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There's some important missing context in this claim.
The president was critical of Joe Biden's choice of running mate in 2020, but not in this particular form.
Claims about the president's past pronouncements reemerged in August 2020, when Joe Biden named Kamala Harris as his running mate.
Conservative Americans claimed the mainstream news media (apart from Fox News) schemed to keep the death of Cannon Hinnant quiet.
Inanimate objects are not known for their mobility.
President Donald Trump twice ignored a question about whether he supports QAnon, a convoluted, right-wing, pro-Trump conspiracy theory.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the law violates the U.S. Constitution's protection of the right to bear firearms.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
The number of U.S. Postal Service collection boxes overall has fallen by at least 60% since the 1980s.
"We can both have a democracy and elections and at the same time protect the public health," the Democratic presidential contender declared.
Harris long ago distanced herself from the relationship.
The White House did not immediately release details about why Robert Trump had been hospitalized, but officials said that he was seriously ill.
First elected to office at age 29, Joe Biden had consistently been ranked one of the least wealthy senators before his eight years as vice president.
Mississippi is currently in the process of choosing a new state flag, as lawmakers took a historic vote this year to take down the old one that featured the Confederate battle flag.
President Donald Trump frankly acknowledged that he’s starving the U.S. Postal Service of money in order to make it harder to process an expected surge of mail-in ballots.
If it was a prank, it wouldn't be the first time the politician has been targeted in such a way.
Conservative personalities and websites attacked a Twitter employee over his employment background.
Anything is possible if you ignore the obvious.
This isn't the first time L.O.L. Surprise! dolls have been subject to controversy.
Several details got distorted as this rumor spread online.
Based on an article written by the 2020 presidential Democratic primary candidate's father, right-leaning opponents dove head-first into an ill-judged attack on her.
This isn't the first time L.O.L. Surprise! dolls have been subject to controversy.
The requirements for serving as U.S. President were established over 200 years ago and haven't changed much since.
Inanimate objects are not known for their mobility.
Following the announcement of Biden's 2020 running mate choice, critics seized on a past exchange between him and the U.S. senator.
The president articulated several different plans for payroll taxes during a press conference at his golf club in August 2020.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Based on an article written by the 2020 presidential Democratic primary candidate's father, right-leaning opponents dove head-first into an ill-judged attack on her.
The requirements for serving as U.S. President were established over 200 years ago and haven't changed much since.
President Donald Trump supposedly sent former President Barack Obama a bill for all the vacations the latter took before leaving office.
