A four-year Fact Checker project comes to an end.
Category: Politics
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Civil rights leaders say they won’t let up on Biden — or Harris
Civil rights activists welcome Harris’s prominent role in the Biden administration. But they say the White House cannot use her presence to justify delaying action on racial justice.
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Biden is firing some top Trump holdovers, but in some cases, his hands may be tied
Trump-friendly officials who served the previous administration as political appointees have burrowed into career roles at federal agencies, with protections against dismissal.
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Lawmakers in both parties lobby White House for a more targeted relief bill
The private Zoom call Sunday that included key centrist lawmakers from both parties was an early test of whether Biden’s relief plan has a chance of passing Congress with bipartisan backing.
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After Capitol riot, police chiefs work to root out officers with ties to extremist groups
The selfie photos that off-duty officers took inside the Capitol during the violent siege was a wake-up call for many who have denied the problem.
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Tests of Biden’s leadership, and GOP’s willingness to cooperate, come quickly
The president hopes to show government can work effectively to combat the pandemic and revive the economy while trying to change the political climate in the capital.
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Move on or fight on: Americans remain sorely divided as Biden’s quest for unity begins
Voters are exhausted, eager for Biden’s quiet style and yet still have plenty of fight left.
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Return of the technocrats: Biden aims for ‘normal’ after four years of tumult
The first few days of Biden’s administration have produced a blizzard of fact sheets and memorandums — a veritable redwood worth of paperwork — with aspirations of a return to regular order.
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With a conflict over Iran looming, Israel sends a new envoy for the post-Trump era
Israel’s new ambassador takes over as the Biden administration seeks a renewed nuclear agreement with Iran over Israeli objections.
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A term of untruths
Scroll a visual timeline of all the false or misleading claims Donald Trump made during his time in office.
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Trump jumps into a divisive battle over the Republican Party — with a threat to start a ‘MAGA Party’
The former president, in his first political activity since leaving office, endorses an ally for Arizona party chair who backed his false claims of election fraud.
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Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims as president. Nearly half came in his final year.
The Washington Post Fact Checker’s database of Trump claims, originally launched as a project to track his first 100 days, offers a window into his obsessions.