Are other countries ‘cheating’ the U.S. on trade?
If you listen to President Donald Trump and his allies discuss his sweeping tariff plans, one word pops up a lot: "Cheating." During his April 2 announcement of what he…
Did Biden grow the agriculture trade deficit to $49 billion?
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins blamed former President Joe Biden for the rising agricultural trade deficit, while defending President Donald Trump’s tariffs on nearly every country. "In the last four…
Fentanyl misinformation threatens to roil overdose response
Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly serious problem: misinformation. False and misleading narratives on social media, in news reports and…
Will buying American cars help shoppers avoid tariff costs?
President Donald Trump and his allies have offered a solution for avoiding price hikes because of his car tariffs: buy American. Trump told NBC News March 29 that he "couldn’t…
Why Trump’s ‘$2 billion a day in tariffs’ is doubtful
Before pausing country-by-country tariffs for 90 days, President Donald Trump repeatedly said tariffs were bringing in immense revenue. At an April 8 executive order signing, Trump said, "We’re taking in…
Graphic Cites FactCheck.org in Misleading Biden, Trump Economy Comparison
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. A graphic circulating on social media compares Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s economic records as president and cites FactCheck.org as…
Targeting Chris Krebs, Trump repeats 2020 election falsehood
As President Donald Trump targeted one of his first-term government officials, he also repeated the long debunked falsehood that the "2020 election was rigged and stolen." In an April 9…
Trump’s False Claims about Gas, Egg Prices
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Several times over the last week, President Donald Trump has assured Americans that the prices of eggs and gasoline are…
