetown's Center for Children and Families noted that comprehensive Medicaid coverage isn't available to them. The 1.4 million figure came from a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate of people who would lose coverage in programs paid for only by states. Under the House bill, states that used their own money to cover undocumented immigrants would have had their federal funding for the ACA Medicaid expansion cut from 90% to 80%. KFF says that penalty was left out of the final law.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/a-false-claim-about-illegal-immigration-and-medicaid/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-immigrants-one-big-beautiful-bill-house-cuts-uninsured/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kffhealthnews.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/10/factchecking-the-white-house-mythbuster-on-medicaid-cuts-and-immigrants/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ccf.georgetown.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kff.org/medicaid/proposed-medicaid-federal-match-penalty-for-states-that-have-expanded-coverage-for-immigrants-state-by-state-estimates/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kff.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/05/one-big-beautiful-bill-protects-medicaid-by-removing-illegals-from-the-program", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The One, Big, Beautiful Bill is a generational chance to protect Medicaid for Americans by removing at least 1.4 million illegal immigrants from the program.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114517897638237566", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "it will kick millions of Illegal Aliens off of Medicaid to PROTECT it for those who are the ones in real need.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/06/myth-vs-fact-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "over a million illegal aliens are receiving free health care on the backs of taxpayers. The One Big Beautiful Bill removes illegal aliens", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/undocumented-immigrants-free-healthcare/#2025-09-24", "start": "2025-09-24", "end": null, "title": "2025 government shutdown – \"Democrats shut down the government for health care for illegal aliens\"", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 28, 2025, Vice President Vance said on \"Fox News Sunday\" that Democrats were threatening a shutdown \"because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.\" PolitiFact reported that Trump and Speaker Johnson repeated the line, and NOTUS reported that Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Thune hammered it in \"dozens\" of press conferences and interviews. On Oct. 1 the White House published a release headlined \"Democrats Shut Down Government Over Free Healthcare for Illegals.\" PolitiFact rated Vance's claim False and NPR called the GOP claim false. Both said people in the U.S. illegally were already barred from Medicaid and the ACA marketplaces. PolitiFact said the Democratic proposal would instead restore Medicaid and ACA access for lawfully present immigrants who stand to lose it under the 2025 tax-and-spending law.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/oct/01/jd-vance/government-shutdown-Democrats-immigrant-healthcare/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/10/03/nx-s1-5560987/shutdown-undocumented-immigrants-medicaid-obamacare", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/congress/republicans-democrats-immigration-health-care-messaging-shutdown", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "notus.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/10/fact-democrats-shut-down-government-over-free-healthcare-for-illegals/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/oct/01/jd-vance/government-shutdown-Democrats-immigrant-healthcare/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/10/fact-democrats-shut-down-government-over-free-healthcare-for-illegals/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Democrats’ proposal would result in nearly $200 billion spent on healthcare for illegal immigrants and other non-citizens over the next decade", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/28/vance_preposterous_that_dems_want_to_shut_down_the_government_to_give_hundreds_of_billions_for_healthcare_for_illegal_aliens.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "realclearpolitics.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The American people really should pay attention to the fact that Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens. I've never seen anything like it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "jobs-numbers-rigged-claims", "title": "The recurring claim that the jobs numbers are rigged", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/jobs-numbers-rigged-claims/", "summary": "Since at least 2015, public figures have repeatedly said that official US jobs data, especially the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) monthly employment report and its revisions, is \"phony,\" \"fake,\" \"rigged\" or manipulated. Donald Trump has made the claim most often: about the unemployment rate during his 2016 campaign, about the 818,000-job preliminary revision in August 2024, and in August 2025, when he fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. Members of his administration made related claims in 2017 and after a 911,000-job preliminary revision in September 2025. Fact-checkers reported finding no evidence of manipulation, and former BLS commissioners appointed by George W. Bush and by Trump said the numbers cannot be rigged. PolitiFact described the annual benchmark revision as a \"standard, annual data-refinement process.\"", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/economy/trump-unemployment-rate-economy", "https://www.factcheck.org/2016/02/trump-wildly-inflates-unemployment/", "https://www.factcheck.org/2017/03/no-evidence-jobs-data-was-manipulated/", "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/no-evidence-for-trumps-claims-of-rigged-or-phony-job-numbers/", "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/05/donald-trump/bls-firing-jobs-revision-election/", "https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/sep/11/bls-jobs-benchmark-revision-911000/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-02-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/jobs-numbers-rigged-claims/#2016-02-09", "start": "2016-02-09", "end": "2016-02-11", "title": "Trump calls the unemployment rate \"phony numbers\" in his New Hampshire primary victory speech", "why_it_fits": "In his New Hampshire primary victory speech on Feb. 9, 2016, Trump said: \"Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent.\" That calls the official BLS unemployment rate \"phony,\" which is the thread's core claim. FactCheck.org gave the official rate as 4.9 percent for January 2016. PolitiFact said U-6, which counts the unemployed plus the underemployed, was 9.9 percent, and that \"none of the official ones\" was higher; FactCheck.org called U-6 the \"most comprehensive\" measure. FactCheck.org reported that Trump had made versions of the 42 percent claim several times since mid-2015.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2016/02/trump-wildly-inflates-unemployment/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-repeats-pants-fire-claim-unemployment", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/politics/donald-trump-jobs-report-unemployment-numbers-phony/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/trumps-long-history-bashing-jobs-report-numbers-dates/story?id=124294975", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2016/02/trump-wildly-inflates-unemployment/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump has floated this 40-something number several times, most recently in his victory speech after winning the New Hampshire Republican primary", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-repeats-pants-fire-claim-unemployment", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "none of the official ones are currently higher than 9.9 percent, and the highest credible number we could calculate was 15.6 percent", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ-QceqDll4", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-08-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/jobs-numbers-rigged-claims/#2016-08-08", "start": "2016-08-08", "end": "2016-08-09", "title": "Trump calls the 5% unemployment figure \"one of the biggest hoaxes in modern politics\" (Detroit Economic Club speech)", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 8, 2016, Trump laid out his economic plan in a speech at the Detroit Economic Club. A transcript of the speech (p2016.org) lists household and labor-force figures, then says: \"These are the real unemployment numbers – the five percent figure is one of the biggest hoaxes in modern politics.\" Fortune reported that Trump \"argued in a speech on the economy that the unemployment rate, published once a month by the Labor Department, is a 'hoax.'\" Fortune also wrote that Trump \"hasn't offered any evidence for this assertion\" and had claimed the \"real\" rate was anywhere from 18% to 42% during the campaign. Fortune gave the official rate at the time as 4.9%. It explained that this rate (U-3) leaves out people who have stopped looking for work and part-timers who want full-time jobs. It also noted that the Labor Department publishes a separate measure, the employment-population ratio, for the share of adults without a job.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2016/08/08/donald-trump-hoax", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.p2016.org/trump/trump080816sp.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "p2016.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.p2016.org/trump/trump080816sp.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "p2016.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "These are the real unemployment numbers – the five percent figure is one of the biggest hoaxes in modern politics.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://fortune.com/2016/08/08/donald-trump-hoax", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Trump hasn't offered any evidence for this assertion", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-03-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/jobs-numbers-rigged-claims/#2017-03-10", "start": "2017-03-10", "end": "2017-03-13", "title": "White House: jobs numbers \"may have been phony in the past, but it's very real now\"", "why_it_fits": "On March 10, 2017, the BLS reported 235,000 jobs added in February and unemployment at 4.7%, down from 4.8%. That afternoon a reporter noted that Trump had called earlier jobs reports \"phony\" or \"totally fiction.\" Spicer answered: \"I talked to the President prior to this, and he said to quote him very clearly -- 'They may have been phony in the past, but it's very real now.'\" On March 12, Mulvaney said on CNN's \"State of the Union\" that \"the Obama administration was manipulating the numbers\" to make the unemployment rate \"look smaller than it actually was.\" FactCheck.org reported that Mulvaney gave no evidence for this, even when pressed. CNN reported that BLS methods had not changed, and a BLS spokeswoman told FactCheck.org there had been \"no changes in how the unemployment rate is calculated\" during the periods in question.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/politics/donald-trump-jobs-report-unemployment-numbers-phony/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/10/white-houses-spicer-trump-says-jobs-report-may-have-been-phony-in-the-past-but-its-very-real-now.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2017/03/no-evidence-jobs-data-was-manipulated/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/finance/323425-spicer-quoting-trump-jobs-reports-may-have-been-phony-in-the-past-but-theyre/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-11", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "They may have been phony in the past, but it's very real now.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/politics/donald-trump-jobs-report-unemployment-numbers-phony/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The numbers haven't changed, nor has the Bureau of Labor Statistics' methodology for compiling them", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/12/news/economy/mick-mulvaney-obama-jobs-data/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "money.cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We've thought for a long time, I did, that the Obama administration was manipulating the numbers, in terms of the number of people in the workforce, to make the unemployment rate -- that percentage rate -- look smaller than it actually was.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-08-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/jobs-numbers-rigged-claims/#2024-08-21", "start": "2024-08-21", "end": "2024-08-28", "title": "The 818,000-job preliminary revision", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 21, 2024, BLS announced a preliminary estimate that jobs added in the 12 months through March 2024 would be revised down by 818,000. FactCheck.org reported that BLS called this a -0.5% adjustment, larger than the 10-year average of plus or minus 0.1%. The same day, Trump said in North Carolina: \"It really isn't a revision, it's a total lie\" (FactCheck.org). PolitiFact reported that he shared a Truth Social post that day saying the administration had been \"caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics.\" FactCheck.org reported that BLS had announced the Aug. 21 release date on July 5, and that a 2019 revision under Trump lowered jobs by 514,000. Economists across the ideological spectrum, including center-right and liberal economists quoted by PolitiFact, and an economist quoted by FactCheck.org, said they saw no evidence of manipulation.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/trump-calls-a-routine-revision-of-job-numbers-a-lie/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/job-data-manipulated-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "poynter.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/job-data-manipulated-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "poynter.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "MASSIVE SCANDAL! The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/trump-calls-a-routine-revision-of-job-numbers-a-lie/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It really isn't a revision, it's a total lie, total lie. There's never been any revision like this.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/job-data-manipulated-fact-check/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "poynter.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I want to address the fake job numbers the Harris-Biden administration has been reporting for the last year.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/jobs-numbers-rigged-claims/#2025-08-01", "start": "2025-08-01", "end": "2025-08-05", "title": "\"RIGGED\" July jobs report and the firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 1, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that payroll employment rose by 73,000 in July and revised May and June down by a combined 258,000 (CBS; FactCheck.org). In a 2:09 p.m. Truth Social post that day, Trump wrote that McEntarfer \"faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election\" and announced she would be fired (FactCheck.org). In remarks to reporters on Aug. 1 he called the figures \"phony\" (FactCheck.org). In a later Truth Social post he wrote that \"today's Jobs Numbers were RIGGED\" and pointed to \"a correction of over 818,000 Jobs\" (NBC; PolitiFact). In a CNBC interview on Aug. 5 he said \"The numbers were rigged\" and described a revision of \"almost 900,000 jobs\" (PolitiFact). PolitiFact reported that BLS released the 818,000 preliminary revision on Aug. 21, 2024, \"long before any American had cast a ballot\"; FactCheck.org placed it in \"late August 2024 — well before the election.\" Both reported that the final revision, published in February 2025, was -589,000. Kathy Utgoff, a BLS commissioner appointed by George W. Bush, told FactCheck.org that commissioners \"can't rig the numbers,\" and William Beach, BLS commissioner in Trump's first term, said rigging is \"not possible, and it's not possible by design\" (PolitiFact).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/05/donald-trump/bls-firing-jobs-revision-election/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/no-evidence-for-trumps-claims-of-rigged-or-phony-job-numbers/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-commissioner-of-labor-statistics-july-jobs-report-erika-mcentarfer/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "In my opinion, today's Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/no-evidence-for-trumps-claims-of-rigged-or-phony-job-numbers/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The president claimed McEntarfer \"faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala's chances of Victory,\" and he questioned the most recent job figures.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/05/donald-trump/bls-firing-jobs-revision-election/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The numbers were rigged. Biden wasn't doing well.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-09-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/jobs-numbers-rigged-claims/#2025-09-09", "start": "2025-09-09", "end": "2025-09-11", "title": "The 911,000-job preliminary revision", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 9, 2025, BLS estimated that job growth in the 12 months ending March 2025 had been overstated by 911,000 jobs. NPR said this was \"the largest such preliminary revision on record, going back to 2000.\" That day, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said the revision \"gives the American people even more reason to doubt the integrity of data being published by BLS.\" She added that the data must be \"never altered for political gain.\" Vice President JD Vance posted on X: \"It's difficult to overstate how useless BLS data had become.\" NPR reported that the White House \"was quick to claim vindication,\" and PolitiFact reported that it pointed to the revision as \"justification for firing BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Aug. 1.\" The White House said: \"Biden's economy was a disaster and the BLS is broken.\" NPR reported that Trump had made that firing while \"claiming without evidence that the agency was manipulating the numbers.\" Michael Strain of the conservative American Enterprise Institute wrote on X: \"There is no political bias at work in the revision\" (PolitiFact). PolitiFact also described known limits of the estimates, including the \"birth-death model\" used for payroll figures and \"declining response rates by employers who take part in the payroll surveys.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20250909", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dol.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/09/09/nx-s1-5527000/bls-us-job-growth-numbers-revised", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/sep/11/bls-jobs-benchmark-revision-911000/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20250909", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "dol.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Today's massive downward revision gives the American people even more reason to doubt the integrity of data being published by BLS.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/09/09/nx-s1-5527000/bls-us-job-growth-numbers-revised", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It's difficult to overstate how useless BLS data had become. A change was necessary [to] restore confidence,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/sep/11/bls-jobs-benchmark-revision-911000/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "There is no political bias at work in the revision", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "threats-against-longtime-allies", "title": "The recurring threats of tariffs and sanctions against longtime allies", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/", "summary": "Since 2016, Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized long-standing US allies (Canada, the EU and its members, Denmark, NATO partners) while threatening tariffs, the end of trade talks or conditional defense commitments. Some threats were carried out, some paused or negotiated into deals, and some dropped. Allied governments responded with countermeasures, concessions or public rebuttals.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nato-past-comments/", "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-tariffs-canada-timeline-1.7598349" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-07-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2016-07-20", "start": "2016-07-20", "end": "2016-07-22", "title": "Conditional defense of Baltic NATO allies", "why_it_fits": "In a July 20, 2016 interview with David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman of the New York Times, Republican nominee Donald Trump was asked whether NATO members, including the Baltic states, could count on US military aid if Russia attacked. He replied: \"Have they fulfilled their obligations to us? If they fulfill their obligations to us, the answer is yes.\" His stated reason was that \"We have many NATO members that aren't paying their bills\" (Atlantic Council transcript excerpt). CNBC reported his position as meaning the US \"would not automatically guarantee security to the 28 members of NATO.\" The remarks paired public criticism of allies with a defense commitment conditioned on their meeting obligations, rather than an automatic one. Context: Trump was a candidate at the time, so no official action followed.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/21/trump-would-not-leap-to-defend-baltic-states-from-russian-attack-nyt.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/trump-s-nato-policy-and-views-on-cyber-weapons/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "atlanticcouncil.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/trump-sets-conditions-defending-nato-allies", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/trump-s-nato-policy-and-views-on-cyber-weapons/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "atlanticcouncil.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Have they fulfilled their obligations to us? If they fulfill their obligations to us, the answer is yes.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/21/trump-would-not-leap-to-defend-baltic-states-from-russian-attack-nyt.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Donald Trump told The New York Times that if elected, he would not automatically come to the aid of NATO allies in the Baltics if they came under Russian attack.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-05-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2018-05-31", "start": "2018-05-31", "end": "2018-06-12", "title": "Steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, the EU and Mexico; the G7 clash with Trudeau", "why_it_fits": "Proclamation 9759 of May 31, 2018, issued under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, restated the finding that steel imports \"threaten to impair the national security of the United States\" and said the 25% steel tariff \"will now apply to imports of steel articles from additional countries.\" Al Jazeera reported that the move ended \"a two-month exemption\" for Canada, Mexico and the EU, and that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the 25% steel duty and a 10% duty on aluminum from June 1. Ross said NAFTA talks were \"taking longer than we had hoped.\" On June 9, after leaving the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Trump tweeted that Trudeau was \"Very dishonest & weak.\" He also said he had told US representatives not to endorse the communiqué \"as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!\" and that \"Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!\" Trudeau had said Canada would \"move forward with retaliatory measures\" on July 1 and that \"we also will not be pushed around\" (CNN). Al Jazeera reported Canada's retaliatory tariffs as worth $12.8bn. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called it \"a bad day for world trade\" and said the EU would bring a WTO dispute and announce \"counterbalancing measures.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/09/politics/trump-justin-trudeau-g7-communique/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-9-2018", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jun/11/context-what-justin-trudeau-said-made-donald-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2018/6/1/us-hits-eu-mexico-and-canada-with-steel-aluminium-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/DCPD-201800387", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-06-05/html/2018-12140.htm", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/09/politics/trump-justin-trudeau-g7-communique/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-9-2018", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that 'US Tariffs were kind of insulting' and he 'will not be pushed around.' Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2018/6/1/us-hits-eu-mexico-and-canada-with-steel-aluminium-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This is a bad day for world trade", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-06-05/html/2018-12140.htm", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "govinfo.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the tariff will now apply to imports of steel articles from additional countries", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-07-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2018-07-11", "start": "2018-07-11", "end": "2018-07-12", "title": "Brussels NATO summit attack on Germany and follow-on threats", "why_it_fits": "On July 11, 2018, Trump told Stoltenberg on camera that \"Germany, as far as I'm concerned, is captive to Russia,\" because of its Russian energy imports and the planned Nord Stream 2 pipeline. He tied this to US defense of Germany: \"We're supposed to protect Germany but getting their energy from Russia.\" On July 12, the Washington Post, citing two officials briefed on the closed meeting (as relayed by Axios), reported that Trump told leaders the US \"would go it alone\" if they didn't reach 2% of GDP on defense by January. At his press conference that day, Trump said he \"probably can\" pull the US out of NATO without Congress, \"but that's unnecessary.\" In a separate answer later in the press conference, he said of trade negotiators due \"the 25th of July\" that \"if they don't negotiate in good faith, we'll do something having to do with all of the millions of cars that are coming into our country.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/7/11/nato-summit-trump-says-germany-is-captive-to-russia", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/at-nato-trump-says-germany-is-totally-controlled-by-russia", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trump-says-germanyis-captive-to-russia-in-fiery-opening-salvo-against-nato/2018/07/11/56aa7174-7f0a-11e8-a63f-7b5d2aba7ac5_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2018/07/12/donald-trump-nato-emergency-meeting-germany-merkel", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/at-nato-trump-says-germany-is-totally-controlled-by-russia", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Germany is totally controlled by Russia, because they will be getting from 60 to 70 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trump-says-germanyis-captive-to-russia-in-fiery-opening-salvo-against-nato/2018/07/11/56aa7174-7f0a-11e8-a63f-7b5d2aba7ac5_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Germany, as far as I'm concerned, is captive to Russia because it's getting so much of its energy from Russia,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://nato.usmission.gov/july-12-2018-remarks-by-president-trump-at-press-conference-after-2018-nato-summit-in-brussels/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "nato.usmission.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "And if they don't negotiate in good faith, we'll do something having to do with all of the millions of cars that are coming into our country", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-08-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2019-08-20", "start": "2019-08-20", "end": "2019-08-23", "title": "Greenland and the cancelled Denmark visit", "why_it_fits": "On Aug 20, 2019, Trump tweeted that \"based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time.\" White House spokesman Judd Deere said the Sept. 2–3 visit had been cancelled (Al Jazeera). On Aug 21, Trump said of Frederiksen's comments, \"You don't talk to the United States that way, at least under me.\" He also tweeted that \"Denmark is only at 1.35% of GDP for NATO spending. They are a wealthy country and should be at 2%\" (Fox News). Trump announced the postponement, and the White House said the visit was cancelled. Frederiksen's office said on Aug 23 that the two leaders had spoken by phone late on Aug 22 (NBC News).