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Meta deals a blow to fact-checking. Critics says politics is to blame.

By Sarah Ellison · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer Prize for its work covering the 2008 presidential campaign, the board praised the nascent outlet for using “probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web” to examine more than 750 political claims, “separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters.” The […]

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Meta deals a blow to fact-checking. Critics says politics is to blame.

By Sarah Ellison · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer Prize for its work covering the 2008 presidential campaign, the board praised the nascent outlet for using “probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web” to examine more than 750 political claims, “separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters.” The […]

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Justice Dept. says it won’t yet release Trump classified document report

By Jeremy Roebuck, Perry Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Justice Department said it would not publicly release special counsel Jack Smith’s findingsonDonald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents until the ongoing litigation against his co-defendants concludes, according to a filing in a federal appeals court Tuesday morning. But prosecutorssaid Attorney General Merrick Garland does intend […]

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Justice Dept. says it won’t yet release Trump classified document report

By Jeremy Roebuck, Perry Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Justice Department said it would not publicly release special counsel Jack Smith’s findingsonDonald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents until the ongoing litigation against his co-defendants concludes, according to a filing in a federal appeals court Tuesday morning. But prosecutorssaid Attorney General Merrick Garland does intend […]

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Trump asks Supreme Court to halt Friday sentencing in hush money case

By Ann E. Marimow, Shayna Jacobs · The Washington Post (c) 2025  President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to delay his planned sentencing Fridayin his criminal hush money case, setting up a potential test of the high court’s ruling to extend broad immunity from prosecution to former presidents. Ten days before his inauguration, Trump is scheduled […]

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Trump asks Supreme Court to halt Friday sentencing in hush money case

By Ann E. Marimow, Shayna Jacobs · The Washington Post (c) 2025  President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to delay his planned sentencing Fridayin his criminal hush money case, setting up a potential test of the high court’s ruling to extend broad immunity from prosecution to former presidents. Ten days before his inauguration, Trump is scheduled […]

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10 policies Republicans could use to pay for new tax cuts

By Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have begun floating proposals to boost federal revenue and slash spending so their plans for major tax cuts and new security spending won’t further explode the $36.2 trillion national debt. That historic tide of red ink is raising concerns […]