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RFK Jr. Denies Cuts to Scientific Research While Slashing Staff, Funding
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services has canceled or frozen billions of dollars in scientific research grants and attempted to cull around 20,000 agency employees, including some scientists. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., however, has minimized the effects of the…
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Checking the Math on White House, GOP Claims About ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Multiple independent analyses say the recently passed House reconciliation bill — even with its deep spending cuts in some areas — would add trillions of dollars to the federal deficit over 10 years. Those analyses contradict Republican lawmakers who have downplayed the net cost of the…
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Trump Administration Incorrectly Claims Certainty About Origin of Coronavirus
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Since regaining power, the Trump administration has repeatedly claimed with false certainty that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a lab. In late January, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that a lab leak is “the confirmable truth.” In mid-April, covid.gov and covidtests.gov, websites the government previously used…
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Pro-Trump TV Ad Overstates His Second-Term Economic Record
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. A TV ad from a group supportive of President Donald Trump makes misleading claims, and uses outdated data, to argue that he is “fixing” an economy “ruined” by Democrats. For example, the ad says that “inflation and gas prices” are now “at four-year lows,” based…