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/8/21/trump-cancels-visit-to-denmark-after-pm-rejects-sale-of-greenland", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/21/danish-royal-family-surprised-after-truimp-cancels-visit-to-denmark.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-turns-up-heat-on-denmark-over-nato-spending-after-greenland-offer-spurned", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-speaks-nasty-danish-pm-amid-greenland-dispute-n1045821", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/8/21/trump-cancels-visit-to-denmark-after-pm-rejects-sale-of-greenland", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-turns-up-heat-on-denmark-over-nato-spending-after-greenland-offer-spurned", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "You don't talk to the United States that way, at least under me.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/21/danish-royal-family-surprised-after-truimp-cancels-visit-to-denmark.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Lene Balleby, head of communications for the royal household, told the Associated Press the news was a \"surprise\" to the palace", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-speaks-nasty-danish-pm-amid-greenland-dispute-n1045821", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Both leaders spoke late Thursday, and Danish media reported that the call was \"constructive.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-12-02", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2019-12-02", "start": "2019-12-02", "end": "2019-12-06", "title": "Proposed tariffs over France's digital services tax", "why_it_fits": "On December 2, 2019, USTR concluded its Section 301 investigation. It found that France's 3% digital services tax \"discriminates against U.S. companies,\" naming Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. USTR proposed \"additional duties of up to 100 percent\" on 63 tariff subheadings of French goods, worth about $2.4 billion. It also asked for comment on fees or restrictions on French services. The next day, at the NATO summit in London, Trump said: \"I'm not going to let people take advantage of American companies… It's not going to be France.\" French officials pushed back. Le Maire called the threat unacceptable and said there would be a \"strong\" European response. This is a tariff threat against a longtime ally and NATO member, which is the thread's pattern.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2019/december/conclusion-ustr%E2%80%99s-investigation", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ustr.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/20191203-macron-trump-continue-to-spar-over-french-digital-tax-plans-and-retaliatory-us-tariffs", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "france24.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/france-warns-donald-trump-tariffs-strong-response-european-union-trade-war-today-2019-12-03", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/16/2020-15312/notice-of-action-in-the-section-301-investigation-of-frances-digital-services-tax", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/12/2021-00425/notice-of-modification-of-section-301-action-investigation-of-frances-digital-services-tax", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/18/2021-25199/termination-of-actions-in-the-section-301-digital-services-tax-investigations-of-austria-france", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/20/macron-and-trump-declare-a-truce-on-digital-tax-dispute.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2019/december/conclusion-ustr%E2%80%99s-investigation", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "ustr.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "USTR's decision today sends a clear signal that the United States will take action against digital tax regimes that discriminate or otherwise impose undue burdens on U.S. companies", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/trump-france-us-companies-digital-tax", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I'm not going to let people take advantage of American companies", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/france-warns-donald-trump-tariffs-strong-response-european-union-trade-war-today-2019-12-03", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This is not the sort of behavior one expects from the United States with respect to one of its main allies", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-and-french-president-macron-meeting-at-nato-summit/537272", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-01-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2020-01-15", "start": "2020-01-15", "end": "2020-01-16", "title": "Reported private 25% auto-tariff threat over the Iran nuclear deal", "why_it_fits": "The Washington Post reported on Jan 15, 2020, citing European officials, that Trump administration officials had warned privately that the US would put a 25% tariff on European cars unless Britain, France and Germany formally accused Iran of breaching the 2015 nuclear deal. The three countries triggered the deal's dispute mechanism on Tuesday, Jan 14. The Post also reported that a US official conceded the Europeans \"were already moving toward triggering the dispute resolution before the threat was issued last week.\" Reuters, in a report carried by Al Jazeera, said earlier US auto-tariff threats against Europe were about trade terms, while this one was meant to change European foreign policy. On Jan 16, German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer confirmed the threat existed but denied that the decision to trigger the mechanism was a reaction to it (City AM). Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, tweeted \"E3 sold out remnants of", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/days-before-europeans-warned-iran-of-nuclear-deal-violations-trump-secretly-threatened-to-impose-25percent-tariff-on-european-autos-if-they-didnt/2020/01/15/0a3ea8ce-37a9-11ea-a01d-b7cc8ec1a85d_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2020/1/15/us-threatened-europe-with-auto-tariffs-over-iran-washington-post", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-news-iranians-say-europe-folded-to-trump-tariff-threat-sold-out-nuclear-deal-today-2020-01-16/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cityam.com/german-defence-minister-confirms-us-car-tariff-threat-over-iran/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cityam.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/trump-threatened-uk-25-car-134213777.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/days-before-europeans-warned-iran-of-nuclear-deal-violations-trump-secretly-threatened-to-impose-25percent-tariff-on-european-autos-if-they-didnt/2020/01/15/0a3ea8ce-37a9-11ea-a01d-b7cc8ec1a85d_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the United States would impose a 25 percent tariff on European automobiles, the Trump officials warned, according to European officials familiar with the conversations.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cityam.com/german-defence-minister-confirms-us-car-tariff-threat-over-iran/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cityam.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "\"This expression or threat, as you will, does exist,\" she said.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-news-iranians-say-europe-folded-to-trump-tariff-threat-sold-out-nuclear-deal-today-2020-01-16/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "E3 sold out remnants of #JCPOA to avoid new Trump tariffs.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-02-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2024-02-10", "start": "2024-02-10", "end": "2024-02-13", "title": "\"Do whatever the hell they want\" rally remark", "why_it_fits": "At a Feb. 10, 2024 campaign rally in Conway, S.C., Trump recounted an exchange with the leader of an unnamed \"big country\" in NATO. He said he told them a \"delinquent\" member would not get US protection if attacked by Russia, and that \"I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want\" (ABC, CNBC). He gave his reason as \"You don't pay your bills, you get no protection. It's very simple\" (ABC). The remarks paired an attack on allies' defense spending with a threat to withhold US protection. The White House called the remarks \"appalling and unhinged,\" and Stoltenberg said such a suggestion \"undermines all of our security, including that of the U.S.\" (ABC).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-russia-nato-defense-funds/story?id=107136736", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/11/trump-says-he-warned-nato-ally-spend-more-on-defense-or-russia-can-do-whatever-the-hell-they-want.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/europe/trump-comments-reaction-nato-stoltenberg-intl-hnk/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nato-chief-says-trump-comment-undermines-all-of-our-security/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/11/trump-says-he-warned-nato-ally-spend-more-on-defense-or-russia-can-do-whatever-the-hell-they-want.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "'No I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay. You gotta pay your bills.'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-russia-nato-defense-funds/story?id=107136736", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes is appalling and unhinged", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2024/former-president-trump-says-he-threatened-russian-aggression-against-nato-countries/5106061", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "to do whatever the hell they want", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2025-01-07", "start": "2025-01-07", "end": "2025-01-08", "title": "Mar-a-Lago news conference on Greenland and Canada", "why_it_fits": "At a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 7, 2025, President-elect Trump was asked whether he could rule out using military force or coercion to gain control of Greenland or the Panama Canal. He said \"No,\" and threatened tariffs on Denmark, a NATO member, if it did not give up Greenland (NBC News; Axios). He ruled out military force against Canada but said he would use \"economic force\" to make it part of the US. As his reasons, he cited national security and said \"we're spending hundreds of billions here to protect it\" (NBC News). Trudeau wrote on X that \"There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States\" (CBC). Frederiksen, Egede, Scholz and Barrot also publicly rejected or pushed back on the remarks (Axios; NBC News).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-use-military-force-acquire-panama-canal-greenland-econo-rcna186610", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/01/07/trump-military-control-greenland-panama-canal", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-canada-tariffs-51st-state-news-conference-1.7424897", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbc.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/europe-pushes-back-trump-greenland-military-threat-rcna186744", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-use-military-force-acquire-panama-canal-greenland-econo-rcna186610", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "People really don't even know that Denmark has any legal right to it, but if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/01/07/trump-military-control-greenland-panama-canal", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I am not going to commit to that. It might be that you have to do something", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/europe-pushes-back-trump-greenland-military-threat-rcna186744", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "the principle of inviolability of borders applies to every country, regardless of whether it is to the east or west of us.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-canada-tariffs-51st-state-news-conference-1.7424897", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbc.ca", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/news-conference/president-elect-trump-not-ruling-out-military-action-to-acquire-panama-canal-greenland/5148043", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-02-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2025-02-01", "start": "2025-02-01", "end": "2025-02-04", "title": "25% tariffs ordered on Canada, then paused for 30 days", "why_it_fits": "On February 1, 2025, Trump ordered a 25% tariff on most imports from Canada and a lower 10% tariff on Canadian energy. The White House cited \"illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl\" and declared a national emergency under IEEPA, the emergency economic powers law. The order says that if Canada retaliates, \"the President may increase or expand in scope the duties imposed under this order.\" On February 2, Trump wrote on Truth Social: \"We pay hundreds of Billions of Dollars to SUBSIDIZE Canada... Without this massive subsidy, Canada ceases to exist as a viable Country.\" He said Canada should become \"our Cherished 51st State,\" with \"NO TARIFFS!\" Canada announced 25% tariffs on $155 billion of U.S. goods. On February 3, Trump paused his tariffs for 30 days after Trudeau said he had pledged more cooperation on border security.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-pauses-tariffs-on-mexico-canada-for-30-days", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-canada-would-have-no-tariffs-51st-state-observers-brace-trade-war", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/07/2025-02406/imposing-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-northern-border", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-canada-would-have-no-tariffs-51st-state-observers-brace-trade-war", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Much lower taxes, and far better military protection for the people of Canada – AND NO TARIFFS!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Until the crisis is alleviated, President Donald J. Trump is implementing a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports from China.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-pauses-tariffs-on-mexico-canada-for-30-days", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-11", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2025-03-11", "start": "2025-03-11", "end": "2025-03-11", "title": "Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum over Ontario's electricity surcharge, then drops it the same day", "why_it_fits": "On the morning of March 11, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social that he had told his Commerce Secretary to add an extra 25% tariff, bringing the total to 50%, on Canadian steel and aluminum. He cited Ontario's 25% surcharge on electricity exports to Minnesota, Michigan and New York (CBS, NPR). In the same post he repeated that Canada should become the \"Fifty First State,\" saying this \"would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear\" (CBS, NPR). That afternoon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford suspended the surcharge after a call with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Lutnick told CBS the 50% rate was \"off.\" The White House said the 25% steel and aluminum tariff would apply to Canada and all other trading partners from midnight on March 12 (CBS, NPR). The threat was dropped within hours; the 25% rate went ahead. Peak attention was March 11, 2025: CBS News called it \"tariff whiplash on Tuesday,\" and NPR reported that Trump announced the doubled tariffs and then rescinded them hours later, the day before steel and aluminum tariffs on all trading partners took effect. Background from the Federal Register: the separate 25% duties on Canadian goods (10% on energy) took effect at 12:01 a.m. EST on March 4, 2025. The stated legal basis was a national emergency, first declared at the southern border and expanded to cover the flow of fentanyl and illicit drugs across the northern border. An amendment effective March 7 exempted goods that qualify under the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) and cut the rate on non-qualifying potash to 10%.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5324639/trump-canada-tariffs-aluminum-steel", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/06/2025-03664/notice-of-implementation-of-additional-duties-on-products-of-canada-pursuant-to-the-presidents", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/11/2025-03901/amendment-to-notice-of-implementation-of-additional-duties-on-products-of-canada-pursuant-to-the", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on 'Electricity' coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "No, that's off, too. So, we're at 25% for steel and aluminum because that's where we were.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5324639/trump-canada-tariffs-aluminum-steel", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Stocks fell on the tariff announcement, and Tuesday afternoon, the administration said that it had reached an agreement with Ford.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2025-03-13", "start": "2025-03-13", "end": "2025-03-14", "title": "200% tariff threat on EU wine, Champagne and spirits", "why_it_fits": "On March 13, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social that the European Union was \"one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World, which was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States.\" He threatened a 200% tariff on \"all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED COUNTRIES\" if a planned EU 50% tariff on US whiskey was \"not removed immediately.\" The EU measure was part of its response to the 25% US steel and aluminum tariffs that took effect the day before Trump's post. French Prime Minister François Bayrou said Europeans \"will not yield to these kinds of threats.\" On March 20, the European Commission said its countermeasures, which had been set to start in phases from April 1, would instead all take effect on April 13. A Commission spokesperson said the delay allowed \"additional time for discussions with the US administration\" (CNN). An April 2025 Fox Business report said bourbon, wine and dairy had been taken off the EU's revised list.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/trump-threatens-to-put-200percent-tariff-on-french-champagne-and-other-eu-spirits.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/13/trump-vows-massive-retaliatory-tariffs-on-european-wine-and-spirits", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/business/alcohol-tariffs-eu-trump-trade-war/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/economy/europe-tariff-delay/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/eu-commission-proposes-25-tariffs-us-goods-response-trump-report", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/trump-threatens-to-put-200percent-tariff-on-french-champagne-and-other-eu-spirits.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED COUNTRIES.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/13/trump-vows-massive-retaliatory-tariffs-on-european-wine-and-spirits", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It is important for us Europeans to show who we are and that we will not yield to these kinds of threats", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/business/alcohol-tariffs-eu-trump-trade-war/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "He called the retaliatory tariff it imposed on US bourbon “nasty.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-05-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2025-05-23", "start": "2025-05-23", "end": "2025-05-26", "title": "50% EU tariff threat", "why_it_fits": "On May 23, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social that the European Union \"has been very difficult to deal with.\" He said he was \"recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on June 1, 2025.\" His stated reasons were the EU's \"powerful trade barriers, VAT taxes, ridiculous corporate penalties,\" and a trade deficit he called \"totally unacceptable.\" After a call on Sunday, May 25, in which von der Leyen asked for an extension, he agreed to move the date to July 9 (Time). In August 2025, the US and EU issued a joint statement on a trade framework built around a 15% tariff level, and no 50% tariff on the EU is recorded in these sources.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://time.com/7288483/trump-european-union-tariff-threat-trade-war-concerns/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/global-markets-tumble-after-trump-announces-tariffs-against-european-union-apple", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/25/business/trump-eu-tariff-delay", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/joint-statement-on-a-united-states-european-union-framework-on-an-agreement-on-reciprocal-fair-and-balanced-trade/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "whitehouse.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114556968834547173", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "truthsocial.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with … Our discussions with them are going nowhere!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/global-markets-tumble-after-trump-announces-tariffs-against-european-union-apple", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "U.S. stocks are falling on Friday after President Donald Trump threatened 50% tariffs on the European Union that could begin in a little more than a week.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/7288483/trump-european-union-tariff-threat-trade-war-concerns/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "I agreed to the extension—July 9, 2025", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-06-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2025-06-27", "start": "2025-06-27", "end": "2025-06-30", "title": "Trump ends trade talks with Canada over its digital services tax", "why_it_fits": "On June 27, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social that Canada's digital services tax was \"a direct and blatant attack on our Country.\" He said the US was \"terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately,\" and that within seven days the US would tell Canada what tariff it would pay (CNBC). His stated reasons were the tax on US tech companies, Canadian dairy tariffs he put at \"as much as 400%,\" and Canada \"copying the European Union\" (CNBC). On June 29, Canada's Department of Finance said it would drop the tax, stop the collection due June 30, and resume talks aiming for a deal by July 21, 2025 (Canada.ca). White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Carney \"caved\" (CBC).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/trump-canada-trade-talks-tariffs.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax-to-advance-broader-trade-negotiations-with-the-united-states.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "canada.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7574146", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbc.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/economy/canada-rescind-digital-tax-us-trade-talks/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5451242/canada-us-trade-talks-tech-carney-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/trump-canada-trade-talks-tariffs.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax-to-advance-broader-trade-negotiations-with-the-united-states.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "canada.ca", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "The June 30, 2025 collection will be halted, and Minister Champagne will soon bring forward legislation to rescind the Digital Services Tax Act.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7574146", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbc.ca", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the prime minister \"caved\" to Trump.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCazfY-7MD0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2025-07-12", "start": "2025-07-12", "end": "2025-07-28", "title": "The EU tariff threat ends in the Turnberry deal", "why_it_fits": "On July 12, 2025, Trump posted a letter to the EU on his social media account. In it he called the US trade deficit a national security threat and said the relationship had been \"far from Reciprocal.\" He announced a 30% tariff on EU goods from August 1 and warned he would raise it further if the EU raised its own tariffs (NPR, CBS). The EU threatened \"proportionate countermeasures if required\" but extended the pause on them until early August (CBS, CNN). On July 27 at Turnberry, the two sides agreed that most EU goods would face a 15% tariff instead (OPB/NPR, CNBC). Executive Order 14326, signed July 31, 2025, implemented that rate for EU goods (Federal Register).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-announcement-tariffs-mexico-european-union/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/money-report/trump-and-eus-von-der-leyen-announce-trade-deal/6349568/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnewyork.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/06/2025-15010/further-modifying-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.hsfkramer.com/notes/crt/2025-09/deal", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "hsfkramer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/12/nx-s1-5465577/trump-30-tariffs-eu-mexico", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from Reciprocal.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/business/us-eu-tariffs-august-delay", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "We will therefore also extend the suspension of our countermeasures till early August,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/27/trump-clinches-trade-agreement-with-eu-with-15percent-tariff/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "opb.org", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "This was the big one. This is the biggest of them all,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/threats-against-longtime-allies/#2025-08-25", "start": "2025-08-25", "end": "2025-08-26", "title": "Threat over digital taxes and tech rules", "why_it_fits": "On Aug 25, 2025, Trump posted on Truth Social that \"Digital Taxes, Digital Services Legislation, and Digital Markets Regulations are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American technology.\" He warned that unless these were removed, he \"will impose substantial additional Tariffs on that Country's Exports to the U.S.A., and institute Export restrictions on our Highly Protected Technology and Chips\" (Reuters). He named no country. Euronews said the remarks \"could be read as a criticism\" of the EU's Digital Markets Act and DSA, and noted that the UK, France, Italy and Spain have digital services taxes. Reuters noted that Trump had earlier threatened Canada and France with tariffs over digital taxes, and in February 2025 ordered his trade chief to revive investigations into countries with these taxes. Stated US rationale: Trump said the rules \"discriminate against\" American technology and \"give a complete pass to China's largest tech companies\" (Euronews). The European Commission answered on Aug 26 that \"it is the sovereign right of the EU and its member states to regulate economic activities on our territory\" (RTÉ). Commission spokesperson Paula Pinho said other measures outside the July EU-US trade framework were \"merely speculative.\" EU tech spokesperson Thomas Regnier said the EU could \"firmly rebut\" the idea that its rules target US companies, noting that the last three DSA enforcement decisions were against AliExpress, TikTok and Temu (RTÉ). What followed: no official action on this threat is recorded in these sources.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-more-tariffs-countries-013710815.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/26/trump-threatens-tariffs-on-nations-imposing-digital-taxes-on-us-tech", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "euronews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0826/1530154-trump-tariffs-tech-eu/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rte.ie", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-tariffs-digital-taxes.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/26/trump-threatens-tariffs-on-nations-imposing-digital-taxes-on-us-tech", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "euronews.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "Digital Taxes, Digital Services Legislation, and Digital Markets Regulations are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American technology,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-more-tariffs-countries-013710815.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "will impose substantial additional Tariffs on that Country's Exports to the U.S.A., and institute Export restrictions on our Highly Protected Technology and Chips", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0826/1530154-trump-tariffs-tech-eu/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "rte.ie", "captured": "2026-10-24", "quote": "It is the sovereign right of the EU and its member states to regulate economic activities on our territory", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "illegal-voting-decided-election", "title": "The recurring claim that illegal voting decided an election", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/", "summary": "Since 2016, claims that illegal votes by noncitizens, dead people or people voting twice changed a US election result have come back again and again. Donald Trump made them about the 2016 popular vote and the 2020 election, and the focus later moved to noncitizen voting ahead of 2024 and the 2026 midterms. Audits, courts, election officials and reviews have repeatedly found illegal voting to be rare and far too small to change a result. Examples are Attorney General Barr's December 2020 statement, an Associated Press (AP) review of six swing states, and Georgia's 2024 voter-roll citizenship audit.