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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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Has the US given more aid to the average Israeli citizen than the average American citizen?

From an article entitled, "U.S. Aid to Israel: What U.S. Taxpayer Should Know", by the Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs, Since 1949 the U.S. has given Israel a total of $83.205 billion. The interest costs borne by U.S. tax payers on…
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The candidate with the bigger campain budget is allways elected

Hearing a french conference, the speaker told us that it's easy to understand american presidential elections, because the candidate with the highest campain budget allways is choosen. But I can't find actual datas, and I wonder if it is true.
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Are mass murderers in the US mostly white?

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/06/are_most_mass_murderers_really_white.html Before rushing to play pin the tale on the honkey, did anyone bother to check the history of mass killings? Because I have — a comprehensive list dating from…
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Did Rachel Scott draw This Picture? and was the Picture dreamt about?

Today Cody Hodges came to our school and presented Rachel's Challenge, named after Rachel Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Hodges claims that, after Rachel's burial on TV, a man called the Scott family…
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Is the derogatory meaning of the term "conspiracy theory" something that was specifically promoted by the CIA?

The German Wikipedia article "conspiracy theory" ("Verschwörungstheorie") says, roughly translated by me: Since about the early 1960s, the US government does not support conspiracy theories any more. On the contrary, it uses the concept to…
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Do Super PACs have to report their donors?

According to the Center for Competitive Politics: One major misconception about Super PACs is the incorrect belief that they do not disclose their donors. In fact, all Super PACs are required by law to disclose their donors. This disclosure…
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How many people died at the Tulsa Race Riot?

There is a video on Facebook by the Young Turks that claims 3000 black people were killed by the KKK, but there is a text "UPDATE" under the video that corrects it to 300. Other sources I saw online agree with this updated number. BUT, there is…
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Are these claims about Owsley County, KY factual

Facebook is a great source of notable claims. Another one today is this picture: There seem to be three separate claims in this picture: Is Owsley County 99%+ white? Is Owsley County 95% republican? Does Owsley County have the highest usage of…
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Does the NSA deliberately and systematically spy on US citizens without warrants?

Since Edward Snowden's initial revelations last year, it has become nearly an article of faith that the National Security Agency has routinely and systematically eavesdropped on the electronic communications of many or most US citizens, to the point…
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Are these metrics regarding the 2009-2014 recession accurate?

In the Forbes article "The Worst Five Years Since the Great Depression", it is quoted: [...] what America got by year five was fewer jobs than before. Even though the employment age population has increased by nearly 12 million since January, 2008,…
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Did the U.S. median unemployment duration drop by the steepest amount for any six month period ever in the first half of 2014?

On HUFF POST, a claim is made on July 7, 2014: The past six months saw "the largest six-month decline in the length of unemployment ever measured," he said. "The debate on that extension is over, and the conservatives were right." ... "The end of…
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Did Todd Standing video a sasquatch?

Recently on Survivorman, Les Stroud went on a Bigfoot expedition. Towards the end of the episode he showed footage provided by Todd Standing with a very clear picture of what appears to be a juvenile Sasquatch. Is this good evidence of the…
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Is the US economic downturn slowing scientific research?

Nature magazine claims: The financial crisis of the past few years has led to deep cuts in funding for scientific research by governments and charitable organizations, hiring freezes across university departments and academic institutes, and…
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Did Americans leave behind over $1bn in tax refunds in 2012?

In this television advertisement H&R Block claims that: Last year, thinking they could do their own taxes, Americans left behind more than a billion dollars. Did American tax payers leave behind over $1 billion in tax refunds in 2012 (the last tax…
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Was American intelligence caught by surprise by every nuclear test since 1949?

I read this over here. American intelligence has been caught by surprise by every successful test of a nuclear device since the Soviet Union in 1949. Is this correct?
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