A shutdown’s effects vary by agency. The Defense Department’s plan, for example, says active military members will remain on duty, but civilian employees will be furloughed. Some civilian employees, ...
A Jacobs spokesperson pointed to several data points, including a Congressional Budget Office estimate that the five-week partial government shutdown in 2018-19 reduced economic output by $11 billion ...
"Josh Shapiro called the McDonald’s employee who reported Luigi Mangione a ‘hero.’ She will NOT get the $10,000 reward money because she called 911 instead of the tip line," a Dec. 16 Threads post ...
Congress hasn’t increased its pay since 2009, so the idea that it would propose nearly $70,000 raises in stopgap legislation caught our attention. We found that the Department of Government Efficiency ...
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Tesla’s website does not feature a tablet computer, nor has the company announced a $100 tablet in a press release. A search for "Tesla tablet" took us to a page on Tesla’s website for the touch ...
PolitiFact’s 2024 Lie of the Year is the falsehood spread by President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets.
Officials say the reported drones pose no threat to public safety or national security. In many instances, authorities said, the drones have been mistakenly identified: They were manned aircraft, ...
Photos of a Coca-Cola truck next to a police vehicle are from Davenport, Iowa, where officers hosted the 22nd annual toy drive for children who live in a shelter. Social media posts claiming to show ...
"The city of… is being warned to be alert & vigilant as there is a serial killer on the run,” Robert Thibodeau. Several local authorities nationwide have debunked this serial killer claim and have ...