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.npr.org/2020/12/01/940819896/barr-says-no-election-fraud-has-been-found-by-federal-authorities", "https://thehill.com/homenews/presidential-campaign/585901-ap-finds-fewer-than-475-cases-of-potential-voter-fraud-in-six/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-10-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2016-10-15", "start": "2016-10-15", "end": "2016-10-20", "title": "\"Rigged election\" claims before Election Day", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 17, 2016, Trump tweeted that \"large scale voter fraud\" was \"happening on and before election day,\" and PolitiFact rated the claim Pants on Fire. PolitiFact cited a count by Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt of 31 credible voter-impersonation incidents out of more than 1 billion votes cast from 2000 to 2014. FactCheck.org reported that in a Wisconsin speech the same day, Trump said dead people and noncitizens were voting. He cited a Pew report listing 1.8 million deceased people still on voter rolls, but FactCheck.org found the report did not say they had voted. He also cited an Old Dominion study; the Harvard professor who manages its data said the data was misused and the conclusions were wrong. TIME reported that Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani said on Oct. 16 that Democrats could steal a very close election by having supposedly dead people vote in inner cities.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/17/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-large-scale-voter-f/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/trumps-bogus-voter-fraud-claims/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-won-t-say-he-ll-accept-election-results-i-n669801", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/4532679/donald-trump-election-rigged/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/17/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-large-scale-voter-f/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/trumps-bogus-voter-fraud-claims/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "People that have died 10 years ago are still voting,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-won-t-say-he-ll-accept-election-results-i-n669801", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will look at it at the time. I'm not looking at anything now,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWGWGebWD10", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-11-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2016-11-27", "start": "2016-11-27", "end": "2016-12-05", "title": "Millions of people who voted illegally", "why_it_fits": "On Nov. 27, 2016, President-elect Trump tweeted: \"In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.\" At the time, Hillary Clinton led the popular vote by more than 2 million (NPR); PolitiFact put her lead at about 2.24 million as of Nov. 28, citing the Cook Political Report. NPR reported that Trump offered no evidence and that the claim \"appears to have originated\" with Infowars, which had reported that 3 million people voted illegally, \"citing flawed evidence.\" PolitiFact said it \"found zero evidence\" for the claim and rated it Pants on Fire, noting that a News21 investigation \"found just 56 cases of noncitizens voting between 2000 and 2011.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/28/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-millions-illegal-vo/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2016/11/27/503506026/trump-makes-unfounded-claim-that-millions-voted-illegally-for-clinton", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/27/politics/donald-trump-voter-fraud-popular-vote/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2016/11/trump-sticks-with-bogus-voter-fraud-claims/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/28/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-millions-illegal-vo/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We rate Trump’s statement Pants on Fire.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2016/11/27/503506026/trump-makes-unfounded-claim-that-millions-voted-illegally-for-clinton", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He did not provide evidence to back up that claim, and Trump's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for more information.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/27/politics/donald-trump-voter-fraud-popular-vote/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This is the first time he has alleged voter fraud in his own victory and there is no evidence of any widespread voter fraud.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/president-elect-trump-claims-millions-americans-voted-illegally-818604612000", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-01-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2017-01-23", "start": "2017-01-23", "end": "2017-02-13", "title": "\"3 to 5 million illegal votes\" and the New Hampshire \"busing\" claim", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 23, 2017, President Trump told congressional leaders that 3 million to 5 million illegal votes had caused him to lose the popular vote, which Hillary Clinton won by nearly 2.9 million. FactCheck.org noted that the National Association of Secretaries of State said its members were \"not aware of any evidence\" supporting it; that Trump's own lawyers had written in December 2016 that \"all available evidence suggests\" the election was \"not tainted by fraud or mistake\"; and that even at the highest rate from a disputed study, noncitizen voting would have added fewer than 800,000 votes to Clinton's total. On Feb. 12, Stephen Miller repeated on ABC's \"This Week\" the claim that people were bused into New Hampshire to vote, after Trump had told senators that this cost him the state. The AP reported that Gov. Chris Sununu had called similar talk \"more a figure of speech,\" and that detected voter fraud cases in New Hampshire had been \"in the single digits over recent elections.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2017/01/trumps-bogus-voter-fraud-claims-revisited/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-miller-repeats-voter-fraud-claims-without-citing-any-evidence/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/12/stephen-miller/white-house-senior-adviser-repeats-baseless-claim-/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abc7chicago.com/george-stephanopoulos-voter-fraud-trump-aide-donald/1752366/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abc7chicago.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/824227824903090176", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and….", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-miller-repeats-voter-fraud-claims-without-citing-any-evidence/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I can tell you that this issue of busing voters in to New Hampshire is widely known by anyone who's worked in New Hampshire politics. It's very real, it's very serious.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abc7chicago.com/george-stephanopoulos-voter-fraud-trump-aide-donald/1752366/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abc7chicago.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "For the record you've provided zero evidence that the President was the victim of massive voter fraud in New Hampshire.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unwlnlWzY1I", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-06-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2017-06-29", "start": "2017-06-29", "end": "2017-07-15", "title": "Election commission asks states for voter data", "why_it_fits": "President Trump created the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity on May 11, 2017. The Washington Post reported that he did so \"after repeatedly suggesting that millions of illegal voters cost him the popular vote,\" and CNN called those claims \"debunked and unsubstantiated.\" On June 28, the commission's vice chair, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, asked every state for voter-roll data by July 14. Requested fields included names, birth dates, party registration, the last four digits of Social Security numbers and voting history. On July 10 the Post reported that at least 44 states had said they would not provide all of the data. That day the commission asked states to send nothing until a federal judge ruled on a privacy lawsuit brought by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/30/politics/kris-kobach-voter-commission-rolls/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/trump-voting-panel-tells-states-to-hold-off-sending-data-while-court-weighs-privacy-impact/2017/07/10/c4c837fa-6597-11e7-a1d7-9a32c91c6f40_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/535823073/kris-kobach-denies-reports-of-states-refusing-to-provide-voter-information", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/341723-trumps-voter-fraud-commission-asks-states-to-hold-off-on-sending-data/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/30/politics/kris-kobach-voter-commission-rolls/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Kobach also requested that each state provide “publicly available voter roll data” as allowed under each state’s laws", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/01/politics/trump-voter-fraud-kobach/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished VOTER FRAUD PANEL. What are they trying to hide,\" Trump wrote.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/trump-voting-panel-tells-states-to-hold-off-sending-data-while-court-weighs-privacy-impact/2017/07/10/c4c837fa-6597-11e7-a1d7-9a32c91c6f40_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "At least 44 states have indicated that they won’t provide all of their voter data", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-01-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2018-01-03", "start": "2018-01-03", "end": "2018-01-05", "title": "The commission is dissolved", "why_it_fits": "Trump created the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in May 2017 (Executive Order 13799). Newsweek says this followed months of him claiming, without producing evidence, that fraud in the 2016 election cost him the popular vote. Fox News reports he had claimed, without evidence, that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally in 2016, and notes that Clinton got 2.8 million more votes nationwide. On January 3, 2018, he signed an order ending the commission. The White House statement said \"substantial evidence of voter fraud\" existed but blamed states' refusals to share data and \"endless legal battles,\" and handed the issues to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Fox News reported that there is no evidence voter fraud is widespread in the U.S. or has affected election results.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/presidential-commission-voter-integrity-abolished-trump-pence-kobach-770115", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dissolves-voter-fraud-commission-after-states-balk-at-data-requests", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-13820-termination-presidential-advisory-commission-election-integrity", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/presidential-commission-voter-integrity-abolished-trump-pence-kobach-770115", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the [commission] with basic information relevant to its inquiry", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dissolves-voter-fraud-commission-after-states-balk-at-data-requests", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Kobach characterized the decision to dissolve the bipartisan group as a \"tactical change\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-06-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2018-06-18", "start": "2018-06-18", "end": "2018-06-20", "title": "Court strikes down Kansas proof-of-citizenship law (Fish v. Kobach)", "why_it_fits": "On June 18, 2018, Chief U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson struck down Kansas's requirement to show documents proving citizenship when registering to vote. Her 118-page ruling found it violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and the 14th Amendment. She found that Secretary of State Kris Kobach had not shown that a \"substantial number\" of noncitizens had registered (NPR; Slate). Kobach had told the court he could document 127 noncitizens who tried to register in a state of about 1.8 million registered voters. He said 43 succeeded and 11 voted, and called those figures \"the tip of the iceberg.\" The judge wrote that \"there is no iceberg; only an icicle\" (NPR). AP described Kobach, who had led Trump's now-defunct voter fraud commission, as \"a leading source\" for Trump's unsupported claim that millions of immigrants in the country illegally may have voted in 2016 (CBS/AP). Kobach said his office would appeal.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621304260/judge-tosses-kansas-proof-of-citizenship-voter-law-and-rebukes-sec-of-state-koba", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-rules-that-kansas-cannot-require-proof-of-u-s-citizenship-to-vote/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/392893-judge-rules-against-kobach-in-voter-registration-case/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/kris-kobach-sabotaged-proof-of-citizenship-voter-suppression-law-in-kansas-through-incompetence.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "slate.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621304260/judge-tosses-kansas-proof-of-citizenship-voter-law-and-rebukes-sec-of-state-koba", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "there is no iceberg; only an icicle, largely created by confusion and administrative error.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-rules-that-kansas-cannot-require-proof-of-u-s-citizenship-to-vote/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "was a leading source for Trump's unsubstantiated claim that millions of immigrants in the country illegally may have voted in the 2016 election.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aclukansas.org/news/federal-judge-rules-favor-aclu-strikes-down-kobachs-illegal-voter-restrictions/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "aclukansas.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Late this afternoon, Judge Robinson ruled decisively in favor of the ACLU and its plaintiffs in the case.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected source credits: the \"substantial number\" finding is now credited to NPR and Slate, and the \"iceberg\" and \"icicle\" lines to NPR alone. Changed \"former vice chair\" to \"had led\" to match the AP wording, and \"people\" to \"immigrants\" to match the AP text being paraphrased." } ] }, { "anchor": "2019-01-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2019-01-25", "start": "2019-01-25", "end": "2019-02-27", "title": "Texas \"95,000 noncitizens\" on voter rolls", "why_it_fits": "In a late-January 2019 advisory, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley said nearly 95,000 noncitizens were registered to vote and about 58,000 of them had voted in one or more Texas elections. The office flagged them because they had once identified as noncitizens to the Department of Public Safety. The state's own advisory called these records \"WEAK matches.\" Even so, on Jan. 27 President Trump tweeted that \"58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas\" and that voter fraud was \"rampant,\" and fact-checkers reported that none of the people listed had been confirmed as noncitizen voters. Within days, state officials acknowledged that many people may not belong on the list. On Feb. 27, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered Texas to stop removing voters, writing that \"there is no widespread voter fraud.\" His ruling came after a state elections official testified that more than 25,000 people on the list were in fact citizens.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/01/30/690023531/texas-officials-begin-walking-back-allegations-about-noncitizen-voters", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/02/27/698802643/federal-judge-orders-texas-to-end-purge-of-98-000-people-from-voter-rolls", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/28/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-tweets-58000-noncitizens-voted-texas", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/more-voter-fraud-misinformation-from-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1089513936435716096", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote. These numbers are just the tip of the iceberg.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1088898595653386240", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "VOTER FRAUD ALERT", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/02/27/698802643/federal-judge-orders-texas-to-end-purge-of-98-000-people-from-voter-rolls", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The evidence has shown in a hearing before this Court that there is no widespread voter fraud,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCmtcK3wauM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-11-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2020-11-04", "start": "2020-11-04", "end": "2021-01-31", "title": "Fraud claims after the 2020 election", "why_it_fits": "After the 2020 election, the AP reported that the Trump campaign team led by Rudy Giuliani had been \"alleging a widespread conspiracy by Democrats to dump millions of illegal votes into the system with no evidence.\" The AP added that courts had repeatedly dismissed the claims, including Republican judges. On Nov. 11, 2020, the Trump campaign said four dead Georgians' identities were used to vote; county officials told CNN that two of those ballots were not cast. On Dec. 1, Attorney General William Barr told the AP the Justice Department had not seen fraud on a scale that could have changed the outcome. In January 2021, Georgia officials said they had found only two people who \"potentially\" voted after dying. PolitiFact reported that Biden's 11,779-vote win in Georgia had been confirmed by two recounts, one of them by hand.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/trump-campaign-georgia-dead-voters-fact-check/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2020/12/01/940819896/barr-says-no-election-fraud-has-been-found-by-federal-authorities", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/us/article/Barr-No-evidence-of-fraud-that-d-change-15766967.php", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "houstonchronicle.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2021/jan/05/heres-why-georgias-republican-officials-are-confid/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/trump-campaign-georgia-dead-voters-fact-check/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "On Wednesday, the Trump campaign claimed that the identities of four deceased people were used to vote in Georgia.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/us/article/Barr-No-evidence-of-fraud-that-d-change-15766967.php", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "houstonchronicle.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2021/jan/05/heres-why-georgias-republican-officials-are-confid/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Instead of the 1,000 people or 5,000 he may have said of dead people voting, we had two.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp-EGJ9FdEM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "on a scale that could have affected", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-09-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2021-09-23", "start": "2021-09-23", "end": "2021-09-28", "title": "Cyber Ninjas review of Maricopa County's 2020 ballots is released", "why_it_fits": "Republicans in the Arizona Senate hired Cyber Ninjas to review the 2020 election in Maricopa County. The firm had never audited an election before (NPR, Mediaite). NPR reported that the review's hand count of almost 2.1 million ballots gave Biden 99 more votes than the official count and Trump 261 fewer. The report said there were \"no substantial differences\" from the official canvass (PolitiFact). The day after, Trump told a rally that Biden \"lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit\" and claimed there were \"17,322 duplicate ballots.\" PolitiFact rated the first claim Pants on Fire and called the second misleading. In 2022, Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich checked the report's claim that 282 dead people had voted. His office found only one dead voter, and that person's ballot was not counted (NBC News).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040327483/the-controversial-election-review-in-arizona-confirms-bidens-win", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/28/donald-trump/trump-falsely-describes-arizona-audit-findings", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/arizona-ag-refutes-review-counted-282-dead-voters-rcna41150", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2026/03/09/federal-probe-examines-debunked-2020-arizona-election-audit/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "azcapitoltimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040327483/the-controversial-election-review-in-arizona-confirms-bidens-win", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "In fact, the hand recount for Biden exceeded the county's tally by 99 votes, while Trump received 261 fewer votes than the official results.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/politics/cyber-ninja-audit-biden-won/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "BREAKING: The #azaudit draft report from Cyber Ninjas confirms the county's canvass of the 2020 General Election was accurate", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/28/donald-trump/trump-falsely-describes-arizona-audit-findings", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He didn't win in Arizona. He lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-12-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2021-12-14", "start": "2021-12-14", "end": "2021-12-17", "title": "AP review finds fewer than 475 possible voter-fraud cases in six battleground states", "why_it_fits": "An AP review of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin covered more than 300 local election offices and found fewer than 475 possible voter-fraud cases. Biden won those six states by a combined 311,257 votes out of 25.5 million ballots, so the cases equal 0.15 percent of his margin. AP reported \"no collusion intended to rig the voting\" and said almost every case was one person acting alone to cast additional ballots, including a Pennsylvania man who voted twice. Asked for comment, Trump said more mail voting had allowed cheating involving \"hundreds of thousands of votes.\" He also said, \"I just don't think you should make a fool out of yourself by saying 400 votes.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-review-finds-far-too-little-vote-fraud-to-tip-2020-election-to-trump", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exhaustive-fact-check-finds-little-evidence-of-voter-fraud-but-2020s-big-lie-lives-on", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/presidential-campaign/585901-ap-finds-fewer-than-475-cases-of-potential-voter-fraud-in-six/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://theweek.com/donald-trump/1008095/ap-looked-for-2020-vote-fraud-in-6-states-found-475-possible-cases-many", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "theweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-review-finds-far-too-little-vote-fraud-to-tip-2020-election-to-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-review-finds-far-too-little-vote-fraud-to-tip-2020-election-to-trump", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I just don't think you should make a fool out of yourself by saying 400 votes,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exhaustive-fact-check-finds-little-evidence-of-voter-fraud-but-2020s-big-lie-lives-on", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Well, in the end, we found it was just shy of 475 potential cases of voter fraud in those six states", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUL9qjfZiLM", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the office count: the source says the review covered more than 300 local election offices, and that reporters in five states contacted about 340, not 340 across all six. Removed \"often trying to vote twice,\" which the source does not say; it describes individuals casting additional ballots, with one man who voted twice as an example." } ] }, { "anchor": "2022-05-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2022-05-01", "start": "2022-05-01", "end": "2022-06-30", "title": "The \"2000 Mules\" film", "why_it_fits": "The film claimed that paid \"mules\" illegally collected ballots and put them in drop boxes. PolitiFact describes the claim as 2,000 people delivering 400,000 illegal votes in key states that Joe Biden won. The Post's analysis says D'Souza used those figures \"to determine how this network of criminality swung the election to Biden.\" Barr told Jan. 6 investigators the film did not change his view that the election was not stolen. Georgia investigators said the location data was not evidence of a crime. In late 2024, D'Souza apologized to a Georgia man the film had shown as an example of fraud, saying \"inaccurate information\" had been given to him.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/11/2000-mules-offers-least-convincing-election-fraud-theory-yet/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/jun/13/jan-6-hearing-former-ag-bill-barr-discredits-2000-/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.knau.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-06-13/heres-what-the-jan-6-panels-references-to-2-000-mules-is-about", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "knau.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/06/13/1104647454/jan-6-2-000-mules-trump-election", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/politics/2000-mules-creator-admits-some-of-films-claims-are-flawed/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wral.com/archive/21750516/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/12/02/g-s1-36527/dinesh-dsouza-2000-mules-apology", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/11/2000-mules-offers-least-convincing-election-fraud-theory-yet/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The film has become a central part of Donald Trump’s assertions about the election, with the former president hosting a screening last week at his Mar-a-Lago resort.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/jun/13/jan-6-hearing-former-ag-bill-barr-discredits-2000-/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If you take 2 million cellphones and figure out where they are physically in a big city like Atlanta or wherever, just by definition, you will find many hundreds of them have passed by and spent time in the vicinity of these boxes,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.knau.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-06-13/heres-what-the-jan-6-panels-references-to-2-000-mules-is-about", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "knau.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I haven't seen anything since the election that changes my mind on that, including the 2,000 Mules movie,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-07-10", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2024-07-10", "start": "2024-07-10", "end": "2024-09-18", "title": "The SAVE Act and the noncitizen-voting push (2024)", "why_it_fits": "On July 10, 2024, Speaker Mike Johnson's office put out a press release titled \"Speaker Johnson is Fighting to Prevent Illegal Aliens From Deciding U.S. Elections,\" and the House passed the SAVE Act 221–198 that evening. Deseret News reported that a report from Johnson's office backing the bill cited a 2014 study. That study estimated 6.4% of noncitizens voted in 2008, which it called \"likely enough to change the outcome of the presidential election in North Carolina that year.\" The same article noted a Brennan Center study that found about 0.0001% of more than 23.5 million votes were suspected noncitizen votes. On Sept 18, 2024, the House rejected Johnson's stopgap bill with the SAVE Act attached, 202–220. Fourteen Republicans joined all but three Democrats in voting no, according to CBS News.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/07/10/save-act-passes-house-proof-of-citizenship-for-voting-in-federal-elections/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "deseret.