Misinformation and biases infect social media, both intentionally and accidentally
People who share potential misinformation on Twitter (in purple) rarely get to see corrections or fact-checking (in orange). Shao et al., CC BY-ND Giovanni…
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Trump claims NATO countries pledged to boost military spending, making it ‘unnecessary’ for U.S. to pull out of alliance
Speaking at an impromptu press conference at the end of a contentious two-day summit in Brussels, President Donald Trump said European nations had made new…
Congressional Democrats criticize Trump for Wednesday’s comments at NATO conference
Democratic Congressional leadership release joint statement criticizing Trump for comments made Wednesday at NATO summit in Belgium.
Trump’s Numbers (Second Quarterly Update)
By Brooks Jackson – Factcheck.org Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office. Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in…
(Breaking) President Trump Picks New SCOTUS Nominee
By Dave Van Zandt On Monday evening President Donald Trump announced his Supreme Court Justice pick to replace the retiring Justice Kennedy. President Trump has…
Missouri Farmers and Metal Workers At Odds Over Tariff Wars
By Kenneth White Missouri exported internationally $2 billion worth of agricultural goods last year according to federal data. Soybeans, an import that China has now…
Two Reuters reporters to face trial in Myanmar court over Rohingya reporting
Republished with permission by Knowhere News Two Reuters reporters accused of leaking sensitive government materials while reporting on Myanmar’s Rohingya refugee crisis will stand trial,…
Giuliani: Mueller needs to prove investigation is not a ‘witch hunt’ before Trump agrees to interview
President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that the president wants to testify in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation but his legal…
Trump Tax Records Reveal Potential “Self-Dealing” Donations
By Kenneth White Donald Trump’s charity organization, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, has donated over $700,000 to a variety of charities since 2008, nearly all…
The scandals that sunk Scott Pruitt
by Nihal Krishan – Center for Responsive Politics After a flurry of controversial scandals over the past few months, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned…