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Video: FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress

Here’s our fact-check of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, in video form.
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Fact-checking Trump’s anti-transgender comments in his address to Congress

The president claimed that the government has spent $8 million “making mice transgender.”
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Chicago’s Mayor Pushes Back as Republicans Attack Immigration Policies

Mayor Brandon Johnson argued that Chicago’s policies made the city safer and allowed residents to help the police solve crimes without fear of deportation.
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Nanoparticle immune therapy shows potential to halt pancreatic cancer spread

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging tumors to treat, partly because it is often discovered at advanced stages when the disease has already spread, or metastasized. About half of pancreatic cancer patients experience metastasis to the liver, which worsens the prognosis for an already life-threatening disease.
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Supreme Court denies State Department’s request to cancel foreign aid payments

The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the State Department’s application to vacate a district court’s order to issue payments of some foreign development aid fu
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Republicans push to investigate mayor of sanctuary cities

Brandon Johnson was in Washington, D.C. to defend Chicago’s laws.
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s early rulings on Trump’s budget cuts and firing power

A pair of rulings have exposed deep divisions on the Supreme Court about just how much power the federal judiciary has to stop President Donald Trump – and could have enormous implications for the flood of litigation challenging Trump’s actions.
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Amy Coney Barrett sparks MAGA fury over Trump Supreme Court decision

Barrett drew immediate backlash for—along with Chief Justice John Roberts—voting with the court’s liberal wing against Trump.
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Rep. Summer Lee denounces Republican attacks on sanctuary cities

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Summer Lee on Wednesday said Republican efforts to malign Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and other leaders of so-called sanctuary…
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Editorial: Congresswoman’s accusation that Denver mayor violated federal law is “bull”

The congresswoman wants to criminalize the care Denver provided to refugees from Venezuela and immigrants from other parts of Central and South America by defining it as “harboring.”