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-house-vote-continuing-resolution-save-act/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/johnson-moves-forward-house-vote-stop-government-shutdown-noncitizen-voting-prevention-attached", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2024/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-act-mike-johnson/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "poynter.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1416", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "mikejohnson.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Or should we allow foreigners and illegal aliens to decide who sits in the White House and in the People's House and in the Senate?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/johnson-moves-forward-house-vote-stop-government-shutdown-noncitizen-voting-prevention-attached", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "we will move forward on Wednesday with a vote on the 6-month CR with the SAVE Act attached", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-house-vote-continuing-resolution-save-act/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "If Republicans don't get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2024-10-23", "start": "2024-10-23", "end": "2024-11-05", "title": "Noncitizen-voting claims just before the 2024 election", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 23, 2024, Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that an audit found 20 noncitizens among 8.2 million registered voters. Nine of them had voted in the past, most before 2012 according to his office's chief operating officer, Gabriel Sterling. All 20 registrations were canceled and referred to prosecutors, and 156 more were flagged for investigation (AJC, ABC). ABC reported that the result \"stands in stark contrast to claims being pushed by some Republicans, including former President Donald Trump,\" that large numbers of noncitizens would vote in 2024. On Oct. 30, the Supreme Court granted Virginia's emergency request, without giving reasons, to remove about 1,600 voters the state believed were noncitizens. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson would have denied it, and Republican attorneys general from 26 states plus the RNC had filed a brief supporting Virginia (Votebeat). NPR reported that false videos used as evidence for noncitizen voting had spread online, including one federal authorities attributed to a Russian disinformation campaign.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ajc.com/politics/election-audit-shows-20-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-in-georgia/NRORAL7Z3RDSNMQ3QDLVEARPSY/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ajc.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/georgia-voter-roll-audit-finds-20-noncitizens-8/story?id=115072461", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.votebeat.org/2024/10/30/virginia-voter-roll-cleanup-noncitizens-supreme-court-ruling/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "votebeat.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/g-s1-32455/false-noncitizen-voting-claims-may-spill-over-at-the-polls", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/georgia-voter-roll-audit-finds-20-noncitizens-8/story?id=115072461", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There is no proof that there is this overwhelming number of noncitizens on the rolls.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.votebeat.org/2024/10/30/virginia-voter-roll-cleanup-noncitizens-supreme-court-ruling/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "votebeat.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Virginia can remove roughly 1,600 voters it believes to be noncitizens from its rolls before next Tuesday’s election", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/g-s1-32455/false-noncitizen-voting-claims-may-spill-over-at-the-polls", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "False videos used as purported evidence to bolster the claim spread online last week, including a video on X that federal authorities attributed to a Russian disinformation campaign.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed \"On Election Day\" from the NPR report, since the article text does not state its publication date." } ] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2025-03-25", "start": "2025-03-25", "end": "2025-03-27", "title": "Executive order on proof of citizenship", "why_it_fits": "On March 25, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order. It requires documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and says all ballots must be received by Election Day (AP/PBS). When he signed it, Trump talked about election fraud, said \"this will end it, hopefully\" (AP/PBS), and repeated his false claim that he won the 2020 election in a \"landslide\" (Al Jazeera). NPR reported that before the 2024 election, Trump and his allies made baseless claims that noncitizens were voting in large numbers. NPR also said past audits and studies show such cases are \"incredibly rare.\" AP reported that fraud does happen but is \"rare, limited in scope and gets prosecuted.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-signs-action-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-for-voters-other-measures-overhauling-u-s-elections", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55927/trump-voting-citizenship-executive-order", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/26/trump-signs-executive-order-calling-for-proof-of-us-citizenship-to-vote", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-signs-action-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-for-voters-other-measures-overhauling-u-s-elections", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/26/trump-signs-executive-order-calling-for-proof-of-us-citizenship-to-vote", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We’ve got to straighten out our election", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55927/trump-voting-citizenship-executive-order", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Past audits and studies have shown such cases are incredibly rare.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-08-18", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/illegal-voting-decided-election/#2025-08-18", "start": "2025-08-18", "end": null, "title": "Attacks on mail voting and federal demands for voter rolls", "why_it_fits": "1. On Aug. 18, 2025, Trump posted that he would \"lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS\" and claimed \"MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD.\" Later that day he said an executive order was being written \"to end mail-in ballots because they're corrupt,\" adding that Democrats want them because \"It's the only way they can get elected\" (NPR; FactCheck.org). 2. FactCheck.org reported that on Aug. 15 Trump told Fox's Sean Hannity that Vladimir Putin had said \"Your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting.\" Experts told FactCheck.org there is no evidence of widespread mail-voting fraud. Legal experts told NPR that the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, power over federal elections. 3. On Nov. 4, Trump called California's redistricting vote \"RIGGED.\" Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pointed to ballots cast \"in the names of illegal aliens,\" and PolitiFact rated the claim False. 4. Since September 2025 the Justice Department has sued states for their unredacted voter rolls. ProPublica describes the rolls as a major focus of Trump's push to take federal control over elections and \"prosecute alleged noncitizen voters.\" As of Oct. 16, 2026, ProPublica counted suits against 30 states plus DC, and judges had ruled against the department in all 26 cases decided so far.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/factchecking-trumps-claims-about-mail-in-ballots-voting-machines-and-states-role/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5506210/trump-mail-in-ballots-ban", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://projects.propublica.org/trump-doj-voter-data-lawsuits/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "projects.propublica.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://stateline.org/2025/12/03/justice-department-sues-6-more-states-for-voter-lists/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "stateline.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5506210/trump-mail-in-ballots-ban", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We're going to start with an executive order that's being written right now by the best lawyers in the country to end mail-in ballots because they're corrupt", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/6/trump-claims-california-election-was-rigged-is-he-correct", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://stateline.org/2025/12/03/justice-department-sues-6-more-states-for-voter-lists/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "stateline.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday expanded its legal campaign to force states to turn over voter lists containing sensitive personal information, suing six more states that have refused to provide the data.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Changed \"central to\" to \"a major focus of\" to match ProPublica's wording." } ] } ] }, { "slug": "fake-news-label-on-accurate-reporting", "title": "The recurring \"fake news\" label on reporting later confirmed accurate", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/fake-news-label-on-accurate-reporting/", "summary": "Donald Trump and his administration have repeatedly called specific news reports fake or a hoax. This story records four. They are a January 2018 New York Times report that he ordered Robert Mueller fired, The Atlantic's 2020 \"losers\" and \"suckers\" report, The Atlantic's March 2025 report on a Signal chat about the Yemen strikes, and a July 2025 Wall Street Journal report on an Epstein birthday letter.\n\nLater records supported the core of each report. These were the Mueller report, John Kelly's 2023 statement to CNN, the National Security Council's confirmation of the chat and the full transcript, and the letter released by House Oversight Democrats, which AP said matched the Journal's description.\n\nSome details were not confirmed. The Mueller report contradicted part of the Times account. Trump called the Signal story a \"witch hunt,\" and the White House denies that he wrote or signed the letter.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.nexttv.com/news/mueller-report-trump-pressures-mcgahn-to-brand-true-news-fake" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2018-01-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/fake-news-label-on-accurate-reporting/#2018-01-25", "start": "2018-01-25", "end": "2018-02-01", "title": "Report that Trump ordered Mueller fired", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 25, 2018, the New York Times reported, citing four sources, that Trump had ordered Special Counsel Robert Mueller fired in June 2017. It said Trump backed down after White House counsel Don McGahn refused and threatened to quit. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos the next day, Trump called the report \"Fake news, folks. Fake news.\" The Mueller report (Apr. 18, 2019) drew on McGahn's interviews with special counsel investigators. It describes two calls in which Trump told McGahn to have Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein remove Mueller (\"Mueller has to go\"). It also says Trump later pressed McGahn to deny the story, and McGahn refused. The report said Trump's denials were \"contrary to the evidence.\" One part of the Times account did not match the report. McGahn decided to resign rather than carry out the order, but according to the report he never told Trump he planned to quit, and Trump did not follow up on the directive. On April 25, 2019, after the report came out, Trump wrote on Twitter, \"As has been incorrectly reported by the Fake News Media, I never told then White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Robert Mueller, even though I had the legal right to do so.\" That is 447 days from the Davos denial to the report.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-reportedly-ordered-firing-of-special-counsel-robert-mueller-in-june-trump-calls-report-fake-news/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/2018/01/26/trump-on-claim-he-wanted-to-fire-mueller-fake-news/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollcall.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/26/trump-says-he-did-not-try-fire-mueller-heres-what-muellers-report-says/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-claims-he-never-told-mcgahn-fire-mueller-mcgahn-mueller-n998411", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-reportedly-ordered-firing-of-special-counsel-robert-mueller-in-june-trump-calls-report-fake-news/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "Fake news, folks. Fake news. Typical New York Times fake stories.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/26/trump-says-he-did-not-try-fire-mueller-heres-what-muellers-report-says/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "As has been incorrectly reported by the Fake News Media, I never told then White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Robert Mueller", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-claims-he-never-told-mcgahn-fire-mueller-mcgahn-mueller-n998411", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-27", "quote": "Mueller wrote that Trump's denials were \"contrary to the evidence and suggest the President's awareness that the direction to McGahn could be seen as improper.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mueller-report-white-house-counsel-don-mcgahn-refused-trump-order-to-fire-mueller-wary-of-saturday-night-massacre/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "McGahn had not told Mr. Trump he planned to resign, and when he next spoke to Mr. Trump, the president did not follow up on his directive.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/fake-news-label-on-accurate-reporting/#2020-09-03", "start": "2020-09-03", "end": "2023-10-04", "title": "\"Losers\" and \"suckers\" report (The Atlantic, 2020) → John Kelly's confirmation (2023)", "why_it_fits": "The Atlantic reported, citing four people with firsthand knowledge, that Trump asked \"Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with losers\" when he cancelled a 2018 visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. It also reported that he called the Marines who died at Belleau Wood \"suckers.\" On Sept. 3, 2020, Trump tweeted that he \"never called our great fallen soldiers anything other than HEROES,\" calling the story \"more made up Fake News.\" On Oct. 2, 2023, his former chief of staff, John Kelly, said in a statement to CNN that Trump hadn't wanted to visit the cemetery because it was filled with \"suckers\" and \"losers.\" Kelly also backed several other incidents in the 2020 report. About three years and one month passed between the denial and Kelly's confirmation. The Trump campaign responded that Kelly had \"totally clowned himself with these debunked stories he's made up.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-military-service-members-losers-suckers-report/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-denies-report-claiming-trump-called-dead-american-soldiers-n1239267", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2023/10/02/trump-troops-fallen-soldiers-john-kelly", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-military-service-members-losers-suckers-report/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "I never called our great fallen soldiers anything other than HEROES. This is more made up Fake News given by disgusting & jealous failures in a disgraceful attempt to influence the 2020 Election!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-denies-report-claiming-trump-called-dead-american-soldiers-n1239267", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "This report is false. President Trump holds the military in the highest regard.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2023/10/02/trump-troops-fallen-soldiers-john-kelly", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "John Kelly has totally clowned himself with these debunked stories he's made up because he didn't serve his President well while working as Chief of Staff.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-03-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/fake-news-label-on-accurate-reporting/#2025-03-24", "start": "2025-03-24", "end": "2025-03-27", "title": "Signal chat on the Yemen strikes", "why_it_fits": "On March 24, 2025, The Atlantic reported that its Jeffrey Goldberg had been added to a Signal chat where senior officials discussed the Yemen strikes. According to Axios, the White House National Security Council (NSC) confirmed the chat's \"apparent authenticity.\" That Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Goldberg a \"deceitful and highly discredited so-called 'journalist' who's made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again.\" On March 25, Trump told reporters, \"There was no classified information, as I understand it,\" and Hegseth said \"nobody's texting war plans.\" On March 26, after two days of denials, The Atlantic published the full transcript. It showed Hegseth giving the types of military aircraft and the timing of the strikes. NBC News reported that the texts did not include information about specific targets. That day, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X that \"The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT 'war plans'\" and called the story \"another hoax.\" At an executive order signing, Trump said, \"I think it's all a witch hunt.\" Trump's own remarks used \"witch hunt,\" not \"fake news,\" and the \"hoax\" wording came from Leavitt and Hegseth. NBC News reported that some administration officials focused on The Atlantic's change from \"war plans\" to \"attack plans.\" The officials' public statements disputed the \"war plans\" and \"classified\" labels. None of the cited pages shows them disputing that the messages were authentic. In December 2025, about nine months after the first denials, the Pentagon Inspector General (IG) found that Hegseth had sent \"sensitive, nonpublic, operational information\" over Signal. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell called the review a \"TOTAL exoneration,\" and Leavitt said it showed \"no classified information was leaked.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/atlantic-signal-trump-hegseth-war-plans-yemen", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/nonsense-atlantic-editor-chief-blasts-trump-administration-smokescreens/story?id=120186247", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/timeline-trump-administration-shifted-stance-signal-leak-rcna198360", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/pentagon-inspector-general-report-not-total-exoneration-for-hegseth/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/atlantic-signal-trump-hegseth-war-plans-yemen", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "The newly disclosed messages include a text from Hegseth with specific times and sequencing of planned U.S. strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/nonsense-atlantic-editor-chief-blasts-trump-administration-smokescreens/story?id=120186247", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "\"The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT 'war plans,'\" Leavitt wrote. \"This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/timeline-trump-administration-shifted-stance-signal-leak-rcna198360", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "\"I think it’s all a witch hunt,\" he said. \"That’s all. I think it’s a witch hunt. I wasn’t involved with it.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-17", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/fake-news-label-on-accurate-reporting/#2025-07-17", "start": "2025-07-17", "end": "2025-09-10", "title": "Epstein birthday letter", "why_it_fits": "The Wall Street Journal reported in July 2025 on a lewd letter bearing Trump's name in a 2003 album made for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday. The Journal did not publish the letter itself then (PolitiFact). Before the first report, Trump told the Journal, \"I never wrote a picture in my life. I don't draw pictures of women. It's not my language. It's not my words.\" (Mediaite). In July he called the letter a \"fake thing\" (PolitiFact). He called the report \"false, malicious, and defamatory\" (AP via PBS) and filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Journal. The libel complaint described the letter as \"nonexistent\" (PolitiFact), and his attorneys called it \"fake and nonexistent\" (Mediaite). On Sept. 8, 2025, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee posted the letter. It came from the birthday album that the committee received from Epstein's estate. AP reported that the released letter \"looks exactly as described by the The Wall Street Journal in its report.\" The release came less than ten weeks after the Journal's July report. The White House disputed authorship. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X on Sept. 8, \"It's very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it.\" At a Sept. 9 briefing she said, \"The president did not write this letter. He did not sign this letter.\" (PolitiFact). Whether Trump wrote or signed the letter remains disputed. What was confirmed is that the letter exists, sits in the album and matches the Journal's description.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/see-the-alleged-trump-birthday-note-to-epstein-released-by-house-democrats", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/trumps-alleged-suggestive-letter-to-epstein-released-by-democrats", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "aljazeera.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "The letter released by the committee looks exactly as described by the WSJ in its report.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/breaking-wsj-publishes-photo-of-trumps-bawdy-birthday-letter-to-epstein-which-trump-called-fake/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediaite.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "In the complaint, Trump's attorneys contended the letter was \"fake and nonexistent.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2025/sep/09/epstein-letter-trump-signature-congress/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-26", "quote": "It's very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "third-party-bids-between-elections", "title": "The recurring third-party presidential bids that surface in election years and fade between them", "type": "timed_coverage", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/", "summary": "In recent U.S. presidential cycles, third-party, independent and new-party efforts have drawn bursts of national coverage over polling, debate thresholds, ballot access and \"spoiler\" arguments. Cases include Gary Johnson and Evan McMullin in 2016, Kanye West and Howie Hawkins in 2020, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and No Labels in 2023–24, and Elon Musk's \"America Party\" in 2025.\n\nJohnson's certified 2016 share was 3.28%, and NPR reported that 2020 Libertarian nominee Jo Jorgensen got a bit more than 1%. Michael Bloomberg and Howard Schultz decided not to run, No Labels fielded no ticket, and Kennedy suspended his campaign in August 2024 and endorsed Trump.\n\nAfterward, McMullin ran for U.S. Senate in Utah in 2022 and Jill Stein ran again in 2024. Reason reported in 2020 that Libertarians would soon have more than 200 elected officials nationwide.", "summary_sources": [ "https://reason.com/2020/12/01/jo-jorgensens-1-triumph/" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-01-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2016-01-23", "start": "2016-01-23", "end": "2016-03-07", "title": "Bloomberg weighs an independent bid, then declines", "why_it_fits": "On January 23, 2016, the Washington Post reported that former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was considering an independent presidential bid. The Post said the New York Times first reported his deliberations and several close associates confirmed them. On March 7, 2016, AP reported that he would not run. AP said he made the decision public in an editorial on the Bloomberg View website. According to AP, he said a three-way race could leave no candidate with an electoral-vote majority, which would send the choice to the Republican-controlled House. AP said he had considered runs before the 2008 and 2012 elections. It described the decision as \"ending his third and likely final flirtation with a White House run.\" The case fits the story's pattern of independent presidential efforts that draw national attention in an election year and end without a lasting national third-party presence.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bloomberg-decides-against-third-party-000043324.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-bloomberg-considers-a-presidential-run/2016/01/23/1a0f4176-c1ee-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bloomberg-decides-against-third-party-000043324.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "That is not a risk I can take in good conscience,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-bloomberg-considers-a-presidential-run/2016/01/23/1a0f4176-c1ee-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "It’s something that he’s looked at, off and on, for years, and every now and then, he polls.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-08-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2016-08-15", "start": "2016-08-15", "end": "2016-09-30", "title": "Gary Johnson's debate-threshold push and \"Aleppo\" stumbles (2016)", "why_it_fits": "Johnson was the Libertarian nominee in a presidential year. Much of his national coverage in this stretch was about whether he could reach the debate stage, and some was about foreign-policy stumbles. Reason reported that the five polls the commission chose gave him \"a base of 10 percent,\" against \"the 8.4 percent average he currently shows\" at RealClearPolitics (Aug. 15). It also noted that the 15 percent threshold would be applied in mid-September for the first debate. On Sept. 8, asked on MSNBC's \"Morning Joe\" about Aleppo, he replied \"And what is Aleppo?\" (CNN). At an MSNBC town hall soon after, he could not name a foreign leader he admired and said he was \"having an Aleppo moment\" (NBC News). His certified result was Gary Johnson (Libertarian, Independence, Independent) 4,489,341 3.28%.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://reason.com/2016/08/15/presidential-debate-commission-criteria/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reason.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/gary-johnson-aleppo/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/gary-johnson-has-aleppo-moment-msnbc-town-hall-struggles-name-n656611", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2016.pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fec.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/gary-johnson-aleppo/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Johnson paused and said: \"And what is Aleppo?\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/gary-johnson-has-aleppo-moment-msnbc-town-hall-struggles-name-n656611", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "\"I guess I'm having an Aleppo moment,\" Johnson finally said", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOT_BoGpCn4", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "And what is Aleppo?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-10-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2016-10-12", "start": "2016-10-12", "end": "2016-11-08", "title": "Evan McMullin's Utah surge (independent)", "why_it_fits": "McMullin launched an independent presidential campaign in August 2016. By late October it was \"leanly staffed and leanly financed\" and had fallen \"far short of even qualifying for the ballot in all 50 states.\" Utah polls still drew national coverage of how his surge there threatened to squeeze Trump's path to victory. CNN noted on Oct. 21 that it had been 48 years since a third-party candidate won any electoral votes. An Emerson College poll released Oct. 19 had him at 31%, Trump at 27% and Clinton at 24% in Utah (CNBC; Deseret News). A Monmouth University poll of likely Utah voters, conducted Oct. 30–Nov. 2 and released Nov. 3, had Trump at 37%, Clinton at 31% and McMullin at 24%. McMullin finished with 21.5% in Utah. In 2022 he ran as an independent for U.S. Senate in Utah and lost to Republican incumbent Mike Lee (Ballotpedia).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/politics/evan-mcmullin-utah/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.deseret.com/2016/10/19/20598604/new-poll-shows-evan-mcmullin-leading-trump-clinton-in-utah/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "deseret.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_ut_110316/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "monmouth.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Utah,_2022", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ballotpedia.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/19/independent-presidential-candidate-evan-mcmullin-leads-in-utah--new-poll.