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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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Does illegal immigration in the United States strain social services?

A New York Post opinion piece reported on a survey regarding Republican thoughts and feelings on illegal immigration: Respondents were asked: “What do you think is the biggest challenge illegal immigrants pose to America?” Here is the tally:…
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Are US workers highly taxed if you count health premiums?

According to "US Workers Are Highly Taxed If You Count Premiums" (2019-04-08): Finally, we can go back to the OECD NTCP data and compare the US to other developed countries. When we do that, we find that only the Netherlands — with its compulsory…
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Has anyone been convicted of campaign finance violations by paying an informant before an election?

The Atlantic reports In pleading guilty to violations of campaign-finance laws, Cohen said that the then-candidate Trump had directed him to do so, arranging payments to two women who alleged affairs with Trump in order to hush them up and affect…
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Does attending a highly ranked high school in the US increase one's future success?

At the very least in the US it is widely believed that sending one's kids to a highly ranked high school is paramount, to the point where parents deliberately move to a better school district just to get access to a better school. But has it been…
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Do people with centralist political views have a higher IQ then those with extreme political views?

This article claims that those with centralist political affiliation have a higher IQ then those with more extreme political views. I've already inspected the original study linked, it is informative but limited. I'm wondering if this trend…
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Were there armed guards at Columbine?

Ran across this editorial by Brandon Friedman in the NY Daily News: Arming teachers in the classroom will cost kids' lives ... There were armed guards at Columbine, the Pulse nightclub and in Las Vegas at the time of the massacre. At Parkland…
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Is it true Democrats did not want to pass any gun control laws when they had majorities in Congress during Obama's presidency?

Per Trump's recent Tweet he said the Democrats didn't pass any gun control legislation when they had majorities in both houses of Congress during Obama's presidency because they didn't want to. Just like they don’t want to solve the DACA problem,…
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How much does the White House pay to their employees?

Once I read that White House has 377 employees and Brazil's Palácio do Planalto has 3.800 employees. I wonder if this number, 377, is true and how much does the USA pay for White House's employees.
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Is the rate of new job creation and destruction slowing down in the US?

Marc Andreessen said in an interview with Tim Ferriss: Most people would guess it's rising. technology is having an ever greater impact right and so things feel like they are accelerating it's a big theme in the political season: [...] Dramatic…
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Did OJ Simpson murder his ex wife and Ron Goldman?

Many people believe that OJ murdered his wife and Ron Goldman. He was found not guilty in criminal court but later found liable for their deaths in civil court, based on newer evidence that wasn't admissible during the criminal trial, I believe. …
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Are there more trees in America today than there were during colonial times?

Yesterday, one of my Facebook friends posted an article defending trophy hunting of elephants in Africa. This led to a discussion about hunting reservations in the US, and ultimately to my friend asking rhetorically, Why do you think cows and…
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Did commerical flag makers catalog and sell the second Confederate national flag as "whiteman's flag"?

According to the 1957 Stevens-Davis and allied families: a memorial volume of history , biography, and genealogy : Commercially, this design is called the "Whiteman flag" or "White-man design", the term a contraction of a phrase used in another…
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Sexual assault epidemic on US campuses or up-playing of same situation as elsewhere?

I'm not from the US nor do I live there - so I definitely have no idea what life on US campuses is like. In recent years I've heard occasional news stories about supposed prevalence of sexual assault of (mostly?) female students on US campuses, with…
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Do FBI crime statistics suggest no-one died in the Sandy Hook massacre?

Alex Jones claimed that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax. As evidence, Infowars.com presents the following FBI chart: The Sandy Hook school shooting occurred at this location at this time. Does this imply no-one died at Sandy Hook?
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Why does the IRS want you to declare income from illegal activites?

According to a paper by the IRS you should declare illegal income from dealing drugs or stolen property. What's the motivation behind this? And are there examples of people who reported such activities and how they got away with it? Declaration of…
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