Statements with completed fact checks
Fact Checks
- The administration will seek congressional approval for actions that require it and will provide congressional notification otherwise.
Updated 1/5/2026, 12:27:03 AM
- There are no U.S. forces on the ground in Venezuela.
Updated 1/5/2026, 12:25:50 AM
- The U.S. has been and will continue to obtain court warrants and seize sanctioned oil boats.
Updated 1/5/2026, 12:24:43 AM
- Nicolás Maduro is in U.S. custody and facing U.S. justice in the Southern District of New York.
Updated 1/5/2026, 12:23:32 AM
- The President retains all military options and the constitutional authority to act against imminent and urgent threats to the United States.
Updated 1/5/2026, 12:22:21 AM
- The U.S. is maintaining an oil quarantine that authorizes obtaining court orders to seize sanctioned oil shipments and will continue to use that leverage.
Updated 1/5/2026, 12:21:17 AM
- ICE exceeded its hiring surge target while maintaining rigorous standards for training and readiness.
Updated 1/3/2026, 10:14:50 PM
- Thousands of the newly hired officers and agents are already deployed nationwide and actively supporting enforcement operations (arrests, investigations, removals).
Updated 1/3/2026, 10:08:53 PM
- ICE received more than 220,000 applications to join the agency.
Updated 1/3/2026, 10:07:07 PM
- As part of Operation Twin Shield earlier this year, DHS/USCIS identified over 1,300 fraud findings based on site visits in Minneapolis and Saint Paul and is vetting cases for further action including denaturalization.
Updated 1/3/2026, 10:20:39 AM
- DHS is conducting door-to-door investigations in Minnesota with hundreds of HSI officers and has arrested over 1,000 'criminal illegal aliens' in recent weeks.
Updated 1/3/2026, 10:19:53 AM
- The Small Business Administration halted all annual grant program payments to Minnesota and suspended 6,900 borrowers (about $400 million) for suspected fraudulent activity, barring them from further loan programs.
Updated 1/3/2026, 10:18:42 AM
- DOJ is conducting active investigations in Minnesota and has charged 98 defendants (85 reportedly Somali), with 64 convictions, and has issued 1,750+ subpoenas, executed 130+ search warrants, and conducted 1,000+ witness interviews.
Updated 1/3/2026, 10:17:54 AM
- HieFo did not file the transaction with CFIUS until after CFIUS’s non-notified team investigated the transaction.
Updated 1/3/2026, 7:50:25 AM
- CFIUS reviewed and investigated the transaction under Section 721 and identified a national security risk related to potential access to EMCORE’s IP and diversion of indium phosphide chip supply away from the United States.
Updated 1/3/2026, 7:46:30 AM
- The Working Families Tax Cuts legislation is directing investments and resources to states to strengthen rural health care access.
Updated 1/3/2026, 4:15:50 AM
- The Trump Administration announced first-year rural health transformation awards to rural communities across the country.
Updated 1/3/2026, 4:15:03 AM
- The National Dislocated Worker Grant will allow the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development to provide retraining and skills development services for dislocated workers in Franklin and Worcester counties.
Updated 1/3/2026, 4:13:35 AM
- The L.S. Starrett Co. laid off 78 manufacturing workers on June 30, 2025.
Updated 1/3/2026, 4:11:48 AM
- ICE arrested Marvin McGregor, convicted of third-degree murder, firearms possession, and recklessly endangering another person.
Updated 1/3/2026, 1:57:22 AM