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "McMullin had 31 percent of support — while Trump had 27 percent and Clinton had 24 percent in the state.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/politics/evan-mcmullin-utah/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Utah isn't supposed to be a swing state.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_ut_110316/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "monmouth.edu", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "While McMullin has cut into Trump’s partisan support, the independent candidate has not broken out of third place", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-01-27", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2019-01-27", "start": "2019-01-27", "end": "2019-02-28", "title": "Howard Schultz explores an independent 2020 presidential run", "why_it_fits": "In an interview that aired January 27, 2019, Schultz said he was \"seriously thinking\" about running for president \"as a centrist independent, outside of the two-party system.\" Over the following days, CNBC reported Democratic donors' worries that he could split the vote and help President Trump win, and \"Boycott Starbucks\" hashtags circulated on Twitter. On February 25 Buffett said an independent run \"would be a real mistake.\" Schultz took the summer off from politics after back surgeries. On September 6, 2019, he announced he would not run, saying an independent campaign \"is not how I can best serve our country at this time.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/01/28/689237333/ex-starbucks-ceo-considers-an-independent-presidential-bid", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/29/megadonor-haim-saban-thinks-howard-schultz-would-guarantee-second-trump-term.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/25/buffett-howard-schultz-independent-presidential-run-would-be-a-real-mistake.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/06/howard-schultz-says-he-will-not-run-for-us-president-in-2020.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/01/28/689237333/ex-starbucks-ceo-considers-an-independent-presidential-bid", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he is thinking about a run for president as a \"centrist independent.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/28/wall-street-ny-democratic-donors-slam-howard-schultz-over-possible-run.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "social media hashtags such as \"Boycott Starbucks\" making the rounds on Twitter.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/25/buffett-howard-schultz-independent-presidential-run-would-be-a-real-mistake.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "So I think it would be a real mistake for him to run.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-07-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2020-07-04", "start": "2020-07-04", "end": "2020-08-28", "title": "Kanye West's late independent bid (2020)", "why_it_fits": "West entered the 2020 race as an independent in July 2020. The Washington Post describes \"Birthday Party\" as the label he ran under. He held only one rally, in North Charleston, S.C. (Washington Post, Aug 9). On Aug 5, CNN reported that \"Republican operatives, some with ties to President Donald Trump\" were helping him get on ballots in states including Vermont, Arkansas and Wisconsin. The Post put the number at \"at least five states.\" Both reports included denials: the Trump campaign told CNN it had \"no knowledge\" of West's effort, and Trump told reporters he had \"nothing to do\" with it. Both outlets documented Republican operatives' involvement in his ballot-access drive, but neither documented coordination with the Trump campaign. In California, the American Independent Party listed West as its vice-presidential candidate, and Deadline reported that it did so without consulting him. West was on the ballot in 12 states and had about 60,000 votes in early AP counts. His biggest total was in Tennessee, and Deadline reported his share was never over 0.04% in any state (Deadline/AP, The Hill). On Nov 4, the night after Election Day and around the time of Joe Biden's speech, he tweeted \"WELP KANYE 2024\" (Deadline; The Hill gives it as \"KANYE 2024\"). Fit with the thread is only partial: West ran as a one-off celebrity independent rather than as a party candidate.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/republicans-operatives-are-helping-kanye-west-get-on-general-election-ballots/19221290/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wral.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kanye-west-ballot-campaign-gop/2020/08/09/bfc8e58a-d8ce-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2020/11/kanye-west-gets-60000-votes-across-12-states-in-u-s-presidential-race-1234608903/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "deadline.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/524593-kanye-west-received-60000-votes-in-the-presidential-election/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/republicans-operatives-are-helping-kanye-west-get-on-general-election-ballots/19221290/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wral.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Republican operatives, some with ties to President Donald Trump, are actively helping Kanye West get on presidential general election ballots in states ranging from Vermont to Arkansas to Wisconsin.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kanye-west-ballot-campaign-gop/2020/08/09/bfc8e58a-d8ce-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Their involvement raises the specter that his candidacy is being propped up by a GOP-driven effort to siphon votes from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2020-09-03", "start": "2020-09-03", "end": "2020-09-14", "title": "Wisconsin Green Party ballot-access fight over Howie Hawkins", "why_it_fits": "A Green Party presidential nominee drew national coverage, including from CNN, because of a ballot-access fight in what CNN called a \"key battleground state.\" The coverage was framed around the \"spoiler\" question. The Wisconsin Examiner reported that Democrats saw Howie Hawkins as a spoiler candidate whose candidacy would end up helping President Donald Trump. WPR reported that the case was watched closely because a Green Party candidacy could pull votes from Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The party also had its ballot record at stake: according to the Green Party, it had been on the Wisconsin ballot in every presidential election since 1996. Ballot-access battles and spoiler debates are two of the markers the thread lists.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2020/09/10/wisconsin-supreme-court-delays-mailing-of-absentee-ballots/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wisconsinexaminer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-absentee-ballots-green-party/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.gp.org/greens_denounce_wisconsin_supreme_court_decision", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "gp.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.wpr.org/justice/wisconsin-supreme-court-rejects-green-party-effort-get-presidential-ballot", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wpr.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2020/09/10/wisconsin-supreme-court-delays-mailing-of-absentee-ballots/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wisconsinexaminer.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an order on Thursday afternoon halting the mailing of absentee ballots to Wisconsin voters", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-absentee-ballots-green-party/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "create a substantial possibility of confusion among voters who had already received, and possibly returned, the original ballots", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.gp.org/greens_denounce_wisconsin_supreme_court_decision", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "gp.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "We were screwed.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-10-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2023-10-09", "start": "2023-10-09", "end": null, "title": "RFK Jr. goes independent", "why_it_fits": "On Oct. 9, 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in Philadelphia that he was dropping his Democratic primary challenge to President Biden and running for president as an independent. He had been running as a Democrat since mid-April 2023. Coverage that day focused on whether he would draw votes from Biden or Trump. The Inquirer pointed to Jill Stein's 2016 Pennsylvania vote total (49,941), which was larger than Trump's margin there (44,292), and said Democrats would scrutinize his ballot access. A Reuters/Ipsos poll the week before had him at 14% in a three-way race. A Quinnipiac poll of registered voters taken Oct. 26–30, 2023 had him at 22% against Biden and Trump. On Aug. 23, 2024, he suspended his campaign and backed Trump, but said his name would stay on the ballot in most states.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/politics/kennedy-independent-campaign/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/rfk-jr-independent-2024-presidential-election-philadelphia-20231009.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inquirer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3881", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "poll.qu.edu", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/08/23/robert-f-kennedy-jr-suspends-his-presidential-bid-backs-trump/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonstatestandard.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/politics/kennedy-independent-campaign/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "I'm here to declare myself an independent candidate for president of the United States", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/rfk-jr-independent-2024-presidential-election-philadelphia-20231009.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inquirer.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "the odds are being calculated on whether Kennedy's independent run helps or hurts President Joe Biden", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3881", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "poll.qu.edu", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Biden receives 39 percent support, Trump receives 36 percent support, and Kennedy receives 22 percent support", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-04-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2024-04-04", "start": "2024-04-04", "end": "2024-04-05", "title": "No Labels ends its \"unity ticket\" effort", "why_it_fits": "No Labels, a centrist group tied to the Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus, announced in 2023 that it planned to field a presidential ticket as an alternative to Biden and Trump. By April 2024 it had won ballot access in 21 states (CNN; NPR). On April 4, 2024 it said it would not run anyone because \"No such candidates emerged.\" Before that, several prospects had said no or backed away, including Christie, Haley, Manchin, Hogan and Sinema (CNN; NPR). Leading Democrats had worried the ticket would pull votes from Biden and help Trump; Nancy Pelosi called it \"perilous to our democracy\" (NPR). This makes it a third-party effort that drew wide coverage and \"spoiler\" debate, then left presidential politics before any votes were cast.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/politics/no-labels-president-unity-ticket/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/04/04/1242890689/no-labels-election-presidential-candidate", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/no-labels-abandons-plans-presidential-race-2024/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/politics/no-labels-president-unity-ticket/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "No Labels has always said we would only offer our ballot line to a ticket if we could identify candidates with a credible path to winning the White House. No such candidates emerged, so the responsible course of action is for us to stand down", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/04/04/1242890689/no-labels-election-presidential-candidate", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The group No Labels will not nominate a third-party presidential candidate this year.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/no-labels-abandons-plans-presidential-race-2024/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Before nixing its efforts, No Labels said it qualified on the ballot in 21 states, far more than independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-05-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2024-05-25", "start": "2024-05-25", "end": "2024-05-27", "title": "Libertarians nominate Chase Oliver at a national convention where Trump is booed", "why_it_fits": "On May 26, 2024, Chase Oliver won the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination on the seventh ballot, with 60.6% of the final-round vote against \"none of the above\" (Reason). The night before, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was booed repeatedly while speaking to the convention. During the speech he suggested some Libertarians want to \"keep getting your 3% every four years.\" NPR noted that Gary Johnson got about 3% in 2016 and Jo Jorgensen a bit more than 1% in 2020 (NPR). Reason reported \"widespread media attention in recent weeks\" on whether the party would nominate Kennedy or Trump. Neither came close. Kennedy was eliminated after the first ballot, and Trump got six write-in votes (Reason). The convention is the Libertarian Party's 2024 presidential nominating event, covered by NPR, PBS, Reason and Fox News.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/05/26/g-s1-1061/trump-confronts-repeated-booing-during-libertarian-convention-speech", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-met-with-repeated-boos-and-jeers-during-libertarian-convention-speech", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2024/05/26/chase-oliver-is-the-libertarian-partys-presidential-pick/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reason.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/libertarians-select-chase-oliver-presidential-nominee-little-support-shown-trump-rfk-jr", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/05/26/g-s1-1061/trump-confronts-repeated-booing-during-libertarian-convention-speech", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2024/05/26/chase-oliver-is-the-libertarian-partys-presidential-pick/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "reason.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "won the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination in dramatic fashion Sunday night, prevailing on the seventh round of balloting", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/libertarians-select-chase-oliver-presidential-nominee-little-support-shown-trump-rfk-jr", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "after showing very little support for former President Trump and RFK Jr.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-08-21", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2024-08-21", "start": "2024-08-21", "end": "2024-09-17", "title": "Kennedy suspends his campaign and endorses Trump; court fights over third-party ballot access", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 23, 2024, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump. He said he would remove his name in \"about 10 battleground states\" and stay on the ballot in many noncompetitive states. CBS reported that he was on the ballot in more than 23 states at that point and waiting on another 22. In the same weeks, Democratic-aligned challengers won legal challenges keeping the Party for Socialism and Liberation off Pennsylvania's presidential ballot, which Spotlight PA described as holding \"at least for now.\" A lawyer with Republican ties argued in court for Cornel West's place on that ballot, which the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected on Sept. 16. The Michigan Supreme Court let West's place on Michigan's ballot stand on Sept. 9. AP described the fights as \"a raft of partisan legal maneuvering around third-party candidates.\" These weeks show the election-year part of the pattern: a major independent candidacy ending, plus ballot-access fights and spoiler arguments over third-party candidates.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/independent-presidential-candidate-rfk-jr-suspends-campaign-endorses-trump-/7754899.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-ends-presidential-bid/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/08/pennsylvania-third-party-presidential-candidate-ballot-access-cornel-west/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "spotlightpa.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/cornel-west-successfully-fights-for-michigan-ballot-access", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-ends-presidential-bid/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "In about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler, I'm going to remove my name, and I've already started the process,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/08/pennsylvania-third-party-presidential-candidate-ballot-access-cornel-west/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "spotlightpa.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Pennsylvania Democrats have won legal challenges keeping the left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation off the battleground state's presidential ballot, at least for now", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2024-09-17/pa-cornel-west-ballot", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wesa.fm", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that rejected a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the ballot", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/cornel-west-successfully-fights-for-michigan-ballot-access", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "news.bloomberglaw.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Activist and independent presidential candidate Cornel West is eligible for Michigan’s ballot, after the state Supreme Court declined to touch lower judges’ rulings on the matter.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2024/robert-f-kennedy-jr-suspends-campaign-and-endorses-trump/5129811", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-11-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2024-11-05", "start": "2024-11-05", "end": "2024-11-08", "title": "Stein's 2024 vote in Arab American communities", "why_it_fits": "In 2024 Jill Stein ran for president as the Green Party candidate. Right after Election Day, coverage of her campaign focused on her vote in Dearborn, Mich. Newsweek describes metro Detroit as home to the nation's largest concentration of Arab Americans, with many of them living in Dearborn. Stein put Israel's wars with Hamas and Hezbollah at the center of her campaign, and Newsweek reports that many in the city were upset with the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Early figures for Dearborn differed. On Nov. 6, Newsweek reported that Stein won 22% there, citing an NBC projection based on unofficial city clerk results (Harris 28%, Trump 47%). The same day, WDET reported 18% for Stein, citing the city's unofficial results (Harris 36%, Trump 42%). WDET also reported that some Muslim and Arab American voters shifted toward Stein and Trump hoping one of them would end Israel's war in Gaza.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/jill-stein-wins-22-vote-dearborn-gaza-stings-harris-network-1979861", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://wdet.org/2024/11/06/trump-wins-dearborn-jill-stein-wins-18-percent-of-the-vote-over-gaza/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wdet.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/jill-stein-wins-22-vote-dearborn-gaza-stings-harris-network-1979861", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Jill Stein won 22% of the vote in the fiercely contested city of Dearborn, Michigan, according to a projection from NBC.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://wdet.org/2024/11/06/trump-wins-dearborn-jill-stein-wins-18-percent-of-the-vote-over-gaza/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wdet.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who campaigned as the anti-war candidate, received 18% of the votes.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2025-07-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/third-party-bids-between-elections/#2025-07-04", "start": "2025-07-04", "end": "2025-07-09", "title": "Musk's \"America Party\" (2025)", "why_it_fits": "On Saturday, July 5, 2025, Musk announced on X that \"the America Party is formed\" (NOTUS; PBS/AP). PBS/AP reported that he indicated he would use the party to get involved in the 2026 midterm elections. He had proposed on X to \"laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts\" (NOTUS). Two days after the announcement, PBS/AP reported it was \"unclear what steps — if any — he's taken.\" PBS/AP and NOTUS also reported that a run of party filings citing Musk or his companies appeared in the Federal Election Commission database. PBS/AP said none of them appeared to be real, and Musk said on X that one of them was false. Ahead of the 2026 midterms, Axios reported in July 2026 that Musk had revived his America PAC and that it was focused on Republican turnout.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/musk-says-hes-formed-the-america-party-heres-what-to-know", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.notus.org/2026-election/elon-musk-third-party-fec", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "notus.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/07/29/musk-pac-midterm-election", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1941584569523732930", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "the America Party is formed", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "views": 63900000 } }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/musk-says-hes-formed-the-america-party-heres-what-to-know", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-28", "quote": "it's unclear what steps — if any — he's taken to do so, or how the effort might affect upcoming elections.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "coming-for-your", "title": "The recurring \"they're coming for your ___\" warnings", "type": "recurring_claim", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/", "summary": "A recurring claim that a party, politician or agency plans to take away or ban an everyday item: hamburgers and cows, gas stoves, cars and trucks, guns, light bulbs, dishwashers, water heaters. Fact-checkers have often found the policy behind a rerun was narrower than the claim, such as an informal FAQ about the Green New Deal, an unrelated diet study, one regulator's comment, or efficiency and emissions standards. In some cases a real ban or proposal did exist: Beto O'Rourke's 2019 mandatory assault-rifle buyback, California's 2022 rule banning sales of new gas-only cars, and the 2023 rule banning sale of common incandescent bulbs. Coverage is incomplete after early 2025.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/hot-air-over-gas-stoves/", "https://newrepublic.com/article/153187/potency-republicans-hamburger-lie" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2019-02-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2019-02-07", "start": "2019-02-07", "end": "2019-03-02", "title": "Green New Deal \"cows, planes and hamburgers\"", "why_it_fits": "Starting Feb. 9, 2019, President Trump said the Green New Deal would eliminate planes, cars and cows. At a Feb. 11 rally he said that under it \"you're not allowed to own cows anymore.\" On Feb. 28, Sebastian Gorka told CPAC that its backers want to take away \"your hamburgers.\" FactCheck.org and the AP found that the resolution is nonbinding and bans none of these things. On agriculture, it only calls for working with farmers and ranchers to cut emissions \"as much as is technologically feasible.\" The AP and FactCheck.org trace the cows and planes language to the withdrawn FAQ from Ocasio-Cortez's office, not the resolution itself.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/02/12/breaking-news/fact-check-trump-says-no-more-planes-or-cows-under-democrats/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "staradvertiser.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/the-facts-on-the-green-new-deal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/01/latest-right-wing-attack-democrats-they-want-take-away-your-hamburgers/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/12/trump-targets-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-in-campaign-speech.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1094375749279248385", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "permanently eliminate all Planes, Cars, Cows, Oil, Gas & the Military", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/12/trump-targets-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-in-campaign-speech.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "of 'let's hop a train to California,' of you're not allowed to own cows anymore!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sebastian-gorka-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-cpac_n_5c78657ee4b087c2f294a61f", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "they want to take away your hamburgers", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-09-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2019-09-12", "start": "2019-09-12", "end": "2019-09-15", "title": "\"Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15\"", "why_it_fits": "For decades, gun-rights groups had warned that Democrats were \"coming to take your guns away,\" as NBC puts it. At the third Democratic primary debate on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, moderator David Muir asked Beto O'Rourke whether he was proposing to take away people's guns. O'Rourke answered, \"Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.\" What he had actually proposed, in his Aug. 16, 2019 plan, was a mandatory buyback of assault weapons, a voluntary buyback of handguns, and fines for people who didn't take part. The next day he said on MSNBC that enforcement would not mean going \"door to door searching people's homes.\" According to AP, President Trump said the same night that \"Democrats want to confiscate guns from law-abiding Americans.\" Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) predicted the clip would be \"played for years at Second Amendment rallies.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/beto-o-rourke-explains-how-he-intends-get-your-ar-n1054191", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/760386808/orourke-promises-to-take-your-ar-15-but-americans-are-split-on-buybacks", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/coming-for-your-ar-15-orourke-scrambles-dems-gun-message/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "seattletimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/08/16/ORourke-gun-plan-calls-for-mandatory-buybacks-universal-sale-checks/6681565956763/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "upi.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/760386808/orourke-promises-to-take-your-ar-15-but-americans-are-split-on-buybacks", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/coming-for-your-ar-15-orourke-scrambles-dems-gun-message/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "seattletimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "On Friday, his campaign hawked T-shirts emblazoned with his debate vow.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/beto-o-rourke-explains-how-he-intends-get-your-ar-n1054191", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "A Texas state lawmaker tweeted at O’Rourke \"My AR is ready for you,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW1HPoqqB_8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed an unsourced reference to the debate's network, and attributed the long-running warning to gun-rights groups over decades, as NBC reports." } ] }, { "anchor": "2019-12-06", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2019-12-06", "start": "2019-12-06", "end": "2019-12-09", "title": "Toilets, showers and sinks", "why_it_fits": "At a White House roundtable on \"small business and red tape reduction\" on Dec. 6, 2019, Trump said people were \"flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once.\" He also said the EPA was \"looking at that very strongly, at my suggestion,\" and that his administration was \"looking at changing the standards very soon.\" Snopes says he appeared to mean federal rules signed in 1992 (toilets) and 1994 (showers) that capped how much water new fixtures could use. In this variant the item hasn't been banned or threatened. The claim is that existing efficiency rules had already made it worse, and the remedy offered was rolling them back.