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Questions tagged [united-states]

Use this tag for questions about claims based in the United States, or limited to the United States.

The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, the States, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district.

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Did Hillary Clinton represent someone accused of rape in court?

According to The Daily Beast Hillary Clinton's first case as a lawyer involved the defense of someone accused of rape. Is there any evidence (e. g. publicly available court proceedings) that can refute or confirm this statement? Update 1: Here you…
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Did Trump replace Joint Chiefs of Staff & Director of Natl. Intelligence with Steve Bannon?

This showed up in my Facebook feed: Yesterday, while we were focused on the non-Trump-business-supporting Muslim ban, Trump removed the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National Intelligence from the National Security …
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Were Emanuel Celler's paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother Jewish?

Wikipedia claims that Celler was born in Brooklyn, the son of Josephine (née Müller) and Henry H. Celler. All of his grandparents immigrated from Germany; his paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother were Jewish Is the claim that his…
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Are people unable to legally immigrate to the United States for a better life?

In the 2005 documentary Romántico, Carmelo Muñez Sanchez asks about applying for a visa to come to the United States and is told that in order to be accepted he needs proof of his financial stability in his home country. Though he owns his own home…
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Is the United States bankrupt?

According to this Doc, United States did go "Bankrupt" in 1933 and was declared so by President Roosevelt by Executive Orders 6073, 6102, 6111 and by Executive Order 6260 on March 9, 1933, under the "Trading With The Enemy Act" of October 6,…
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Was Ambassador Christopher Stevens raped before his death?

US Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens was killed in one of the recent attacks against the US Diplomatic Missions. NOPCRadio claim that he was raped before his death. Here is a report that claims the same from Lebonon News (via google…
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Did DOJ officials conclude no further action was warranted on the Whistleblower complaint?

The White House just accidentally sent all House Democrats its talking points regarding President Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian President and the related Intelligence Community whistleblower complaint. In particular, the talking points say…
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Are Russian made weapons poor in quality?

It is often said in various media and newspapers that Russia manufactures low quality defense products: Why are Russian arms technologies and military professionalism always said to be behind the US or Western, in terms of quality? Russia Can't…
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Are 91 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs in the United States white men?

Laura Mather wrote on Huff Post: Let’s start with the numbers: women represent about 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs. Minorities represent approximately 4 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs. Therefore, only 9 percent of the biggest companies in the U.S.…
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Is it easier for a teenager to get their hands on a gun than a computer or a book?

In a recent speech, President Obama said: As a society, we choose to under-invest in decent schools. We allow poverty to fester so that entire neighborhoods offer no prospect for gainful employment. We refuse to fund drug treatment and mental…
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Did a Milwaukee airport allow Biden but not Trump to hold a rally because Biden's rally will be smaller?

A twitchy article claims that Mitchell International Airport will allow Biden to hold a rally but not Trump because the former rally is significantly smaller: The Trump campaign was denied a permit to hold a rally at Milwaukee’s Mitchell…
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Did Kamala Harris ignore anti-pedophilia California Child Protection Act of 2012?

An Open Secret (anti-pedophilia, anti-Hollywood film) posted on Twitter the following claim which was retweeted 1k+ times: Did you know? California Child Protection Act of 2012 Requires adults working with child actors to pass a background check &…
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Did Kim Davis just want her name removed from the marriage licenses?

A commenter at Hot Air writes about Kim Davis, the county clerk from Kentucky who was jailed for refusing the issue same-sex marriage certificates. Nope she is quite willing to issue marriage licences (and out of all the gin joints and bars so …a…
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Are increasingly common earthquakes the result of demolishing illegal immigrant tunnels?

Earthquakes are becoming increasingly common, but they aren't naturally occurring. Some part of the military is acting by orders of President Trump to demolish the many underground tunnels all across the country used for illegal immigration, sex…
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Was this photo taken on Friday 29th of May 2020, when the President was moved to a White House bunker

This tweet (with over 8,000 shares) was posted recently, implying that the photo of the White House, was taken when the President was evacuated to a bunker. Lights out at #WhiteHouse is a powerful symbol. Total lack of leadership from …
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