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Starting Jan. 14, the Republican-led U.S. Senate plans to hold hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with the aim of confirming their appointments directly after Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration.
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PolitiFact fact-checked the first 2024 vice presidential debate in New York City between Republican Sen. JD Vance and Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
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PolitiFact has partnered with WLRN News to fact-check the first 2024 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The fiery debate featured false claims on topics including immigrants, abortion, jobs, Venezuela, inflation, election fraud, crime and healthcare, the organization found.
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PolitiFact FL, a partnership with WLRN, will be live fact-checking the first 2024 presidential debate Sept. 10 in Philadelphia between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
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Former President Donald Trump closed the Republican National Convention by accepting the presidential nomination and offering a speech that began somber and turned combative.
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump shared a debate stage for the first time since 2020 in a feisty confrontation. PolitiFact and WLRN fact-checked 30 statements, on topics including immigration, abortion, inflation, economy, jobs, Trump legal cases, January 6th, health care, foreign policy, Social Security, Medicare and taxes.
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PolitiFact Florida is live fact-checking the first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump at 9 p.m. ET, June 27.
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The race to win the quickly approaching Iowa caucuses ran through a CNN debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, in which the front-runner was again absent and only two candidates made the debate cut: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom challenged each other’s records on immigration, crime, COVID-19 lockdowns, the economy and social issues in a rowdy Fox News matchup billed as "The Great Red versus Blue State Debate."
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UPDATED: Five Republicans seeking to oust President Joe Biden from the White House in 2024 sparred over the Israel-Hamas war, the threat from China and the U.S. approach to terrorism early in the third presidential primary debate. They repeatedly expressed support for Israel and decried Hamas, while criticizing Biden for his administration’s response.
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Without Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on stage, Trump's challengers lobbed accusations about allegiances with foreign governments and increasing spending during the other’s tenures. The role of foreign governments, including China, Mexico and Ukraine, was front and center in the discussion.