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Fact Check: Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown faces a charge of attempted murder with a firearm.
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Fact Check: Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown faces a charge of attempted murder with a firearm.

# Fact Check: "Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown faces a charge of attempted murder with a firearm." ## What We Know Former NFL player Antonio Brown is indeed facing a charge of attempted murder...

Published June 14, 2025
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Fact Check: The legal arguments outlined in the memo were not persuasive to Trump appointees at HHS.
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Fact Check: The legal arguments outlined in the memo were not persuasive to Trump appointees at HHS.

# Fact Check: "The legal arguments outlined in the memo were not persuasive to Trump appointees at HHS." ## What We Know The claim that "the legal arguments outlined in the memo were not persuasive t...

Published June 14, 2025
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Fact Check: About 700 Marines have been undergoing civil disturbance training at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in Orange County, California.
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Fact Check: About 700 Marines have been undergoing civil disturbance training at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in Orange County, California.

# Fact Check: "About 700 Marines have been undergoing civil disturbance training at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in Orange County, California." ## What We Know Recent reports confirm that approxi...

Published June 14, 2025
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Fact Check: Illinois will also shut down its program for roughly 30,000 non-U. S. citizens in July.
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Fact Check: Illinois will also shut down its program for roughly 30,000 non-U. S. citizens in July.

# Fact Check: "Illinois will also shut down its program for roughly 30,000 non-U. S. citizens in July." ## What We Know The claim that Illinois will shut down its program for non-U.S. citizens is acc...

Published June 14, 2025
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Fact Check: A group of 200 Marines will begin protecting federal property and personnel in downtown Los Angeles at noon Friday.
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Fact Check: A group of 200 Marines will begin protecting federal property and personnel in downtown Los Angeles at noon Friday.

# Fact Check: "A group of 200 Marines will begin protecting federal property and personnel in downtown Los Angeles at noon Friday." ## What We Know On June 13, 2025, it was reported that approximatel...

Published June 14, 2025
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Fact Check: The lawsuit over Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation isn’t over.
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Fact Check: The lawsuit over Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation isn’t over.

# Fact Check: "The lawsuit over Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation isn’t over." ## What We Know Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025, despite a...

Published June 14, 2025
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Fact Check: A federal judge refused to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Fact Check: A federal judge refused to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

# Fact Check: A federal judge refused to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement ## What We Know On May 12, 2025, U.S. District J...

Published June 14, 2025
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Fact Check: U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled the Guard deployment was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.
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Fact Check: U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled the Guard deployment was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.

# Fact Check: U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer Ruled the Guard Deployment Illegal ## What We Know On June 11, 2025, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that President Donald Trump's deploym...

Published June 14, 2025
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Fact Check: The Trump administration described the mistaken removal as 'an administrative error.'
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Fact Check: The Trump administration described the mistaken removal as 'an administrative error.'

# Fact Check: "The Trump administration described the mistaken removal as 'an administrative error.'" ## What We Know The Trump administration acknowledged that the deportation of Kilmar Armando Abre...

Published June 14, 2025
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