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-roundtable-small-business-red-tape-reduction-accomplishments/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/473450-trump-calls-for-review-of-water-efficiency-standards-saying-people/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-flushing-toilets/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://grist.org/article/we-investigate-trumps-claim-that-people-are-flushing-toilets-10-times-15-times/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "grist.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-roundtable-small-business-red-tape-reduction-accomplishments/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1203050874358181888", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Here's Trump saying that he's heard from many people complaining about \"flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2020-09-08", "start": "2020-09-08", "end": "2020-09-28", "title": "Trump rally claims that Biden would \"confiscate your guns\" and that \"cows are out\" under the Green New Deal", "why_it_fits": "At a Sept. 8, 2020 rally in Winston-Salem, N.C., Trump said Biden wants to \"confiscate your guns.\" At rallies on Sept. 26–27 he said \"Biden wants to confiscate your guns.\" FactCheck.org reported that Biden's plan would ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and create a voluntary buyback. Current owners could either sell the weapons to the government or register them under the National Firearms Act, and Biden never adopted a mandatory buyback. At a Sept. 17 rally in Mosinee, Wis., Trump said that under the Green New Deal \"cows are out.\" PolitiFact rated that False: the resolution's text does not mention cows, and a supporting document that was later taken down had said \"we aren't sure we'll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/donald-trump-north-carolina-rally-fact-check/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/factchecking-trumps-weekend-claims/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/28/donald-trump/trump-misses-mark-claim-green-new-deal-proposal-wa/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/article/2020/oct/18/donald-trumps-long-and-false-list-things-joe-biden/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-make-america-great-again-rally-winston-salem-north-carolina", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Biden wants to impose a four trillion-dollar tax hike, a ban on American energy, eliminate America's borders, confiscate your guns.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-make-america-great-again-rally-mosinee-wisconsin-0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "presidency.ucsb.edu", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Now, remember her when they explained to her that planes are out, cows are out. Cows, they don't want cattle, they don't want cows.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/factchecking-trumps-weekend-claims/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "factcheck.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Biden wants to confiscate your guns and indoctrinate your children with poisonous anti-American lies in schools, right?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?475421-1%2Fpresident-trump-campaigns-winston-salem-north-carolina=&live=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Biden wants to impose a four trillion-dollar tax hike, a ban on American energy, eliminate America's borders, confiscate your guns.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "The Sept. 26 Middletown, Pa., location was not supported by our sources; the line is attributed to Trump's rallies that weekend." } ] }, { "anchor": "2021-04-23", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2021-04-23", "start": "2021-04-23", "end": "2021-04-29", "title": "Biden burger ban", "why_it_fits": "On April 22, 2021, Biden pledged to cut US greenhouse gas emissions 50% to 52% below 2005 levels by 2030. He didn't mention red meat. He mostly talked about upgrading the power grid and shifting to electric vehicles. Starting April 23, Fox News and Fox Business hosts and graphics said the plan would mean cutting 90% of red meat from Americans' diets, down to \"one burger per month,\" and Republican officials repeated the claim. The claim came from a Daily Mail article that tied Biden's goal to an unrelated January 2020 University of Michigan study. A White House official told PolitiFact the plans included no limits on red meat. The Washington Post compared it to 2019 claims that the Green New Deal would \"take away your hamburgers,\" which is the same item from an earlier rerun of this story.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/29/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthy-repeats-pants-fire-claim-biden-will/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2021/04/27/fact-check-joe-biden-isnt-banning-burgers-politicians-fuel-narrative/4855501001/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "statesman.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/26/republicans-meat-biden-climate-plan/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/90-percent-red-meat/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210423020857/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9501565/How-Bidens-climate-plan-affect-everyday-Americans.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "web.archive.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Americans may have to cut their red meat consumption by a whopping 90%", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2021/04/27/fact-check-joe-biden-isnt-banning-burgers-politicians-fuel-narrative/4855501001/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "statesman.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "No burger on July 4. No steaks on the barbecue.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/29/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthy-repeats-pants-fire-claim-biden-will/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He wants control of your life. He's going to control how much meat you can eat.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Replaced a Fox News video link that no longer shows the clip with PolitiFact's report quoting Rep. McCarthy." } ] }, { "anchor": "2021-10-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2021-10-09", "start": "2021-10-09", "end": "2021-10-14", "title": "California gas lawn mowers and leaf blowers (AB 1346)", "why_it_fits": "On October 9, 2021, Newsom signed AB 1346. It tells the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to require new small off-road engines, the kind in lawn mowers and leaf blowers, to be zero-emission. That applies from January 1, 2024, or whenever CARB decides it is \"feasible,\" whichever is later. New portable generators get a 2028 target. The bill's author, Marc Berman, says in his fact sheet that the bill \"does not affect equipment already owned or purchased before the rules take effect.\" So the law restricts sales of new gas equipment; it doesn't take away equipment people already own. National outlets, including The Hill and the Washington Post, covered it as a ban on new gas lawn equipment. The criticism came from a landscaping trade group, from unnamed lawmakers in both parties (as reported by The Hill, citing the LA Times), and from a CalMatters columnist.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/576227-california-to-ban-gas-lawn-mowers-leaf-blowers/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/10/12/california-newsom-law-equipment-pollution/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://berman.asmdc.org/sites/a23.asmdc.org/files/2021-10/AB%201346%20Fact%20Sheet%20(Signed).pdf", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "berman.asmdc.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/10/california-gas-leaf-blower-ban-dan-walters/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "calmatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/576227-california-to-ban-gas-lawn-mowers-leaf-blowers/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "signed a bill on Saturday that moves to ban gas-powered lawn equipment in the state", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/10/12/california-newsom-law-equipment-pollution/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We are not trying to say we want gas powered equipment forever. We get it, [electric is] coming,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/10/california-gas-leaf-blower-ban-dan-walters/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "calmatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "did they ever consider that they are messing with people's livelihoods and lives?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed an unsupported description of the coverage as calling California the \"first state\" to phase out gas lawn equipment." } ] }, { "anchor": "2022-08-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2022-08-25", "start": "2022-08-25", "end": "2022-09-03", "title": "California's 2035 rule on new gas car sales (\"gas car ban\")", "why_it_fits": "On Aug. 25, 2022, the California Air Resources Board voted unanimously to approve its Advanced Clean Cars II rules. They require 35% of new vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission starting with the 2026 model year, with a 68% goal for 2030 and 100% by 2035 (Washington Times, NBC). Major outlets described the rule as a ban on selling new gas cars. Critics went further: Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) said regulators were telling people what they can buy and own, and a fuel-industry group warned the \"ban\" could reach other states (Washington Times). What the rule actually does is narrower: it covers only new-car sales. Drivers can keep and drive gas cars and buy or sell used ones, and some new hybrid gas-electric cars still count (NBC, Washington Times).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/california-bans-sales-new-gasoline-powered-cars-2035-rcna44855", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/25/california-ban-sales-gas-fueled-vehicles-2035-effo/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/08/27/1119360031/california-gas-cars-electric-cars-zero-emission-climate-change", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/flex-alert-extended-third-day-ev-owners-dont-charge-vehicles-peak-hours", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/california-bans-sales-new-gasoline-powered-cars-2035-rcna44855", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "California regulators voted Thursday to ban the sale of all new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/25/california-ban-sales-gas-fueled-vehicles-2035-effo/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtontimes.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Unelected bureaucrats don’t get to tell people what they can and can’t buy", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.fox5ny.com/news/california-asks-residents-not-to-charge-electric-vehicles-days-after-announcing-gas-car-ban", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fox5ny.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "urged not to recharge their electric vehicles during certain hours due to stress on the power grid", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-01-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2023-01-09", "start": "2023-01-09", "end": "2023-01-13", "title": "Gas stoves, January 2023", "why_it_fits": "On Jan. 9, 2023, Bloomberg quoted CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr.: \"This is a hidden hazard. Any option is on the table. Products that can't be made safe can be banned.\" Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) tweeted on Jan. 10 that if the White House came for his stove, \"they can pry it from my cold dead hands.\" His Jan. 11 fundraising appeal said \"Biden and Democrats want to BAN gas stoves in EVERY home! INCLUDING YOURS!\" What was actually on the table was much narrower. A Dec. 21 letter from Democratic lawmakers asked the CPSC for performance standards, range hoods, labeling and a public education campaign; FactCheck notes that none of these requests was a ban. Trumka tweeted on Jan. 9 that the CPSC \"isn't coming for anyone's gas stoves\" and that regulations would apply only to new products. On Jan. 11, CPSC Chair Alexander Hoehn-Saric said he was \"not looking to ban gas stoves\" and that the CPSC \"has no proceeding to do so.\" A White House spokesman said the same day that the President did not support a ban.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-stove-ban-federal-regulators-consumer-product-safety-commission-richard-trumka/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/hot-air-over-gas-stoves/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-09/us-safety-agency-to-consider-ban-on-gas-stoves-amid-health-fears", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This is a hidden hazard. Any option is on the table. Products that can't be made safe can be banned.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://perma.cc/Q2YT-6XML", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "perma.cc", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'll NEVER give up my gas stove … If the maniacs in the White House come for my stove, they can pry it from my cold dead hands. COME AND TAKE IT!!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://perma.cc/Q9EU-LQVW", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "perma.cc", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Our stoves are at risk! … Biden and Democrats want to BAN gas stoves in EVERY home! INCLUDING YOURS!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-05-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2023-05-05", "start": "2023-05-05", "end": "2023-07-19", "title": "War on dishwashers", "why_it_fits": "On May 5, 2023, the Energy Department proposed new dishwasher limits. Standard-size models would be capped at 223 kWh a year and 3.3 gallons per cycle. The current limits are 307 kWh and 5.0 gallons, measured under an older test method. Critics called this a \"war\" or \"attack\" on dishwashers, part of a wider campaign against household appliances. Sen. Kennedy, for example, listed microwaves, ovens, refrigerators and other appliances in the same speech. The proposal didn't ban dishwashers or remove them from sale; it set efficiency limits for new machines. By the Energy Department's own estimate, a standard-size buyer would save $17 on average over the machine's life and recover the extra cost in 2.4 years.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/19/2023-09969/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-dishwashers", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "federalregister.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://reason.com/2023/05/09/joe-bidens-war-on-dishwashers-rages-on/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "reason.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-crackdown-dishwashers-faces-widespread-opposition", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/2023/6/kennedy-on-biden-administration-s-dishwasher-regulation-if-you-weigh-the-costs-and-the-benefits-it-makes-no-sense", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kennedy.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://reason.com/2023/05/09/joe-bidens-war-on-dishwashers-rages-on/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "reason.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the Biden administration has proposed strict new energy efficiency rules for dishwashers.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/2023/6/kennedy-on-biden-administration-s-dishwasher-regulation-if-you-weigh-the-costs-and-the-benefits-it-makes-no-sense", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "kennedy.senate.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's only going to make the American people have to spend more money on less efficient machines.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://republicanpolicy.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicanpolicy.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/biden-doe-dishwasher-rule-to-comms-clean_0.pdf", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "republicanpolicy.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This proposed rule is just the next in the firing line of the Biden administration's war on American households.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4QAkNa-D10", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-08-01", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2023-08-01", "start": "2023-08-01", "end": "2023-08-11", "title": "Incandescent light bulbs (a real ban)", "why_it_fits": "A Department of Energy rule set a minimum of 45 lumens per watt for light bulbs. That effectively ended the manufacture and sale of common incandescent bulbs, which give about 15 lumens per watt, and it took full effect on Aug. 1, 2023 (CNN, Fox Business). The rule started under the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, signed by President George W. Bush. It was broadened under Obama, reversed by the Trump administration in 2019, and reinstated by the Biden Energy Department in April 2022 (CNN, Fox Business, DOE). Republican lawmakers objected: Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) tweeted \"It's impossible for Democrats to leave us alone,\" and Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) said the department should not focus on \"what lightbulbs you can or can't purchase\" (Fox News). Unlike earlier reruns of this story, the ban was real. But it covered only manufacture and sale, not use, and it exempted specialty bulbs such as appliance, bug and plant lights (CNN, Fox Business). The department's Aug. 11 explainer rebutted the \"myth\" that \"the government is banning all lightbulbs\" (DOE).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/business/incandescent-light-bulb-ban/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/incandescent-light-bulb-ban-now-effect-what-know", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-begins-enforcing-nationwide-light-bulb-bans-backlash-gop", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/debunking-myths-about-phasing-out-incandescent-lightbulb", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "energy.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/business/incandescent-light-bulb-ban/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "the rule has faced somewhat of a backlash, particularly on conservative media channels and among some Republican politicians.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-begins-enforcing-nationwide-light-bulb-bans-backlash-gop", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It’s impossible for Democrats to leave us alone. States must fight back", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.energy.gov/articles/debunking-myths-about-phasing-out-incandescent-lightbulb", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "energy.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Myth #1: “The government is banning all lightbulbs.”", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-07-24", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2024-07-24", "start": "2024-07-24", "end": "2024-08-06", "title": "\"Kamala wants to outlaw red meat\"", "why_it_fits": "At a July 24, 2024 rally in North Carolina, Trump said, \"Kamala even wants to pass laws to outlaw red meat to stop climate change.\" CNN rated the claim false. At a September 2019 CNN climate town hall, Harris said she loves \"cheeseburgers from time to time\" and supported \"creating incentives\" for healthy eating. Asked whether she would change the food pyramid to reduce red meat, she answered \"Yes, I would.\" She also said food labels should include environmental impact. Yahoo News found she had never supported laws to outlaw red meat. Over the next week, Fox commentators repeated the claim, and on July 31 Trump repeated it, saying Harris would \"get rid of your cows.\" Media Matters places the episode in a line of similar claims about the 2019 Green New Deal and a 2021 false story about Biden banning hamburgers.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/politics/fact-check-trump-false-claims-kamala-harris/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-kamala-harris-does-not-want-to-ban-red-meat-as-trump-keeps-falsely-claiming-204515645.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/kamala-harris/right-wing-media-falsely-claim-kamala-harris-wants-ban-red-meat", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4941581-trump-says-no-cows-under-harris/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/kamala-harris/right-wing-media-falsely-claim-kamala-harris-wants-ban-red-meat", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Kamala even wants to pass laws to outlaw red meat to stop climate change and she is, you know what that means? That means no more cows.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.mediamatters.org/media/4022271", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "mediamatters.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "From the July 27, 2024, episode of Fox & Friends Weekend", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-kamala-harris-does-not-want-to-ban-red-meat-as-trump-keeps-falsely-claiming-204515645.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Nor is Harris plotting to \"get rid of your cows\" as Trump added on July 31 in Pennsylvania.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the rally location (North Carolina, not specifically Charlotte), removed an unsupported Aug. 3 date, and corrected the description of the July 31 remark: Trump repeated the claim rather than widening it, since his July 24 line already mentioned cows." } ] }, { "anchor": "2025-01-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/coming-for-your/#2025-01-04", "start": "2025-01-04", "end": "2025-01-15", "title": "Gas water heaters (\"Biden's gas water heater ban\")", "why_it_fits": "In December 2024, the Energy Department issued a final rule setting efficiency standards for gas-fired instantaneous (tankless) water heaters. Compliance begins in 2029. In early January 2025, coverage described the rule as President Biden banning natural gas water heaters. Fox News called it \"Biden's gas water heater ban,\" and Rep. Palmer called it \"a radical ban on water heaters.\" What the rule actually did, according to the Palm Beach Post: it required new tankless gas models to use about 13% less energy than today's least efficient tankless models; the Appliance Standards Awareness Project estimated that a little under 40% of tankless heaters now on the market would be prohibited; storage-tank water heaters remained an option.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/house-gop-resolution-would-overturn-bidens-gas-water-heater-ban", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "palmer.house.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-bans-water-heaters-know-131657336.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/house-gop-resolution-would-overturn-bidens-gas-water-heater-ban", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "palmer.house.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's a radical ban on water heaters. Another example of government overreach under the Biden administration on their way out the door.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-bans-water-heaters-know-131657336.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Among the actions President Joe Biden took was to ban certain natural gas water heaters, a move many said could send prices soaring", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed a link to the wrong Federal Register document and softened the dates to what our sources support (December 2024; compliance in 2029)." } ] } ] }, { "slug": "trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders", "title": "The recurring Trump praise for authoritarian leaders", "type": "recurring_remark", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/", "summary": "From before his 2016 campaign onward, Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken admiringly about foreign leaders including Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Xi Jinping, Viktor Orbán and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He has praised their strength, intelligence, control or personal ties to him, and critics in both parties have often objected. CNN wrote in 2017 that throughout the 2016 campaign Trump \"consistently broke from political orthodoxy in his effusive praise\" of Putin. Trump has said, in recorded interviews with Bob Woodward, that he gets along better with \"tougher and meaner\" leaders.", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/03/politics/trump-putin-russia-timeline/", "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-woodward-recording-erdogan_n_5f5f62a4c5b6b4850803328f" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2016-01-09", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2016-01-09", "start": "2016-01-09", "end": "2016-01-11", "title": "Kim Jong Un \"you've got to give him credit\" (Ottumwa, Iowa)", "why_it_fits": "At a campaign rally in Ottumwa, Iowa, on January 9, 2016, Trump said of Kim Jong Un: \"this guy, he's like a maniac, OK? And you have to give him credit.\" He went on to say Kim took over \"these tough generals\" when he was \"like 26 or 25\" and \"He wiped out the uncle\" (FactCheck.org transcript). ABC News wrote that Trump \"appeared to praise\" Kim. FactCheck.org disputed whether the remarks were praise: it noted that Trump called Kim a \"maniac\" and framed his rise as a reason to treat North Korea as a serious threat, and that three days before the rally, on \"Fox and Friends,\" Trump called Kim a \"madman.\" Clinton later called the January remarks \"heaping praise on a dangerous dictator,\" and NBC News listed them in a mid-2016 roundup of times Trump praised leaders it called \"authoritarian.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-gotta-give/story?id=36198345", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "abcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.factcheck.org/2016/05/did-trump-praise-kim-jong-un/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "factcheck.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-s-history-praising-dictators-n604801", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-gotta-give/story?id=36198345", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "abcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump called Jong-Un a \"maniac\" during remarks about North Korea's nuclear program during a rally at Ottumwa, Iowa, but conceded, \"You gotta give him credit.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2016-09-07", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2016-09-07", "start": "2016-09-07", "end": "2016-09-09", "title": "Putin \"a leader, far more than our president has been a leader\" (NBC Commander-in-Chief Forum)", "why_it_fits": "At NBC's forum on September 7, 2016, Trump said of Putin: \"The man has very strong control over a country… It's a very different system and I don't happen to like the system, but certainly, in that system, he's been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader\" (NBC News; RFE/RL). He cited Putin's \"82 percent approval rating\" and said he expected a \"very very good relationship\" with him. He also said, \"If he says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him\" (NBC News). NBC News reported that Trump defended Putin from criticism over the annexation of Crimea and his support for Syria's Bashar al-Assad. RFE/RL reported that Trump repeated his wish to work with Russia to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. RFE/RL explained that Putin had called Trump \"yarkiy\" the previous December, a word some outlets translated as \"brilliant.\" NBC noted that Putin denied using that phrase.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-praises-putin-clinton-defends-email-n644621", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-clinton-rips-trump-putin-statements/27975863.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rferl.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.salon.com/2016/09/08/trump-lavishes-praise-on-putin-during-commander-in-chief-forum-hes-been-a-leader-far-more-than-our-president-has-been-a-leader/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "salon.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/295075-pence-inarguable-putin-has-been-stronger-leader-than/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-praises-putin-clinton-defends-email-n644621", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"The man has very strong control over a country,\" Trump said of Putin.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clinton-trump-s-praise-putin-scary-unpatriotic-n644796", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "it is scary because it suggests he will let Putin do whatever Putin wants to do.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/295075-pence-inarguable-putin-has-been-stronger-leader-than/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0uiW6MiI2c", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-02-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2017-02-04", "start": "2017-02-04", "end": "2017-02-06", "title": "\"You think our country is so innocent?\" (Fox News interview with Bill O'Reilly)", "why_it_fits": "In the interview, which aired Feb. 5, 2017, Trump said of Vladimir Putin, \"I do respect him.