Author: Reporter

In his first address after being sworn in on January 20, President Donald Trump repeated numerous lies, false truths, and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles and the Panama Canal. In remarks later at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, he issued a number of other false claims, including one that distorts pardons made by President Joe Biden as he left office. Here is a look at the facts. BIDEN DID NOT PARDON 33 MURDERERS CLAIM: Trump, at Emancipation Hall, said Biden pardoned “what is it, 33 murderers, absolute murderers,...

After Donald Trump becomes president again on January 20, he is on the hook for achieving a hefty chunk of his promises even before the day is out. One of those promises is to make you dizzy. “Your head will spin when you see what’s going to happen,” he said of Day 1. Steady yourself. These are some of what the Republican promised voters he would get done on his first day in office: Launch the largest deportation in U.S. history to remove all people in the country illegally. Close the border. End automatic citizenship for everyone born in...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today.” Now, millions of people honor King in the same way. On the third Monday of January — close to King’s January 15 birthday, federal, state, and local governments, institutions, and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some, the holiday is just that — time off from work or school. But, King’s...

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are eager to leave miserable tent camps and return to their homes after the long-awaited ceasefire agreement halted the Israel-Hamas war, but many will find there is nothing left and no way to rebuild. Israeli bombardment and ground operations have transformed entire neighborhoods in several cities into rubble-strewn wastelands, with blackened shells of buildings and mounds of debris stretching away in all directions. Major roads have been plowed up. Critical water and electricity infrastructure is in ruins. Most hospitals no longer function. And it is unclear when, or even if, much will be rebuilt....

Yotam Vilk said the image of Israeli soldiers killing an unarmed Palestinian teenager in the Gaza Strip is seared in his mind. An officer in the armored corps, Vilk said the instructions were to shoot any unauthorized person who entered an Israeli-controlled buffer zone in Gaza. He saw at least 12 people killed, he said, but it is the shooting of the teen that he cannot shake. “He died as part of a bigger story. As part of the policy of staying there and not seeing Palestinians as people,” said Vilk, 28. Vilk is among a growing number of...