\" When O'Reilly called Putin a killer, Trump replied that \"there are a lot of killers\" and asked whether O'Reilly thought \"our country is so innocent.\" AP reports Trump tied the relationship to fighting ISIS, saying \"if Russia helps us in the fight against ISIS… that's a good thing.\" CBS wrote that Trump \"appeared to equate the foreign power's morality with the U.S.\" Senate Republicans including McConnell, Rubio and Sasse publicly disagreed, and NBC News reported that Pence, on \"Meet the Press,\" denied that Trump was trying to draw a moral equivalency.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/asked-putin-trump-says-u-s-isnt-innocent", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-republicans-trump-comments-putin-us-killers", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-demands-apology-fox-news-over-putin-s-killer-remark-n717226", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/OReilly-told-Trump-that-Putin-is-a-killer-His-reply-You-think-our-country-is-so-innocent.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inquirer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/bill-oreillys-exclusive-interview-with-president-trump.print", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "foxnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There are a lot of killers. Do you think our country is so innocent? Do you think our country is so innocent?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/asked-putin-trump-says-u-s-isnt-innocent", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There are a lot of killers. We've got a lot of killers. What do you think? Our country's so innocent?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/OReilly-told-Trump-that-Putin-is-a-killer-His-reply-You-think-our-country-is-so-innocent.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inquirer.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I do respect him. Well, I respect a lot of people, but that doesn't mean I'll get along with them,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbYaPDMkUx8", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "There are a lot of killers. Do you think our country is so innocent?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-04-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2017-04-30", "start": "2017-04-30", "end": "2017-04-30", "title": "Kim \"a pretty smart cookie\" (CBS \"Face the Nation\")", "why_it_fits": "In the interview, CBS's John Dickerson asked \"What do you make of the North Korean leader?\" Trump said Kim \"was a young man of 26 or 27 when he took over\" and \"was able to assume power,\" and concluded, \"So obviously, he's a pretty smart cookie\" (CBS transcript). The interview was taped one day after North Korea test-launched what US officials called a short-range ballistic missile, which United Nations sanctions prohibit (NBC, ITV). In the same interview Trump called China's President Xi \"a man that I've gotten to like and respect\" and \"a very respected man\" (CBS). NBC's headline and lead focused on the Kim remark, calling it praise for \"the North Korean despot.\" ITV in the UK also ran it as the headline.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-interview-full-transcript-face-the-nation/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-i-will-not-be-happy-if-north-korea-conducts-another-nuclear-test/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-he-s-pretty-n753006", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.itv.com/news/2017-04-30/trump-says-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-is-a-pretty-smart-cookie", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "itv.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-interview-full-transcript-face-the-nation/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"People are saying, 'Is he sane?' I have no idea.\" … \"So obviously, he's a pretty smart cookie.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-he-s-pretty-n753006", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump labeled brutal North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un \"a pretty smart cookie\" in a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.itv.com/news/2017-04-30/trump-says-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-is-a-pretty-smart-cookie", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "itv.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump made the comments about the North Korean leader taking office at the age of 27 - but said he had \"no idea\" if he was sane.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSwmhiN3W0", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "at a very young age, he was able to assume power", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-03-03", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2018-03-03", "start": "2018-03-03", "end": "2018-03-06", "title": "Trump on Xi's \"president for life\": \"Maybe we'll give that a shot some day\"", "why_it_fits": "On March 3, 2018, at a closed-door lunch and fundraiser for Republican donors at Mar-a-Lago, Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to a recording CNN obtained, he said: \"He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great… I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day.\" The context, per Newsweek/Reuters: China's Communist Party had announced on Feb. 25 that it would end the two-term limit for the president, and the parliament was expected to approve the change at its session opening Monday, March 5. In the same remarks Trump called Xi \"a great gentleman\" and \"the most powerful (Chinese) president in a hundred years,\" and said Xi had treated him \"tremendously well\" during Trump's visit to China in November.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trump-says-maybe-u-s-will-have-a-president-for-life-someday", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/critics-blast-trumps-dictatorial-ambitions-he-praises-xis-president-life-power-829723", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/world/president-for-life-not-a-bad-idea-trump-says-of-china-proposal", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great,\" Trump said. \"And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trump-says-maybe-u-s-will-have-a-president-for-life-someday", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump's remarks were met with laughter and applause during a luncheon for Republican donors Saturday at his South Florida estate.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/critics-blast-trumps-dictatorial-ambitions-he-praises-xis-president-life-power-829723", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It is not clear if Trump, 71, was making the comment about extending presidential service in jest.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ZCJnf-qMw", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-03-20", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2018-03-20", "start": "2018-03-20", "end": "2018-03-22", "title": "Trump congratulates Putin on his re-election (\"DO NOT CONGRATULATE\")", "why_it_fits": "On March 20, 2018, speaking in the Oval Office during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump said: \"I had a call with President Putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory.\" He called the call \"very good\" and said they would probably meet \"in the not too distant future\" (CNN). The next day he defended the call on Twitter: \"Getting along with Russia (and others) is a good thing, not a bad thing.\" He added that Bush \"didn't have the 'smarts'\" and that Obama and Clinton \"didn't have the energy or chemistry\" (CNN, CNBC). An AP report carried by PBS said the call \"fit a Trump White House pattern of declining to chide authoritarian regimes for undemocratic practices.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/briefing-papers-warned-trump-do-not-congratulate-putin", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/politics/trump-defends-congratulating-putin/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/21/trump-rages-against-media-in-defense-of-congratulatory-call-to-putin.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I had a call with President Putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/briefing-papers-warned-trump-do-not-congratulate-putin", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "pbs.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Aides included a section in Trump's briefing materials for his Tuesday morning phone call to Putin stating: \"DO NOT CONGRATULATE,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/21/trump-rages-against-media-in-defense-of-congratulatory-call-to-putin.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory (in past, Obama called him also). The Fake News Media is crazed because they wanted me to excoriate him.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvjtLRv8A1c", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-06-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2018-06-15", "start": "2018-06-15", "end": "2018-06-16", "title": "After Singapore, \"His people sit up at attention\"", "why_it_fits": "On June 15, 2018, days after the Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un, Trump told \"Fox & Friends\" that Kim is \"the strong head\" of his country and that \"He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.\" When reporters asked about it soon afterward, he said he was \"kidding\" and that they didn't \"understand sarcasm.\" CNN reported that since the summit he had also called Kim \"funny,\" \"smart,\" \"very talented\" and someone who \"loves his people.\" Asked the same day why he would not criticize Kim's human rights record, Trump said he did not want to \"see a nuclear weapon destroy you and your family.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-he-wants-my-people-to-sit-at-attention-for-him-like-people-do-for-kim-jong-un/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/15/trump-wants-people-to-listen-to-him-like-north-koreans-do-to-kim-jong-un.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://time.com/5313452/donald-trump-sit-up-north-korea-kim-jong-un-fox-friends/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "time.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-he-wants-my-people-to-sit-at-attention-for-him-like-people-do-for-kim-jong-un/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Later Friday, Trump told reporters at the White House his remark was a joke.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://time.com/5313452/donald-trump-sit-up-north-korea-kim-jong-un-fox-friends/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "time.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "What followed was a 30-minute one-on-one interview with Doocy.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLGzVzP1OCg", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-07-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2018-07-16", "start": "2018-07-16", "end": "2018-07-17", "title": "Helsinki press conference", "why_it_fits": "After a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, 2018, a reporter asked Trump at their joint press conference whether he believed Putin or US intelligence about interference in the 2016 election. Trump answered: \"I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.\" He called \"an incredible offer\" what he described as Putin offering \"to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people.\" Earlier in the same press conference he said of Putin, \"a good competitor he is,\" and called the word \"competitor\" \"a compliment.\" CBS News reported that his remarks conflicted with US intelligence findings, saying \"it overlooks Friday's special counsel indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers for hacking.\" The next day, PolitiFact reported, he said: \"In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word 'would' instead of 'wouldn't.'\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-president-putin-russian-federation-joint-press-conference/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-sides-with-putin-over-u-s-intelligence-in-remarkable-helsinki-press-conference/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jul/17/trump-reverses-russian-election-interference", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "politifact.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-president-putin-russian-federation-joint-press-conference/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "So I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-sides-with-putin-over-u-s-intelligence-in-remarkable-helsinki-press-conference/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump seemed to side with Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies on Russian interference in the 2016 election.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jul/17/trump-reverses-russian-election-interference", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "politifact.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word 'would' instead of 'wouldn't,'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-09-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2018-09-29", "start": "2018-09-29", "end": "2018-10-02", "title": "Trump says he and Kim Jong Un \"fell in love\"", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 29, 2018, at a West Virginia rally for Republican Senate candidate and state attorney general Patrick Morrisey, Trump said of Kim Jong Un: \"I was really being tough and so was he, and we would go back and forth. And then we fell in love. No, really. He wrote me beautiful letters\" (Global News; CNBC has similar wording). SCMP reported the remark came \"hours after Pyongyang's top diplomat said there was 'no way' the country would disarm under current conditions.\" CNBC reported that denuclearization talks had stalled more than three months after the June Singapore summit. According to Global News, Trump had thanked Kim for his \"courage\" at the UN General Assembly that same week. At the rally he also predicted how the press would react: \"They'll say, 'Donald Trump said they fell in love, how horrible.'\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2166341/donald-trump-says-he-and-north-koreas-kim-jong-un", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "scmp.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/4501536/trump-kim-jong-un-fell-in-love", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/30/trump-on-kim-tough-talk--and-then-we-fell-in-love.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un-love-1145179", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/4501536/trump-kim-jong-un-fell-in-love", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "globalnews.ca", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I was really being tough and so was he, and we would go back and forth. And then we fell in love. No, really. He wrote me beautiful letters.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2166341/donald-trump-says-he-and-north-koreas-kim-jong-un", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "scmp.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"He wrote me beautiful letters,\" Trump said of Kim Saturday during a rally in Wheeling, West Virginia. \"And they're great letters. We fell in love.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/30/trump-on-kim-tough-talk--and-then-we-fell-in-love.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "He joked about criticism he would get from the news media for making a comment some would consider \"unpresidential\" and for being so positive about the North Korean leader.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-campaign-rally-in-wheeling-west-virginia/512492", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We fell in love. No, really. He wrote me beautiful letters.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-09-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2019-09-13", "start": "2019-09-13", "end": "2019-09-14", "title": "\"Where's my favorite dictator?\" (reported remark at the G7 summit in Biarritz)", "why_it_fits": "On Sept. 13, 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that while looking for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the August G7 summit in Biarritz, Trump called out \"Where's my favorite dictator?\" (as quoted by Axios, Times of Israel and Rolling Stone). Moments later, in remarks reporters observed, Trump said of Sisi: \"We understood each other very well. He's a very tough man, I will tell you that. But he's also a good man, and he's done a fantastic job in Egypt. Not easy.\" (Daily Caller and Rolling Stone). The Times of Israel tied the episode to the thread directly: \"Like with Sissi, Trump has been vocal in his praise of other authoritarian leaders, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim-Jong Un.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2019/09/13/trump-egypt-el-sisi-favorite-dictator", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-said-to-have-referred-to-egypts-sissi-as-my-favorite-dictator/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/14/report-trump-favorite-dictator-looking-egypt-el-sisi/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "dailycaller.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-wheres-my-favorite-dictator-884509/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2019/09/13/trump-egypt-el-sisi-favorite-dictator", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump is untroubled by the idea of partnering with authoritarians, but his remark was \"met by a stunned silence\" according to the WSJ", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-said-to-have-referred-to-egypts-sissi-as-my-favorite-dictator/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "timesofisrael.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "numerous American and Egyptian officials were in the room when Trump called out \"where's my favorite dictator?\" some of whom heard the question.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/14/report-trump-favorite-dictator-looking-egypt-el-sisi/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "dailycaller.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We understood each other very well. He's a very tough man, I will tell you that. But he's also a good man, and he's done a fantastic job in Egypt. Not easy,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-11-13", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2019-11-13", "start": "2019-11-13", "end": "2019-11-14", "title": "\"I'm a big fan\" of Erdoğan (White House visit)", "why_it_fits": "At a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the White House East Room on November 13, 2019, Trump said: \"I'm a big fan of the president, to tell you that, and I know that the ceasefire, while complicated is moving forward, and moving forward at a very rapid clip\" (CBS News). CBS reported that the visit came weeks after Turkey attacked U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in Syria. That offensive started in October after Trump ordered U.S. troops withdrawn. CBS also reported that some House Foreign Affairs Committee members, including some Republicans, had asked Trump to cancel the invitation. CBS's headline called Erdoğan a \"Turkey strongman\" and its story called him \"the authoritarian leader.\" Defense One's executive editor, writing a commentary piece, called him \"the autocratic Turkish leader\" and described Trump as \"long known for praising authoritarian leaders.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-erdogan-meeting-trump-says-hes-big-fan-turkey-strongman-recep-tayyip-erdogan-today-2019-11-13/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2019/11/erdogan-blasts-us-white-house-was-good-nato/161302/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "defenseone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-erdogan-turkey-syria-kurds-white-house-visit-911799/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "rollingstone.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-president-erdogan-turkey-joint-press-conference", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-erdogan-meeting-trump-says-hes-big-fan-turkey-strongman-recep-tayyip-erdogan-today-2019-11-13/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'm a big fan of the president, to tell you that, and I know that the ceasefire, while complicated is moving forward, and moving forward at a very rapid clip", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2019/11/erdogan-blasts-us-white-house-was-good-nato/161302/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "defenseone.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "'I'm a big fan of the president,' Donald Trump said of his guest Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the autocratic Turkish leader whose military and allies recently chased American troops and partners from northern Syria.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-and-turkish-president-joint-news-conference/536213", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I'm a big fan of the president, to tell you that, and I know that the ceasefire, while complicated is moving forward, and moving forward at a very rapid clip.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2020-09-14", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2020-09-14", "start": "2020-09-14", "end": "2020-09-15", "title": "Woodward's Rage tape, \"the tougher and meaner they are\" (Erdoğan)", "why_it_fits": "In audio Woodward recorded for Rage and played on NBC's \"Today\" on Sept. 14, 2020, Trump said: \"I get along very well with Erdogan even though you're not supposed to, because everyone says, 'What a horrible guy.'\" He went on: \"the tougher and meaner they are, the better I get along with them\" (HuffPost, Axios). Axios linked the remark to criticism Trump \"has often faced\" for \"his warm relations and praise for authoritarian leaders like Erdoğan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.\" Axios also noted his \"more confrontational relationship\" with allies like Germany and South Korea. On air, Woodward said Trump had decided to \"get along with Putin,\" the Saudi crown prince and Kim Jong Un, and that he \"smears South Korea time and time again.\" Woodward summed up Trump's position as: \"Hey look, I get along with these bad guys, but not the good guys.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.today.com/news/bob-woodward-reveals-new-trump-tape-saying-he-gets-along-t191592", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "today.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2020/09/14/trump-woodward-foreign-leaders", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-woodward-recording-erdogan_n_5f5f62a4c5b6b4850803328f", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/release/menendez-woodward-bernstein-reports-sound-alarm-over-trump-erdoan-relationship-", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foreign.senate.gov", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.today.com/news/bob-woodward-reveals-new-trump-tape-saying-he-gets-along-t191592", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "today.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I get along very well with Erdogan, even though you're not supposed to because everyone says what a horrible guy, but for me it works out good", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2020/09/14/trump-woodward-foreign-leaders", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "axios.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It's funny, the relationships I have, the tougher and meaner they are, the better I get along with them.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-woodward-recording-erdogan_n_5f5f62a4c5b6b4850803328f", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "I get along very well with Erdogan even though you're not supposed to, because everyone says, 'What a horrible guy,'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2022-02-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2022-02-22", "start": "2022-02-22", "end": "2022-02-24", "title": "Trump calls Putin's Ukraine moves \"genius\" and \"savvy\" (Feb. 2022)", "why_it_fits": "On The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, aired Feb. 22, 2022, and recorded at Mar-a-Lago, Trump was asked about Russia recognizing two breakaway regions of Ukraine. He said: \"I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius.'\" He added: \"Here's a guy who's very savvy… I know him very well.\" NPR gives the context. On the Monday before, Putin had recognized the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk and ordered Russian troops to carry out \"peacekeeping\" operations there. That same Tuesday, President Biden called the troop movement \"the beginning of a Russian invasion\" and announced sanctions. In the same answer Trump said the move \"never would have happened\" had he been in office, and he criticized Biden's response. A Washington Post analysis placed the remarks in a longer record of Trump's praise for Putin.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082478790/trump-praises-putin-as-savvy-amid-new-escalations-on-russia-ukraine-border", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/22/trump-reacts-putins-invasion-ukraine-exactly-youd-expect/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-putin-savvy-genius/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "snopes.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.clayandbuck.com/president-trump-with-cb-from-mar-a-lago/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "clayandbuck.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.clayandbuck.com/president-trump-with-cb-from-mar-a-lago/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "clayandbuck.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "You gotta say that's pretty savvy. And you know what the response was from Biden? There was no response.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082478790/trump-praises-putin-as-savvy-amid-new-escalations-on-russia-ukraine-border", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Former President Donald Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin's moves in Ukraine, calling him \"savvy,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/22/trump-reacts-putins-invasion-ukraine-exactly-youd-expect/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "washingtonpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Harrington's clip didn't include all of that about how Putin's move was \"genius\" and \"smart\" and \"savvy,\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebHVsWQThMU", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-03-08", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2024-03-08", "start": "2024-03-08", "end": "2024-03-11", "title": "Orbán at Mar-a-Lago, \"a great leader, fantastic leader\"", "why_it_fits": "On March 8, 2024, Trump hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago. Bloomberg, which said the remarks came from video Orbán posted on Instagram, reported Trump calling Orbán \"a great leader, fantastic leader\" and saying he \"is a non-controversial figure because he says, 'this is the way it's going to be,' and that's the end of it… He's the boss.\" Bloomberg described the \"non-controversial\" line as a joke. A Biden administration official told CNN the White House had not invited Orbán, and that Orbán had not asked for a White House meeting during the trip. CNN's report referred to Trump's \"history of embracing global strongmen.\" NBC News reported that former Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried noted it is highly unusual for a visiting head of state to meet a president's political opponent without also meeting White House officials.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/trump-orban-mar-a-lago/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-hosts-hard-line-hungarian-leader-viktor-orban-mar-lago-rcna142581", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-09/trump-lavishes-praise-on-orban-during-fete-at-mar-a-lago", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/trump-orban-mar-a-lago/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-09/trump-lavishes-praise-on-orban-during-fete-at-mar-a-lago", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "bloomberg.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"He's the boss. No - he's a great leader, fantastic leader.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2024-10-25", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/trump-praise-for-authoritarian-leaders/#2024-10-25", "start": "2024-10-25", "end": "2024-10-29", "title": "Xi \"a brilliant guy\" who controls 1.4 billion people \"with an iron fist\" (Joe Rogan interview)", "why_it_fits": "In a Joe Rogan Experience interview released October 25, 2024, Trump said of Chinese President Xi Jinping: \"He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. I mean, he's a brilliant guy, whether you like it or not.\" He added that the press goes \"crazy\" when he calls Xi brilliant (NextShark, as carried by Yahoo News). This repeats wording he used at a July 20, 2024 rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There, the Kyiv Independent reported, he called Xi \"brilliant\" and said \"he controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist.\" On the diplomatic context, AP noted Trump made the remark in the same interview where he said \"Taiwan, they stole our chip business.\" AP also noted Beijing considers Taiwan a breakaway province. NextShark described the remarks as praise of Xi's \"authoritarian rule\"; the label is the outlet's.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-leaves-supporters-waiting-for-hours-at-michigan-rally-as-he-recorded-joe-rogan-podcast", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/trump-praises-xi-iron-fist-203340651.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/trump-calls-putin-xi-smart-tough-leaders-at-campaign-rally/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "kyivindependent.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBMoPUAeLnY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "broadcast", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/trump-praises-xi-iron-fist-203340651.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Rogan acknowledged the irony, calling Xi both \"brilliant\" and \"dangerous,\" but Trump pointed to \"evil people\" within the U.S.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://youtube.com/watch?amp=&v=hBMoPUAeLnY", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] } ] }, { "slug": "infrastructure-week", "title": "The recurring announcement of \"Infrastructure Week\"", "type": "promise", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/", "summary": "In June 2017, the Trump White House announced an \"Infrastructure Week\" to promote a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. Other news, including fired FBI Director James Comey's Senate testimony, took over the coverage. Later infrastructure events were also overshadowed, and the phrase became what CNN called \"a running joke.\" No Trump infrastructure bill passed. Congress passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and President Biden signed it on November 15, 2021, opening his remarks on its House passage with \"Finally, infrastructure week.\"", "summary_sources": [ "https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/donald-trump-infrastructure-week", "https://www.newsweek.com/finally-infrastructure-week-biden-takes-jab-trump-after-house-approves-bipartisan-bill-1646697" ], "reruns": [ { "anchor": "2017-06-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2017-06-05", "start": "2017-06-05", "end": "2017-06-09", "title": "The first \"Infrastructure Week\"", "why_it_fits": "The White House ran a week of events to build support for President Trump's \"$1 trillion rebuilding proposal.\" The Hill reported that the proposal \"has yet to be fully released\" as the week ended (The Hill). The week opened Monday with Trump's plan to privatize air traffic control. On Wednesday he spoke on the Ohio River in Cincinnati, and on Thursday the White House held a summit with governors and mayors (The Hill; NBC). On Friday he went to the Department of Transportation to propose permit reforms (CNN). CNN called the week \"ill-timed\" because it overlapped with former FBI Director James Comey's Thursday testimony. CNN also reported that aides had hoped the focus would \"divert attention\" from that testimony. Delivered by then: no infrastructure bill. Infrastructure legislation eventually passed under President Biden, who signed a bipartisan bill of more than $1 trillion on November 15, 2021 (CNBC).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/09/politics/donald-trump-infrastructure-week/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/337046-trumps-infrastructure-week-goes-off-the-rails/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-pivots-health-care-infrastructure-eve-comey-hearing-n769281", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/15/biden-signing-1-trillion-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-into-law.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/09/politics/donald-trump-infrastructure-week/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump will cap his ill-timed \"infrastructure week\" on Friday with a visit to the Department of Transportation", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/337046-trumps-infrastructure-week-goes-off-the-rails/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "with the concept of “infrastructure week” becoming somewhat of a punch line on Capitol Hill", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-pivots-health-care-infrastructure-eve-comey-hearing-n769281", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "With the Ohio River as his backdrop, Trump marketed his plans as a crucial step to rebuilding a crumbling U.S infrastructure system.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2017-08-15", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2017-08-15", "start": "2017-08-15", "end": "2017-08-15", "title": "The Trump Tower infrastructure event and Charlottesville", "why_it_fits": "On Aug 15, 2017, at Trump Tower, President Trump said he had \"just signed a new executive order to dramatically reform the nation's badly broken infrastructure permitting process.\" The White House called the event \"the Infrastructure Discussion,\" according to The Fiscal Times. In the questions that followed, Trump said \"there's blame on both sides\" for the Charlottesville violence, and coverage of that replaced the infrastructure message. By then, The Fiscal Times wrote, Trump had signed the permitting order but had \"yet to deliver on his proposal to spend $1 trillion\" on infrastructure. CNN's 2019 retrospective counted this event as \"Infrastructure Week No. 2.\" The infrastructure law that eventually passed was a bipartisan bill of more than $1 trillion, which, CNBC reported, President Biden would sign on Nov 15, 2021.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2017/08/15/What-Trump-Said-About-Infrastructure-His-Press-Conference-Went-Rails", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thefiscaltimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-infrastructure-charlottesville-rally/3987083.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "voanews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/donald-trump-infrastructure-week", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/15/biden-signing-1-trillion-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-into-law.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-infrastructure-charlottesville-rally/3987083.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "voanews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Yes, I think there's blame on both sides. If you look at both sides -- I think there's blame on both sides.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/2017/08/donald-trump-charlottesville-both-sides-at-fault-alt-left-george-washington-thomas-jefferson-statue-news-conference-trump-tower-1202149629/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "deadline.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump's infrastructure news conference flew off the rails Tuesday afternoon", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://rollcall.com/factbase/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-infrastructure-charlottesville-august-15-2017/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "statement", "outlet": "rollcall.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "How about, how about, how about a couple of infrastructure questions.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-news-conference/484728", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2018-02-12", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2018-02-12", "start": "2018-02-12", "end": "2018-02-16", "title": "The written plan comes out", "why_it_fits": "The Week's ranking says President Trump started the White House's third try at an Infrastructure Week with a tweet calling it \"a big week for Infrastructure.\" On February 12, 2018, the White House released a plan with $200 billion in new federal spending that it said would lead to $1.5 trillion in total investment over 10 years. The White House also said the plan was a starting point for negotiating with lawmakers. By then the administration had released a proposal rather than legislation. The Atlantic later wrote that \"even if each Infrastructure Week generated no actual legislative progress, it at least made for an amusing intersection…\" The infrastructure law that did pass was the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which President Biden signed on November 15, 2021.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rolls-out-infrastructure-plan-opening-door-private-investment-n847161", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://theweek.com/articles/839005/all-infrastructure-weeks-ranked", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "theweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/infrastructure/2019/05/infrastructure-week-became-joke-now-its-real/156759/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "route-fifty.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/live-updates/infrastructure-bill-biden-signing-ceremony-white-house/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/963031666150313984", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "This will be a big week for Infrastructure. After so stupidly spending $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is now time to start investing in OUR Country!", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rolls-out-infrastructure-plan-opening-door-private-investment-n847161", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "puny infrastructure scam that fully fails to meet the need in America’s communities", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://twitter.com/epicciuto/status/963050091761332224", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Wishing all of you a warm and wonderful Infrastructure Week.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the summary: it now says the administration had released \"a proposal rather than legislation,\" since no source states that no bill existed, and it quotes The Atlantic's hedged sentence in full instead of presenting it as a flat statement." } ] }, { "anchor": "2018-03-29", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2018-03-29", "start": "2018-03-29", "end": "2018-03-30", "title": "The Richfield, Ohio speech", "why_it_fits": "On March 29, 2018, Trump traveled to Richfield, Ohio, to pitch his $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to a crowd of builders at a training site for equipment operators (WOSU). The day before, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said infrastructure was \"the next piece of the President's successful economic agenda\" (CNN). CNN's May 2019 piece, quoting CNN's coverage of the speech, said Trump used \"what was billed as an infrastructure event\" to give a politically tinged speech that veered into foreign policy, Republicans' election prospects and the \"Roseanne\" reboot. The same piece counted this as roughly the fifth or sixth attempt. The plan had been announced the week of February 12, 2018, and CNN reported \"little optimism\" that it would become law that year.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/trump-ohio-infrastructure/index.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.wosu.org/news/2018-03-30/trump-talks-infrastructure-in-ohio-anything-we-can-dream-you-can-build", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "wosu.org", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/donald-trump-infrastructure-week", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/trump-ohio-infrastructure/index.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Donald Trump is pivoting to infrastructure -- again -- on Thursday as he travels to Ohio to tout the economic benefits of his proposals", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.wosu.org/news/2018-03-30/trump-talks-infrastructure-in-ohio-anything-we-can-dream-you-can-build", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "wosu.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "President Trump visited Ohio on Thursday to pitch Americans on his $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://c-span.org/video/?443230-1%2Fpresident-trump-delivers-remarks-infrastructure-richfield-ohio=&start=1485&vod=", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed a quote attributed to Trump (\"you'll probably have to wait until after the election\") that no source contains, and the unsourced statement that no bill had passed. Credited the description of the speech to CNN's May 2019 piece rather than its 2018 preview, and removed the Ballotpedia source, which supported nothing in the text." } ] }, { "anchor": "2019-04-30", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2019-04-30", "start": "2019-04-30", "end": "2019-05-01", "title": "The $2 trillion agreement with Democratic leaders", "why_it_fits": "On April 30, 2019, after a White House meeting with Trump held off camera, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump and Democratic leaders had agreed that a plan to overhaul US infrastructure would need $2 trillion. He also said they would meet again in three weeks. Before the meeting, Trump's latest plan aimed to use $200 billion in federal money to spur $1 trillion in total spending from state and local governments and private partners. CNBC reported that the issue \"has languished on Capitol Hill,\" and that the administration's repeated \"infrastructure week\" efforts had become a running joke in Congress. That means no infrastructure package had been delivered by this date.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/30/schumer-trump-democrats-agreed-2-trillion-needed-for-infrastructure.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/04/30/718677236/trump-and-democrats-agree-on-2-trillion-for-infrastructure-but-not-on-how-to-pay", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-and-trump-agree-to-spend-2-trillion-on-roads-bridges", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "pbs.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.seattletimes.com/business/dems-say-trump-agrees-on-2-trillion-infrastructure-goal/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "seattletimes.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/30/schumer-trump-democrats-agreed-2-trillion-needed-for-infrastructure.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "We agreed on a number, which was very, very good,", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/congressional-democrats-on-infrastructure-meeting-with-president-trump/525795", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": null, "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2019-05-22", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2019-05-22", "start": "2019-05-22", "end": "2019-05-24", "title": "The walkout and Rose Garden statement", "why_it_fits": "In late April 2019, Trump and Democrats said an infrastructure package would need about $2 trillion. CNBC described the May 22 White House meeting as the scheduled follow-up. Trump ended it within minutes and said in a hastily arranged Rose Garden statement that he wanted to do infrastructure but couldn't \"under these circumstances,\" meaning while several committees were investigating him (Fortune/Bloomberg, CNBC). Delivered by then: agreement on a rough dollar figure only. CNBC reported \"little additional clarity\" on next steps or how to pay for it. A $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill was signed into law by President Biden on November 15, 2021 (Axios).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2019/05/22/trump-walks-out-pelosi-meeting", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "fortune.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-talks-crazy-nancy-pelosi-treason-wild-press-conference-n1009486", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/22/trump-hosts-democratic-leaders-at-white-house-infrastructure-talks.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/donald-trump-infrastructure-week", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnn.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/15/biden-signing-1-trillion-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-into-law.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.axios.com/2021/11/15/biden-signs-infrastructure-bill-law", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "axios.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://fortune.com/2019/05/22/trump-walks-out-pelosi-meeting", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "fortune.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Instead of walking in happily into a meeting, I walk in to people who just said I was doing a cover-up", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-talks-crazy-nancy-pelosi-treason-wild-press-conference-n1009486", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "When the 'extremely stable genius' starts acting more presidential, I’ll be happy to work with him on infrastructure, trade and other issues", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/donald-trump-infrastructure-week", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnn.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "No fewer than seven times – including this very week – has Trump’s White House declared that its chosen theme of a week would be infrastructure", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Corrected the April 2019 agreement to say Trump and Democrats named the $2 trillion figure, and the investigations to those by several committees, matching the sources. Removed an unsourced statement that no bill passed in Trump's first term and the law's name, which no source gives. Credited the November 2021 signing to Axios and added the NBC article to the sources." } ] }, { "anchor": "2020-03-31", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2020-03-31", "start": "2020-03-31", "end": "2020-04-01", "title": "Trump's \"Phase 4\" call for a $2 trillion infrastructure bill", "why_it_fits": "On March 31, 2020, four days after signing the $2 trillion CARES Act, Trump tweeted that \"this is the time to do our decades long awaited Infrastructure Bill,\" calling for $2 trillion as \"Phase 4\" of the coronavirus response (CNBC; Trucking Dive). CNBC reported that earlier efforts \"have fallen apart,\" including Trump walking out of a May 2019 infrastructure meeting with Democratic leaders. The Inquirer story said lawmakers had gone \"more than three years\" without meaningful progress, \"making the issue something of a long-standing joke on Capitol Hill.\" Infrastructure legislation eventually passed under President Biden: on November 15, 2021, CNBC reported that he would sign a bipartisan bill of more than $1 trillion.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-stimulus-trump-calls-for-2-trillion-infrastructure-plan.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-trillion-infrastructure-trump-20200331.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "inquirer.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.truckingdive.com/news/trump-tweets-phase-4-infrastructure-bill/575232/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "truckingdive.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/15/biden-signing-1-trillion-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-into-law.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cnbc.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1245000074167541761", "archive_url": null, "kind": "social_post", "outlet": "x.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "It should be VERY BIG & BOLD, Two Trillion Dollars, and be focused solely on jobs and rebuilding the once great infrastructure of our Country! Phase 4", "timestamp": null, "engagement": { "retweets": 38556, "favorites": 175600 } }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-stimulus-trump-calls-for-2-trillion-infrastructure-plan.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "cnbc.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "But efforts so far to put together a sprawling infrastructure plan have fallen apart.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-trillion-infrastructure-trump-20200331.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "inquirer.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "making the issue something of a long-standing joke on Capitol Hill", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed two unsourced statements (that no major package had passed by then and that the proposal didn't advance). Credited the \"long-standing joke\" passage to the Inquirer story, since the page does not name The Washington Post, and corrected the 2021 line to say CNBC reported Biden would sign the bill." } ] }, { "anchor": "2020-12-16", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2020-12-16", "start": "2020-12-16", "end": "2021-04-02", "title": "\"Infrastructure Week\" taken up by the incoming Biden administration", "why_it_fits": "On Dec 16, 2020, in Wilmington, Del., after being formally named Biden's pick for Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg said Americans expect \"Infrastructure Week\" to be \"associated with results and never again a media punchline.\" Fox Business noted that Trump's administration had kept holding \"Infrastructure Week\" events for four years but never got Congress to pass a comprehensive plan. Biden unveiled a public-works plan of more than $2 trillion over eight years on Wednesday, Mar 31, 2021. In White House remarks that Friday he said, \"About every second week is 'Infrastructure Week,' but no infrastructure was built.\" When this rerun ended, Biden's plan was still only a proposal. A $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill later passed the House on Nov 5, 2021, under Biden.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/buttigieg-infrastructure-week-biden-administration", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://krdo.com/politics/2021/03/31/infrastructure-was-a-trump-punchline-but-is-a-window-into-bidens-soul/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "krdo.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-donald-trump-american-jobs-ding_n_60681a01c5b68872efe6cac7", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "huffpost.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/finally-infrastructure-week-biden-takes-jab-trump-after-house-approves-bipartisan-bill-1646697", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/buttigieg-infrastructure-week-biden-administration", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "foxbusiness.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Americans expect us to see to it that the idea of an ‘Infrastructure Week’ is associated with results and never again a media punchline.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Biden-s-infrastructure-plan-replaces-16068091.php", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "sfchronicle.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "ushering in a sort of Infrastructure Decade. And it’s no joke.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-donald-trump-american-jobs-ding_n_60681a01c5b68872efe6cac7", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "huffpost.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "About every second week is ‘Infrastructure Week,’ but no infrastructure was built.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/biden-transportation-secretary-nominee/586529", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "c-span.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Americans expect us to see to it that the idea of an 'Infrastructure Week' is associated with results and never again a media punchline.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2021-11-05", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2021-11-05", "start": "2021-11-05", "end": "2021-11-15", "title": "\"Finally, infrastructure week\": the bipartisan bill becomes law", "why_it_fits": "The Hill reported that the \"infrastructure week\" joke goes back to 2017, when President Trump held a week of events to build support for a trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal. That week was partly overshadowed by former FBI Director James Comey's testimony. NPR reported that Trump \"declared 'Infrastructure Week' several times during his term, but was never able to get a bill through Congress.\" On November 6, 2021, the day after the House sent a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill to his desk, President Biden opened his remarks with \"Finally, infrastructure week.\" He signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 15, 2021, with the support of 19 Senate Republicans and 13 House Republicans (NPR).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1055841358/biden-signs-1t-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-into-law", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/580386-white-house-celebrates-bill-passage-finally-infrastructure-week/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "thehill.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/finally-infrastructure-week-biden-takes-jab-trump-after-house-approves-bipartisan-bill-1646697", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "newsweek.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/infrastructure-bill-build-back-better-house-vote-biden-remarks-2021-11-06/", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "cbsnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/finally-infrastructure-week-biden-takes-jab-trump-after-house-approves-bipartisan-bill-1646697", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "newsweek.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"Finally, infrastructure week,\" Biden said Saturday morning, laughing.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/580386-white-house-celebrates-bill-passage-finally-infrastructure-week/", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "thehill.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "So does this mean it's finally infrastructure week?", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1055841358/biden-signs-1t-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-into-law", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "npr.org", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Trump declared \"Infrastructure Week\" several times during his term, but was never able to get a bill through Congress.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM0d5oHSXsU", "archive_url": null, "kind": "video", "outlet": "youtube.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Finally, 'Infrastructure week.' I'm so happy to say that. Infrastructure week...", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [] }, { "anchor": "2023-09-04", "url": "https://rerunwire.com/s/infrastructure-week/#2023-09-04", "start": "2023-09-04", "end": "2023-09-19", "title": "Biden contrasts his infrastructure law with Trump's \"Infrastructure Week\"", "why_it_fits": "The Hill reported that \"infrastructure week\" became a common political phrase after Trump held a week of events in 2017 to build support for a trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal. That week was overshadowed in part by James Comey's testimony. The big infrastructure bill that did pass was the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, which Biden signed. NPR reported that 19 Republicans in the Senate and 13 in the House supported it. In September 2023, Biden said of Trump, \"he didn't build a damn thing,\" and called \"infrastructure week\" a \"punchline.\" In January 2024 he said America was having an \"Infrastructure Decade.\" By November 2024, NPR reported that the Department of Transportation had announced $570 billion for more than 66,000 projects.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-contrasts-trump-labor-day-speech-philadelphia-rcna103245", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/biden-mocks-trump-infrastructure-week-235129147.html", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "yahoo.com", "reliability": "reliable" }, { "url": "https://www.ttnews.com/articles/biden-infrastructure-decade", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "ttnews.com", "reliability": "needs_second_source" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2024/11/15/nx-s1-5192915/infrastructure-law-biden-no-political-benefit", "archive_url": null, "outlet": "npr.org", "reliability": "reliable" } ], "items": [ { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-contrasts-trump-labor-day-speech-philadelphia-rcna103245", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "nbcnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "Under my predecessor, infrastructure week became a punchline. On my watch, infrastructure has been a decade and it's a headline.", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/biden-mocks-trump-infrastructure-week-235129147.html", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "yahoo.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "\"He didn't build a damn thing,\" Biden said in remarks at a Black Economic Alliance event. \"Not a damn thing.\"", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} }, { "url": "https://www.ttnews.com/articles/biden-infrastructure-decade", "archive_url": null, "kind": "article", "outlet": "ttnews.com", "captured": "2026-10-23", "quote": "On my watch, instead of 'Infrastructure Week,' America is having an 'Infrastructure Decade,'", "timestamp": null, "engagement": {} } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10-23", "text": "Removed a May 2023 figure ($220 billion for 32,000 projects) that none of the sources contains, and changed \"voted for\" to \"supported\" to match NPR." } ] } ] } ] }